This month Sharp targets the US with a bezel-free stunner, Sony goes selfie crazy, an ultra low-end smartphone launches in India and two new operating systems hit Asia [alert type=alert-blue]Sharp Aquos Crystal[/alert] The Aquos Crystal could go a long way in establishing Sharp’s credentials as a smartphone maker in the West. Although the electronics manufacturer […]

Earlier this week, seemingly out of nowhere, LG teased us with a video for a new smartwatch. A new  round-faced smartwatch. A successor to the not-too-popular LG G Watch, it is called the LG G Watch R. Internally, the G Watch R is almost exactly  the same as the G Watch: a 1.2GHz processor, 8GB […]

You don’t even need to have owned an iPhone to know that battery life is far from the device’s strong point. It’s the bane of any iOS fan’s existence, and a source of endless gloating from those loyal to other platforms. It turns out that in some cases, though, that short battery life isn’t intentional. […]

Amazon announced on Sunday that it has purchased videogame streaming service Twitch for $970 million. This moves comes as rather a large shock, as it was heavily reported only a matter of weeks ago that it would be Google buying out the site. Instead, though, Amazon has added a sizeable weapon to its video content […]

EA has announced several country-specific release dates and revealed the box cover art for FIFA 15. The latest addition to the long-running football sim franchise will hit UK shelves on 26 September. That’s a slightly longer wait than the release date for other continents. First to receive the game will be recent soccer advocates the […]

Short-form video sharing service Vine has introduced a host of new tools as part of a new update that rolls out on iOS today. Foremost among the upgrades is the ability to share older videos from your device’s gallery. Previously Vine users could only upload six second clips recorded via the app. That wasn’t always […]

It’s been a tough few months since overnight sensation Flappy Bird was first removed from app stores around the world. We’ve not known what to do with ourselves – our phones have collected dust in the corner, neglected, and long train journeys have been spend staring out of the window trying to fight back the […]

HTC has officially unveiled its newest smartphone, the Butterfly 2, which the company claims is a flagship device for Asian markets. The specs certainly attest to that statement. Inside the phone you will find a 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and a 13MP camera. HTC is also following the trend for better front-facing cameras […]

Motorola’s exciting Android Wear smartwatch, the Moto 360, isn’t supposed to hit shelves until September 9th. It seems that nobody told US retail giant Best Buy that, though, as it went and listed the product on its website on Sunday. The listing was of course removed hastily, but the internet never forgets. Eagle-eyed watchdogs (if […]

With the start of the new season due to kick of tomorrow, the Premier League is on the lookout to protect its copyrighted material. More specifically, it aims to block user-uploaded clips and GIFs of goals on apps such as Vine and YouTube. Aside from short comedy clips, it seems that goals from football matches […]

Aside from rumours regarding the possible appearance of the Xperia Z3, it is now being claimed that Sony will unveil its latest smartwatch at IFA too. Digi-Wo claims that Sony won’t go the way of LG, Motorola and Samsung by making the SmartWatch 3 an Android Wear device. Instead, it is thought that the Japanese […]

Music streaming service Spotify will now allow artists to sell their music, merchandise and concert tickets directly to fans via its platform. The move is part of a partnership with BandPage, a service that allows artists to create personal bios that can be hosted on various platforms such as Facebook and Spotify. Aside from allowing […]

The biggest technology companies on Earth spend billions in advertising and marketing every year. It may seem ridiculous – we may even mock them for some of the attempts that they come up with at the end of it. But the work of hundreds of thousands of advertisers the world over has been vindicated with […]

When it comes to dial-a-ride services, Uber is the name at the top of everybody’s list. Recently valued at $18.2 billion, the app is available and operational in 42 countries and over 100 cities. How do you go about challenging such a giant? Apparently, you can’t – as Uber won’t let you. Lyft is the […]

Aside from being insanely addictive, the Football Manager series of games arguably offer the best sports managerial sim experience around. So good in fact, that real-life Premier League clubs are using the game’s incredibly detailed player database to help identify new signings. Football Manager’s creator Sports Interactive will begin feeding its extensive stats – the […]

On this week’s podcast we talk about the rumoured iPhone 6 launch date, the Moto X+1, a premium phablet from Lenovo to rival the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the major changes made to Twitch.

We’ve all been there, waking up in the morning to find that we forgot to buy milk and realising we have to make the trek to the nearest shop. Well if you’re lucky enough to own a pair of Google Glass specs then you may never face that dilemma again, thanks to Tesco. The R&D […]

We’ve seen plenty of the Moto 360 smartwatch from Motorola in official clips and images. Most of these promotional items have kept the highly anticipated wearable firmly clasped on the user’s wrist. Motorola has also held back from revealing a full-range of specs and accessories for the device. Luckily, that has all changed thanks to […]

Apple will unveil the iPhone 6 at an event it is hosting on September 9, according to media reports. The firm has scheduled a “big” media event in relation to its latest smartphone next month and judging by past releases, it could be on sale from as early as 19 September. However, it is not […]

In a battle on the scale of David versus Goliath, it turns out that Xiaomi, a smartphone manufacturer that has been in the business for a brief four years, has surpassed the tech giant that is Samsung in terms of smartphone sales in China. The news, reported by analyst firm Canalys, comes hot on the […]

Google is following in the footsteps of Motorola by creating a new platform that will let users create custom smartphone cases and wallpapers. Entitled ‘Workshop’, the preliminary project only works with the Nexus 5 at this stage, but will likely be expanded to include more devices. Workshop is currently made up of two tools: MapMe […]

This week we discuss Apple’s $30 million acquisition of podcast app Swell, Facebook’s decision to stop messaging via its mobile apps, EA’s new game subscription service for the Xbox One and Huawei‘s huge smartphone sales figures.

Samsung has officially revealed the mini version of its flagship handset; the Galaxy S5, in the form of the Galaxy S5 Mini. Design-wise, the new device is a mix of old and new. It retains the dimpled back plastic cover of its larger predecessor but, as its title reveals, it scales things down a bit […]

Microsoft is rolling out updates to Windows Phone 8.1 today, which includes access to its digital voice assistant Cortana in several new countries. The UK and China will be graced with localised versions of Cortana – with the feature receiving  a regional makeover for the former that will include a British accent. Elsewhere, countries including […]

Boris Johnson will announce plans this week to introduce superfast 5G speeds to London as early as 2020. The London mayor will pledge to bring 5G to the capital within six years as part of a detailed infrastructure plan between now and 2050. Long-term evolution (LTE) speeds were only launched in the UK in October […]