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| name           = Engadget
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| url            = [http://www.engadget.com/ engadget.com]
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(contracted; show full)blog editor and co-founder, [[Peter Rojas]]. Engadget was the founding blog in [[Weblogs, Inc.]], a blog network with over 75 [[Blog|weblogs]] including [[Autoblog.com|Autoblog]] and [[Joystiq]] and formerly including [[Hack a Day|Hack-A-Day]]. Weblogs Inc. was purchased by [[AOL]] in 2005.<ref name="forbes" /> Engadget's editor-in-chief, [[Ryan Block]], announced on 22 July 2008, that he would be stepping down as editor-in-chief in late August, leaving the role to [[Joshua Topolsky]].
 During this period, Engadget was routinely accused of being biased towards Apple inc. and the companies products.<ref name=apple1>{{cite web|last1=O'Brien|title=Does the media love Apple too much|first1=Terrence|url=http://www.switched.com/2007/07/03/does-the-media-love-apple-too-much/|publisher=Switched|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://applebiased.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/10/|title=Engadget Pimps Apple site maintenance as an actual news story|publisher=applebiased|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=apple3>{{cite web|url=http://archive.slickdeals.net/f/1845489-techies-i-am-done-with-engadget-gizmodo-is-a-bad-alternative-what-tech-blog-do-you-use-read|website=Slick Deals|title= Techies: I am done with Engadget; Gizmodo is a bad alternative. What tech blog do you use/read?|publisher=Slick Deals forum|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=apple2>{{cite web|last1=Boutin|first1=Paul|url=http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/02/engadget-comments/|title=Engadget editor: Why I turned off comments|publisher=http://venturebeat.com/|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref> On 12 March 2011, [[Joshua Topolsky]] announced that he was leaving Engadget to start [[Theverge.com|The Verge]], leaving Tim Stevens—profiled by Fortune on 31 May 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/31/tim-stevens-engadget/ |title=Tim Stevens is the nicest guy in tech |publisher=Fortune |date=31 May 2012}}</ref>—as the editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stevens |first=Tim |url=http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/04/welcome-to-engadget/ |title=Welcome to Engadget |wo(contracted; show full)</ref> Engadget issued a response on 1 April, mainly by repainting the Engadget sites and changing the Mobile logo for the day to a logo that looks as though it is saying "Engadge t-mobile".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/painting-the-town-magenta/|title=Painting the town magenta|work=Engadget|author=Ryan Block|date=1 April 2008|accessdate=17 December 2008}}</ref> The site has since returned to normal format, with the exception of the highlighting color.


===Apple bias===
During the period where Topolsky was editor-in-chief, Engadget was routinely accused of being biased towards Apple inc. and the companies products. Engadget seemed to be giving higher ratings to Apple products, de-emphasizing their disadvantages. Competing products were given the opposite treatment.<ref name=apple1>{{cite web|last1=O'Brien|title=Does the media love Apple too much|first1=Terrence|url=http://www.switched.com/2007/07/03/does-the-media-love-apple-too-much/|publisher=Switched|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://applebiased.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/10/|title=Engadget Pimps Apple site maintenance as an actual news story|publisher=applebiased|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=apple3>{{cite web|url=http://archive.slickdeals.net/f/1845489-techies-i-am-done-with-engadget-gizmodo-is-a-bad-alternative-what-tech-blog-do-you-use-read|website=Slick Deals|title= Techies: I am done with Engadget; Gizmodo is a bad alternative. What tech blog do you use/read?|publisher=Slick Deals forum|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=apple2>{{cite web|last1=Boutin|first1=Paul|url=http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/02/engadget-comments/|title=Engadget editor: Why I turned off comments|publisher=http://venturebeat.com/|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref>⏎
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==Awards==
Engadget has been nominated for numerous awards, including a 2004 [[Bloggies|Bloggie]] for Best Technology Weblog, and 2005 Bloggies for Best Computers or Technology Weblog and Best Group Weblog; Engadget won Best Tech Blog in the 2004 and 2005 Weblog Awards.

''The Engadget Show'' won the 2011 People's Voice [[Webby Award]] in Consumer Electronics,<ref>{{cite web|last=Patel |first=Nilay |url=http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/engadget-wins-the-peoples-voice-webby-in-consumer-electronics/ |title=wins the People's Voice Webby in Consumer Electronics, and you can win a Droid Incredible! |work=Engadget |date=4 May 2010}}</ref> while also winning the official Webby in Consumer Electronics (voted on by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences).<ref>{{cite web|last=Stevens |first=Tim |url=http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/04/we-won-some-webby-awards-and-now-you-can-win-a-blackberry-playb/ |title=We won some Webby Awards, and now you can win a BlackBerry PlayBook! |work=Engadget |date=4 May 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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