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Engadget's pre-WWDC 2013 live broadcast from San Francisco!
Apple's 2013 edition of its notorious Worldwide Developers Conference is soon to be underway. But, while we wait for Tim Cook & Co. to hit the stage, who better than our own Tim Stevens and Darren Murph to strike up a conversation about what the Cupertino-based company may have in store for us. All signs point to a seventh major revision of iOS, but will we also see the fabled iWatch? How about the long-rumored iRadio music service? The clock's ticking, so join us after the break as we'll be broadcasting live from outside Moscone West, in beautiful San Francisco.
Xbox One event roundup: Microsoft reveals its next-gen gaming console
Will Microsoft's Xbox One be the one gaming console to purchase over the Wii U and PS4? That's a question we'll have to wait until later this year to answer, so let's stick to the present. Redmond made a huge showing across both the software and hardware fronts today, ensuring gamers will have lots to look forward to. Whether you missed parts of the keynote or are looking for specific stories from the event, we've got you covered right here. Click past the break to find a full directory of today's news, from our exclusive look at how engineers built the Xbox One to details about fresh titles like Call of Duty: Ghosts and Forza Motorsport 5.
ABC to add live streaming to iPad app this week, for a few and with a catch
Update: The new WATCH ABC app is live in the US store. As expected, streaming is available for NYC and Philadelphia residents only. After July 1, you'll have to verify that you subscribe to a TV provider to get live video, and "programming substitution may apply." Ahead of ABC's spring upfront this coming Tuesday, May 14 ("upfronts" are the glitzy network presentations to get advertisers revved up about the coming season's programming), the New York Times' Brian Stelter found a scoop that has more to do with how we watch TV than which programs we watch. Disney's ABC network plans to revise its iPad/iPhone app lineup by Tuesday to include free live streaming of ABC channels for viewers in two Northeast cities. The live streaming feature, which will appear as a "live" button in a new Watch ABC app (akin to ABC-owned ESPN's Watch ESPN app) set to replace the the existing ABC Player app, will be available to customers in New York and Philadelphia who can verify that they have access to ABC via a cable or satellite subscription. GigaOm says that the service's requirement for pay TV subscription will kick in after a six-week introductory period, where it will be open to all comers. According to that post, the ABC live encoding will be powered by the same upLynk hybrid local/cloud streaming technology that's currently at work behind the company's Watch Disney app. Stelter notes that ABC's programming currently appearing on ABC.com and Hulu Plus may be curtailed in the future, with longer delays before free-to-stream episodes appear; the most current content would be reserved for pay TV subscribers. This would undoubtedly drive cord-cutters somewhat batty. The streaming feature will be iOS-only for now, and limited to those two markets (where the affiliate stations are owned by the parent company) while the network negotiates with affiliates in other cities. The first affiliate deal, with Hearst Television, will soon add live streaming to 13 additional cities like Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Kansas City and Honolulu. Having NYC be one of the first launch markets means that ABC must be rooting for the New York Knicks (currently down 2-1 in a playoff series with Indiana) to go deep into the NBA playoffs, which the network is carrying this year. This isn't the first device-centric live television play, by any means. Most US cable, satellite and fiber providers offer some flavor of live channel streaming, with varying marquee features and limitations. Some, like Time Warner Cable and Xfinity, restrict all-you-can-stream access to the subscriber's home WiFi network and offer a more limited channel lineup on the move. Verizon's FiOS app streams plenty of popular pay-TV channels on your home WiFi network, but no broadcast content. In the case of ABC's live channel stream, the branding for the network can move completely out from under the program provider's umbrella; that way, there are fewer distractions to lure eyeballs away from ABC's live and library content. Customers with Dish Anywhere and the sleek Dish Explorer programming discovery app from the satellite TV provider may have the most flexibility: the company's Sling technology actually restreams anything the Dish receiver can show, including live TV on any channel or recorded DVR programming. (Most DVR recordings can even be transferred from the Dish Hopper receiver onto the iPad for later viewing, which would require an EyeTV or other approach with most providers.) But this approach does require plenty of home bandwidth, and can tie up your receiver; ABC's stream doesn't have those drawbacks. If over the air TV is your thing, there are several iPad options out there. EyeTV's EyeTV Mobile adapter, for $99, adds an antenna to your tablet and delivers programming via the Dyle digital broadcast