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A few weeks back, Microsoft released a preview version of their Office for Android apps. The time has now arrived for the guys over at Redmond to bring the final versions to the Google Play Store. Now you can download the finalised versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint to... Read more
Apple has just released the latest update for OS X Yosemite (10.10.2). This update marks the second update for the new operating system since its October 2014 release. It is understood that testing for OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 began back in late November. Apple introduced six beta tests to... Read more
Twitter Launches Mobile Video Camera and Group Direct Messaging
MobileNewsSocial Media January 29, 2015
Twitter have revealed in a blog post that they have started rolling out two fresh new features: group messaging and a new mobile video experience. If you want to have a private conversation on Twitter, then you can. This is a great addition to the vastly public experience that... Read more
The Apple Watch Is Coming In April
Mobile January 29, 2015
Apple has had a lot of good fortune lately, especially over the Christmas holiday, and it seems their luck is going to hold out through in 2015, as more news about their first wearable, the Apple Watch, has finally been released after months and months of speculation. Tim Cook,... Read more
I love playing games on my iPhone; I always have, and I probably always will. While Angry Birds wasn’t all that hard to play with the touchscreen, other, more advanced games were a little harder to master. Games such as Six Guns and Man of Steel were not all that easy to conquer... Read more
The Nexus 6 is Motorola’s first partnership with Google, despite being owned by the search giant for two years. Even though the phone reminds us of the Moto X (but larger), it had meagre results in the opening few months on sale. Dennis Woodside, the ex-CEO of Motorola, claims... Read more
Are you someone who still uses iTunes as their main platform for digital music? I don’t know how often you frequent the iTunes store anymore with the increase in streaming services such as Spotify and Beats Music, but they’ve now added a completely new “Free on iTunes” section that’s... Read more
Teen Arrested For Allegedly Making Threats With Emojis
InternetMobileNewsSocial Media January 27, 2015
People get arrested for some crazy things anymore, and while I’ve heard of some outlandish stories, this one just has to come close to the top of the list. A 17-year-old from Brooklyn was recently arrested after he allegedly threatened police with emojis. Go ahead and read back over... Read more
Google’s location and traffic app Waze has been labelled a “stalking app” by two U.S. officials, asking for the developers to remove the ‘police nearby’ functionality. Reserve deputy sheriff Sergio Kopelev of Southern California started the complaint, claiming user submitted reports on police cars in nearby locations are a... Read more
If small is beautiful, then Israeli PC manufacturer CompuLab Ltd is about to release an absolute stunner. The trend for smaller and smaller computers is now embracing fan-less systems, leaving us with a very small, very quiet little box that does more than we used to expect from a... Read more
Are you really wanting to watch the Super Bowl at home this year without leaving the comfort of your couch but don’t have access to local television channels? If so, have no fear because NBC is coming to your rescue. They’ve recently announced that they will be live-streaming Super... Read more
It has been confirmed that Hutchinson Whampoa has been negotiating for “several weeks” to complete the purchase of O2. The communications firm offered £9.25 billion in cash and up to a further £1 billion when the cash flow for the joint venture is assessed. Initially the news came from The... Read more
Samsung launched its first Tizen OS smartphone earlier this month, starting in India for 5700 INR ($92), however early uptake on the Samsung Z1 is low in the country. Reuters claims the lackluster amount of sales in the region is due to several key factors, including the brand new... Read more
The net neutrality debate is one of the most important in the U.S. history, but BlackBerry’s CEO John Chen seems to be interested in bringing the debate to more markets. More specifically, Chen claims net neutrality should expand to application development, making apps available on all platforms. This would... Read more
Starbucks has announced that visitors to the coffee chain in the UK will be able to charge their mobile phones wirelessly. The initiative is being rolled out initially in 10 Starbucks cafes in the UK by the end of January. The free service is following a pledge made in... Read more
Google Possibly Interested In Acquiring Softcard
Mobile January 21, 2015
Google rumours are rife. It seems as though everyone has something to say about the tech giant. Well, if the latest rumours from Silicon Valley have any credibility, then Google is seriously thinking about making another acquisition. This time its in the form of a mobile payments service called Softcard.... Read more
Apple is reportedly working on a 12.9-inch iPad Pro with stylus support, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo new report, citing industry sources. The larger iPad Pro will fit into Apple’s growing range of tablets, currently including the 10-inch iPad Air and smaller 7.9-inch iPad Mini. Apple is... Read more
Social networking giant, Facebook, has begun trialling a new feature for the highly criticised Messenger app; voice transcription. As you may or may not be aware, Facebook Messenger can send and receive voice clips. Sometime you can get inundated with these and just not not been able to play them because... Read more