Best mobile stocking fillers
With Christmas here and a shiny new mobile under the tree, we're here to help avoid the yearly stress associated with buying Christmas gifts. We've prepared a handy guide to the best stocking fillers...
View ArticleBLIP: Selfie In The Sky With Live Tiles: Windows Phone users get SkyDrive boost
Microsoft has offered a little festive treat for Windows Phone users by offering 20GB of bonus SkyDrive storage for an entire year. The offer, which runs until the end of January, was publicised to...
View ArticleGoogle adds 'I'm Feeling Lucky Radio' to iOS app, takes fight to iTunes Radio
Google's perennial attempts to turn Google Play Music into a force against iTunes have been boosted by the arrival of 'I'm Feeling Lucky Radio' within the company's iOS app.The random radio feature...
View ArticleIn Depth: 10 ways to make Siri brilliant
Siri is the best known digital personal assistant on the market, making its name with human-esque speech capabilities. Its biggest competitor, Google Now, may be lagging behind in the popularity...
View ArticleIn Depth: How to make your old iPhone as good as new
When Apple released iOS 7 it was surprisingly accommodating with backwards compatibility, allowing it to be installed on devices as old as the iPhone 4 and iPad 2.This seems less generous and more...
View ArticleIn Depth: What does low light photography in your smartphone mean?
If 2013's going to be remembered for one thing in the smartphone world, it's as the year where cameras got good. Almost any device you'd care to name now has a shooter that takes more-than-decent...
View ArticleiOS 7 Jailbreak arrives, promises simple, untethered solution in five minutes
A team of hackers, notorious for their ability to smash through Apple's walled garden has released a simple jailbreak for iOS 7. The tool, which arrives three months after Apple launched its revamped...
View ArticleLG G2 Mini to go quad-core and KitKat flavoured?
With a quad-core processor and Android 4.4 KitKat on board the LG D-410 - thought to be the LG G2 Mini - is beginning to sound like a pretty decent offering.We've already got the Galaxy S4 Mini and the...
View ArticleIn Depth: Why 64-bit phones are going to be a big deal...but not yet
One brand has done it already. The rest of the smartphone and tablet industry is busy playing catch up. There's no stopping it. What are we talking about? 64-bit processors for phones and tablets of...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S5 to go flat, not flexible
There are only going to be more and more rumours flying around about the Samsung Galaxy S5 as we move towards its 2014 launch, but can we put one to bed already?According to unnamed industry sources...
View ArticleIn Depth: 10 essential entertainment apps for iOS
iOS devices have long enjoyed the richest app ecosystem around, with nearly 1 million applications available in all. Even if 90% of them were rubbish that would still leave roughly 100,000 worthwhile...
View Article10 essential entertainment apps for Android
Since the launch of Android in 2008, hundreds of thousands of apps have made their way to Google Play. Not all of them are any good, but some are great and the following ten are among the best.1....
View Article10 essential entertainment apps for Windows Phone
Windows Phone is still lagging behind iOS and Android in terms of app numbers, but that doesn't mean you have to miss out as there are still thousands of great ones. We've sifted through them and come...
View Article6-inch iPhone could arrive as early as May, iPad Pro to follow in October
Apple's apparently got "big plans" for 2014 and it's looking like Tim Cook's words should be taken quite literally.According to Digitimes (sometimes on the money, sometimes not), Apple's got a larger...
View ArticleApple sets up multi-year deal with China Mobile
Apple has announced a long-expected distribution deal with China Mobile, the world's biggest phone carrier. The deal could generate billions in revenue for the iPhone manufacturer.The announcement...
View ArticleAllCast for Android leaves beta, streams to Apple TV, Roku and Xbox
A powerful app which allows Android device owners to stream photos and videos to a host of connected devices is now available on the Google Play store.A full version of the AllCast app has landed...
View ArticleBLIP: Android Jelly Bean catches some Z's as 4.3 comes to Sony Xperia devices
While there's little sign of any action on the Android KitKat front, some Sony Xperia handset owners can at least comfort themselves with a little 4.3 Jelly Bean over the festive season.On Monday, the...
View ArticleOppo officially unveils the mid-range, mid-price R1
Chinese phone maker Oppo Electronics is at it again, unveiling its second new smartphone to be announced this month.The Oppo R1 was made official with a listing on the company's Chinese-language site,...
View ArticleBlackBerry cancels two BB10 phones along with its 2014 conference
BlackBerry recently committed to five more years of smartphones, but it also just uncommitted to two BB10 phones it had been planning.The troubled Canadian smartphone manufacturer wrote that it had...
View ArticleMythical Nokia Normandy Android phone spied again, status still unknown
First it was on, then it was off, now we just don't know. The rumoured Nokia smartphone running Android has reportedly appeared online again, with its launch status still anyone's guess.The handset -...
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