Month: May 2014
Samsung unveils the Simband wearable health tracker
This week Samsung unveiled a new wearable health tracking device called the Simband. Designed to be worn around your wrist, the Simband can take all kinds of readings about your body from a relatively teeny tiny package. At a press event in San Francisco, Samsung also revealed details of Sami, short for Samsung Architecture Multimedia…
Has the exact date the iPhone 6 will be released been revealed?
Apple loves to bring out new phones in September every year, so we're not expecting it to be with the iPhone 6 this year, although one carrier has claimed it knows the exact date that the upgrade will be available. According to Apfelpage.de, officials at German network Deutsche Telekom have been told that the iPhone…
Apple iWatch likely to have a round face like Motorola's Moto 360
Rumours about Apple's long-awaited wearable, dubbed the iWatch, are rife this week as inside sources claim that it's likely to have a round face, much like Motorola's Moto 360 and traditional watch faces - particularly those aimed at women. According to Mac Rumors, the iWatch might also start being produced as early as July and…
Skype will translate in real time by the end of the year
Your browser does not support iframes. Microsoft has unveiled a new technology for Skype that will help you talk to people who speak a different language, in real-time. Skype Translator uses voice recognition and translates foreign languages so you can understand what is being said at the other end of a video call. The technology…
Lomography's first instant camera uses real life filters
Lomography is a hugely popular online community of analogue photography fans, and this week the team behind the site launched its first instant camera. The Lomo'Instant Camera combines all of the things we love about 35mm Lomos, like attachable lenses, automatic and manual shooting settings, multiple exposures and wide-angle, portrait and fisheye options with the…
Ted Baker has made an audio range, and it's as stylish as you'd expect
We love gadgets and we love Ted Baker, so we're really excited that the clothing company has announced its own portable audio range, including headphones and a Bluetooth speaker. And they look just as great as we'd hope. Given the traditional British resonance that Ted Baker is known for, the new devices are all named…
Google has made driverless cars – we're officially in the future
Google has unveiled its new driverless car, and it looks like a 1960s bubble car. The car has two seats, no steering wheel and no pedals. 100 of these test vehicles are to be made, and this scares us. The car, which has been developed in secret, aims to make driving safer (HOW?) and once…
LG G3: 5 Reasons you should consider the new smartphone
This week, LG unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the slick, huge and great-looking G3. But with so many other new and highly impressive devices on the market, like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the HTC One M8, and many more on the way over the coming months, like the new iPhone, the Nokia X2 and…
4 Crowdfunding campaigns that could change your life
There's nothing like Kickstarter (or Indiegogo, or any other crowdfunding platform) for making you realise how many genius inventors there are in the world. Here are four ideas we spotted this week that made us shout, "Yes, that needs to be a thing!" The Verve LED vest A brilliant invention for runners or cyclists exercising…
