Nokia N1 is a magnificent tablet, despite the copycat design (hands-on)
Nokia announced the N1 tablet in November 2014, but it has been shown off at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and we couldn't help but play with it. When Nokia moved its hardware division over to...
View ArticleGoodbye chip and PIN, even market stalls will soon take contactless payments...
PayPal is soon to introduce a new version of its card reader for small businesses and market traders that will also accept contactless payments through built-in NFC technology. The company had...
View ArticleBest smartwatches and wearables of MWC 2015: Pebble, LG, Huawei and more
This year at Mobile World Congress the show floor has been well and truly taken over by wearables. Smartwatches are fast becoming almost as important as smartphones as far as manufacturers are...
View ArticleHP Spectre x360 hands-on: A slim, sexy, sophisticated two-in-one
HP has announced the Spectre x360 at Mobile World Congress, offering a 13.3-inch laptop that effortlessly turns into a tablet thanks to the geared hinge. It's a beautiful looking device that oozes...
View ArticleBlackBerry going software only? Will make more apps for rival platforms
With Mobile World Congress underway in Barcelona, BlackBerry has decided to use the annual conference as a platform for announcing information about its plans for the new year. The company has...
View ArticleWorld’s biggest microSD card from SanDisk is a whopping 200GB
SanDisk has done it again. The flash storage maker has unveiled a new microSD card with more storage than your laptop probably features. Just one year after unveiling the first 128GB microSD card,...
View ArticlePhilips Hue Phoenix is a new range of smart lamps that glow every shade of...
Mobile World Congress couldn't be described as a true industry conference if Philips didn't stop by to unveil its latest effort in the smart lighting market, called Philips Hue Phoenix. Phoenix, which...
View ArticleApple rolls out first public beta of OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 with Photos app...
If you're excited to ditch iPhoto for Apple's new Photos app, you can now make the switch. Apple has released the first public beta of OS X Yosemite 10.10.3, and it includes Photos for OS X. Feel free...
View ArticleTinder's new paid tier comes with a bizarre price increase for anyone older...
Tinder supports ageism, or at least that what the company's new paid tier seems to suggest. The match-making mobile app has separated into two versions: freemium and premium, with the latter version...
View ArticleHonda unveils hybrid NSX to many gasps, check out those pictures (gallery)
Guess how long it's been since the first Honda NSX caused jaws all over the world to hit the floor? 25 years. Yup, we feel old too. But now it's back with the looks and power of a modern hyper-car,...
View ArticleQualcomm Zeroth machine learning promises to help us find lost photos quickly
The days of trying to remember when and where you took a picture could be over thanks to a machine learning technology being developed by Qualcomm. The tech, currently referred to as Zeroth, has the...
View ArticlePiper nv smarthome camera system doesn't just see burglars, it scares them...
Icontrol Networks has announced a new Piper at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, building on the original all-in-one home security and video monitoring system. The new model, called Piper nv,...
View ArticleWant to unlock your smartphone with your eyes? The ZTE Grand S3's retina...
Biometrics. Now that's a word we'll be hearing more of in the world of tech. Having seen plenty of fingerprint scanners on phones in recent years, the ZTE Grand S3 goes one step further: incorporating...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic to make your flights run smoothly using Sony SmartEyeGlass...
Sony and Virgin Atlantic have joined forces with the airline adopting Sony wearable technologies to help its engineers maintain aircraft. The trial will include Virgin Atlantic's engineers being...
View ArticleMWC Android pin badges: 124 to collect and we've snapped them all
Whether you are an Android fan, a collector, or merely intrigued, the Mobile World Congress Android pins are back and are sending attendees at the trade show in Barcelona into a giddy frenzy. As...
View ArticleWhat is the Bootleg Universe? Power/Rangers, Bond, Punisher short films and more
If you've not yet heard of the Bootleg Universe but enjoy short films, prepare for some treats. These are films shorts based on big name franchise films, comics and TV shows that have been made into...
View ArticleForget Pebble Time, it's the Pebble Time Steel with Smartstrap that's the...
Even Pebble couldn’t have guessed that its Pebble Time smartwatch would have such phenomenal success on Kickstarter as it did, making more than $12 million in funding already – a million of that in...
View ArticleApple iPhone 6S to add Force Touch for new depth of control?
Apple is expected to add the Force Touch controls found on the Apple Watch to its next iPhone 6S. The rumour has started amid the Mobile World Congress announcements from other manufacturers. It...
View ArticleBlackBerry Leap: Affordable 5-incher lacks Z30 charm (hands-on)
We knew that BlackBerry was going to use Mobile World Congress to talk about future devices and it announced the Leap, alongside a tease of a whacky slider handset, with double curved display. The...
View ArticleWeaselPecker: Why the internet is a mad, mad place (gallery)
When a weasel rides a woodpecker this internet goes mad, apparently. Could this be another hit like The Dress viral? A photo was captured on Monday of what turned out to be a tiny weasel attacking a...
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