Month: March 2015
giffgaff claims to have the lowest UK price on the HTC One M9
Fancy a HTC One M9? Well it might be worth taking a look at what giffgaff is offering as the virtual network is claiming that it is selling the flagship mobile at a price that’s £10.98 lower than its main competitors. The phone will be available for purchase from 10.30pm on Sunday 29th March, and…
Will Windows Phone soon run Android apps?
Today's rumour du jour is that Microsoft could be planning to add support for Android apps on Windows Phone - in a bid to boost the number of apps available. According to Neowin Microsoft might be investigating possible emulation technologies in a bid to shortcut its platform's chicken-and-egg problem, of not having enough apps to…
WATCH: Call of Duty Exo-Zombies Infection Trailer
A new trailer for the latest CODAW DLC has just hit and features John Malkovich, Bill Paxton, Rose McGowan, and Jon Bernthal playing the starring roles in Exo Zombies. It certainly looks very exciting - let's hope the gameplay lives up to it!
Apple goes head to head with Spotify, plans to launch streaming service and revamp iTunes Radio with Zane Lowe
According to the New York Times, Apple and Beats - the headphones company Apple purchased for $3bn in 2014 - are set to take on Spotify with a new music streaming service. Unlike Spotify, there will be no free option with the streaming service. According to several music executives, Apple recently tried but failed to persuade…
New graphene light bulbs go on sale later this year, cut energy use by 10%
A light bulb made with graphene - a substance developed by Russian scientists in 2004 - is to go on sale later this year. The dimmable bulb contains a filament-shaped LED coated in graphene. Designed at Manchester University, where the material was first discovered by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov over a decade ago, the…
Spotify launches on PS4 and PS3 in the UK
Today's the day: Streaming music service Spotify has launched on Sony's games consoles. Spotify for Playstation gives Spotify Premium subscribers the ability to listen to tracks and playlists on the PS4 - which could be a straightforward way to get your tunes on the living room speakers. On PS4, the app runs in the background,…
WATCH: Portal, the musical!
FINALLY! As spotted by NowGamer, some enterprising theatre types have adapted one of the most heartwarming stories in videogames into a musical. Portal The Musical is an entirely unauthorised adaption of the game - and you can watch the highlights above.
Apple Watch Edition buyers will get to skip the queues, so that everyone will know who is a dick
Buyers of the most expensive Apple Watch - the "Edition", which starts at £8000 will get to skip the queues outside Apple Stores on April 24th, according to reports. 9to5Mac reports on preparations for the rich to get their Apple watches - without having to mix with the sort of subhuman scum who only have…
WATCH: How much do you know about the NES?
"Did you know Gaming", a YouTube channel devoted to obscure and interesting bits of trivia has posted the above video about the Nintendo Entertainment System. Did you know the eject button didn't actually do anything? Or that the NES had an internet add-on in Japan? I certainly didn't. Check out the video for more.
Surprise! Zelda WiiU delayed.
In a move that will surprise no one who has ever followed the development of a Zelda game before, Nintendo has announced that the WiiU's instalment of the series is being delayed. In this case, it seems that it probably won't hit the Christmas 2015 release date it was aiming for. Check out the video…