Author: James O'Malley
James is the Editor of TechDigest. You can follow him on Twitter @Psythor.
YouTube adds automatic GIF creation tool to share options
Ever feel like the internet has gone full circle? After living through the 90s and early 2000s when high quality videos on the internet were just a distant dream, even though we can now stream in 4K, the whole world has gone GIF crazy again. Pandering to this trend, YouTube has added an intriguing new…
Now you can use Chromecast without sharing a wifi network
Google has rolled out the latest update to its Chromecast app - and it adds some cool new functionality to the media dongle. The big new addition is the ability to pair with a Chromecast without having to be on the same wifi network: Which is perfect if you have friends who want to show…
Google forces Amazon’s app store from Google Play
Competition between Google and Amazon over their Android app stores is hotting up - it has emerged that Google has kicked Amazon's store off of Google Play. The official reason is a change in Google Play's terms of service, which states that: "4.5 Alternative Stores. You may not use the Store to distribute or make…
EE ends “Orange Wednesdays” 2-for-1 cinema promotion after ten years
EE is to end its special offer on cinema tickets, after failing to agree a new deal with cinema's industry body. According to Marketing Magazine EE wanted to roll the promotion, which started life as Orange Wednesdays back before the Orange/T-Mobile merger, into a broader promotion focusing on digital... and obviously digital scares the life…
Autographer ceases production of… Autographer
Remember Autographer? The clip on camera was designed for "life casting" and would snap a photo every few seconds throughout your day - whenever it detected movement or light - so at the end of the day you could play it back and see exactly what you got up to. It's an interesting idea, and…
WATCH: GAME sticks it to Monty the Penguin in Christmas “Rap”
High street retailer Game has released a Christmas "rap" (its more of a poem) making fun of John Lewis's Penguin. It's pretty good - at least compared to last year's seasonal promotional stunt, in which the company claimed to have invented a canned "Christmas Tinner".
Minecraft launches on Windows Phone 8.1
Microsoft's recent acquisition of Minecraft developer Mojang is paying off - the company has now launched the Pocket Edition of the intensely popular game on Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft says: "Minecraft: Pocket Edition for Windows Phone 8.1 includes all of Minecraft’s mobile features, including the tense action of Survival mode, the limitless exploration of Creative…
Iowa launching smartphone driving licenses
Iowa isn't known as "first in the nation" for nothing - the US state is apparently planning legally acceptable driving licenses held on smartphones. According to Des Moines Register, the licenses that will work through a mobile app will be acceptable during traffic stops and when boarding planes for domestic flights from airports in Iowa.…
YouTube adds offline viewing on Android… for some people, anyway.
Google has announced that it is adding the ability to view videos offline on the Android YouTube app - but currently only for users in India, Indonesia and the Philippines. The new functionality will apparently let users download and cache videos for up to 48 hours without needing an internet connection. The reason for the…
WATCH: Oppo R5 smashing a walnut
Fair play to Oppo, which isn't the most well known phone maker - if you want to get noticed it turns out that the best way to do is to post a video of your product smashing some stuff. To show off how tough the R5 is, the company used it to smash a watermelon,…
