Author: James O'Malley
James is the Editor of TechDigest. You can follow him on Twitter @Psythor.
Nintendo joins the 21st century and announces plans to develop mobile games
Massive gaming news this morning - Nintendo has made a dramatic U-turn and has today announced that it will soon be developing games for mobile devices in partnership with Japanese app developer DeNA (pronounced like "DNA"). The new deal between the companies sees Nintendo acquire 10% of DeNA, and DeNA will take a 1.24% shareholding…
Kindle too sweary for you? Sounds like you need “Clean Reader”
Good news! It turns out that most of the world's problems have been solved, leaving humans the time to focus on the stuff slightly lower down the list, like books that have swears in them. As spotted by the Guardian Books Blog, Clean Reader works just like Kindle or iBooks - with ebooks for sale.…
Tado smart thermostat launches IFTTT channel and opens up to developers
Smart thermostat company Tado has today announced two new features that will help it talk to other gadgets and play a wider role in the "internet of things". First off, the company has finally partnered with IFTTT - the website that lets you connect together different services and gadgets to create custom "recipes". Apparently Tado…
WATCH: First LEGO Jurassic World gameplay trailer
WB Games has released the first gameplay trailer for June's LEGO Jurassic World - check it out above. The trailer shows the typical Lego game sense of humour mashed with some classic scenes from the whole Jurassic Park series. We can't wait.
Sony starts rolling out Android Lollipop for Sony Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact
Sony has today announced that the long awaited software upgrade to Android Lollipop is rolling out from today - hurrah! According to the press release, the first Xperia Z devices to get the update will be those in the Nordics and the Baltics - with further markets (including hopefully the UK) joining in two weeks…
GTA5 retakes pole position – UK games chart for 16th March
[nextpage title="Next"] This week's games chart is in and Grand Theft Auto 5 is back in the top slot - perhaps thanks to the release of the long-awaited Heist DLC this week. Last week's number one, Dying Light, the first person zombie game from the creators of Dead Island is down to number 2. The…
Elon Musk promises to end Tesla “range anxiety” on Thursday
Hmmmmmm. No, that's not an impression of a combustion engine, but the sound of some pretty intense scepticism towards Elon Musk's latest Twitter pronouncement. The billionaire CEO of Tesla Motors has promised a software update that will fix "range anxiety" on his electric car range. Range anxiety is, of course, the nagging feeling at the…
Windows 10 will download updates using peer-to-peer technology
Whilst the likes of BitTorrent have endlessly been demonised for enabling piracy, it turns out that the technology is also rather useful. So much so that Microsoft is apparently employing peer-to-peer tech when it rolls out Windows 10. According to The Verge, Windows 10 offers users the opportunity to download updates not just from Microsoft's…
WATCH: An eagle fly down from the top of the world’s tallest building
As a stunt to promote its latest Go Pro-style Action Cam, Sony has thrown an eagle off of the top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world's tallest building. As you do, like. Check out the video above to watch.
WATCH: How does HTC Vive work?
HTC's forthcoming Virtual Reality headset has excited the VR world - but how exactly will it work? Check out the above video from Oculus Hut, which does some informed speculation on just how the 'lighthouse' laser-positioning system at the heart of the new headset might work.