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Weblogs Inc. was purchased by AOL in 2005.
The History Channel HD launched, but where was DirecTV?By B. Drawbaugh, 09.06.2007
Engadget's editor-in-chief, Ryan Block, announced on July 22, 2008, that he would be stepping down as editor-in-chief in late August, leaving the role to Joshua Topolsky.
On September 8, 2009, Joshua Topolsky announced that Engadget would be taping a new video show once a month in New York City.
On December 30, 2009, Engadget released its first mobile app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Engadget then released an Engadget app for the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi phones on January 1, 2010 claiming it was the "1000th application in the "webOS" Catalog". A week later, on January 8, 2010 they launched the app on the BlackBerry platform.
In 2010, the company was struggling to survive and managed to avoid a bankruptcy filing thanks to a deal with its creditors.
Engadget has in the past ranked among the top five in the "Technorati top 100" and was noted in Time for being one of the best blogs of 2010.
The new site, called The Verge , was launched on November 1, 2011.
On December 21, 2011, Distro officially moved into the Newsstand app within Apple's iOS ecosystem while also becoming available for the first time on Android tablets.
After their departure from Engadget and AOL in early 2011 newly appointed editor in chief Tim Stevens became the show's host.
In early 2011, eight of the more prominent editorial and technology staff members left AOL to build a new gadget site with CEO Jim Bankoff at SB Nation.
On December 11, 2012, Engadget announced Expand, a "live event and expo for gadget fans."
Overnight on July 15, 2013, Tim Stevens stepped down as the editor-in-chief, placing gdgt's Marc Perton as the interim executive editor.
In November 2013, a major redesign was launched that merged gdgt's features into Engadget, such as database of devices and aggregated reviews.
On June 21, 2014, actor William Shatner raised an issue with several of Engadget's editorial staff and their "verification" status on Twitter.
However, the studio announced that it still didn’t have enough money and split the game into two parts; the second finally arrived in 2015.
On February 2017, Engadget launched a completely redesigned version of the app after three years without any update.
On April 2017 Christopher Trout became Editor-In-Chief alongside Dana Wollman as Executive Editor, Olivia Kristiansen as Director of Video and Jose del Corral as Head of Product.
Google starts rolling out Incognito mode for MapsIt's also bringing auto-delete to YouTube History.By M. Moon, 10.02.2019
It's still the best puzzle game of all time.Only 'Minecraft' has sold more copies.By N. Ingraham, 06.02.2019
7The first commercial video call took place 50 years ago todayIt helped pave the way for our Zoom and FaceTime-dominated reality.By K. Holt, 06.30.2020
Recommended Reading: Dead Sea Scroll fragments in DC are fakesThe best long-form writing on technology and more on the web.By B. Steele, 03.14.2020
7Google's 3D scans recreate historical sites threatened by climate changeIts 'Heritage on the Edge' collection preserves history in depth.By J. Fingas, 01.29.2020
The iPad hasn't killed laptops, but Apple will keep tryingAfter 10 years, Apple is still fully devoted to the device it sees as the future of computing.By N. Ingraham, 01.27.2020
Preservation effort unearths over 750 PlayStation 2 game prototypesIt's a snapshot of video game history.By J. Fingas, 03.22.2021
‘Captains of Industry’: Visionary leaders, innovators join us in shaping the future May 3, 2022
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