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Come join us for the first Engadget UK Meetup!
This event is now SOLD OUT. We love summer. The days are longer, the evenings are lighter, and we feel much better about working into the night to bring you the tech news you crave. So that got us thinking -- what better time than now to host our very first Engadget UK meetup?
Engadget Live's final stop this year is in New York City tonight!
After stops in Boston, LA and Austin the Engadget Live tour is coming to a close for 2015. Before we park the party bus for the year, we're making one last stop tonight: New York City. Join us at the Liberty Warehouse in Brooklyn starting at 7PM to hang with your fellow tech junkies and some of the companies you know and love. Ford will be showing off its SYNC 3 system and the new 2016 Ford Escape. And if you're 21 or over, Drizly will mix you up a cocktail -- so long as you're one of the first 250 folks to arrive. Tickets are still available (and they're free), so if you're in NYC stop by and join us!
We're having reader meetups tonight in NYC and San Francisco!
You know us, we like to hang out with you, the readers, every chance we get. So let's make that happen tonight in New York City, at the Barcade in Manhattan's East Village, and in San Francisco at the Public House. All you need to do is bring cash for drinks, food and any arcade games you'd like to play. Oh, and we'll have plenty of time for ugly-selfie contests, because why not. You'll find the necessary the details below -- or you could RSVP via Facebook pages for each event (San Francisco and New York).
WoW Insider/Wowhead party snapshots
Last night, WoW Insider and Wowhead hosted their annual party at the Annabella Hotel. The party was from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. PST, but the line began before 5. It was at capacity very quickly, leaving many people standing in line to get in. Gamebreaker.tv broadcast the event, conducting interviews and otherwise putting on a good show. At the same time, many people were lined up at the Anaheim Convention Center to pick up their BlizzCon badges. There were quite a few tweets from attendees complaining about how long the line was, but at least the weather was good and there were things to look at. Photos of the event and the BlizzCon badge line are in the slideshows below.
Thanks for coming out to our Engadget + gdgt Boston event!
Thanks Boston! We had a blast at last night's event at Space 57, our first-ever combined Engadget + gdgt meetup in Beantown. We got a look at the latest gear from companies like iRobot, Roku, TiVo and 3D printing startup, FormLabs. We also had the chance to talk with all you collegiate types -- seems like everyone in this town is running a cool tech startup. Guess that's what happens when you visit the home of Harvard, MIT and more universities than we're capable of rattling off in a single post. Thanks for the photos, the tweets, the business cards and the drink tickets. We'll be back soon!
Engadget + gdgt Live is hitting Boston October 10th!
We've been traveling all across this great nation of ours over the past year, and now it's time to pay a visit to Beantown. Our pals at gdgt will be joining us next month to bring our electronics event to Boston's Space 57. Come and check out exhibits from Nokia, Microsoft SkyDrive, TiVO, iRobot and more. And as with past Engadget + gdgt Live events, we're holding a startup competition for smaller companies looking to get in on the action. Details for that -- and ticket registration -- can be found in the source link below. We'll see you guys on October 10th!
Engadget + gdgt Live is hitting Seattle next week!
Get excited, Seattle -- we're just a week out from our latest event in your fair city. And while tickets have been moving quickly, we've still got some spaces left. If you want to come hang with us at the Showbox SoDo on August 31st, all you've got to do is sign up at the source link below. We'll have lots to keep you busy, like exhibits from folks like Outlook, Nokia and Logitech and a few editors on-hand to talk tech. We can't wait to see you guys in a week!
Engadget + gdgt Live is hitting Seattle August 31st, get your tickets here!
Hey there Emerald City, it's been a while -- around ten months, to be exact. We're coming back to Seattle at the end of this month, and this time we're bringing our pals from gdgt with us. We'll be throwing the latest Engadget + gdgt event at the Showbox SoDo on August 31st. As usual, there'll be plenty to see and play with (and take home, if you're lucky), from the likes of Outlook, Nokia and Logitech. We're also holding a startup contest, so one up-and-coming local company can score floorspace gratis. You can nab a free ticket for yourself and a friend or two at the source link below. It's also not too late to get in on that sponsorship action. See you in Seattle!
