Hive turns up the heat on smarthomes: Door sensors, motion detectors, smart...
Hive by British Gas today announced an expansion into the smarthome, reaching beyond heating and hot water. With an aim of connecting as many houses in the UK as possible, Hive has announced a full...
View ArticleHive will add connected cameras, Honeycomb platform offers third-party support
Hive from British Gas has made a sweeping run of announcements today, including Active Heating 2 with a new smart thermostat and a full family of smarthome products, designed to make every home...
View ArticleHive Active Heating 2 adds multi-zone support, heating boost, more
Hive has today announced Active Heating 2, with a brand new smart thermostat and a range of new features for your smart heating system. Through an update to the app, Hive is going to enable many of...
View ArticleGoogle Eddystone explained: It's like iBeacon, but platform-agnostic
Google is finally going after Apple's iBeacon technology with something called Eddystone. Although it has been a couple years since Apple introduced iBeacon, Google has just decided it was the right...
View ArticleRemember Commodore? It's been resurrected as an Android phone
Two decades ago there was a 8-bit desktop computer that almost everyone seemed to know about or own. Called the Commodore 64, roughly 17 million units were sold, making it one of the most popular PCs...
View ArticleLogi Blok hands-on: A new name for Logitech and new, space-age protection for...
Logitech has, after 34 years, taken the "tech" out of its name for the more fun consumer products it has planned in future. Logi, as they will be branded, represents a new, colourful and fun outlook...
View ArticleWant free Netflix? TalkTalk TV is giving six month subscriptions away
TalkTalk is giving away a six months worth of Netflix to all new TalkTalk Plus TV subscribers. Netflix usually costs £7.49 a month for the standard service, which gives access to HD content and the...
View ArticleFreesat is alive and well in the Humax Freesat HDR-1100S: Wi-Fi, cheaper and...
As long-time users of the Humax HDR-1000S set-top box, we've been awaiting the time when a smaller, snazzier model comes to market. That wait is over, with the introduction of the Humax Freesat...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy A8 now official and yes it is Sammy's thinnest phone yet
Having been the subject of many a rumour in June, the Samsung Galaxy A8 is now officially part of the Korean company's line-up although there are no indications as yet as to whether it will be...
View ArticlePlayStation Now goes into open beta in UK, costs from £2.99 to rent a game
After a relatively short while in closed beta, PlayStation Now has opened its testing phase to all owners of PlayStation 4 or PS3 consoles. Some Sony Bravia TVs and Blu-rays players will also be able...
View ArticlePocket-lint Three Peaks Challenge: The kit we used
Readers of Pocket-lint will know that we've just completed the Three Peaks Challenge, climbing the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales in under 24 hours. You can read all about the...
View ArticlePlayStation Now comes to the UK: What is it, and how can you get it?
Officially detailed around a year ago, PlayStation Now has been available in the US and Canada under an open beta scheme for all owners of PlayStation consoles and some Sony TVs (Samsung sets joining...
View ArticleNew iPod touch with A8 processing leads Apple refresh charge
As leaked with the last iTunes release, Apple has refreshed its iPod line with a new range of colours for the family of devices: iPod touch, iPod nano and iPod shuffle. And as well as a few new colour...
View ArticleNew Fiat 500 first drive: Cute, charming and colourful
The Fiat 500 is no stranger to the road. In fact, this little number has been whizzing around the streets since 1957, first by the name of Cinquino, before it was redesigned and relaunched on its 50th...
View ArticlePolar Loop 2 adds notifications, vibration alerts, and keeps on tracking
Polar has announced an updated version of its activity tracker, the Polar Loop. The new Loop 2 retains many of the features of the original, but expands the feature set for a more connected smart...
View ArticleLatest Samsung Gear A leak fully reveals what the round smartwatch has for specs
A new spec leak has revealed that the Samsung Gear A is still happening, still round, and still very much an exciting wearable.It's no secret at this point that Samsung has another smartwatch in the...
View ArticleOnePlus 2: What's the story so far?
OnePlus has had something of a hit on its hands with the OnePlus One, especially among smartphone fans. Limited availability added an air of exclusivity to device that offered great value for money....
View ArticleHere are the first really up-close NASA pics of Pluto and its largest moon
NASA has published up-close images from the New Horizons space probe that flew by Pluto yesterday. The images, which the probe captured and transmitted back to Earth, are the closest we've (or at...
View ArticleIt's about time: Android M is getting visual voicemail - but it's limited
Checking your voicemail with an Android phone is about to get a lot less cumbersome. Those of you who owned an iPhone but then switched at some point to Android were probably stunned (and completely...
View ArticleHuawei Nexus phone leak suggests 5.7-inch QHD display, fingerprint reader
Google's next Nexus phone is reportedly being built by Huawei, and thanks to a new leak on Twitter, we now what kind of specs it might be packing come launch day. Several reports have claimed that...
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