Month: September 2014
GoPro reveals “HERO4” lineup
GoPro has announced the latest iteration of its tiny cameras - which can now shoot 4K video. There's three new cameras: Top of the line is the Hero 4 Black, which the company claims doubles the performance of its predecessor - capturing 4K video at 30fps, or 2.7K video at 50fps, or old-fashioned 1080p video…
European flights no longer need airplane mode
Excellent news for travellers: There's no longer any need to worry about switching off your devices before take-off, in Europe, at least. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced new guidance for airlines, which allows the use of phones, laptops and other devices through-out the flight - with no need to switch off or…
New Mac Mini on the way?
Word on the street is that Apple is planning to announce an updated Mac Mini - which has now gone for two years without a refresh. The rumours come courtesy of MacRumours, which reckons that we might see the new Mini desktop hardware as early as next month - to coincide with the release of…
Yahoo dump… umm, Yahoo
Yahoo has announced that it is to "sunset" (shutdown) three more of its services including, most intriguingly, Yahoo itself. When Yahoo launched a couple of decades ago it was designed to be a "directory" of websites - an early search engine in the days before everyone used Google. Now though, clearly realising that the company…
Windows not responding? Sounds like a cow has fallen over, but not died
As smartphone use increases around the world, ever more diverse language support is needed so that people can use new technology, whatever language they speak. Unfortunately, this isn't always straightforward. Pic from The Economist The Economist reports (by way of BoingBoing) that Ibrahima Sarr, a Senegalese coder is trying to translate…
Playstation Home residents getting kicked out by Sony landlords
Sony has announced that Playstation Home, the experimental PS3 people-doing-stuff-with-avatars 'em up will be getting the plug pulled in March next year. The foreclosure perhaps shouldn't come as too much of a surprise: the platform, which was initially conceived back in 2008 seemed to be a reaction to Wii (and laterally Xbox 360) avatars, and…
Is Shellshock the ‘worst ever’ computer bug?
For once, it seems that using a Windows-based computer might actually be the safest option. Reports have emerged of what some experts are calling a "deadly serious" bug that could potentially affect hundreds of millions of computers, devices and servers. The bug, dubbed Shellshock, has been found in a software component called Bash, which is…
BlackBerry Passport asks: is it hip to be square?
BlackBerry, as a company, has been in trouble for some time - but it clearly hopes that its new phone, the Passport, can turn its fortunes around. According to recent sales figures, only one in 100 smartphone owners in the US uses a BlackBerry, and the company itself admits that its older handsets are outselling…
EE lights up Wembley to showcase super fast network
Last night, EE and Wembley transformed the iconic arch with a unique light show, to mark their aim to make Wembley the most connected stadium in the world. As the next stage of EE’s partnership deal, new technology is being rolled out to provide all visitors access to consistently fast speeds on their mobile devices.…
Half of the world will be online by 2017
Our connected world is becoming ever more connected, according to the latest State of Broadband report. The report's 2014 edition estimates that more than half of the global population will have internet access within three years' time. The report also says that mobile broadband via smartphones and tablets is now the fastest growing technology in…
