Author: Tom Pritchard
The HTC Hima Ace Plus is rumoured to be a flagship iPhone 6 Plus rival
We've heard bits and pieces about the HTC Hima, rumoured to be the next HTC flagship, and now has popped up claiming that HTC will be releasing a larger version of the phone to rival the iPhone 6 Plus. According to 4GNews it's called the Hima Ace Plus, and it'll be coming with a 5.5-inch…
Facebook is piloting ‘Facebook at Work’
Unless you work in a marketing environment, surfing social media is probably a big no-no. Facebook's not too happy about that, and it's decided to have a go at bringing social media into the office with 'Facebook at Work'. We first heard reports that Facebook was working on such a service back in November, and…
Apple has a patent for a GoPro-style remote controlled camera
There are a lot of very lucrative markets in tech these days, and it almost seems as though Apple is involved in them all. Not quite, but the company has just been awarded a brand new patent for an action camera. According to Patently Apple, the patent was originally filed in 2012 and features a…
Tesco’s Google Glass app is the most bizarre way to do your shopping
Smart devices have made out lives infinitely easier, and one of the ways they've done that is by letting us do our shopping away from both the computer and the supermarket. Tesco has gone one step further by implementing that app on Google Glass. The app functions in exactly the same way as a barcode-scanning…
Apple has measures in place to prevent App Store refund abuse
Right at the end of last year Apple announced that it was introducing a two week refund policy on digital purchases in accordance with EU policy. There was some worry that the new system could easily be abused, so to ease concerns Apple has revealed one of the measures put in place to prevent that.…
Google Translate’s real-time translation feature is coming sooner than expected
On Monday a report from the New York Times claimed that Google Translate was going to be getting a real-time translation feature sometime in the near future. That future was nearer than expected, because Google has now officially announced it as a feature. According to a Google blog post, new updates to the Google Translate…
The leaked companion app reveals new details about the Apple Watch
Yesterday we told you that pairing the Apple Watch to an iPhone would require the use of a companion app, but we had no information on said app. Well it looks like we spoke too soon, because the Apple Watch's companion app has leaked and with it comes new information. Coming straight from the ever-helpful…
The Galaxy J1 appears to be a budget handset from Samsung
Budget phones are all the rage these days, with the likes of the Moto G, EE Kestrel, and every recent Lumia phone hitting the market for less than £200. Now Samsung appears to be trying its hand at that portion of the market with the Galaxy J1. A bunch of images have been published by…
The iOS 8.2 beta suggests that the Apple Watch is nearly here
According to rumours the Apple Watch will be released some time in March, and while Apple hasn't directly confirmed those rumours the beta version of iOS 8.2 confirms that something's going on behind the scenes. The latest beta version of iOS 8.2 has a new setting in the Bluetooth menu, allowing users to quickly connect…
Windows Phone 10 might be unveiled on 21st January
We've head quite a bit about Windows 10, much of it from Microsoft itself, but we haven't heard all that much about Windows Phone 10. That might be about to change, because word is that Microsoft is going to show off Windows Phone 10 at its Windows 10 event on 21st January. That's according to…
