Month: January 2015
Is Facebook now an older person’s game?
Facebook is weathering the social media storm, but are we talking about a different generation now? I reached a personal milestone over Christmas. After many years of waiting, putting it off and making lame excuses, I finally accepted my father's Facebook friend request. It barely matters these days, I rationalised, as I don't do anything…
Robotbase’s Personal Robot wants to be the personal assistant of your dreams
A U.S company called Robotbase is developing a personal robot in part thanks to a Kickstarter campaign, which has already raised $74,701 (of a $50k goal) with twenty days still to go. Informatively (if not imaginatively) called Personal Robot, their design consists of a 1m 27cm stand on a round base, with a round screen…
Ryanair is testing a system that streams video directly to passengers’ devices
When you're on a long haul flight you kind of expect there to be some sort of in-flight entertainment, even if it's just a projector and a set of headphones. Sadly when you fly budget those luxuries are usually scrapped to keep the costs down. That could soon be at an end. Ryanair has announced…
Fujitsu’s smart ring can translate air writing into action
Fujitsu have developed a new smart ring that’s the first wearable to be able to turn in-air ‘handwriting’ into text. The nifty wearable can translate finger-waving into different alphabets, including Chinese characters, and apparently reproduced numbers with 95% accuracy even when people had no instructions on how to use it. It’ll let users save memos,…
Our immediate feelings on GIRLS season four
Episode one of GIRLS' eagerly-awaited fourth season has aired, and there are a whole heap of things we think about it. Such as... Will Marnie sing in every episode now? If she's planning on it then that's fine, but it would be great to have some warning. Because every time she sings, we tend to…
Xiaomi has announced the Mi Note, a phablet meant to take on the iPhone 6 Plus
When it comes to the world of smartphones and tablets, Apple is the top dog that all the others strive to beat. Chinese firm Xiaomi is no different, and its Mi Note phablet is definitely a device designed to knock the iPhone 6 Plus down a peg or two. That's not just an implication either,…
5 Apps that give you control of your content: Veeemotion, Evernote, Snapchat
This post is sponsored and written in collaboration with Veeemotion. A few years ago, when social media was relatively new and young, many people mindlessly shared their thoughts, their photos, their videos, and everything else whizzing through their heads on a daily basis, with friends and contacts online. However, over the past twelve months there's…
This is our best look at Project Ara, Google’s modular smartphone
Yesterday Google held its second annual Project Ara press conference and revealed the third iteration of its modular phone prototype, the Spiral 2. While it did come with the news that we won't be owning one of these devices for ourselves anytime soon, Google did reveal some very nice images of the device for us…
Could a dishwasher and table combination be the future of kitchens?
On one hand, it seems a bit entitled and lazy to complain about what a hassle it is to fill and unload the dishwasher, given that some people don’t even have access to running water and all. On the other… well, there’s a lot of bending, isn’t there? But maybe there’s another way. Treehugger spotted…
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…