system. The MCV consortium behind Dyle includes NBC, Fox and Telemundo (but not ABC), so those networks are generally represented and available on the system. The legally challenged but still eagerly expanding startup Aereo doesn't share those channel limits; anything an antenna can see in the NYC metro area, Aereo will gladly deliver to your iPad or desktop browser for a monthly $8 fee. Aereo's one-antenna-per-user model is being contested by the networks, but so far they've not been able to put together a compelling legal case to stop the company from providing its service; in fact, it's expanding to Boston this month. In many ways, ABC's move (which the network says was shifted up from a planned 2014 rollout; "We watch how people are behaving with their devices, and we really felt that we needed to move faster," said Disney/ABC Television Group co-chair Anne Sweeney) is of a piece with these other new-world-order programming options. Consumers are getting their television content via all sorts of pathways, and fewer and fewer of them are tied to a traditional primetime lineup at the network's convenience. Even this circumscribed step away from the default delivery of TV, with its leash of a pay subscription, says a lot about ABC's willingness to ride the wave forward rather than fighting to keep a hold on the status quo. [Although the Steven P. Jobs Trust, led by the Apple co-founder's widow Laurene Powell Jobs, owns some 7.7 percent of Disney/ABC's outstanding shares, regulatory filings noted by Bloomberg suggest that the trust has no intention to influence Disney/ABC operations. –Ed.]
Super Joystiq Podcast 044 Live: Thief, BioShock Infinite [Update: Watch the replay]
Update: The live show is over, watch the replay above.Yep, just BioShock Infinite. That's the only thing we care about right now – even outside of the gaming world (we might have serious issues). But really, have you played this one yet? Xav de Matos gave it a perfect score in our review, calling it "one of the best told stories of this generation" and the "finest game crafted by Irrational Games." If you think that all sounds ridiculous, here's your chance to get the reasoning behind the praise, straight from the reviewer himself, and backed up by a gang of enthused Joystiq staffers.That's right – a gang. Don't mess with our BioShock Infinite, ya hear? Oh, you want more? Ludwig Kietzmann saw Thief. He'll tell you all about it!
Live from Expand: Insert Coin Awards (video)
It's all been leading up to this! We narrowed it down to 10 semifinalists, and you helped us whittle the list down to five -- and now we're ready to announce the winner of our first-ever Insert Coin competition! Join co-host Mark Frauenfelder and our panel of judges as they unveil the results. March 17, 2013 8:30 PM EDT For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
Live from Expand: Ask The Editors (video)
You've already had the chance to hear from our parade of speakers, but now's the time to ask us some questions! So, what do you want to know? March 17, 2013 8:00 PM EDT For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
Infinite Loop: Analyzing Apple from the Outside liveblog
For a company that's being so relentlessly scrutinized, it's almost baffling that Apple can still wheel out the odd surprise every now and again. We've assembled a gaggle of professional Cupertino-watchers to join our Tim on stage to hash out where Apple's been, where it's going and if Sir Jonathan and Mr. Cook's next big idea is going to center around your wrist or your TV corner. Taking the stage will be Victor Agreda Jr. from The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Analyst Gene Munster and Crunch Fund's MG Siegler. Join us after the break for the blow-by-blow commentary, lovingly dictated into easy-to-read words. March 17, 2013 7:15 PM EDT Follow all of Engadget's Expand coverage live from San Francisco right here!
Live from Expand: Infinite Loop: Analyzing Apple from the Outside (video)
Engadget Editor-in-Chief Tim Stevens will be joined on-stage by Victor Agreda Jr. (The Unofficial Apple Weblog), Gene Munster and MG Siegler (TechCrunch) to discuss the history of Apple's products -- along with the company's future. March 17, 2013 7:15 PM EDT For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
Live from Expand: Bionics, robotic surgery and better living through technology (video)
Emerging technologies have the potential to impact our health and well being, and we'll be talking with Ekso Bionics' Co-founder & CTO Russ Angold and Intuitive Surgical's Senior Director of Research Catherine Mohr to find out how. March 17, 2013 6:15 PM EDT For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
Gaming's New Frontiers liveblog
Want to know what the future of gaming will be? Odds are that the panel we're hosting now at Engadget Expand has the answer. Our very own Ben Gilbert is sitting down with NVIDIA Product Marketing VP Ujesh Desai, Oculus VR Product VP Nate Mitchell and Razer Systems Product Group VP John Wilson to see their latest hardware and how it will impact the way we play. Hop past the break for a vision of gaming's new frontiers as it unfolds. March 17, 2013 5:30 PM EDT Follow all of Engadget's Expand coverage live from San Francisco right here!
