Author: James O'Malley
James is the Editor of TechDigest. You can follow him on Twitter @Psythor.
The BBC is making a show about the making of Grand Theft Auto
Today the BBC has announced a new initiative called "Make It Digital" which is aiming to do all sorts of worthy activities with young people to encourage them to code - including the dishing out of free Micro Bit Raspberry-Pi type devices to 12 year olds. Sounds pretty good, right? And fits in with the…
USB Type C coming to Android phones and Chromebooks
One of the big changes with the new Macbook which Apple unveiled on Monday as the use of a single USB-C port for, well, pretty much everything - monitor outputs, USB, network cables, everything. The new standard isn't just Apple-specific but has been agreed across industry - and we've just got confirmation that it will…
Google kills the Nexus 5
Google has pulled the Nexus 5 from the Google Play store - leading to speculation that it could be preparing a new version of its 'small' phone. The Nexus 5 launched in 2013 and was widely acclaimed for its simplicity and its elegance: Like all Nexus devices, it ran a standard version of Android, rather…
Will Android 6.0 support multiple windows?
The next major version of Android could support multiple windows - according to some informed speculation and intriguing screenshots. According to Tracy and Matt, digging through the latest Android 5.1 sourcecode suggests that Google may be planning to build in support for windows apps - in other words, enabling you to run two apps side…
iPhone FINALLY gets a Google Calendar app
Finally! After years of having to make do with Apple's lacklustre calendar, Google has finally released an official app for its Calendar service. Apart from better and deeper integration with Google's services, the app's major boon is that it allows easy access to an "agenda" list view - something that Apple has inexplicably made trickier…
Uncharted 4 delayed until next spring
Sony has quietly announced that Uncharted 4: A Thief's End has been delayed until Spring 2016. Writing on the Playstation Blog, Directors Bruce Straley & Neil Druckmann said: "After spending so many years with Nathan Drake, he means a lot to the team, and telling the climactic chapter of his adventures is a task we…
Will the iPhone 7 have Force Touch screens?
One of the biggest innovations announced in Monday's Apple presser was the addition of a "Force Touch" trackpad to the new Macbook, which will detect just how hard you're pressing down. Now, it seems, the same technology could be making its way to the iPhone. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is planning to…
WATCH: Netflix running on an original NES
Check out the above video, which claims to show the efforts of two engineers at a recent Netflix hackday, who managed to get the VOD platform running on a supposedly unmodified original NES. It isn't clear exactly how they've done it. Presumably there is some hardware either feeding data to the console or the cartridge,…
7 alternative smart watches to the Apple Watch that you can buy RIGHT NOW!
[nextpage title="Next"] The Apple Watch isn't due to hit stores until April so what are you supposed to do if you want something smart on your wrist in the meantime? As luck would have it, Apple isn't first on this - there are already plenty of smartwatches out there. Here's our pick of some of…
Fans urge Activision to re-release a remastered Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Whilst we might be despairing at 273,000 people wanting to re-instate Jeremy Clarkson, another petition is also gathering steam: 91,000 people (at the time of writing) want a new version of Modern Warfare 2. The game is perhaps best known for the controversial "No Russian" mission. The 2009 shooter was released…
