Engadget is a popular technology weblog and podcast (on hold as of 31/08/2007) about consumer electronics. The weblog has won several awards. Engadget currently has four different sites, all operating simultaneously with each having its own staff, which cover technology news in different parts of the world in their respective languages. The U.S. Engadget site made its 20,000th post on August 25th 2006. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1020x775, 857 KB) A picture of engadget on 9/22/06 I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... “URL” redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Weblogs, Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An orange square with waves indicates that an RSS feed is present on a web page. ...

Founding and membership

Engadget was co-founded by former Gizmodo technology weblog editor and co-founder, Peter Rojas. Engadget is a member of Weblogs, Inc., a blog network with over 75 weblogs including Autoblog and Joystiq and formerly including Hack-A-Day. Weblogs Inc. was purchased by AOL in 2005. Engadget's editor-in-chief is Ryan Block. Screenshot of Gawker Gawker Media is an online media company founded and owned by Nick Denton. ... Weblogs, Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about a type of web application. ... This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ... Joystiq is a video gaming weblog founded in June 2004 that has since become one of the most successful sites within the Weblogs, Inc. ... It has been suggested that AOL search data scandal be merged into this article or section. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Weblog

Launched in March 2004, Engadget is updated multiple times a day with articles on gadgets and consumer electronics. It also posts popular rumors about the technological world and produces the weekly Engadget Podcast that covers tech and gadget news stories that happened during the week. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into engadget. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A gadget is a device that has a useful specific purpose and function. ... Consumer electronics is a term used to describe the category of electronic equipment intended for everyday use by people, the consumers. ... Look up rumour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Engadget Podcast is a podcast from the popular gadget and technology weblog Engadget. ...

Since its founding, dozens of writers have written for or contributed to Engadget, Engadget Mobile and Engadget HD, including high profile bloggers, industry analysts, and professional journalists. These writers include Jason Calacanis, Paul Boutin, Phillip Torrone, and Susan Mernit. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Jason McCabe Calacanis (born November 28, 1970 [1] in Brooklyn, New York) is an Greek-American internet entrepreneur and blogger. ... Paul Boutin (born 1961 in Lewiston, Maine) is a freelance magazine writer who writes about technology in a pop-culture context. ... Susan Mernit. ...

Engadget has been nominated for numerous awards, including a 2004 Bloggie for Best Technology Weblog, and 2005 Bloggies for Best Computers or Technology Weblog and Best Group Weblog; Engadget won Best Tech Blog in the 2004 and 2005 Weblog Awards. A Blog award is an online award to vote for the best weblog. ...

Gmail, Google's webmail service, as well as many other RSS readers, has included Engadget as a default RSS feed, pulling the latest articles which appear at the top of all user's mailboxes. For other uses, see Gmail (disambiguation). ... For RSS feeds from Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Syndication. ...

To extend readership, the blog is available in several languages including Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese (traditional and simplified). As the blog continues to gain popularity around the world, the available languages will most likely increase.

Podcast

The Engadget podcast was launched in October 2004 and was originally hosted by Phillip Torrone and Len Pryor. He was the host for the first 22 episodes of the podcast at which point Eric Rice took over. Eric Rice is known for his own podcast, called The Eric Rice Show and has also produced podcasts for Weblogs Inc. Eric hosted and produced 4 episodes of the podcast for Engadget until the show was taken over by Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. After about twelve episodes of both hosting and producing (episode 38,) Engadget hired podcast producer Randall Bennett, who worked as Engadget, and Weblogs, Inc.'s rich media producer till May of 2006. Weblogs, Inc. ...

The topic of discussion for the podcast is technology related and closely linked to events that have happened during the week in the world of technology. The show generally lasts from between 30 minutes and an hour. The show is normally weekly, however there are events that disrupt this occasionally. When events such as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) come around each year the podcast has been known to be broadcasts daily during the event to cover the latest news on gadgets. More recently special versions of the podcast have been made including the Engadget lovecast and a listeners voicemail podcast. The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association. ... E³ logo The Electronic Entertainment Expo (or Exposition), commonly known as E³ or E3, is an annual trade show for the computer and video games industry. ...

