By T.C. Sottek
New goals set by the Obama administration have raised the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) to 54.5 mpg by 2025, a considerable increase over the 35.5 mpg it hopes to achieve four years from now. The new CAFE standards — which were developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety...
What will happen to the gas stations?
Back to school can be a stressful time,...
Streaming music service Grooveshark has been under a legal assault from major record labels for quite some time now, but that won't be an impediment for Android users any longer: the official Grooveshark app is once again available in the Google Play Store. As noted by the Wall Street Journal, the return of the app comes less than two months after a judge in New York ruled against Universal's...
Longing. That best sums up my emotions right now. Trapped in a pastel room with hardwood floor some thousands of miles away from my precious 90 Seconds on The Verge — a child less than 70 minutes old that I cannot look directly upon from here at IFA. Oh sure, I write to often — as I have been wont to do from the start, a letter that's always 90 seconds in length (or so my editor likes to let me pretend). And of course, the child has many daddies that are all there taking care of him. And even more so, having David Pierce as a surrogate daddy is all well and good... but I just miss the little guy so much. Maybe he'll fly in for a daytrip in Berlin. That'd be nice. He looks so good today without me there. I'm so proud. But oh, oh, the longing.
Stories of the day:
I just miss him
Facebook has just released version 1.1 of its Facebook Camera iOS app, an update that introduces the ability to create new photo albums and add pictures to your existing galleries. There are also a number of smaller optimizations included, such as expanded social interactions. Much like the regular (and much improved) Facebook app, you'll now be notified of images you've been tagged in along...
First major update for the standalone camera app
Lexmark has announced it will stop producing inkjet printers in a restructuring move aimed at improving profitability. The company, not one of the larger players in the inkjet game, will continue to manufacture laser printers. The restructuring will cut about 13 percent of Lexmark's workforce (1,700 workers) and the company plans to sell around 1,000 patents related to its inkjet technologies....
The ISIS mobile payment solution has been a long time coming, but it appears to be ready for a September launch after months of uncertainty. Bloomberg spoke with VeriFone CEO Doug Bergeron, who confirmed plans for an introduction in Salt Lake City and Austin, TX next month. VeriFone is working with ISIS on the project to provide payment terminals, so Bergeron would likely have a good idea as to what's coming. Concrete details are stil minimal at this point, however — an ISIS spokesperson declined to elaborate beyond saying that an introduction would come this summer, and both AT&T and...
Episode three of Telltale's The Walking Dead game series is almost upon us, but if you've yet to get in on the action there's good news — Steam is having a sale. Right now you can pick up a season pass for the episodic series on both Mac and PC for $14.99, or 40 percent off the regular price. The pass gets you access to all five episodes — once they're released, that is — and the deal is only on until August 30th, so act quickly. While the latest episode, "The Long Road Ahead," is launching on the PlayStation Network today, Mac and PC gamers can venture into the zombie-filled world starting tomorrow. And if you're unsure what all the...
By Laura June
By Matt Macari
By Bryan Bishop
Gogo Inflight, the major provider of airline broadband, has obtained a license to provide service over Canada. Because Gogo's network will operate on the same frequency as its current domestic Wi-Fi in the United States, the experience will be seamless when travelling between the two countries on international flights. Gogo will begin cell tower construction in the 4th quarter of this year, and it expects to roll out the service by the end of...
Canada, here we come
Flipboard is celebrating its second year anniversary this summer, and has just announced some impressive statistics to boot. Just last year the reading app announced that it had passed the 5 million user mark, and now it reports more than 20 million. Some other relevant numbers it has just posted...
"Fresh meat," Dieter muttered, an evil grin starting to form at the corners of his mouth. "This is going to be fun."
Not every Verge Mobile Show is an opportunity to haze a recently-hired employee — but when one comes along, we take it very seriously. Watch closely as Dan Seifert is forced to...
There's been no shortage of astounding images coming from NASA's Curiosity rover, but the latest is notable nonetheless — it's another interactive, panoramic view of the martian landscape. Unlike the previous panorama, this one was actually...
It wasn't too long ago that an update for Firefox's Android app made the browser much speedier on smartphones, and now tablets are getting the same treatment. "You'll notice everything is quicker," the company said in an announcement today, "from startup and page load times to...
Google's comprehensive 2012 election coverage will now include a tool to help citizens register to vote, the company revealed this morning in an announcement about new resources for voters. Google has partnered with the New York nonprofit TurboVote, which collects contact information from voters...
You may know Dave Pell from his excellent collection of essays over at Tweetage Wasteland, but he's also been hard at work recently with NextDraft, an email newsletter summarizing the day's most important news. Last week, the newsletter made the jump to app form with the launch of NextDraft for iOS. He took some time to talk to The Verge about email's stability and appeal over the years, the need for smart...
Microsoft has released an official version of its SkyDrive client for Android devices today. Available in the Google Play store at no cost, the SkyDrive app allows Android users to access all files and folders shared in the web service and...
With a new Kindle device potentially on the horizon, Amazon has announced that its library of Kindle-exclusive ebooks has seen more than 100 million downloads to date. Those downloads include not just sales, but also books that have been borrowed through the Kindle Lending Library program....
For many in Europe the wait for Google’s Nexus 7 tablet is nearly over — the device is now available in France, Germany, and Spain. Prices are...
Since the Apple vs. Samsung trial ended with a jury verdict last Friday, we've started to hear from the jurors on how they rendered their decision so quickly. Now, Bloomberg TV has just run an...
You've waited, you've watched, you've sent angry letters to our homes and offices — and now the day is finally here. Yes, The Verge has been unleashed in the App and Play Stores, and you can go...
Samsung is actively speaking with US carriers about removing infringing features from the eight handsets Apple is seeking injunctions against, reports The Wall Street Journal. Of course, the...
Samsung has revealed that it plans to package an S Launcher application on its Windows 8 PCs that will mimic the Windows 7 Start Menu on Microsoft's new operating system. Mashable got a chance to...
The iPhone version of Dolphin's mobile browser has just hit version 6.0, bringing a number of new features and a redesigned look to the app. The...
An ad for the new Nexus 7 popped up on the front page of Google today, a rare and notable occurrence. This isn't the first time that Google has used its home page to advertise select products — the Nexus One, Nexus S, Droid, G1, and the Chrome browser have all had their moment in the spotlight — but it is the most noticeable thus far. The ad goes beyond the site's past attempts which were...
In April of 2012, a group of writers sat together for the first time, on a stage in a convention center in Boston. They were nervous. Excited. Maybe a little scared.
They had come together, bringing with them a combined half century of experience in video games media, to do one thing: start...
