Month: August 2018
Top 10 car features including golf ball gear knob and Skoda integrated umbrella
The nation’s favourite 'hidden car features' have been named – with the iconic, but perhaps not so hidden, Volkswagen Golf GTI golf ball gear knob, pictured above, coming out on top. The dimpled gear shifter topped a poll of 2,000 drivers by video technology company CitNOW to find the nation’s most popular secret features that…
Audi introduces on demand service for short term rental
A range of Audi models available for short-term loan periods from one hour to 28 days One all-in fee including unlimited mileage, fully comprehensive insurance, Roadside Assistance, delivery & collection Prices from £70 per day Available for collection from Audi Centre or delivery within 30-minute radius First Audi on demand facility established in Manchester, with more cities to…
Sphero Mini now available in three new colours for Apple
Connected play company Sphero has announced three new colours for its Mini robots, exclusively for Apple. Sphero Mini packs tons of fun into a tiny, app-enabled robotic ball, claims the manufacturer. Drive using the Sphero Mini app, or with your facial expressions in the new Face Drive feature. Use Mini as a controller to play different games, or…
Vodafone extends cost free roaming on Red Entertainment. Now available in 77 countries
Vodafone announces 500 international minutes in Pay monthly price plan Cost free roaming in 29 new destinations, including the USA, Canada, South Africa and Australia Customers signing up to Vodafone's Pay monthly Red Entertainment plans can now roam without extra charges in 29 additional destinations. This means new and upgrading customers can enjoy their home plan…
IFA 2018: Harman Kardon launches £549 Citation 500 smart speaker
Harman Kardon has become the latest manufacturer to launch a smart speaker. The Citation 500 is billed as a high-quality intelligent speaker with a sleek, sophisticated design. The manufacturer says the Citation 500, which was awarded with the prestigious EISA Smart Speaker 2018-2019, will deliver superb sound while complementing the aesthetics of your home. Inspired…
Vodafone announces it is blocking ‘Wangiri’ scam calls
Vodafone UK Fraud Manager Katharine Daubney protects customers from international ‘Wangiri’ scam calls at the company's network operations centre. Vodafone UK is now protecting its customers from international ‘Wangiri’ scam calls by blocking the calls before they reach users. The Wangiri scam is a worldwide problem, plaguing phone users and the…
BBC’s first ever virtual reality prom developed for Oculus Go
For the first time, virtual reality will be seen at the BBC Proms in a new work by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions. Commemorating the centenary of the end of the First World War, the project helps to bring some of the lesser known stories and history of the Great War to life, while enabling viewers…
The rising trend of gambling in live VR online casinos
Virtual reality (VR) has been around for a long time. If you accept that the concept of VR is the idea of making an illusion that you are visually present in a place where you are not physically located, the earliest attempts would have to be the 360-degree murals that were created in the 1800s.…
How can we maintain our future energy supplies?
The authors of 'The Future - Reinvented: Reimagining Life, Society, and Business' outline four different scenarios to save the planet's limited resources including producing your own energy to share with others and heat-generating wearables... As the summer heat hits, our power grids work at full pelt to keep cooling and ventilation systems battling against the sweltering temperatures. …
Facebook Messenger launches two multiplayer video chat AR games
Due to go live on Facebook Messenger today (August 8th, 2018) are two new video games using AR filter technology to allow users to challenge their friends at the same time as catching up with them on video chat. The multiplayer video chat AR games allow you to play with up to six people at a…