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Type of site | Blog |
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| Available in | English |
| Editor | Dana Wollman |
| General manager | Sarah Priestley |
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| URL | www |
| IPv6 support | Yes |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | March 2004; 21 years ago (2004-03) |
| Current status | Online |
Engadget (/ɪnˈɡædʒɪt/in-GAJ-it[1][2]) is a technology news, reviews and analysis website offering daily coverage ofgadgets,consumer electronics, video games, gaming hardware, apps, social media, streaming, AI, space, robotics, electric vehicles and other potentially consumer-facing technology. The site's content includes short-form news posts, reported features, news analysis, product reviews, buying guides, two weekly video shows, The Engadget Podcast, The Morning After newsletter and a weekly deals newsletter. It has been operated byYahoo! Inc. since September 2021.[3]
Engadget was founded by formerGizmodo technology weblog editor and co-founderPeter Rojas. Engadget was the largest blog inWeblogs, Inc., a blog network with over 75weblogs, includingAutoblog andJoystiq, which formerly includedHackaday. Weblogs Inc. was purchased byAOL in 2005.[4]
Launched in March 2004, Engadget was one of the internet's earliest tech blogs. It gained a reputation for reporting on gadget announcements, along with rumors and leaks about upcoming products. In its early days, the site often included opinion within its articles. The original leadership also introduced the weeklyEngadget Podcast, which covered tech and gadget news from the week.[4]
On December 30, 2009, Engadget released its first mobile app for theiPhone andiPod Touch.[5][6] It was relaunched in 2017,[7] but has since been discontinued.
Overnight, on July 15, 2013, Tim Stevens stepped down as the editor-in-chief, placinggdgt's Marc Perton as the interim executive editor.[8] In November 2013, a major redesign was launched that mergedgdgt's features into Engadget, such as the database of devices and aggregated reviews. The changes aimed to turn Engadget into a more extensive consumer electronics resource, similarly toCNET andConsumer Reports, aimed towards "the early adopter in all of us".[9]
In April 2014, Michael Gorman was named the editor-in-chief of Engadget, alongside Christopher Trout as executive editor.[10] In April 2017, Trout was announced as the new editor-in-chief, with managing editor Dana Wollman promoted to executive editor.[11] In September 2018, it was announced that Dana Wollman would take over as editor-in-chief.[12]
On December 2, 2015, Engadget introduced a redesign, as well as a new editorial direction with a focus on broader topics influenced by technology; Gorman explained that "the core Engadget audience—people who are very much involved in the industry—pay attention to it closely, but the new editorial direction is really meant to make it approachable for folks outside of that realm."[13] The site's broader focus beyond hardware and short-form blog posts continues to this day.[citation needed] As of 2023, Engadget publishes more than two dozen stories on an average weekday, including short-form news posts, in-depth features, product reviews, buying guides, news analysis, and opinion pieces. Engadget also producesThe Morning After newsletter, sent out Monday through Friday, a weekly deals newsletter typically released on Thursdays, andThe Engadget Podcast. The podcast is currently hosted by deputy editor Cherlynn Low and senior reporter Devindra Hardawar, with new episodes released on Fridays.[14][15] In 2023, Engadget launched two weekly video series, The Morning After starring UK bureau chief Mat Smith (who also writes the newsletter of the same name) and an as-yet unnamed gaming-related series hosted by senior reporter Jessica Conditt.[16][17]
In 2018, Engadget won aWebby Award for "Best Writing" in the "Websites and Mobile Sites" category.[citation needed] The site also received honors three times from the Society for Features Journalism between 2019 and 2020, including two features by then-staffer Chris Ip and one by contributor Megan Giller.[18][19]
In 2013 it was announced that Engadget would be the new judge of the official Best of CES Awards. Engadget's partnership with theConsumer Technology Association (CTA), the group that organizes CES, continued through CES 2021.[20][21] For CES 2022 and CES 2023, Engadget issued "Best of CES" awards independent of any partnership with the CTA.[22][23]
On June 21, 2014, actorWilliam Shatner raised an issue with several Engadget editorial staff and their "verification" status onTwitter. This began when the site's social media editor, John Colucci tweeted a celebration of the site hitting over one million Twitter followers.[24][better source needed] Besides Colucci, Shatner also targeted several junior members of the staff for being "nobodies", unlike some of his actor colleagues who did not bear such distinction. Shatner claimed Colucci and the team were bullying him when giving a text interview to Mashable.[25] Over a month later, Shatner continued to discuss the issue on his Tumblr page,[26] to which Engadget replied by defending its team and discussing the controversy surrounding the social media verification.[27]
In early 2011, eight of the most prominent editorial and technology staff members left AOL to build a new gadget site with the CEOJim Bankoff atSB Nation. On leaving, Joshua Topolsky, former editor-in-chief, is quoted having said, "We have been working on blogging, technology that was developed in 2003, we haven't made a hire since I started running the site, and I thought we could be more successful elsewhere".[28]
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