More recently the podcast has been sponsored. Organisations sponsor the podcast in return for a mention in the show. The host of the podcast will typically mention the sponsor during the beginning, middle and end of the show. Sponsors have included Best Buy, Nikon and most recently Castrol. For the defunct chain of catalog showrooms, see Best Products. ... It has been suggested that Speedlight be merged into this article or section. ... Castrol is a brand of industrial and automotive lubricants which is applied to a large range of oil products for most lubrication applications. ...

The Engadget podcast is available as a subscription through iTunes and as an RSS feed. Alternatively, it can be downloaded directly from the site in either MP3, Ogg, AAC or m4b format. The m4b version features images related to the current topic of discussion and can be displayed in iTunes or on a compatible player. This article is about the iTunes application. ... For RSS feeds from Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Syndication. ... For other uses, see MP3 (disambiguation). ... Ogg is an open standard for a free container format for digital multimedia, unrestricted by software patents and designed for efficient streaming and manipulation. ... MPEG-4 AAC DRM encoding as used in the iTunes Store Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. ... MPEG-4 Part 14, formally, ISO/IEC 14496-14:2003, is a multimedia container format standard specified as a part of MPEG-4. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ...

As of August 31st 2007, the Engadget podcast is on indefinite hiatus.

Trademark infringement

In early 2006 Engadget reported that they were victims of their likeness being stolen and used as a store name at a mall in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, however, they stated they would not be taking any action. The store has since changed its name (or possibly shutdown and a new store opened with a new name).

Reader meetups

Engadget hosts meetups for readers in different cities. They are completely free to attend and prizes are handed out. Previous locations include New York, Iceland, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Amsterdam, Merced, Seattle, and Boston.

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Current senior editors

• Peter Rojas
• Ryan Block
• Thomas Ricker
• Evan Blass
• Paul Miller

Current contributors

• Joshua Topolsky
• Chris Ziegler
• Conrad Quilty-Harper (Joined - August 23rd, 2006)
• Donald Melanson
• Matt Burns
• Ben Drawbaugh
• Richard Lawler
• Darren Murph
• Nilay Patel

Columnists

• Ross Rubin (Has written the weekly Switched On column since October 2004)
• Benjamin Heckendorn (Joined - October 10, 2006)
• Mark Weber Tobias
• Ariel Waldman
• Jeremy Toeman

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Former editors

• Marc Perton
• Phillip Torrone
• Barb Dybwad
• Katie Fehrenbacher

Former contributors

• Andres Palmiter - Shortest tenure as a contributor at Engadget

Contests

Sometimes Engadget holds contests/giveaways in which readers can win gadgets and other things.

Criticisms

In May 2007, Engadget published a story based on an email sent to Apple employees announcing that the company was delaying the launches of both the iPhone and OS X Leopard. After the story ran, Apple's share price dropped 3% [1] Less than 20 minutes later the story was retracted after the email was discovered to have been a hoax perpetuated on Apple employees. Apple's shares eventually recovered, and Ryan Block apologized for the mistake [2].

Misattribution

In March 2006, DAPreview, a website about digital audio players, noted that Engadget used a photo that had originally been taken by DAPreview, and then removed attribution by cropping the DAPreview logo off [3]. Engadget's managing editor Ryan Block agreed that the photo had been copied and cropped, stated that it had been a mistake, and apologized and restored the image's attribution [4]. Apple iPod, the best-selling hard drive-based player An embedded hard drive-based player (Creative ZEN Vision:M) An MP3 CD player (Philips Expanium) The Eiger Labs MPMan F10, the first digital audio player A digital audio player (DAP) is a device that stores, organizes and plays audio files. ...

External links

• Engadget
• Engadget HD (Formerly HDBeat)
• Engadget Mobile
• List of Editors as of January 13, 2007

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Related and similar sites

• Gizmodo
• Consumer Electronics Daily News

Parent site

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Sister sites

• Engadget HD
• Engadget Mobile
• AdJab
• Autoblog
• Autoblog Green
• TV Squad