Author: James O'Malley
James is the Editor of TechDigest. You can follow him on Twitter @Psythor.
Check out this amazing Google Now powered LED coffee table (!)
What's brilliant about the likes of the Raspberry Pi and Arduino is that it makes hacking together your own gadgets pretty straightforward. Check out the above video showing Mikel Duke's coffee table - which features an array of LED lights that can be controlled through voice on his smartphone. Here's how it works: "This a…
Here’s what the Samsung Galaxy S6 looks like… sort of.
We're now mercifully less than a week away from the final reveal of the Samsung Galaxy S6 - and the Samsung marketing machine is continuing to generate hype by drip-feeding fans images like the above. The latest, which you can see above, which shows off the S6 Edge variant with a curved screen, was posted…
5 things that would have made The Order 1886 a better game
Today we're all playing The Order... but we can't help but be a little underwhelmed. Here's 5 ways the game could have been made better. 1) More interaction The Order's big boast is that it is a hugely cinematic game. Not only does it have the best visuals we've seen yet on a console, but…
5 boring but important tips for buying phones and other gadgets
[nextpage title="Next"] Buying a new phone, or other techie gadget can be frustrating. There's just so much choice, and so many options - not to mention everyone has an opinion, so as soon as you mention it you'll get tonnes of conflicting pieces of advice. And this is even before you factor in all of…
HTC hints at a bigger screen on HTC One M9
This is the M8 because we don't know what the M9 will look like yet. The marketing is cranking into gear ahead of the March 1st reveal of HTC's new flagship phone, which we expect to be called the HTC One M9. Let them stare. The new HTC One revealed 01.03.15.…
Is your iPhone battery dying too quickly? Here’s what to do.
If you've had your iPhone for a while then you might have noticed that your battery doesn't seem to be lasting as long as it used to be. This isn't just your mind playing tricks, or you becoming increasingly addicted to your phone (though it could be) - it is pretty common after a year…
Graphics stack change paves the way for Android on Raspberry Pi
Could Android soon be available for Raspberry Pi? That's the speculation following the announcement that the Raspberry Pi Foundation is working on a completely open source graphics stack for the diminutive computer. According to Reddit, RPi's Eric Anholt is working on open sourcing the graphics drivers - which means that eventually it'll be possible for…
Assassin’s Creed: Unity patch kills companion phone app
The latest patch to the beleaguered Assassin's Creed: Unity does something surprising, and removes the link between the game and its companion mobile app. The game was released last November and has received basically nothing but criticism since due to a number of game-breaking (and just plain ridiculous) bugs. In addition to this, one of…
Ifttt launches “Do” button for Android homescreens
If-That-Then-This, the useful service which hooks your various web services and internet-of-things gadgets together has launched a new Android app to make triggering actions even easier. Do Button by IFTTT will essentially take your "recipes" and put a big button on your Android homescreen. So if you want to, say, turn on your Belkin Wemo…
The Order: 1886 – The TechDigest Review
The year is 1886 and a secret order of knights are keeping London safe from groups of rebels and “halfbreed” monsters using airships, EMP, and machine guns. Hang on - is this really historically accurate? Welcome to The Order: 1886, a steampunk reimagining of the Victorian era. The first thing that will strike you is…