Month: March 2015
The HTC One M9 is available in UK NOW – watch our video review
Today's the day! HTC's new flagship handset, the HTC One M9 is now officially available in Britain. Carphone Warehouse won the race to see who could press release it the fastest - announcing that the phone is available in its stores for £37.50/month when paying nothing upfront. Whilst similar (some would say too similar) to…
LG G4 announcement coming at the end of April
LG looks set to announce the LG G4 - an update to its critically acclaimed LG G3 at the end of next month. According to Trusted Reviews the South Korean company is planning six simultaneous events around the world, scheduled on April 28th or 29th (depending on timezones) - in London, New York, Paris, Seoul,…
WATCH: Rainbox Six Siege “Operator” Trailer
After the gameplay leak last week, it was surely only a matter of time until Ubisoft published something official to satiate gamers' appetites. And so this morning we have a new trailer for Rainbow Six Siege, focusing on the "operator" role. Check out the video above to see how the game is being positioned as…
Sonos adds support for Tidal
Quick off the mark as ever, elite home streaming company Sonos has announced that its expensive speakers will be fully supporting Tidal from the get-go. "Artists are more in tune than ever with how people are listening to their music," said Sonos CEO, John MacFarlane. "The game just changed – TIDAL represents the future of…
Onkyo announces £499 high end audio player, DAC-HA300
New from Onkyo is this industrial looking, high end DAC (Digital Audio Converter), headphone amplifier, music player. Costing £499, the new DAC-HA300 features a slot accommodating up to 128 GB of music stored on a microSD card, an OLED screen, and playback controls. It will be available at the end of April. The DAC-HA300 also serves as a…
Jay Z announces $9.99 streaming version of Tidal to rival Spotify
At an event in New York last, rapper and media mogul Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, announced an updated version of his recently acquired high quality audio service, Tidal. It was also announced that several other artists had become co-owners of the site, including fellow rapper Kanye West as well as Madonna, Beyonce, Alicia Keys…
Stephen Fry ‘hounded off’ Instagram, blames the newspapers. Katie Hopkins suggests Milliband should ‘gas his wife’. Nice.
Stephen Fry has quit social media site Instagram, telling his fans he was “hounded off” it by the press. The comedian and actor, who has a huge following on social media with 92,000 Instagram followers, said: “Newspapers, as ever, suck all the joy out of everything. Closing down. It was, briefly, fun. Bye.” In his description…
CityMapper shows off its Apple Watch app
CityMapper, which makes arguably the best public transport apps available for phones has revealed details of what Apple Watch users can expect. On a post on Medium the company explained that it has built Watch support around the idea of glanceable information - showing you what you need to do at a specific moment, such…
Kids spend up to 8 hours a day in front of a screen, according to Childwise
It probably doesn't come as a surprise to any parents. But a new report from market research firm Childwise shows that children aged five to 16 spend an average of six and a half hours in front of a screen - over double the amount in 1995. Again perhaps not surprisingly teenage boys spend the…
Meet the ELF Selfie Drone
The future is going to be amazing. ELF is a tiny little drone (or "nano-copter") with a built in a camera - and it is designed to take photos and video. To control it, all you need is your smartphone - it works over bluetooth and wifi. What sounds incredible is that you'll also be…
