The After Math: Samsung's newly discovered Galaxy, Google's gaffe and Seagate sells a lot of storage

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <em>Welcome to The After Math, where we attempt to summarize this week's tech news through numbers, decimal places and percentages.</em><br /><div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="The After Math Samsung's newly discovered Galaxy, Google's gaffe and Seagate sells a lot of storage" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/galaxys4-1363360196.jpg" /></div>In this week's After Math, Google got stung for its Street View WiFi mishap, Samsung revealed what is likely to be its best-selling phone (again), while the new Digital Public Library of America received a huge donation from the US National Archives. We're getting things ready for Engadget Expand this weekend, so expect a special edition TAM next week. We hope to see plenty of you at the event -- we'll be there.<br /> <ul><li> Screen size of the Samsung Galaxy S 4: 5 inches</li><li> Resolution: 1080p (1,920 x 1,080)</li><li> Pixels per inch on the Galaxy S 4: 441</li><li> Pixels per inch on Apple's iPhone 5: 326</li><li> Pixels per inch on Samsung's Galaxy S III: 306</li><li> Length of Samsung's Unpacked 2013 event in New York: 50 minutes, 33 seconds</li><li> New phones announced: 1</li><li> Number of cores in the original Galaxy S (2010): 1</li><li> Number of cores in the Galaxy S 4 (2013): 8 (depending on region)</li><li> Pricing for the Galaxy S 4: TBA</li><li> Number of carriers that will offer the Galaxy S 4 on a mobile contract: 327</li><li> Pricing for the Vertu's first Android phone, the Ti: $9,600</li><li> Annual Vertu concierge fee: Around $2,800</li><li> Carriers set to offer the Vertu Ti on a mobile contract: none</li></ul><div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="DNP The After Math Samsung's newly discovered Galaxy, Google's gaffe and Seagate sells a lot of storage" data-src-height="319" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/vertu.jpg" /></div><ul><li> Google's fine for user information taken during Street View image collection: $7 million</li><li> Microsoft's EU fine for browser choice non-compliance: $730 million</li><li> <span>Digital objects donated to the Digital Public Library of America by the US National Archives: 1.2 million</span></li><li> Songs, videos, apps and e-books available on Apple's iTunes store: Over 28 million</li><li> Number of hard drives Seagate shipped since 1980: 2 billion</li><li> Number shipped in the last four years: 1 billion</li></ul></div></div>

The After Math: Samsung's newly discovered Galaxy, Google's gaffe and Seagate sells a lot of storage

Welcome to The After Math, where we attempt to summarize this week's tech news through numbers, decimal places and percentages. In th...

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The After Math: Cinder block-chucking robots, Barcelona's mobile bonanza and brain doctors

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /><div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="The After Math Barcelona's mobile bonanza, Big Dog and brain doctors" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/aftermath3.jpg" /></div>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 <em>throw cinder blocks</em>. We'll be sticking closer to the (safer) events in Spain, however, so take a look for yourself after the break.<br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Attendees at this year's Mobile World Congress: More than 72,000</li><li> Attendees at MWC 2012: More than 67,000</li><li> Attendees at this year's Consumer Electronics Show: More than 150,000</li><li> MWC 2013 show floor area at the new Fira Gran Via venue: 1.01 million square feet</li><li> CES 2013 show floor area: 1.85 million square feet</li><li> Number of Engadget liveblogs this week: 6</li><li> Number of Engadget liveblogs last week: 2 (Sony and HTC)</li><li> The price of Nokia's new 105 basic phone: 15 euros (about $20)</li><li> Price of three coffees on the show floor: 6 euros</li><li> Price of Nokia's new Lumia 720 Windows Phone: 249 euros (about $330)</li><li> Launch event date for Samsung's next major smartphone: March 14th, 2013</li><li> Announce date for the Galaxy S III: May 3rd, 2012 </li></ul><div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/samdsc06833.jpg" /></div><ul><li> Number of monthly active users on Instagram: 100 million</li><li> Number of monthly active users on Facebook: More than 1 billion</li><li> <span>Time taken to create the first version of <em>Surgeon Simulator 2013</em>, now </span>out on Steam<span>: 48 hours</span></li><li> Battery life of Boston Dynamics' awesomely terrifying Big Dog: 24 hours</li><li> Top speed of Boston Dynamics' Cheetah robot: 29.3 miles per hour</li><li> Usain Bolt's top speed: 27.79 miles per hour</li></ul></div></div>

The After Math: Cinder block-chucking robots, Barcelona's mobile bonanza and brain doctors

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The After Math: Balsillie cashes out, Dell goes private and OUYA hits 481

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /> <div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="The After Math Balsillie cashes out, Dell goes private and OUYA hits 481" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/aftermath2.jpg" /></div>We crunched the numbers just after CES, while the organizers were barely tearing down hundreds of lavishly lit booths. Now, we're going to be making it a regular thing, pulling together and musing on the week's vital statistics. This time around, we watch iPads make an impression on computer shipments, while Dell reorganizes and goes private -- with a little help from Microsoft. All that and more awaits beyond the break.<br /><li> <span>Estimated number of Apple computer shipments (including iPads) during Q2 2012: 27 million</span></li><li> Estimated number of Dell PCs shipped in the same period: 9.7 million</li><li> Fourth generation iPads and iPad mini sold three days after launch: 3 million</li><li> Dell's percentage year-on-year decline, according to Canalys: 19 percent</li><li> Microsoft's loan to Dell, as it goes private: $2 billion</li><li> Microsoft's purchase price for Skype in 2011: $8.5 billion</li><li> Estimated percentage<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7080182682816192337"> of Apple and Samsung's combined global smartphone market share during Q4 2012: 52</a></li><li> Estimated percentage of global smartphone sales by third place BlackBerry: 3.9</li><li> BlackBerry stake sold by former co-CEO Jim Balsillie: 5.1 percent</li><li> Number of new Samsung smartphones announced in 2012: 18</li><li> Number of new Apple smartphones announced in 2012: 1</li><li> Sony's net loss for the last quarter: $115 million</li><li> Graphics chipmaker NVIDIA's profits for last quarter: $174 million</li><li> Amount pledged for the crowd-funded (and NVIDIA-powered) OUYA games console: $8,596,474</li><li> Number of game titles confirmed for OUYA: 481</li><li> Total number of Sony PlayStation 3s sold as of November 2012: 70 million</li><li> Total number of PlayStation 2 units sold before being retired: 150 million</li><li> Date of Sony's new PlayStation event: 20th February 2013</li></div></div>

The After Math: Balsillie cashes out, Dell goes private and OUYA hits 481

We crunched the numbers just after CES, while the organizers were barely tearing down hundreds of lav...

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