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Microsoft Steps Up Its Anti-Google Campaign
Internet November 24, 2013
For the past few months Microsoft has been attempting to put people off using Google services through its “Scroogled” campaign. It seems it has stepped up the anti-Google theme by introducing an entire section on its online store, dedicated to selling merchandise with anti-Google slogans. There is a range... Read more
Google Says: 8 Days To Remove Murder Scene From Maps
Internet November 23, 2013
Google has said it will remove images of a murdered teenager from Google Maps, in order to prevent any more distress to the boy’s family. Back in August 2009, 14-year-old Kevin Barrera was shot to death on his way home from school in the East Bay area of San... Read more
Samsung Uses Miley Cyrus’ Panties To Sell The Galaxy Gear
News November 22, 2013
According to sales reports the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch is struggling, prompting some to brand it a big flop. But Samung has defended the smartwatch and used the famously scantily clad performer Miley Cyrus to push sales. It was revealed by Business Korea that cumulative sales for the device... Read more
Dual-Screen YotaPhone To Launch WorldWide In December
Mobile November 21, 2013
A little less than a year ago, I caught wind of an interesting concept called the YotaPhone. While I did call it the phone for (potentially) indecisive individuals, I cannot deny the allure of having two mobile phone screens to work with. After all, the mobile phone serves so... Read more
Samsung Planning for 560ppi Amoled Display For 2014
Mobile November 21, 2013
According to reports from OLED.at, Samsung is working on AMOLED displays with 560ppi for screens as small as five inches. Potentially next year’s handsets from the company could offer higher resolutions and more pixels per inch that what is currently available. If this report is correct then we could... Read more
MIT Invents Remote Controlled Shape Shifting Robotic Screen
News November 21, 2013
When I first located this on the internet, my initial reaction was simply “wow, that’s deep”. Even now, I stick by that initial reaction after reading more on the subject and viewing the media surrounding the project. If you love tech and I know you do, this will blow... Read more
New York To Washinton In One Hour With Japanese Maglev Train
News November 20, 2013
The Japanese government has been showing off its maglev train system to former US politicians in the hope that it will encourage American companies to invest in this expensive technology and take it back home to the States. The group of Americans, who were from The Northeast Maglev advisory... Read more
As kids, we all had dreams of what we wanted to be when we grow up. I’m not a hundred percent sure, but I think I’m not going out on a limb when I say that space and astronauts rank high up in that list of “what I want... Read more
Bloomberg: Samsung To Release Wrap Around Handset Next Year
Mobile November 18, 2013
According to Bloomberg, Samsung plan to release a handset that features a wraparound display at some point in 2014. The report says that the point of this three-sided display design is to allow users to read whatever is on the screen even when the device is viewed at an... Read more
AMD has just released a set of developer tools for Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) ahead of their launch of ‘Berlin’, the first ever server chip based on Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA). The rollout is expected in the first half of 2014. The software includes ArrayFire 2.0, CodeXL 1.3, clMath, PGI... Read more
Google is to invest $80 million into solar-powered plants in a bid to secure power for its data centers in the future. The plan is to build six new solar farms in the American Southwest, possibly in the desert regions of Arizona and Southern California. Google, who are working... Read more
It has been confirmed that Microsoft is working on its own branded Windows phone. This confirmation comes two months after the company acquired Nokia for $7.2 billion. A senior executive at Microsoft said that part of the company’s strategy is to become a devices and services company but so... Read more
Google Patents Lie Detector Tattoo
Internet November 15, 2013
Tattoos could be about to get a tech makeover. As well as being an outlet for artistic flair, Google wants to explore the idea of an electronic skin tattoo that could embed a microphone and lie detector into a users neck. Google owned Motorola Mobility has filed an application... Read more
Upp The Worlds First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Charger
News November 15, 2013
Hydrogen fuel cells could be the future of our power. Companies use Hydrogen mixed with Oxygen to produce energy. In the process, creating water as the by-product. In the case of Intelligent Energy’s Upp, it uses a replaceable hydrogen cell to charge smartphones, tablets or mobiles. In fact, whatever... Read more
Wireless Power One Step Closer!
News November 14, 2013
A team from the Duke University have discovered a technology that can turn microwave signals into an electrical signal. They claim it is as efficient as solar panels. The device that the team produced used metamaterials, which are able to capture different types of wave energy and convert them... Read more
Be Careful In Vegas, Intellistreets Is Watching
Internet November 14, 2013
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas…right? Well, maybe not anymore as Las Vegas is installing Intellistreets. They are street lights that have many features, not just illumination; they include the ability to shoot video and record sound. Which, in these troublesome days of surveillance, some people are finding... Read more
Earlier this year Microsoft replaced Hotmail and all accounts were transferred to Outlook.com. Microsoft included a host of new features such as integration with SkyDrive and instant search. If you are still finding your way around, then take a look at seven of the features we picked out that... Read more
Philips Hue Competitor LIFX Now Available
InternetSoftware Reviews November 13, 2013
Successful Kickstarter company, LIFX is finally shipping its Wi-Fi connected smart lightbulbs. The Australian hardware startup originally promised in its Kickstarter campaign to ship the product earlier than this. In fact it was promising to deliver by March, so they are officially late! However, they have managed to secure major retail... Read more