Month: October 2014
Google Now can search within apps… now!
Google's latest update to its Android Google Now app has just made things ever clever: It can trigger searches within apps. In a post on the Android Developers Blog, the example is given of voice searching "Ok Google, search pizza on Eat24" or "Ok Google, search for hotels in Maui on TripAdvisor.". Then rather than…
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare to get a zombie mode?
A video has emerged showing what looks like a new zombie mode for this year's Call of Duty instalment. Check it out: It wouldn't be the first time the COD franchise has had a zombie mode - 2008's Call of Duty: World at War featured a "Nazi Zombies" mode that unlocked once you finished the…
BBM getting message retraction and Snapchat-style timed message features
Blackberry has started rolling out some interesting new features on BBM - making a move to ape snapchat, and also let you recall messages sent in error. If you've ever sent a message to the wrong person, you know how awkward it can be - so if you're a BBM user you could be in…
Samsung announces metal Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3
Samsung has implicitly responded to criticism of its plastic-heavy designs today by announcing the Galaxy A5 and A3, which sport full metal unibody designs. It is the outside of these phones that is getting all of the focus. Here's how Samsung describes it: "The Galaxy A5 and A3 are Samsung’s slimmest smartphones to date, featuring…
Could drones be the future of emergency health care?
A student has invented a drone that has a built in defibrillator - which could conceivably fly to people in need much quicker than an ambulance stuck in traffic. Alec Mormont from Delft University has come up with the concept: The drone can fly up to 100kph, and a network of drones could boost cardiac…
The Digest: Russia wants to ban Apple CEO Tim Cook… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Russian politician says Apple CEO Tim Cook should be 'banned' from country after coming out as gay | The Independent "Hours after Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly addressed his sexuality for the first time, a St Petersburg politician has called for him to be banned from Russia. Anti-LGBT campaigner Vitaly Milonov, a member…
Assassin’s Creed Unity goes to… World War II?!
Ubisoft has just dropped the latest trailer for Assassin's Creed: Unity and it appears to show the series going a little more modern... The "Time Anomoly" trailer shows hero Arnaud jumping through a hole in the French Revolution simulation and ending up scaling the Eiffel Tower, which has been emblazoned with a "V" and is…
What is Xiaomi and could it eclipse the likes of Samsung and Apple?
Today most western tech outlets have expressed surprised at the rise of a company called Xiaomi - which according to IDC is now the third biggest smartphone maker in the world and yet... you've never heard of it, right? Yeah, who the heck is Xiamoi? Xiaomi is a Chinese electronics company. It makes everything from…
YouTube rolls out 60fps support
Good news for anyone who likes watching gaming footage on YouTube: The site now supports videos uploaded at 60 frames per second. This means that video will look smooth as butter - perfect for high-speed shoot-outs and the like. If you can't imagine it, check out the below videos - be sure to choose "1080p60"…
Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals that he is gay. But still no comment on an Apple TV upgrade.
Apple has today announced that its CEO, Tim Cook, is gay. Writing in Business Week, Cook says: "I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who…
