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Online in the Smokey Mountains with Skyroam
12 Apr 2019 -
Do we need an ‘app’ for mindfulness?
12 Mar 2019 -
Adonit PhotoGrip for smartphones with tripod, Bluetooth shutter & remote
22 Jan 2019
It’s 4am and I’m a nice ‘conference-style’ hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The hotel has provided WiFi included with the room - of course it has, you wouldn’t expect anything else - but its 4am and ...
Software application developers will always be looking to create the next big thing (Twitter etc.) and come up with a killer app to forge their name in history. So what’s trending next? A recent ...
In the age of the selfie (and the accursed self-stick), what more could the average smartphone-toting photo addict really need? Longer arms perhaps? How about an international language app to ...
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Gemini PDA by Planet: because humans need a keyboard
03 Jan 2019 -
The ruggedised reporter, part #1: Conker toughened tablets
04 Dec 2018 -
Dialling into the Huawei Mate20
17 Oct 2018 -
Fitbit suffers from period pains
- Business Editor 06 Aug 2018 -
How to drown out a helicopter
27 Jul 2018 -
Why one expert doesn’t think AI will take over the world
- Business Editor 24 May 2018 -
Android bites Apple in UK, iPhone X marks the spot in China
03 May 2018
I have a usability issue. My Huawei Mate 20 Pro smartphone is great, but I can’t write things on it… and, believe it or not, I am a writer. Last year I attended a conference in Washington DC and ...
The TSA once dropped my laptop and it made me nervous about the fact that a machine on the road is a delicate thing. To be clear, the fine people at the US Transportation Security ...
Whether you can pronounce the company’s name or not, it’s for sure that Huawei (say: wah-way) has become a significant presence in the smartphone market today. Now with corporate ambitions to ...
A backlash against a Fitbit feature which allows women to track their period has highlighted the need for more diverse technology teams. In the summer of 2018 Fitbit added “female health tracking” ...
Picture the scene... London, summer 2018, it's hot, so hot that British people have been able to take showers straight off the cold tap in their homes. Day after day of 30+ degree Celsius heat has ...
Every time a robot does something that humans deem to be suspicious, a debate is sparked about when artificially intelligent beings will take over the world. There have been more than enough films ...
The smartphone sales results are in: Android continues to bite chunks out of Apple in UK and France, while iPhone X is eating Android in the East. The latest ComTech Smartphone OS Market Share ...
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How Lego Education tries to encourage kids into Stem through play-based learning
- Business Editor 22 Feb 2018 -
These AI voice assistants want your office jobs
24 Jan 2018 -
Cash in hand? This cryptocurrency body implant will secure your cyber-cash stash
18 Jan 2018 -
Five new ways to charge your smartphone
- Editor in chief 12 Jan 2018 -
Acer, ASUS and HP want to make Alexa easy PC
12 Jan 2018
Lego Education, the more serious branch of the Lego enterprise, aims to provide teachers and other education providers with fun ways to engage children with science, technology, engineering and ...
Amazon, originator of the smart speaker category in the home, is taking Alexa into the office too. However, as David McClelland explores in the first of a two-part feature, Amazon isn't the only ...
Is the future of secure cryptocurrency storage and payment simply "cash in hand"? Inspect a Gadget looks at how one firm's human microchip implant could help. We’ve all looked on with interest as ...
This is a guest blogpost by Gamil Jassin, a journalism Masters degree student at City, University of London. We all moan and groan about how bad the battery life on our phones is. Then, we keep ...
As sociable as Amazon’s smart assistant may at first appear, Alexa has never mixed well with Windows. Until now. Historically, Alexa has played nicely with smart speakers, TV sticks, robots, ...