Engadget's next reader meetup happens in NYC on August 25th!

Oh, hi! How are you? It's been so long! We know, we've been busy, but we're going to be in town soon. Very soon! In less than a month we'll be having a get-together for lots and lots (and lots) of our closest friends -- and yes, you're totally invited. We'll be hosting the event on the evening of August 25th and it takes place at Guastavino's, a top-shelf venue on 59th Street in New York City. It'll be an all-ages gig where you and your friends can try out some of the hottest tech you've read about here, debate with the editors about Windows Phone vs. Android vs. iOS vs. RIM vs. whatever, and maybe go home with one of the many, many great prizes we'll be giving away.

We'll have more posts with more details in the coming weeks as we get closer to the day in question, but if you're a member of the media who would like to attend, an exhibitor who wants to show something off to the fans, or a sponsor who wants to be a part of the insanity (readers, hold tight!), please e-mail us at meetup at engadget dot com. Until then!

Engadget's next reader meetup happens in NYC on August 25th! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LauncherPro dev's skinnable UberMusic player finally hits the Android Market

We were thoroughly infatuated with LauncherPro developer Federico Carnale's then-unnamed music app the first time we saw it in beta, bringing Metro UI styled playback to our Android lifestyles. Now UberMusic v1.0 is available on the Android Market, flexing its customizable skills for the princely sum of $3.49. Don't think this is just some ripoff however, while one of the skins (that can also be found on the Market) is a Zune lookalike, third parties can make it look however they might like, including the widgets. If you missed our demo the first time around you can check out the video after the break to see why we're so excited, or hit the source link to purchase now. Allergic to spending money on apps? Don't give up all hope, as the creator tweets an ad-supported free version may be on the way as well.

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LauncherPro dev's skinnable UberMusic player finally hits the Android Market originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here?s How U.S. Spies Will Find You Through Your Pics [Military]

Iarpa, the intelligence community's way-out research shop, wants to know where you took that vacation picture over the Fourth of July. It wants to know where you took that snapshot with your friends when you were at that New Year's Eve party. Oh yeah, and if you happen to be a terrorist and you took a photo with some of your buddies while prepping for a raid, the agency definitely wants to know where you took that picture - and it's looking for ideas to help figure it out. More »

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Hard Graft Back Up Case for iPad 2

The Smart Cover for iPad 2 is a wonderful screen cover and stand, but it leaves the back of your expensive device exposed. �There are a variety of skins, cases, and covers available for iPad 2, but not all of them work with the Smart Cover. �Hard Graft is introducing their new Back Up Case [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/07/27/hard-graft-back-up-case-for-ipad-2/

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School-Friendly Case Puts iPad in a Bind(er)

When I first saw the product shot of ZooGue’s BinderPad Case I let out a short bark of laughter. Who on earth would want to clip their tablet into a ring binder? And then I started to think.
The BinderPad is a stiff, woven polyester slip-case with three metal-grommeted holes for securing it into a standard [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/07/school-friendly-case-puts-ipad-in-a-binder/

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE Available July 28th

Verizon just announced that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be available on July 28th with 4G LTE. The key features include: NVIDIA��Tegra2 dual-core 1 GHz application processor 10.1-inch HD touchscreen display with WXGA 1280 x 800 resolution 3-megapixel rear-facing camera and 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chat capabilities 4G LTE Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Android? [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/07/26/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-4g-lte/

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A Fork and Spoon that Fits in your Wallet

For those times when you have a plate of yummy food in front of you, but no eating utensils in sight, you can pull out this credit card sized set of dining tools. It’s questionable how well they will work… especially the spoon, which looks more like a spatula. The Credit Card Cutlery is available [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/07/27/a-fork-and-spoon-that-fits-in-your-wallet/

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Chamillionaire Pleads With Android Design Lead To Give Him A Decent Device

"I've used all these different devices ? they suck."

Short. Sweet. To the point. Rarely do you find that at tech conferences. Luckily,�Chamillionaire loves coming to ours. That was the hip-hop star's words to Android design lead Matias Duarte during our Mobile First CrunchUp today. During the closing panel,�Chamillionaire got up to express his love for the iPhone and his frustration that Android has not been able to create even one device that can match it.

