Engadget

Engadget is a multilingual technology blog network with daily coverage of gadgets and consumer electronics. Engadget currently operates a total of ten blogs—four written in English and six international versions with independent editorial staff. Engadget has in the past ranked among the top five in the "Technorati top 100" and was noted in TIME for being one of the best blogs of 2010.

History

Engadget was founded by former Gizmodo technology weblog editor and co-founder, Peter Rojas. Engadget was the 2nd largest blog in Weblogs, Inc., a blog network with over 75 weblogs including Autoblog and Joystiq which formerly included 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. On March 12, 2011, Joshua Topolsky announced that he was leaving Engadget to start The Verge, appointing Tim Stevens—profiled by Fortune on May 31, 2012—as the editor-in-chief.