Month: December 2014
Is Samsung killing the Galaxy Alpha in favour of the A5?
Samsung is tightening the purse strings - with reports suggesting that the company won't be manufacturing any more Galaxy Alpha handsets after it sells the already produced stock out. The reason for the change appears to be money: According to The Verge, the company will be replacing the handset in its home market of South…
Want to find a bus timetable over the festive season? Arriva may have just come up with the worst website user journey in all of recorded history.
When running a public service, one of the most important aspects of what you do is helping users find the information they need as quickly and efficiently as possible. It is this design principle that has inexplicably led to the British government becoming world leaders in making websites. GOV.UK, run by the Government Digital Service…
What are some top Boxing Day Tech Deals?
[nextpage title="Next"] If you're looking for a new TV, ASDA might be a good place to go. The company has cut the price on two LED TVs from boxing day. The 40" Samsung 40H4200 LED TV is now only £269, down from £299, and the 39" Seiki LED telly is now only £169, down from…
Kodak apparently working on Android devices
Could Kodak be working on a line of cameras that run Android? The company has been raising expectations ahead of January's CES show. According to Slashgear, the company will announce mobile devices that offer "best in class image management software and features". Whilst this doesn't spell out exactly what we can expect, perhaps it will…
The Digest: Uber says sorry (again)… and 3 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Uber 'truly sorry' for price rise during Sydney siege | BBC News "Taxi booking firm Uber has apologised for raising fare prices during a deadly cafe siege in Sydney last week. The firm raised fares by as much as four times its normal rate when demand shot up during the siege that left…
Samsung closes flagship UK store
It couldn't even wait until Christmas - Samsung has closed its flagship store in the Stratford Westfield shopping centre in London. The news of the end of the "Experience Store" came as a tweet from Najeeb Khan - who posted photos showing that the store had already been partially dismantled. (It'd be cruel to joke…
Playstation Now game streaming come to Samsung Smart TVs
Samsung has announced that from next year Sony's Playstation Now game streaming service will be available on selected Samsung Smart TVs - meaning you'll be able to game away without having a console sat under the TV. The streaming service, which works in the cloud, will merely require you to have a PS4 controller and…
Tesla testing battery replacement technology that could recharge your car in 3 minutes
One of the big problems with electric cars is that they take rather a long time to charge up - at least compared to the time taken to pump another tank of petrol. But Tesla might have found a solution: Replace the batteries. According to Inhabitat the company has just started a trial of the…
The best DVDs to beat the Christmas TV schedules
[nextpage title="Next"] If you are to believe Britain's tabloid media, there is absolutely nothing to watch on television at Christmas but repeats. Repeats, repeats, repeats, year after year. Even Her Majesty is said to be sick of the repeats. With that in mind, here are a few alternative choices of what to watch on DVD…
Microsoft planning an Xbox announcement for January
Now this is intriguing - Microsoft has scheduled an event for January 21st to talk about the consumer side of what we can expect from Windows 10... and also some news on Xbox One too. According to the Daily Express, which is uncharacteristically not writing about immigrants or statins, Xbox boss Phil Spencer tweeted "Before…