Tag: 2014
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Are Handheld Games Consoles In Decline?
With games in this console generation being almost entirely relegated to the XBox One, PS4, Wii U and PC, a lot of us are wondering just where the handheld fits in anymore. Graphics on the Xbox One and PS4 have pushed out the boundaries of what we’ve come to expect from games, plus the PC…
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Phablets The Fastest Growing Form Factor
Phablets are essentially big phones… but they’re close enough in size to tablets to be considered a form factor of their very own. to date, the emerging phablet trend has been considered somewhat of a gimmick, however according to some new facts and figures from an analytic company called Flurry, the devices are one of…
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Recent iPhone Sales Beat Android By 0.1%
It’s always a competition in the phone industry as to who manages to sell the most devices, and the two biggest players are undoubtedly Apple and Android. the two command the biggest market share in terms of operating system, Android versus iOS is the name of the game. Recent numbers show that Apple managed to…
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Contactless Card Pay Limit To Rise To £30
The UK has had access to contactless card payment for ages now, and it’s really, really fun. With a tap of your card and a corresponding beep from the machine, pin entry is made obselete. It’s quick, easy, and it feels really really futuristic. However, a £20 limit has been imposed on the technology since…
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Apple and Samsung Tied In Q4 Phone Sales
A big year for Apple and Samsung in worldwide sales and shipping has yielded some great results. Not only has the iPhone exploded in a fresh new Chinese market, but Samsung has been revealing some excellent pioneering features, such as the Note Edge’s curved screen edges. Now it seems from new figures that both Apple…
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1 Billion Android Phones Shipped In 2014
Last year global mobile phone shipments broke a new record in terms of the sheer volume of smartphones shipped. Over 1.3 billion handsets made it into the wild from manufacturers, and it’s partly due to the incredible popularity of Android. the mobile phone operating system from Google has recently hit one billion units shipped. Out…
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Netflix Will Go Global Within 2 Years
Executives from streaming service Netflix have announced that their product should be widely available across the globe within a two year time frame. The service, which provides shows to users over the internet, currently serves North America, South America, and in Europe the countries of Denmark, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the UK, France, Switzerland, Austria,…
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Mobile Tech Made $3.3 Trillion in 2014
As the new year draws in, facts and figures about the year gone by are coming in thick and fast – we’ve already seen the announcements of gaming’s biggest titles in 2014, and now it’s the turn of the mobile industry, with reports of staggering revenue being generated by mobile tech companies during the year.…
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The Most Popular Passwords of 2014
In the digital age we live in, it’s paramount that we unsure that our important data is as secure as possible. Each year, SplashData compile a list that shows the most popular passwords used over the last year. The data is taken from the millions of passwords that have been stolen over the last 12…
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NPD Reveals Bestselling Games of 2014
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Market analysts over at NPD have recently released their latest update on the state of all things bought and sold in the gaming world, as they are wont to do every month. however, this time the analytics company has compiled and released the entire sales statistics for the top ten bestselling titles of 2014. First…
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Google Trends 2014 shows Just what we have searched for across the Year!
2014 is nearly over, and with the way we use the internet in every part of our lives, its clear to see that google have a good view of just how what the world is thinking and doing throughout 2014. So to Celebrate this Google have launched their annual Google Trends page for 2014 so…
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Steam to hold a massive 2014 Holiday Sale from 18th December!
Steam are yet to announce it, but thanks to a small leak that has been posted on Reddit, we now know that there will be a big old Steam Christmas sale starting from next week running for a full 2 week of the holiday period and ending January 2015. A leaked email has come from…