Oct 15
Led by Apple’s iPad, worldwide sales of tablets are expected to reach 19.5 million units this year, followed by a surge to almost 55 million in 2011, according to a Gartner forecast.
Originally posted at iPad Atlas
Oct 15
A Glass Roof That Can Heat A House
Posted in: Today's Chili 
Yesterday we saw what a road made of glass could look like, today we get to see a glass roof. Swedish company SolTech Energy has developed a new type of ceiling tile, made from glass, that can help heat a home.
The tiles are made from standard glass and are mounted on a black nylon canvas. Because the tiles are clear, the canvas is able to absorb the sun’s rays and that heat is then used to heat up water that powers the home’s heating system. And not only will the roofing tiles help lower your heating bills, but SolTech also claims that the glass tiles last longer than traditional ones made from clay or concrete, due in large part to the fact that they are UV resistant.
Via Inhabitat.
Oct 15
The Engadget Podcast, live at 2:00PM ET!
Posted in: engadget podcast, EngadgetPodcast, podcast, Today's Chili
Woah, it’s an early one! Well, late if you think Thursday is the “official” day for podcasting. So it’s an early late one… look, what do you want from us? Get off our case, man! We’ll podcast when we’re good and ready. And we’ll be ready at 2PM today. More or less. Hit up the live stream and the chat after the break. And stop your grumbling. And button that top button.
P.S. And don’t forget that Ustream has Android and iPhone clients as well, if you’re out and about and you can’t join in on the Flash-based fun below.
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The Engadget Podcast, live at 2:00PM ET! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Oct 15
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Oct 15
Move over FarmVille, a new Facebook game is looking to inspire its players to do more than just grow virtual crops. Oceanopolis, from recycling company Greenopolis, tasks players with cleaning up a tropical island by clearing away all of the junk littered across it.
The game features interactive recycling kiosks, much like the ones Greenopolis has located in various points across the country, where players can earn in-game cash for recycling virtual junk. They can then use that cash to build a sustainable, virtual island community.
“We’re excited to open Oceanopolis and introduce a new way for social gamers to become active in the recycling process,” Jeffrey Smith, Sr. Creative Manager of Greenopolis, explained. “Through the Greenopolis Recycling System, we are creating a new approach that makes sustainable living fun, interactive and rewarding for everyone who participates.”
You can play Oceanopolis here.
Oct 15
BlackBerry 9650 Bold, 9630 Tour, and 8530 Curve on Verizon Wireless to get software updates today.
Originally posted at Dialed In
Oct 15
Months after it was supposed to hit stores, the white iPhone 4 remains a mystery. So why was one spotted in New York this week by a tech blogger?
Originally posted at Circuit Breaker
Oct 15
Borders enlists BookBrewer for its e-publishing portal, ‘Time Cube’ guy asks where to sign up
Posted in: Books, e reader, e-book, e-books, e-readers, ebooks, nook, sales, Today's Chili
We guess that Barnes & Noble can’t have all the fun, huh? You’ll soon have another option for self-publishing your wildly fantastical (and wonderfully fact-free) rants: Borders has announced that it’ll be using the BookBrewer platform for its new eBook publishing service. Beginning October 25, $90 will get you one ePUB format book, complete with ISBN and distribution to “all major eBook stores,” including Borders and Amazon. Does that mean that your pamphlet, EARTH HAS 4 CORNER SIMULTANEOUS 4-DAY TIME CUBE IN ONLY 24 HOUR ROTATION will finally be taken seriously? Nah, probably not. PR after the break.
Borders enlists BookBrewer for its e-publishing portal, ‘Time Cube’ guy asks where to sign up originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Oct 15
Chipmaker plans to unveil a new line of DirectX 11 graphics cards next week and expects to ship “hundreds of thousands” of them during the quarter.
Originally posted at The Digital Home
Oct 15
Band Replaces Instruments With iPhones for Subway Performance
Posted in: Apple, iPhone, MP3 Digital Audio, Music, Today's ChiliThis one’s pretty good. Rock band has instruments stolen. Rock band improvises with iPhones. Subway-based jam session ensues. Atomic Tom is a Brooklyn-based band. The group signed to Universal and released its debut record for the major label, back in July.
As the story goes, the group’s equipment was stolen earlier this month–sadly not an uncommon phenomenon amongst touring bands. Thanks to a bit of resourcefulness and a group-wide devotion to a popular smartphone platform, the group managed to deliver a sitting room-only concert on the “B” train. Pretty good.
Now there are a bunch of cuts in the thing, which leads one to believe that the rendition of “Take Me Out” (not a cover of the The Smiths’ “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out,” incidentally) isn’t entirely impromptu.
Still, the thing has all the makings of a viral video–or, at the very least, a spot in the playlist ahead of some upcoming Apple event.
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