Author: James O'Malley
James is the Editor of TechDigest. You can follow him on Twitter @Psythor.
Is Nintendo working on a “doughnut” shaped device?!
Reports suggest that Nintendo is working on a device with a screen that will have a hole in the middle. Why? We've no idea. The news comes courtesy of the Japan Times, which reports that Nintendo will be using Sharp's "Free-Form LCDs", which apparently can be manufactured in any shape the client wants - and…
PS4 Remote Play unofficially ported to non-Xperia smartphones
Ever wanted to play Far Cry 4 or The Last Of Us on the go? If you're an Android user and you have a PS4, you might just be in luck thanks to a new port. The Droid Guy reports that a coder called TheScriptKitty has managed to port over Sony's Remote Play app to…
Is Microsoft building an Xbox game streaming service?
Could you soon be playing Xbox One games on your phone, tablet or PC? Sounds crazy but it just might happen, if rumours are to be believed. The muttering comes via ZDNet which reports that Microsoft is building a new "streaming app and game service", code name Arcadia. The suggestion is that such a technology…
Is Advanced Warfare not selling as well as Ghosts?
Oh dear - despite stepping things up a notch critically, it seems that this year's Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare isn't performing as well as last year's Ghosts. The conventional thinking had been that AW is an an improvement on Call of Duty: Ghosts, and critically it does seem to be (thanks, Kevin Spacey) -…
Bitcoins were the worst investment of 2014
Bad news for fans of libertarian magic beans - Bitcoin has performed terribly this year, according to reports. Pic from here. The news comes via QZ, which reports that you'd have been better off investing in Brent Crude oil, the Argentine Peso and even the Russian Ruble. Whilst all did terribly…
Will the Galaxy S6 be made official in early January?
It's safe to assume that Samsung is currently hard at working figuring out what its next flagship smartphone will be - but can we expect the handset, which we expect to be called the Galaxy S6, to be announced in January? According to Know Your Mobile, citing Korean sources, the handset could be announced as…
REVIEW: Inatek Mini Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard
Touchscreens are great, but sometimes you really need the feel of a proper keyboard. There's just something that isn't quite as quick and intuitive when typing on a screen - which can make typing long emails or making notes a bit of a chore. As luck would have it though, there is a solution -…
Could Skype be about to blow our minds with its translator?
Microsoft, which owns Skype, has just released the following advert offering a glimpse of the future: The clip shows two school kids talking to each other by Skype. So far, so ordinary - but one is speaking English, and the other Spanish... and they can understand and speak in real time, thanks to Skype's new…
Netflix adds social features and smartwatch features to Android
Netflix has made a couple of cool additions to its Android app - including the ability to add greater control to your playback from the notifications screen, or even your Android Wear watch. In a blog post, the company said that is has also added social recommendation functionality - with the ability for users to…
Sony: Stop using the laws of supply and demand to sell your 20th anniversary PS4s
Fresh from, umm, asking journalists not to cover the Sony Pictures hack, it has now emerged that Sony don't want consumers selling their 20th anniversary edition PlayStations either. A couple of weeks ago Sony announced it was making some custom PS4s styled like the original PlayStation for the brand's 20th anniversary, and the company even…