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Mobile Has The Opportunity To Re-Think The Ad

Kleiner Perkins VC Chi-Hua Chien kicked off the "Money Matters" panel at the TechCrunch Mobile First CrunchUp with a telling understatement, "There seems to be a lot of new business models around mobile." Indeed, what makes mobile unique as a communication platform is that traditional advertising isn't the default. See: Kiip. As Chien pointed out, because of constraints on-screen size, display ads won't cut it when your screen is 3 inches wide. As constraints often necessitate creative solutions, we're seeing a shift on mobile that has resulted in many businesses trying a multitude solutions for monetizing mobile transactions, specifically commerce and deals or offers.

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Why Did This F-16 Crash? [Video]

Thankfully the pilot wasn't injured, but this crash at Wisconsin's OshKosh 2011 EAA AirVenture air show looks quite bad—albeit a bit silly. [YouTube] More »

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British judge doesn't like the cut of Newzbin 2's jib, orders BT to block it

Shiver-me-timbers, it looks like the movie studios' latest legal broadside just scored a direct hit against the big bad pirate ship. A UK judge has ordered telecoms giant BT to block its subscribers from visiting Newzbin 2, a site which aggregates Usenet downloads, on the simple basis that BT knows some of its customers are using the site to breach copyright law and therefore has a duty to stop them. This counts as an unprecedented victory for the Motion Picture Association, who brought the case, and it potentially arms them with a new weapon to force ISPs to block other sites in future. Could that be Newzbin 3 we spy on the horizon?

British judge doesn't like the cut of Newzbin 2's jib, orders BT to block it originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Duke University's underwater invisibility cloak stills troubled waters

Everyone's jumping on the invisibility cloaking bandwagon these days, but no one's quite managed to fully deliver on the promise. The same goes for two Duke University researchers who believe their mesh casing could grant the gift of concealment to underwater craft -- submarines, anyone? According to the proposed model, a specially designed shell punctuated by complex patterns of permeability and millimeter-sized pumps would eliminate the drag and turbulent wake caused by an object as it moves through the water. Utilizing the penetrable gaps in the case, water would at first accelerate, and then decelerate to its original speed before exiting -- rendering the fluid around the object virtually undisturbed. Now for the bad news: the design doesn't quite work for large-scale, real-world implementations -- hello again, submarines -- since the tech can only cloak small structures, like "a vehicle one centimetre across... [moving] at speeds of less than one centimetre per second." It's a massive bummer, we know, but we're getting there folks -- you just won't see it when it actually happens.

Duke University's underwater invisibility cloak stills troubled waters originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LEGO Minifig USB Flash Drive

I know, I know – you can get USB flash drives with much more storage for less, but they won’t be as cute as the LEGO minifig USB flash drive from ThinkGeek. �Pull the pants off the little minifig to use the 2GB USB drive. �It will work with Windows or Mac computers, and it [...]

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Google wants to speed up your site, while resisting the urge to sell you stuff

Google has plenty of things going for it, but patience has never really been high on the list -- not surprising, really, for a company that employs scooters to get around the halls of its offices. The search giant has taken a similar approach to the web, offering up a number of services to help speed things up around the old tubes. Page Speed Service is the latest simply named initiative on that front, which has apparently offered up speed improvements of 25 to 60 percent in its early testing phases. How does this magical quickening work? Google grabs content from your servers, rewrites pages with performance best practices, and sends them out through its own servers. The service has raised a few eyebrows, but Google insists that Page Speed Service is all about improving performance, not collecting information for future advertising opportunities.

Google wants to speed up your site, while resisting the urge to sell you stuff originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A Look Back On Our Mobile First CrunchUp And 6th Annual Summer Party At August Capital

We had a blast yesterday at our Mobile First Crunchup and 6th Annual Summer Party at August Capital. At our CrunchUp, we had some amazing speakers and special guests. Even Chamillionaire managed to make a certain speaker sweat and started a debate on why Android doesn't have a decent phone. Later in the day, the drinks were flowing at August Capital and even Ron Conway was spotted enjoying a margarita or two. Our summer party was a huge success and we want to thank everyone who came.�We hope you had as much fun as we did.

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Imagine Life Inside This Castle Made of Human Hair [Design]

It would probably be rather itchy. Agustina Woodgate, in her "I Wanted to Be a Princess" series really took the Rapunzel story and ran with it. This first work, called "Tower," uses 3,000 bricks made out of human hair. More »

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