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{{Infobox website
| name           = Engadget
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| url            = [http://www.engadget.com/ engadget.com]
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(contracted; show full) latter is generally hosted by Ben Drawbaugh<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engadget.com/about/editors/ben-drawbaugh/ |title=Ben Drawbaugh's Engadget Profile page |work=Engadget }}</ref> and Richard Lawler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engadget.com/about/editors/richard-lawler/ |title=Richard Lawler's Engadget Profile page |work=Engadget }}</ref>

As of 27 June 2014, all Engadget podcasts are on hiatus according to a tweet sent out from Engadget's [[Twitter]] account.
  <ref>{{cite web|title=Engadget's Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/engadget/status/482553152810393600}}</ref>

==App==
On 30 December 2009, Engadget released its first mobile app for the [[iPhone]] and [[iPod Touch]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lavey |first=Megan |url=http://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/30/engadget-releases-iphone-app/ |title=Engadget releases iPhone app |publisher=The Unofficial Apple Weblog |date=30 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engadget.com/downloa(contracted; show full)t |url=http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/22/the-after-math-engadget-expand-special/ |title=The After Math: Engadget Expand SF 2013 special |work=Engadget |date=22 March 2013}}</ref> Editor-in-chief [[Tim Stevens]] announced that a second Expand conference would occur in Q4 2013 in [[New York City]]. At Expand New York 2013, the site welcomed big names including [[LeVar Burton]], [[Reggie Watts]], [[Spike Lee]], [[Ben Huh]] and speakers from companies like [[Google]], [[Sony]], [[Facebook]] and [[Pebble
_  (watch)]].

While the attempt to make the event biannual didn't pan out, the now annual Expand event is free of charge.  <ref>{{cite web|last=Colucci |first=John |url=http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/06/engadget-expand-2014-rjd2/ |title=RJD2 will join us at our free Engadget Expand event in NYC! |work=Engadget |date=6 August 2014}}</ref> and will return to [[New York City]] in November 2014.  

Engadget also hosts a myriad of smaller meetup style events called Engadget Live,  <ref>{{cite news|last1=Palermo|first1=Philip|title=Here's what happened at Engadget Live Seattle|url=http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/23/engadget-live-seattle-recap/|publisher=Engadget|date=23 July 2014}}</ref> a merger of then [[gdgt]] + Engadget events prior to the site's merger. In 2014, ''Live'' events will occur in [[Austin, TX]], [[Seattle, WA]], [[Boston, MA]] and [[Los Angeles, CA]].

==The Engadget Show==
{{See also|List of The Engadget Show episodes}}
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The show was originally hosted by [[Joshua Topolsky]] along with editors [[Paul Miller (American journalist)|Paul Miller]] and [[Nilay Patel]]. After their departure from Engadget and AOL in early 2011 newly appointed editor in chief Tim Stevens became the show's host. It is directed by Michelle Stahl and is executive produced by Joshua Fruhlinger and Michael Rubens. As of 2014, the show is cancelled.

== Controversy ==

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=== Trademark Infringement ===
In early 2006, Engadget reported that they were victims of their likeness being stolen and used as a store name at a mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. However, they stated they would not be taking any action.  <ref>{{cite web|last=Rojas |first=Peter |url=http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/a-visit-to-the-engadget-store/ |title=A visit to the Engadget store... |work=Engadget |date=10 July 2006}}</ref> The store has since changed its name (or possibly shutdown and a new store opened with a new name). In July 2007, another store had opened, also in Malaysia, with a logo bearing the same resemblance to Engadget's.  <ref>{{cite web|last=Block |first=Ryan |url=http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/01/the-fake-engadget-store-returns-in-a-new-location/ |title=The (fake) Engadget store returns in a new location! |work=Engadget |date=1 July 2007}}</ref>

===William Shatner & Twitter Verification===
On 21 June 2014, actor [[William Shatner]] raised issue with several of Engadget's editorial staff and their "verification" status on [[Twitter]]. This began when the site's social media editor, [[John Colucci]] tweeted a celebration of the site hitting over 1 million Twitter followers.  <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/william-shatner-went-on-a-massive-rant-about-how-hes-sick-of/|title=William Shatner Went On A Massive Rant About How He’s Sick Of “"Nobodies”" Getting Verified On Twitter|work=BuzzFeed|author=Alan White|date=23 June 2014}}</ref> Besides Colucci, Shatner also targeted several junior members of the staff for being "nobodies" unlike some of his actor colleagues who didn't have such distinction. Shatner claimed Colucci and team were bullying him when giving a text interview to Mashable.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ulanoff |first=Lance |url=http://mashable.com/2014/06/24/william-shatner-twitter-verified/ |title=William Shatner: My Problem With Twitter's Verified Accounts |work=Engadget |date=24 June 2014}}</ref>. Over a month later, Shatner continued to discuss the issue on his Tumblr page,<ref>{{cite web|last=Shatner |first=William |url=http://williamshatner.tumblr.com/post/93274499035/abusing-verification-segueing-with-shatner |title=Abusing Verification - Segueing with Shatner |work=Engadget |date=29 July 2014}}</ref>, to which Engadget replied with its own response, defending its team and discussing the controversy around social media verification.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lee |first=Nicole |url=http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/31/the-perks-of-being-somebody-online/ |title=The perks of being 'somebody' online |work=Engadget |date=31 July 2014}}</ref>

===The Verge===
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