Category: Mobile phones
Is Microsoft’s Siri-like Cortana coming to iPhone and Android?
Microsoft's voice assistant, Cortana, could be coming to iPhone and Android, unexpectedly. According to Reuters CEO Satya Nadella could greenlight the apps for rival platforms as part of his strategy of getting Microsoft's products on devices people actually use - rather than insisting that they use Windows Phone. Apparently Cortana could come as a stand…
You probably have a better phone than President Obama
Last night President Obama was on US Chat Show Jimmy Kimmel Live and amongst other topics talked tech, and how he can't use a smartphone, saying "I can't use phones with recorders in them so a lot of the new-fangled stuff for security reasons I don't get". Unsurprisingly, the US government has super strict requirements…
Hailocab announces Apple Watch app
Hailocab has this morning confirmed that its popular taxi-hailing app will be making its way to the Apple Watch. Details are scant but CMO Gary Bramall said: "We’re impressed with the brilliantly casual way the Apple Watch amplifies simplicity and eliminates the smallest little daily frictions. The device gives us an exciting opportunity to streamline…
USB Type C coming to Android phones and Chromebooks
One of the big changes with the new Macbook which Apple unveiled on Monday as the use of a single USB-C port for, well, pretty much everything - monitor outputs, USB, network cables, everything. The new standard isn't just Apple-specific but has been agreed across industry - and we've just got confirmation that it will…
Google kills the Nexus 5
Google has pulled the Nexus 5 from the Google Play store - leading to speculation that it could be preparing a new version of its 'small' phone. The Nexus 5 launched in 2013 and was widely acclaimed for its simplicity and its elegance: Like all Nexus devices, it ran a standard version of Android, rather…
Will Android 6.0 support multiple windows?
The next major version of Android could support multiple windows - according to some informed speculation and intriguing screenshots. According to Tracy and Matt, digging through the latest Android 5.1 sourcecode suggests that Google may be planning to build in support for windows apps - in other words, enabling you to run two apps side…
iPhone FINALLY gets a Google Calendar app
Finally! After years of having to make do with Apple's lacklustre calendar, Google has finally released an official app for its Calendar service. Apart from better and deeper integration with Google's services, the app's major boon is that it allows easy access to an "agenda" list view - something that Apple has inexplicably made trickier…
Will the iPhone 7 have Force Touch screens?
One of the biggest innovations announced in Monday's Apple presser was the addition of a "Force Touch" trackpad to the new Macbook, which will detect just how hard you're pressing down. Now, it seems, the same technology could be making its way to the iPhone. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is planning to…
Android 5.1 to stop connecting to crappy wifi
Have you ever connected to a wifi network, only to find it won't actually load anything? Brilliantly, this is a problem that Google is planning to fix in a forthcoming update to Android. According to Android Police, version 5.1 of the mobile operating system will remember what wifi networks it has connected to only to…
WATCH: Apple actually invented “Continuity” in 2002
One of the biggest new features on the latest iteration of iOS and Mac OS is "continuity" - the ability to make and answer calls from your phone on your computer. But it seems the technology isn't as new as we thought. Way back in 2002, which looks like the stone age in comparison to…
