Does anybody understand these baffling MWC slogans?
One of the things we always notice when trudging trade show floors is that companies feel the need to explain what they do, or what they are showing in a three or four word slogan. However, most of...
View ArticleThese invisibility glasses will stop machines recognising and tagging you
Privacy is a big thing in 2015 so what better way to start than by showing off a pair of invisibility glasses at Mobile World Congress? Yes you read that right, invisibility glasses. No, not like...
View ArticleThree to bring Huawei's new Honor 6+ to UK stores as exclusive tariff partner
Honor plans to bring Android phones to retail stores in the UK for the first time, starting with the Honor 6+, with Three acting as the exclusive network operator in the country. Some Honor-branded...
View ArticleHBO Go app finally arrives for PS4 after year-long delay
You can now use a PlayStation 4 to watch your favourite HBO shows. Sony has announced the HBO Go app for PS4 is now available for download, and that the app works just like the PS3 version. You must...
View ArticleHonor 4X: Mid-rangers wouldn't give a XXXX for anything else (hands-on)
Honor has announced the launch of the 4X smartphone during its press conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It will be aimed at the European market and will be targeted at a slightly lower...
View ArticleHonor 6 Plus: The two-lens snapping smartphone is coming to Europe (hands-on)
Honor has used its press conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to announce a new mid-range device going by the name of the 4X, as well as launch its previously announced Honor 6 Plus...
View ArticleSilent Circle unveils Blackphone 2, an Android work phone for the privacy-aware
Blackphone is out. Blackphone 2 is in. One year after unveiling the original Blackphone, privacy protection startup Silent Circle has announced a second-generation of the device called Blackphone 2....
View ArticleForget Android Wear, MyKronoz ZePhone is a full Android smartwatch (hands-on)
When is a smartwatch more than just a smartwatch? When it's a wrist-strapped phone, that's when. The MyKronoz ZePhone is exactly that: a giant scale watch that doesn't run Android Wear like so many...
View ArticleApple Watch vs Pebble Time Steel: What’s the difference?
It was just last week that Pebble unveiled its third-generation watch, called Pebble Time, which has since become the most successful Kickstarter campaign of all time, but the company isn't done with...
View ArticleKazam Tornado 552L: Slender 5.2-inch smartphone has got the looks (hands-on)
Kazam - sounds like some kind of magic word, doesn't it? And in the mobile phone market, perhaps it is. For this online-only, European-only brand has just launched its latest super-thin phone: the...
View ArticlePebble Time and Time Steel: What are they and what's new?
Pebble has just announced the third-generation of its Pebble smartwatch. It's called Pebble Time. The new watch most notably brings a colour display to the watch-maker's lineup, but that's not the...
View ArticleVirtual Reality: The VR headsets to buy in 2015, whatever your budget
Although it seems like just yesterday that virtual reality hysteria was reignited, it's actually been a few years now, which is plenty of time for more than a dozen companies to introduce their own VR...
View ArticleSony PS4 sales exceed 20 million, and Nielsen says it's due to resolution
Sony wants you to know that its PlayStation 4 gaming console is doing really, really well. While at the Game Developers Conference, the company announced that worldwide PlayStation 4 sales have...
View ArticleNvidia Shield is the Apple TV beater we’ve been waiting for (hands-on)
Nvidia has announced its entrance into the set-top box market with Shield, a new game console and media player based on Android. Shield features the Tegra X1 chipset announced at CES 2015 in January,...
View ArticleSony's Project Morpheus confirmed for first half of 2016 as new prototype VR...
Sceptics might disagree but virtual reality headsets are still on track to be the biggest thing to gaming since the joystick became a joypad, and Sony has confirmed when it plans to bring its effort...
View ArticleIs Uber buying a mapping company to beat Google's self-driving cars?
Cab giant Uber is apparently near to closing a deal with mapping company deCarta. While it claims this will help it to fine tune its mapping tech for driver positioning there could be a lot more to...
View ArticleAudi R8 2015 to come with Bang & Olufsen 13-speaker surround sound system
Bang & Olufsen has created a sound system tailored to work perfectly in the new 2015 Audi R8. It can even cancel the vehicle noise for a more immersive audio experience. The Bang & Olufsen...
View ArticleSteam Machines finally coming in November and Zotac SN970 will be one of the...
It's been quite some time since Valve first detailed its plans for an assault on living rooms, with its SteamOS and Steam Machine console vision, but now we are in the last stretch. The company has...
View ArticleMicrosoft Spartan shown off with Cortana changing the way we browse the web...
Microsoft announced its new browser at Mobile World Congress, which it calls Spartan. It's not going to replace Internet Explorer 11 just yet but shows a glimpse of how the future of web browsing can...
View ArticleBest smartphones to look forward to in 2015
With the pace of smartphone evolution moving so fast, there's always something waiting in the wings. No sooner have you spied the latest handset, then there's anticipation of something else, the next...
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