Author: James O'Malley
James is the Editor of TechDigest. You can follow him on Twitter @Psythor.
Microsoft will let pirates upgrade to Windows 10 with no hard feelings
Microsoft has said that people who run pirate copies of Windows will be able to upgrade for free to Windows 10 - just like properly licensed users, turning their dodgy copy of the operating system into a legitimate one. The move was spotted by The Verge, which spotted a Reuters interview, in which Windows head…
Uber opens up to let any app conceivably summon a car
In an interesting move by ride-hailing app Uber, the company has completely opened up its back-end to developers via a new API, which will enable third party apps to request and cancel rides without having to go into the Uber app itself. If we're reading the Uber developers blog correctly, what it means is that…
They’re making a film about 80s videogames coming to life – here’s the trailer
So this was unexpected. Remember that episode of Futurama where Space Invaders actually invade? (It was Anthology of Interest II). Turns out that Hollywood is now essentially making a film version. Check out the trailer above for Pixels, which sees Pac-Man, Centipede, Space Invaders and Donkey Kong all take a starring role in this... sigh...…
Shock as Tech media doesn’t report on something Elon Musk said this one time
There's shock today in the technology media as it has emerged that Tesla Motors and Space X CEO Elon Musk may have said something, without his comments being picked up and recycled by every tech website out there. Unverified reports indicate that late last week, billionaire entrepreneur Musk was heard telling a colleague at Tesla's…
WATCH: The Worst Pile-Up in GTA History
Sometimes it feels like the whole world is against you. Check out this poor guy on GTA5, who just wanted to do a U-turn.
EE announces replacement for Orange Wednesdays with £1 movie streaming
EE has today announced its replacement for the long running "Orange Wednesdays" cinema tickets offer that ended last month. In a sign of the times, the company has switched from offering cinema tickets to film streaming at home. The company has partnered with on-demand service Wuaki.tv and will be offering customers a £1 film rental…
Potential iOS “bruteforce” security hole identified
If your phone is locked, it is usually regarded as pretty secure - after all, you have to enter a PIN number and after a certain number of incorrect tries it will either lock you out, or delete everything from the phone. But it appears there might be a way around it. MDSec has identified…
Google Play adopts age ratings and human moderators
Google has today announced a couple of changes to Google Play to attempt to make the user experience a bit better for everyone. In a blog post the company says that it will start applying age ratings to apps available for download, following videogame ratings, localised for different places. So in the UK and Europe…
In New York, getting an Uber is faster than an ambulance
If there's an emergency in New York, phoning 911 might not always be the fastest option - as taxi app Uber can beat the ambulance service by nearly four minutes. The surprising claim is made by Thought Bubbles which has been doing the digging - it reckons that the average wait time for an ambulance…
5 Questions now that Nintendo is making games for phones
So Nintendo is finally going mobile - which is BIG news. Here's five questions we're asking as a result. 1) Isn't this different to what the company has said before? Yep. In the past the company has alternated wildly between outright denial and leaving the door open but ruling it out. For example, producer Kensuke…