Author: Tom Pritchard
Does Samsung have its own payment system on the way?
Every company seems to have their own mobile payment system these days. Apple has Apple Pay, Google has Google Wallet, Amazon has Amazon Wallet, and so on. Now Samsung is reportedly trying to get in on that action by launching its own digital wallet next year. According to Re/code, Samsung is in talks with a…
12 films you should definitely watch over the Christmas break
Christmas is a time for giving, eating, and spending time with your family. It's also the only time of year where it's acceptable to watch Christmas movies, which is a bit of a shame because some of them are really good. So get ready to hunker down on the sofa with a mince pie and…
15 TV shows you can’t miss this Christmas
Christmas TV is one of the best things about the festive period, with specials, mashups and quizzes galore. We've taken our pick of the 15 best shows to fall asleep in front of this year. [nextpage title="next"] Strictly Come Dancing -- 5PM Christmas Day, BBC 1 Bruce Forsyth is back hosting this special one-off episode…
A new 12-inch Retina Macbook Air could enter production very soon
Over the course of 2014 there have been an awful lot of rumours about the possibility of various updated Macs, including a Macbook Air with a Retina display. Apple didn't announce anything Mac related, but as the year draws to a close a new rumour suggests that the Macbook Air people have been waiting for…
The ‘OK Google’ voice search is coming to Chromebooks
Android phones and tablets have come pre-installed with Google Now, Google's own virtual assistant, for some time now, and one of the features is that the phone is always listening in for the command 'OK Google'. Now that feature is coming to Chromebooks. So what does that mean? Well whenever a Chromebook is turned on…
LG tricks dogs with transparent TV prank
You might remember LG's prank department for their viral super-hit convincing interview candidates that the world was ending. Now they're back, using 4K on a super-thin bezel-less TV to trick dogs into thinking the screen is transparent. Unsurprisingly, the animals are pretty convinced there's really another creature behind the screen. We're not totally sure this shows the benefits of 4K…
Google+ will automatically enhance your videos
Google+ has had an automatic image enhancing feature for some time, and now Google has revealed that the same feature will be enhancing videos on the service. If you use Google+'s auto-backup feature, and you have 'Auto Enhance' activated in your settings, any videos uploaded to Google+ will have their lighting, colour, and stability enhanced. Google has also…
Amazon Prime’s 4K video content has arrived in the UK
Last month Amazon announced that its Prime Instant Video streaming service would start streaming video in 'Ultra-HD' 4K resolution. Now that feature has arrived in the UK, and subscribers won't have to pay extra in order to access it. The amount of 4K content is limited at the moment, but it does includes a number…
Lenovo’s next phone could last 46 days on a single charge
Some of us will remember the good old days of the dumbphone. The days when we could forget to plug our phone into charge for days at a time and not suffer the consequences. These days some smartphones can't even go 24 hours without being put on life support, something that does not fly with Lenovo.…
The Asus ZenWatch is already on sale in the UK
Yesterday it was announced that the Asus ZenWatch was going on sale on 23rd December, and at the time of writing it wasn't available to pre-order on the Currys/PC World website. Circumstances have now changed slightly, because it's available right now. Not only has the ZenWatch appeared on both the Currys and PC World websites, you can…
