<s>
Engadget	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
multilingual	O
technology	O
blog	O
network	O
with	O
daily	O
coverage	O
of	O
gadgets	B-Application
and	O
consumer	O
electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engadget	B-Application
manages	O
ten	O
blogs	O
,	O
four	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
English	O
and	O
six	O
have	O
international	O
versions	O
with	O
independent	O
editorial	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engadget	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
former	O
Gizmodo	O
technology	O
weblog	O
editor	O
and	O
co-founder	O
Peter	O
Rojas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engadget	B-Application
was	O
the	O
largest	O
blog	O
in	O
Weblogs	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
blog	O
network	O
with	O
over	O
75	O
weblogs	O
,	O
including	O
Autoblog	O
and	O
Joystiq	O
,	O
which	O
formerly	O
included	O
Hackaday	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weblogs	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
AOL	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
March	O
2004	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
is	O
updated	O
multiple	O
times	O
a	O
day	O
with	O
articles	O
on	O
gadgets	B-Application
and	O
consumer	O
electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
posts	O
rumors	O
about	O
the	O
technological	O
world	O
,	O
frequently	O
offers	O
opinion	O
within	O
its	O
stories	O
,	O
and	O
produces	O
the	O
weekly	O
Engadget	B-Application
Podcast	O
that	O
covers	O
tech	O
and	O
gadget	O
news	O
stories	O
that	O
happened	O
during	O
the	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
released	O
its	O
first	O
mobile	O
app	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overnight	O
,	O
on	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Tim	O
Stevens	O
stepped	O
down	O
as	O
the	O
editor-in-chief	O
,	O
placing	O
gdgts'''	O
Marc	O
Perton	O
as	O
the	O
interim	O
executive	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
redesign	O
was	O
launched	O
that	O
merged	O
gdgts	B-Application
 '	O
features	O
into	O
Engadget	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
database	O
of	O
devices	O
and	O
aggregated	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
changes	O
aimed	O
to	O
turn	O
Engadget	B-Application
into	O
a	O
more	O
extensive	O
consumer	O
electronics	O
resource	O
,	O
similarly	O
to	O
CNET	O
and	O
Consumer	O
Reports	O
,	O
aimed	O
towards	O
"	O
the	O
early	O
adopter	O
in	O
all	O
of	O
us	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
introduced	O
another	O
redesign	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
editorial	O
direction	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
broader	O
topics	O
influenced	O
by	O
technology	O
;	O
Gorman	O
explained	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
core	O
Engadget	B-Application
audience	O
—	O
people	O
who	O
are	O
very	O
much	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
—	O
pay	O
attention	O
to	O
it	O
closely	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
new	O
editorial	O
direction	O
is	O
really	O
meant	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
approachable	O
for	O
folks	O
outside	O
of	O
that	O
realm.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
21	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
actor	O
William	O
Shatner	O
raised	O
an	O
issue	O
with	O
several	O
Engadget	B-Application
editorial	O
staff	O
and	O
their	O
"	O
verification	O
"	O
status	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
began	O
when	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
social	O
media	O
editor	O
,	O
John	O
Colucci	O
tweeted	O
a	O
celebration	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
hitting	O
over	O
1	O
million	O
Twitter	B-Application
followers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
Shatner	O
continued	O
to	O
discuss	O
the	O
issue	O
on	O
his	O
Tumblr	O
page	O
,	O
to	O
which	O
Engadget	B-Application
replied	O
by	O
defending	O
its	O
team	O
and	O
discussing	O
the	O
controversy	O
surrounding	O
the	O
social	O
media	O
verification	O
.	O
</s>