Live from Expand: Gaming's New Frontiers (video)
Join us for a conversation with three companies that are reshaping the future of gaming: Senior Associate Editor Ben Gilbert will sit down with Ujesh Desai, Vice President of Product Marketing at NVIDIA; Nate Mitchell, Vice President of Product at Oculus Rift and John Wilson, Vice President of Systems Product Group at Razer. March 17, 2013 5:30 PM EDT Follow all of Engadget's Expand coverage live from San Francisco right here!
Live from Expand: DJ Spooky (video)
We'll be joined onstage by artist, writer and musician DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid to discuss technology's impact on music. March 17, 2013 5:00 PM EDT For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
Robopocalypse: Now liveblog
We'll be discussing the history and near-future of robotics with luminaries from Willow Garage, Boston Dynamics (yes, the people behind Big Dog) and 3D Robotics. Our editor-in-chief, Tim Stevens, is orchestrating proceedings and we'll be liveblogging the whole event right here... in just a few minutes. March 17, 2013 2:15 PM EST
Live from Expand: Robopocalypse: Now (video)
Top honchos of 3D Robotics, Willow Garage and Boston Dynamics (yes, of BigDog fame) join us -- and some mechanical pals -- to discuss the past, present and future of robotics. March 17, 2013 2:15 PM EDT For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
Lenovo ThinkPad: From Research to Design liveblog
On the 20th anniversary of the ThinkPad, we sit down with Lenovo executives to talk about the brand's position as a leader in the business laptop space. We'll also discuss what it takes to keep an iconic line relevant in an ever-evolving technology landscape, including an exclusive glimpse into the company's plans for the future. Check out the livestream here, our conversation begins at 1:45PMET. March 17, 2013 10:45 AM PDT Follow all of Engadget's Expand coverage live from San Francisco right here!
Live from Expand: Lenovo ThinkPad: From Research to Design (video)
Lenovo's ThinkPad line is now 20 years old, and we're taking sometime to chat with Lenovo execs to discuss what's made the brand so popular among business-minded folks. In addition, we'll also take a look at how the outfit has kept the line relevant, and nab an exclusive glimpse of the outfit's future plans. March 17, 2013 1:45 PM EDT For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
Space Exploration After the Shuttle liveblog
America's space shuttle program may have come to an end when Atlantis was laid to rest at the Kennedy Space Center, but that's done nothing to dampen our interest in the universe through which we float. NASA's Curiosity captivates us with pictures and data from the Martian surface, and private ventures are popping up to replace shuttered, publicly funded programs. Join the SS Engadget for our panel on the future of space exploration -- introduced by Patrick O'Neill of the ISS, steered by our captain Brian Heater, and manned by Tom Rivellini of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Alexandra Hall of Google's Lunar X PRIZE, and Michael Laine of the LiftPort Group. March 17, 2013 11:30 AM EST For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
Live from Expand: Space Exploration After the Shuttle (video)
Space travel's undergone a major transformation over the past few decades, with the end of the shuttle and the rise of commercial companies. We'll be joined by representatives from Google Lunar X Prize, NASA, LiftPort and the International Space Station. March 17, 2013 12:30 PM EDT For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
In Conversation with Sheldon Brown from Toyota Technical Center, USA liveblog
Toyota is no stranger to the hybrid realm and it has already introduced the fully-electric RAV4 EV SUV. Join us for this session where editor-in-chief Tim Stevens chats up Sheldon Brown, executive program manager of the product development office, Toyota Technical Center, USA, Inc. There's sure to be some talk of hybrids and EVs -- and perhaps a glimpse that what the future holds for us road warriors. March 17, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Follow all of Engadget's Expand coverage live from San Francisco right here!
Live from Expand: Toyota's Sheldon Brown (video)
We'll be joined on stage by Toyota's executive program manager, product development Sheldon Brown to discuss the car's company's presence in the hybrid market, and the RAV4 EV, which furthers its focus on electric vehicles. March 17, 2013 12:00 PM EST For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
