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Five Best Windows Apps for Streaming Video Content

Watching videos is something that most people do on their computer daily. Whether you are watching through a website, streaming URLs using a native player, or downloading video files and playing them on your computer, you probably watch hours of video on your PC each week. If you are having a poor experience streaming or…

24 December 202124 December 2021 Tech Digest Correspondent Computers, Top Fives, Windows

Top 5 Bluetooth headphones for Apple iOS, Android smartphones

Chris Price looks at some of the best Bluetooth headphones for your Apple, Android smartphone Who needs another set of wires? Now Apple has got rid of the headphone jack on its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices you simply can't plug in your standard set of wired headphones into the phone anymore without…

25 January 201712 February 2022 Chris Price Android, Digital Music, Headphones, iPhone, Top Fives

Some of the best UK tech start-ups to watch out for from #CES2017

With the Fridgecam from UK start-up Smarter Applications you can monitor and replenish your fridge's content via an app. There's no doubt about it, this year's CES show in Las Vegas was one of the best ever. Developments in AI (Artificial Intelligence) and the Internet of Things (IoT) means that just…

10 January 201729 May 2022 Chris Price Top Fives

Top 5 ways to improve your smartphone battery life

It's perhaps one of the most frustrating problems of the modern world (along with people not thanking you when you give way to them when you're driving or losing your wireless connection when you are trying to work). You desperately need to make a call or check your email/Facebook/Twitter account and your phone suddenly dies.…

2 June 201510 May 2019 Chris Price Mobile phones, Smartphones, Top Fives

5 Techie Ways To Prepare For Halloween

Halloween is now only two weeks away, and what better way to celebrate than with some Halloween-themed games and apps for your gadgets? Yes, the traditionalists probably think that drowning a young woman to see if she floats is more…

16 October 2013 James O'Malley Top Fives

Pottermore: Top five things us Muggle Harry Potter fans want to see

There have been more whispers surrounding Pottermore, the newly-announced Harry Potter-themed social network, than those surrounding "He Who Must Not Be Named" himself, the books' evil baddie Lord Voldemort. Even now, with the site officially outed by series creator…

23 June 2011 Gerald Lynch E-Books, Features, Internet, Round ups, Tech Digest news, Top Fives, Websites

Top 5 Nintendo 3DS Launch Games

So you've just hit the shops and picked up your 3D capable Nintendo 3DS handheld console. Or maybe you've pre-ordered the unit and woke to find it waiting on your doorstep. Either way, you're now ready to start gaming on…

25 March 2011 Gerald Lynch Features, Gaming, Round ups, Tech Digest news, Top Fives

VIDEO: Top 5 CES 2011 TV tech

CES 2011 how wondrous your goggleboxes were! From connected sets to mad 3D visors, the show threw up a load of new displays that Tech Digest would kill to have at home. We've pulled together our five favourite bits of…

14 January 2011 Gerald Lynch 3D TV, CES 2011, CES 2011, Features, HDTV, Round ups, Tech Digest news, Top Fives

The Ultimate Harry Potter Merchandise: Part Two

Its here!!! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is out in cinemas around the country today and we can hardly contain our excitement. Last week we brought you part one of our Ultimate Harry Potter Merchandise round up….

19 November 2010 LauraScott Movies, Top Fives

Top 5 "TRON Legacy" Merch

TRON: Legacy, the sequel to Disney's 80's sci-fi film about humans pulled into a dangerous digital world, may be out until Dec. 17, but those merchandise masterminds are already pulling out all the stops. The official movie merchandise line-up includes…

19 November 2010 LauraScott Gadgets, Movies, Top Fives

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