Jan 11

Editor’s Letter: Winding Down

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In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news.

Editor's Letter Winding Down

And just like that, we’re through. It feels like just yesterday I was sitting down to write the introduction to a CES column for our first special issue of Distro from the show floor, and now, well, it’s over. The show was different this year, but not necessarily in the way we expected. While the show felt smaller in a lot of ways, in many others it was even bigger.

Some big companies like Microsoft and RIM opted to have minimal or no presence on the show floor, so we thought that would shrink the overall content at CES. Oh no, dear readers, if anything it had quite the opposite effect. Those big voids that were created were filled by dozens of smaller companies, crowd-funded and fresh-thinking, lobbing plenty of innovative products our way. Some were crap, but lots and lots were awesome and mind-blowing in their simplicity and genius.

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Jan 04

Editor’s Letter: CES ahoy

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In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news.

It’s very nearly time, dear readers. CES is just a few days away. By the time you read this I’ll be boots on the ground in Las Vegas, with nearly the entire Engadget team filtering in to Sin City through the weekend. The days ahead of the show will see us setting up our base of operations, the usual vinyl-wrapped double-wide trailer parked just outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center, from which we can dash to anywhere on the show floor and return quickly, getting the news up and into your browser within minutes.

In addition, like last year, we’ll have a stage right on the show floor from which we’ll be doing live interviews and demonstrations of the just-announced products, and if last year is any indication, we’ll have some announcements being made right on the stage, too. And don’t miss our video podcast from the show floor every night at 8PM PT. It should be an incredible week and, if that weren’t enough, I’m headed straight to Detroit afterward for the North American International Auto Show to dig for some news on techy autos. Nothing like back-to-back show floor insanity.

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Dec 14

Editor’s Letter: Get ready to Expand

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In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news.

This turned into a surprisingly busy week in news, and I’m proud to say we made a little of our own this week with the announcement of Expand. The brainchild of our very own Darren Murph, this is something we’ve been working on for roughly a year now and, with the pieces falling into place, it’s finally time to tell you all about it. The concept is pretty simple. It’s a gadget event not unlike the best in the world (your CESes, your MWCs) but with one crucial difference: this one’s for you.

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Nov 30

Editor’s Letter: A littler Wii takes off to the Great White North

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In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news. Starting this week you can enjoy them on the site as well.

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The biggest shopping holidays of the year are over, which means it’s time to go back to paying full retail for gadgets — or whatever Amazon is charging, anyway. Sales on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday were way up over last year; Friday shot 26 percent over 2011, crossing the $1 billion mark for the first time. Cyber Monday sales, meanwhile, climbed an estimated 17 percent for a total of $1.46 billion. With online sales so strong, the days of getting up at 4AM to stand in a chilly line outside of Best Buy may be behind us, replaced by hitting up bestbuy.com as soon as you get to your cubicle in the morning. I’m okay with that.

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