Ford Go!Drive car sharing: Near-free motor equivalent of 'Boris bikes'...
Ford now lets Londoners use its cars on a casual basis. Anyone can walk up to a Go!Drive Ford car, use the registered app to unlock and drive away, leaving it at any other bay they want. Just like the...
View ArticleAcer's Liquid Leap range adds three new wearables, including a stress-sensing...
Acer is holding an event in New York, where it just unveiled three new wearables. Two of them are all about health and fitness, while the third one is a fashion-focused device, but they've each been...
View ArticleAcer's 2015 lineup debuts: Packed with hybrids, laptops, tablets, phones, and...
Acer just held an event in New York City, where it unveiled tonnes of new and refreshed products, including laptops, tablets, and smartphones. The Taiwan-based company essentially lifted the curtain...
View ArticleAcer Chromebook 15 CB3-531: Big and budget (hands-on)
It's not the first time we've seen the Acer Chromebook 15, but the CB3-531 version, unveiled at Acer's global press conference, adds some extras to the existing range, bringing some added refinement....
View ArticleWhat is Yik Yak? It's like a bathroom stall wall, and teens are cray cray for it
If you look at any random grouping of teenagers or university-age students, you'll likely notice them nose-deep in their shiny smartphones, silent and tapping away. If you look really close, whilst...
View ArticleComcast might kill its $45B proposed bid for Time Warner Cable due to US...
In a rather interesting turn of events, Comcast's proposed bid to takeover Time Warner Cable has fallen off a cliff, it's claimed. According to Bloomberg, Comcast wants to walk away from its $45...
View ArticleAcer Aspire R11: The Pilates to Lenovo's Yoga, with 360-degree swivel screen...
Just like the Dead Or Alive classic song, the new Acer Aspire R11's screen can be spun right around - quite literally - to accommodate various positions to take on laptop, tent, stand and tablet...
View ArticleGoogle Q1 earnings show revenue and profit growth, but mobile is affecting...
Google has posted first-quarter earnings, and the results show it missed analysts' expectations and needs to charge more for serving ads on mobile sites, among many other things. The company announced...
View ArticleMicrosoft Q3 2015 earnings: Surface, Lumia, and cloud sales are up, while...
Microsoft has posted its third-quarter fiscal 2015 earnings, and the results show the company's old ways of bringing in revenue, such as Xbox and Windows, are struggling, while things like Surface Pro...
View ArticleAcer Aspire Switch 10 E: The bold yet budget 2-in-1 (hands-on)
A third of the way through 2014 we were introduced to the Acer Aspire Switch 10, a 2-in-1 tablet-meets-laptop device that, despite its somewhat blocky design form, was a decent stab at the concept....
View ArticleAmazon lifts the curtain on Amazon Web Services, says it's a $5B biz now
Amazon has finally revealed the size and growth of its cloud-computing division, called Amazon Web Services. While posting its first-quarter earnings, the Jeff Bezos-led company for the first time...
View ArticleDropbox is working on a beta note-taking service for collaborators, called...
Dropbox is fully taking on Google Docs, or at least that's what it looks like, as evident by the company's latest beta test. Dropbox has quietly launched a sign-up webpage for something called Dropbox...
View ArticleNext Samsung Gear smartwatch will be round, OS teased by Samsung
Samsung has officially dangled a glance at its next Gear smartwatch and it's going to be round. Samsung announced the launch of a new SDK on its website with a link for developers who want to apply to...
View ArticleNew Pocket-lint Deals Store, and 10% off Storewide Coupon
Pocket-lint has teamed up with the guys and girls over at Stack Commerce a secure payment platform to bring you stacks of exclusive deals on tech, gear and gadgets, and e-learning every week. You can...
View ArticlePhilips and Allianz are working on a smartphone-controlled backpain solution
Philips are partnering with Allianz to bring a smartphone-controlled backpain solution, aiming to cross the divide between healthcare professional and patients. Announced on stage at the IFA 2015...
View ArticleApple Watch teardown: Could measure your blood oxygen, battery loses to...
The Apple Watch has been sliced and diced by iFixit which has given the smartwatch its teardown treatment. The results reveal an oxygen sensor that's not used, a battery that can't compete with...
View ArticleMarvel and Telltale Games announce team-up for 2017 game
Marvel will team-up with Telltale Games, famed for its Walking Dead and Game of Thrones titles, to create a game series that will appear in 2017. The gaming series is set to appear on both PCs and...
View ArticleAlways forget to turn plugs off? Here are five smart plugs with smartphone...
If you have ever walked out of your house and wondered a few minutes up the road whether you had turned the iron or the straighteners off, this feature will be right up your street. Most of us are...
View ArticleJames Bond prefers Samsung to Sony, but may use Xperia Z4 in Spectre for $5...
The next James Bond film may feature a Sony Xperia Z4, but only because James Bond actor Daniel Craig is getting paid to pretend he likes it. According to leaked Sony emails found on Wikileaks, both...
View ArticleZTE's vision of the future includes transparent smartphones
ZTE took the stage at the IFA 2015 Global Press Conference, currently running in Malta, with Waiman Lam, senior director of technology and partnership, ZTE, introducing a number of recent ZTE...
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