Engadget is a popular, award-winning multilingual technology weblog and podcast about consumer electronics. Engadget currently has four different websites, all operating simultaneously with each having its own staff, which cover technology news in different parts of the world in their respective languages.
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Engadget is a popular, award-winning multilingual technology weblog and podcast about consumer electronics. Engadget currently has four different websites, all operating simultaneously with each having its own staff, which cover technology news in different parts of the world in their respective languages.
Founding and membership
Engadget was co-founded by former Gizmodo technology weblog editor and co-founder, Peter Rojas. Engadget is a member of Weblogs, Inc., a blog network with over 75 weblogs including Autoblog and Joystiq and formerly including Hack-A-Day. Weblogs Inc. was purchased by AOL in 2005. 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.
Weblog
Launched in March 2004, Engadget is updated multiple times a day with articles on gadgets and consumer electronics. It also posts rumors about the technological world, frequently offers opinion within its stories, and produces the weekly Engadget Podcast that covers tech and gadget news stories that happened during the week.
Since its founding, dozens of writers have written for or contributed to Engadget, Engadget Mobile and Engadget HD, including high profile bloggers, industry analysts, and professional journalists. These writers include Jason Calacanis, Paul Boutin, Phillip Torrone, Ross Rubin, Marc Perton and Susan Mernit.
Engadget has been nominated for numerous awards, including a 2004 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.
Gmail, Google's webmail service, as well as many other RSS readers, has included Engadget as a default RSS feed, pulling the latest articles which appear at the top of all user's mailboxes.
To extend readership, the blog is available in several languages including Spanish, Japanese, Polish, and Chinese (traditional and simplified).
Blog uses Websmith to publish its content.
Podcast
The Engadget podcast was launched in October 2004 and was originally hosted by Phillip Torrone and Len Pryor. He was the host for the first 22 episodes of the podcast at which point Eric Rice took over. Eric Rice is known for his own podcast, called The Eric Rice Show and has also produced podcasts for Weblogs Inc. Eric hosted and produced 4 episodes of the podcast for Engadget until the show was taken over by Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. After about twelve episodes of both hosting and producing (episode 38,) Engadget hired podcast producer Randall Bennett, who worked as Engadget and Weblogs, Inc.'s rich media producer until May 2006.
The topic of discussion for the podcast is technology related and closely linked to events that have happened during the week in the world of technology. The show generally lasts from 30 minutes to an hour. The show is normally weekly, however there are events that disrupt this occasionally. When events such as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) come around each year, the podcast has been known to be broadcast daily during the event to cover the latest news on gadgets. More recently, special versions of the podcast have been made including the "Engadget Lovecast" and a listeners' voicemail podcast.
