The Xbox One and live TV — here’s what to expect

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What’s in a name? A whole lot, if you’re asking yours truly. “All Your Entertainment. Input One.” Such intriguing statements were declared in a document that leaked from Redmond last summer. The slogan “All in one, input one” was on the Microsoft banners decorating the LA Convention Center for E3 this year. But this probably left many wondering: what is “input one,” exactly? It didn’t go unnoticed by those who follow the TV industry. Input one is commonly used in the biz to refer to the TV input most Americans use to access the majority of their content. This is the input that’s displayed when the TV is turned on, and it’s the input that most connect their set-top box from their cable or satellite provider to. Naturally, it’s a highly coveted position in the content industry and one that is well fortified by the incumbents.

Microsoft has had its sights on input one for a long time, and this particular go-round isn’t all that unfamiliar. The Xbox One intends to share input one in what I’d call a man-in-the-middle attack. How well it works won’t be revealed until later this year, but clicking through will reveal how I think it’ll play out, why this attempt is a direct result of industry constraints and finally, how it matches up with the competition.

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Turn Your Seasonal Outfits Into a Comfy Place To Crash

Turn Your Seasonal Outfits Into a Comfy Place To Crash

Why waste closet space storing seasonal outfits you’re not going to wear until it gets cold or warm again when you can repurpose them as the most comfortable place to sit? The upper half of this soft storage chair from Mimish is your standard beanbag that will conform and smoosh to however you awkwardly want to sit on it. But below that in its base you’ll find a giant cavernous space that’s large enough for even storing winter coats and the like.

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Facebook comments get image embeds, give online flame warriors graphical ammo

Facebook comment threads are apparently a bit too calm, so the social network company’s decided to mix things up with the addition of in-line image embeds starting today. But wait — put down the link to your hottest GIF — apparently the service only supports static images for now. And not everyone has it thus far, with the service only rolling out to folks who have a camera icon appear in the comment response field.

The functionality is rolling out on both web and mobile versions of Facebook; product engineer Bob Baldwin debuted the addition on his Facebook profile, where he said he built the image embedding “at a hackathon” with a gaggle of other FBers. Let us know in the comments below if you’ve already got it, and leave some pictures on the Engadget Facebook page!

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Samsung ‘Facebook Phone’ Idea Reportedly Rejected

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You Can Now Put Images in Your Facebook Comments

You Can Now Put Images in Your Facebook Comments

Facebook has been doing a lot of work on its comment system between threaded replies and emoticon support. Now (finally?) you can throw images in there too. Brace yourself; the image macros are coming.

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The Kite-Borne Camera That Captured Post-Quake San Francisco in 1906

The Kite-Borne Camera That Captured Post-Quake San Francisco in 1906

Drone photography is in the news this week, with protesters in Istanbul using unmanned cameras to document the events from above. Interestingly, the very first instance of remote aerial photography was devised to document an urban crisis, too: the 1906 earthquake that partially leveled San Francisco.

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Shooting Challenge: Rust

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Google Receives Request For Glass Privacy Details From 6 Countries

Privacy commissioners from Canada, Israel, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico have asked Google exactly what it will do with the data collected by Glass.

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Vdio streaming service opens up to public in US and UK

Popular music streaming service Rdio launched a companion video streaming site back in April for a limited number of users. Vdio, as it’s called, is now open to everyone inside the US and UK. Previously, only Rdio unlimited subscribers had access to the new service, but it’s now open to the public and is ready

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AT&T NEC Terrain official: 3.1-inch screen, PTT, QWERTY keyboard and ICS for $100

AT&T NEC Terrain official 31inch screen, PTT, QWERTY keyboard and ICS for $100

We knew it was coming, but AT&T has now officially announced the NEC Terrain. Set to become available on the same day as BlackBerry’s physical QWERTY-packing handset, the LTE-ready Terrain boasts a “high-resolution” 3.1-inch display, a decent 1.5GHz, dual-core Snapdragon S4 CPU and 8GB of built-in storage which can reach up to 32GB via microSD — all while running a not-so-fresh version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich. Given that NEC designed it with the business folk in mind, this little ruggedized (MIL-810G) smartphone also offers on-device encryption for VPN access and compatibility with AT&T’s Enhanced Push-to-Talk services, which the company says makes for the perfect blend of “the necessary features needed for work and personal use.” As stated earlier, the NEC Terrain will be hitting shelves on June 21st, carrying a $99.99 price tag with the accustomed two-year deal on the Rethink Possible carrier.

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