Author: James O'Malley
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Google launches Chrome Remote Desktop on iOS to control your PC with your iPhone or iPad
Ever needed to access your desktop PC whilst out? Or need to quickly email yourself a file sat on a hard disk at home? The good news for iPhone and iPad users is that might have just become pretty easy to do - as Google has launched Chrome Remote Desktop for iPhone and iPad. The…
Amazingly bad-ass lazertag system launches on Kickstarter
Think you're too old for laser tag? This is going to make you want to play again. Meet iTager - a new system for the classic 12-year-old-birthday-party game, that you may better know as "Quasar" or "Laser Quest". iTager is made by a Russian company which amusingly feels the need to distance itself from Putin…
Daily Mail blow “Terror Hack” out of all proportion
The above image is tomorrow morning's (13th Jan) Daily Mail frontpage - and as you can see it is screaming about a so-called "Terror Hack". The piece begins "Islamist fanatics made chilling threats against allied soldiers last night b hacking into sensitive US military accounts". The story, the same version of which at the time…
Google pulls support for the old Android browser – could this force people to upgrade?
Google has announced that is ending official support for WebView, which is perhaps better known as the original Android web browser. You know the one - it was used on Android phones before Chrome came along, and even then co-existed for a while. According to The Register, the announcement will apply to anyone still running…
BMW DriveNow has launched in London
BMW's Boris bike style car sharing service appears to have launched in London. Ever needed a car just for a quick journey? Excitingly BMW's new car rental service appears to have launched in the capital - with the benefit being that you don't have to drop off the car where you picked it up from,…
Spotify hits 15m subscribers
Music streaming service Spotify has announced that it has hit 15 million paying subscribers, after being on only ten million less than a year ago. The company also adds that over all it has 60 million users - which means that not only is growth fairly explosive, but also that it isn't doing too badly…
PICTURES: Hong Kong customs finds man with 94 iPhones strapped to his body
It's like he's more phone than man. Hong Kong's customers officers found the chap above, trying to smuggle *NINETY FOUR* iPhones on his person. I bet he wasn't pleased when Apple announced the iPhone 6 Plus. The story comes from Sina News, and according to the ropey Google translation, which you can see below -…
WATCH: Use your toaster as a videogames controller (maybe)
Check out this video from YouTube user Vexal, which claims that thanks to a common chipset found in modern toasters, they can be connected to your PC via USB and used as controllers in games. Well, maybe, anyway. The video is so well done it is hard to say with 100% certainty that it is…
Samsung officially announces Galaxy A7 phablet
Better late than never! We were expecting it at CES last week, but Samsung waited until last night to officially announce the Galaxy A7 on its blog. The A7 is a 5.5" phablet in the mould of the smaller A3 and A5 - the "A" line being Samsung's attempt at creating attractive metal-coated handsets, with…
Jaasta e-ink keyboard takes typing to the next level
Want to see what the future might look like? Then check out the Jaasta keyboard, which has a number of innovative features. Yanko Design spotted the hi-tech peripheral. The Jaasta keys are little Kindle-style e-ink displays - meaning that you can easily switch the function for each, for example, changing the language at will. Conceivably…