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Our review of the Amazon Fire TV Stick – Amazon’s answer to Google Chromecast
The new Amazon Fire TV Stick costs £35, and is up against the likes of the £30 Google Chromecast and the £49.99 Roku Streaming Stick. Chromecast is dominating the market in the UK at the moment - so can the new Amazon Fire TV Stick compete? Well, firstly, it's pretty clear that Amazon know who their competitor…
Firebox introduces Instacube, a physical frame for your Instagram photos
There's a big market for ways to show off your digital photos in the real world (see Boomf, for example) - and Firebox have just introduced a new one to the UK: the Instacube. This wireless physical frame looks a fair bit like the Instagram logo (but not in a trademark-infringing way, we assume) and livestreams…
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge review: the best Android phone on the planet right now
With thanks to Three for the handset. The air sizzled with excitement at the Samsung Galaxy S6 launch in Barcelona last month, as we prepared to see what #TheNextGalaxy had up its sleeve. And Samsung certainly didn't disappoint. The somewhat backslapping announcement made continual digs at Apple and some truly terrible jokes ("Sorry about my English, my…
WhatsApp’s web client now works with Firefox and Opera
Last month WhatsApp launched a browser-based version of its messaging service. The problem was that it was fairly limited in terms of compatibility, and was only available to people using Google Chrome. Thankfully, if you don't want to use Chrome, you now have a couple of extra options in the form of Firefox and Opera. This…
WANT: Firebox is launching the world’s first WiFi coffee machine
Hot on the heels of lazy-person favourite, the iKettle, Firebox is launching what might just be the dream product for us lackadaisical internet types: a WiFi coffee machine you control with your phone. The unimaginatively-named Smarter Coffee costs £149.99 and can: Brew 1-12 cups of coffee on demand, controlled from your smartphone or tablet Automatically grind and brew the right…
Review: we set the phone from The Apprentice a series of tasks
Image source: BBC Apprentice Frankly, if you’d told us last month that we’d be reviewing a landline phone, we’d have laughed you out of the office. But when we were given the chance to try not just any landline phone, but the one from The Apprentice – well, how could we refuse? This couldn’t be just…
10 sure-fire Secret Santa gifts for under £10
It's that time of year again, the time where the dreaded office Secret Santa rears its head and forces you to buy a gift for the guy in accounting that you've never said more than "morning" to. It's tricky to buy something great and thoughtful on a shoestring, so if the budget is a little bit…
Why the HTC One M8 is our Smartphone of the Year 2014 #ShinyShinyAwards
Brad Pitt was recently spotted taking a selfie with one, the Apprentice candidates use it horizontally, and it's been one of the most popular HTC phones of all time. But none of those reasons are why we chose the HTC One M8 as our Smartphone of the Year 2014: the fact is, it's just a really excellent…
Sleepphones review: blocking out my rhino of a neighbour with Bluetooth
My upstairs neighbour is a rhinocerous. This is the only conclusion I can come to, considering the noise he makes tramping around on his wooden floorboards every night. Given the total absence of any kind of soundproofing in rental flats, this has been keeping me awake every night – and I've had it. I've tried earplugs…
Fireworks, and seven other photos that are always disappointing on Instagram
It's ok, we believe you. They looked better in real life. Fireworks It is one of life's great injustices that fireworks photograph so badly. Perhaps it is their way of reminding us all to live in the moment, appreciating their transient beauty for a few fleeting moments before it fades rather than selfishly trying to preserve…
