Author: James O'Malley
James is the Editor of TechDigest. You can follow him on Twitter @Psythor.
Ever wanted to tell Bill Gates to “eat shit”? Well, you’re too late.
Anyone who has used Microsoft products for some time knows that on a few too many occasions the company has expected us to swallow a lot of shit. I'm looking at you, Internet Explorer 6 and Windows Vista. But it seems that now, karma has kicked in and is getting its own back on Bill…
Is Apple planning a radical Macbook Air redesign?
Check out this image that has been obtained by 9to5Mac showing what appears to be a radically redesigned 12" Macbook Air. The redesign is significant because it makes the already diminutive notebook even thinner - shaving off an extra quarter of an inch compared to the 11" version. To cope with the smaller size, the…
WATCH: Hands on with the Huawei Ascend Mate 7
Holly from Shiny Shiny has been checking out Huawei's latest phablet. Whilst not brand new, it is still worth a look. The 6" full HD screen is powered by a Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 processor, and it comes with a 13MP rear camera, and 5MP secondary camera. As Holly points…
WATCH: Polaroid’s new Selfie phone with twisty camera
Polaroid is now making phones - with a particular focus on photography. The Selfie, Flip and Snap are all coming soon - and Holly from Shiny Shiny has been taking a look. The phone in the video - and the most interesting - is the Polaroid Selfie, which rather than bother with front and rear…
WATCH: Hands on with Samsung’s tiny 1TB SSD
Our colleague Holly over at Shiny Shiny has been taking a look at Samsung's impressive new storage - which manages to be both tiny, store a terabyte of data, and be solid state, meaning you can wave it around without risking damaging your data. The T1, as it will be officially known will come in…
Could CES2015 be when Smart TVs FINALLY got their act together?
This year's CES show, currently underway in Las Vegas, has an abundance of TVs. All of the major manufacturers are there, promising the brightest, widest and curviest displays in history. We'll hear plenty of talk of OLEDs, Quantum Dots and contrast ratios - but something more important has happened on the inside of the sets.…
Have glitzy tech launches gone too far?
Last night at the Consumer Entertainment Show in Las Vegas, it was time for Samsung to take centre stage, and reveal to the world what it has been working on for the last year. The audience sat in awed silence as they waited to hear what the executives had to say. When suddenly -WHOOSH! The…
Could “Books” be the new Facebook?
You know when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endorses a technology then it is time to sit up and pay attention. Media reports suggest that Zuck has gone on the record talking about his enthusiasm for "Books". Books are essentially a medium through which ideas can be stored and shared. Each individual book, which is usually…
PS4 sales now up to 18.5 million worldwide
The PS4 appears to be pulling ahead in the console war - with sales of the console now topping 18.5 million. The news comes via Bit-Tech, which reports that of this number, an astonishing 4.1 million were sold exclusively during the festive period - between November 23rd and January 4th. Similarly, software sales are apparently…
Atari launches… umm… a fitness app.
So this was unexpected. Atari has launched a fitness app that will reward you for working out by letting you play some of the company's classic arcade games. Luckily, you won't need an Atari 2600 to use it. Atari Fit, when it launches later this month, will have 150 exercise routines and custom programs in…