We're live at Comic-Con; join us tonight in San Diego!
Comic-Con may not be a vital venue for launching new gadgets, but for many attendees later today, the intersection of tech and art will be just up the street at 6th and Island Ave. -- the location of tonight's Engadget + gdgt Live event. We're on the ground in San Diego for this evening's festivities, and we've already spent some time exploring the convention center, too, including a mandatory stop to check out Rovio's hardware-equipped Angry Birds Star Wars 2. As for tonight, you can expect to see lots of hot products from companies like Microsoft, Nokia, iRobot and Western Digital at the Stingaree lounge in the Gaslamp Quarter. As always, we'll have giveaway items up for grabs, so there's always a chance that you'll head home with some awesome gear. And best of all, the event is free! Everything kicks off at 7PM. We hope to see you there!%Gallery-194192%
Engadget + gdgt Live is hitting San Diego July 19th, get your tickets here!
Hey San Diegans and Comic Conners, Engadget and gdgt will be holding our first-ever combined west coast event in your fine city. It's coming up quick -- in a little over a week, in fact. Things will go down on Friday, July 19th at the Stingaree on 6th Avenue. The event is free to everyone, but you'll have to be 21 and over to make it in. As ever, there'll be lots of free stuff for you to enjoy and exhibits from some top tech companies like Outlook, Nokia, Logitech and iRobot. Want to attend? Just click on through to the source link below, and we'll see you in So Cal!
Come say hi at our first Engadget+gdgt Live event in Austin tomorrow night!
As most of you know by now, we've recently welcomed some old friends back to the fold here at greater Aol Tech. We're thrilled to be working with the gdgt crew on our first event together, tomorrow night in Austin during SXSW. We'd love to have you join us for a night of fun gadgety action -- take a break from your intense schedule of panels and booze buses and come on out to mingle with gdgt and Engadget staff, check out the devices our sponsors are bringing in spades (plus win some!) and have a great time with like-minded technophiles. It's free to attend, and you don't even need a SXSW badge to get in. The one catch: you must be 21 or over to come to this party (upside: open bar!), although our future events will be all ages. When: Saturday, March 9th (7:00pm – 10:00pm CST) Where: The Hype Hotel, 301 Brazos Street Austin, TX How: RSVP hereSee you there!
Breakfast Topic: How well do you know your guildmates?
I used to have guildmates -- but now I just call them "friends." We abandoned the "guildmate" tag somewhere along the line a few years ago, after it became apparent that we all preferred adapting our gaming to our group size rather than our group size to our gaming. That's not to say we're not open to the idea of new people. But the people I play with on an ongoing basis across multiple games don't call each other "guildmates," even though we've never met in real life. We're on Facebook, in IM, and on TeamSpeak even when we're not gaming together. We're just "friends." I've known some pretty nice guildmates who made great "game friends," though. I learned all the details and odd little things about them that you do when you spend entire evenings with people on a regular basis: the nicknames they call their family members and pets, what they like on their pizza, what they studied in college, what time they get up for work. Even so, we never developed that crossover bond that leads to offline friendship. I removed their cell numbers from my contacts list once there was no longer a need to see if they could fill in on an off night or to let them know to come quick, the world boss was up RIGHT NOW! Still, I can't even imagine being in a guild where the only thing I knew about my guildmates was their character names. Simply unimaginable. How well do you know your guildmates? Are they merely nice people you game with, or have you built a toasty little internet friendship? Not a few guilds make a habit of annual or even more frequent real-world meetups (like The Incredibles, above). Have you ever met your guildmates? How well do you know most of the folks you play with?
Engadget's New York City meetup wrap-up!
Wow. Thank you, New York City! We had a blast at last night's reader meetup, and judging from everyone we spoke to, a Roseland Ballroom packed full of Gotham gadget geeks had a grand 'ole time as well. Twelve lucky readers walked away with a Samsung Galaxy Note II on Sprint and nearly 30 people took home house cleaning bots from the folks at iRobot -- not to mention the Nook tablets, Oakley Airwave goggles and VestGuard UK Ballistic bulletproof case and iPad, to name but a few. We tested readers' tech (and Wu Tang) knowledge and dancing and singing skills. There were booths from Sprint, Samsung, Garmin, Speck, Dell, Barnes & Noble, MakerBot, iRobot, Oakley and GoGo Inflight, or as attendee Peter M. put it, a "mini-CES meets A Night at the Improv." Relive the magic in the gallery below. %Gallery-172379% Zach Honig contributed to this report.
