Month: December 2017
#YouTube Rewind 2017: Ed Sheeran tops video and music lists
Everyone loves a list - especially Ed Sheeran I would've thought, given his massive success in recent years. As 2017 draws to a close, the scruffy ginger singer is revealed once again as number one for both the video and music categories according to the latest lists compiled by #YouTubeRewind. Globally, Luis Fonsi’s Despacito is the most viewed music video of all…
London landscapes: filming in 360 with Kodak PixPro 4K VR360 VR/action cam
Don't you just love those cold and crisp Autumn days when the sunlight glistens through the trees and the leaves make a crunching sound under foot. Well unfortunately the day we went down to the woods to film with the Kodak PixPro VR camera wasn't one of those days. Instead it was one of those horrible…
Honor announces entry level 7X and View 10 AI smartphone
Huawei sub-brand Honor launched two new smartphones at an event hosted by the company's President George Zhao, and attended by Tech Digest, in the city of London today. The Honor 7X is an entry-level phone, available now for a price of €299 (£269) while the Honor View 10 is being billed as the first AI…
Top 10 selling Christmas gifts of all time. How many of these can you remember?
From Monopoly to the Rubik's Cube and Gameboy, a whole host of crazes have taken the world by storm over the past few decades. But how many of these top-selling Christmas gifts from yesteryear are you old enough to remember? Chris Price reports Everyone remembers that one special toy they just had to have for Christmas when…
Safety worries as drones set to be this year’s must-have Christmas present
Drones are quite literally set to fly off the shelves over the next couple of weeks with nearly a quarter of consumers planning on buying one over the festive period, potentially adding another 1.5 million to UK airspace. Research from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and its DroneSafe campaign has revealed that 63 per cent…
Play our fun quiz: 2017 – a year in gadgets
There's been no shortage of new gadgets launched this year. But just how much can you remember? Do you know your Sonos from your Sony or your Nintendo Switch from your Nintendo Wii? And which famous products celebrated their 10th birthday in 2017 apart from the Apple iPhone? Play out fun quiz below to see…