Barcelona's Mobile World Congress may have formed the backbone for this week's news but there was also notable news elsewhere -- like the fact that Boston Dynamics' upgraded quadruped robot can now
throw cinder blocks. We'll be sticking closer to the (safer) events in Spain, however, so take a look for yourself after the break.
- Attendees at this year's Mobile World Congress: More than 72,000
- Attendees at MWC 2012: More than 67,000
- Attendees at this year's Consumer Electronics Show: More than 150,000
- MWC 2013 show floor area at the new Fira Gran Via venue: 1.01 million square feet
- CES 2013 show floor area: 1.85 million square feet
- Number of Engadget liveblogs this week: 6
- Number of Engadget liveblogs last week: 2 (Sony and HTC)
- The price of Nokia's new 105 basic phone: 15 euros (about $20)
- Price of three coffees on the show floor: 6 euros
- Price of Nokia's new Lumia 720 Windows Phone: 249 euros (about $330)
- Launch event date for Samsung's next major smartphone: March 14th, 2013
- Announce date for the Galaxy S III: May 3rd, 2012
- Number of monthly active users on Instagram: 100 million
- Number of monthly active users on Facebook: More than 1 billion
- Time taken to create the first version of Surgeon Simulator 2013, now out on Steam: 48 hours
- Battery life of Boston Dynamics' awesomely terrifying Big Dog: 24 hours
- Top speed of Boston Dynamics' Cheetah robot: 29.3 miles per hour
- Usain Bolt's top speed: 27.79 miles per hour
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