Month: January 2013
Apple cuts ties with supplier hiring underage workers
Fair play to Apple. The company has stuck to its word and severed ties to one of its suppliers, Guangdong Real Faith Pingzhou Electronics (PZ), found to be employing underage workers, as well as reporting them to the appropriate authorities….
Samsung's Galaxy gets tough with the Xcover 2 smartphone
Samsung's Galaxy range gets a tough new addition today, with the South Korean tech firm making the Galaxy Xcover 2 official ahead of next month's MWC 2013 event. A ruggedised handset for the Bear Grylls outdoor enthusiasts amongst us (incidentally,…
YouTube Capture for iPhone now supports 1080p uploads
See that hilarious video of your cat with its head stuck in a treat box that you posted online yesterday using the YouTube Capture iOS app? Remember how you could only push it to YouTube in lowly 720p resolution? If…
Free for all London Underground Wi-Fi from Virgin Media ends on Tuesday
Reading this post while waiting for the Tube on London's Underground, connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi network? Enjoy it while you can; from Tuesday, the free-for-all service goes premium. Virgin Media will end the free service next week for all…
Samsung's rumoured Galaxy S4 sales predictions are pie-in-the-sky ambitious
Samsung may want to reassess their sales predictions for their forthcoming Galaxy S4 smartphone if the latest ludicrous rumoured figures are to be believed, or there may be some pretty peeved executives at the South Korean tech giant's HQ. Korean…
Acer Liquid E1 smartphone headed to MWC 2013
Following its Chinese debut, Acer look set to launch their mid-range Acer Liquid E1 handset for European markets at next month's MWC 2013 show in Barcelona. The 4.5-inch handset has a 960 x 540 touchscreen, a 1GHz dual-core processor backed…
J. J. Abrams to direct new Star Wars film? 5 reasons why I have a bad feeling about this
J. J. Abrams seems to be on the verge of being confirmed as the director of the new Star Wars movie, set for release in 2015. I have a bad feeling about this. The report comes from an unnamed source…
Twitter's Vine officially launches: 6-second video sharing for iPhone
Vine, the Twitter video sharing app for iPhone teased earlier today, is now available to download. Vine allows users to create six-second videos, either from a single clip or as a montage of short clips, which are then shared to…
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 spotted in the wild?
Remember the 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet (codenamed the Kona) that we brought you news on earlier today? It now seems as though the device has been spotted out in the real world ahead of an official unveiling. Italian…
Amazon acquire text-to-speech specialists IVONA: Audiobook boost or Siri rival planned?
Amazon have acquired IVONA, the text-to-speech firm behind the text-to-speech conversion capabilities of the Kindle Fire tablet line, for an undisclosed sum. "We are all thrilled that Amazon is supporting our growth so that we can continue to innovate and…