Live from Engadget's reader meetup at Roseland in New York City!
If you're reading this from New York City, it's time to close that laptop lid and head down to our reader meetup at Roseland Ballroom! The party is just getting started, and we'll be here until 10 tonight. There's plenty of food, drinks and an absolutely insane number of gadgets to give away. For those of you stuck at home, we hope to see you at another event in the very near future, but for now, you can click on through to our liveblog to catch all the action from Manhattan.
Engadget's next reader meetup is in New York City tomorrow! More tickets available!
Yep, it's this week -- tomorrow, in fact! Are you ready to party with Engadget editors, talk up tech companies and win some valuable prizes? Good news: we've still got some tickets left for this week's event at Roseland! Click here to reserve your spot on the list and you can check out (and win) the latest and greatest from companies like Samsung, Dell, Sprint, MakerBot, Oakley, Gogo, Barnes & Noble and Speck. We'll see you tomorrow!
Engadget's next reader meetup is in New York City next week! More tickets available!
Holy beans! We're just over a week away from our next big meetup! Yes indeed, some of your favorite Engadget editors will be joined by a concert venue full of readers. Want to be one of them? Great news: we've been given the go-ahead to open up some more tickets for the event. Come, hang out, check out the latest gadgets and win some valuable prizes. All that can happen by clicking this here link. We'll see you on November 29th! Oh, and if you're interested in sponsoring the event, there's still time. Just drop us a line at sponsors [at] engadget [dot] com.
Engadget's next reader meetup is in New York City this month! More tickets available!
Do you feel that? There's excitement in the air. The next Engadget reader meetup is approaching. We're still buzzing from our Seattle event and are excited to bring some of that gadgety magic to the New York area. We've also been given the go ahead to open up some more tickets for the event, which will be going down on November 29th at Roseland in Manhattan. Make sure you're on the list by entering all of the pertinent info here. Oh, and if you're interested in sponsoring the event, there's still time. Just drop us a line at sponsors [at] engadget [dot] com.
Engadget's Seattle meetup wrap-up!
Goodnight Seattle! Man, we sure had a blast at last night's reader meetup. The party went down at the Showbox Theater, right across the street from the city's fishy Pike Place Market. Droves of Emerald City Engadget readers braved the drizzle to hang out, talk tech and win some of the year's coolest gadgets -- including a brand new Microsoft Surface RT (yes, it came with a keyboard), a Nexus 7 and a pair of Kindle Fire HDs. We learned a lot of valuable lessons: everything's better with a green screen, people want to know where we go sweater shopping and Seattle's gadget geeks don't really know all that much about the Wu Tang Clan. Thanks everyone for coming out -- we'll see you in New York City! %Gallery-169739% Philip Palermo contributed to this report.
Engadget's next reader meetup is in New York City on November 29th!
Don't worry, East Coast, we haven't forgotten about you. We haven't even gotten around to that whole Seattle meetup, and we're already ready to let you in on our next big event. We're holding another reader meetup exactly a month later in the Big Apple. The big event is going down at Roseland on Thursday, November 29th, so mark those calendars and make sure you're on the list by snagging a ticket here. Come on out, meet some editors, check out some great gadgets and, yes, win some fabulous prizes! We'll be revealing more information about the festivities in the very near future. In the meantime, if you're interested in sponsoring the event, drop us a line at sponsors [at] engadget [dot] com.
Engadget's Seattle reader meetup is this month! More tickets available!
Yep, we sold out of tickets to our upcoming Seattle Interactive Conference meetup, but fear not: we've found a whole new stash. If you're out in the Emerald City on October 29th, you can join in on the fun, meet Engadget editors, interact with fellow readers and win some fabulous prizes. Get added to the list by signing up for tickets right here. Oh, and if you're interested in sponsoring the event, there's still time. Just drop us a line at sponsors [at] engadget [dot] com, and for more information on SIC, check out the source link below.
