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Heartbeat Unlocking Bracelet In the Works
Heartbeat sensors are fast becoming the standard, or at least a desirable feature, in the high tech world of wearable tech that’s literally popped up from behind the scenes in the last 18 months. But how many uses are there for a plain old heartbeat sensor. Apple’s Apple Watch seems to think that it’s a…
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Xbox One October Update Rolling out now – Snap Centre, Achievements, Friends, TV functions and more
Microsoft’s now Monthly update for the Xbox One, has landed. The October Xbone system update is now rolling out to all consoles and comes packing new features such as Snap Centre, Achievements, Friends, TV functions and more. The update brings a lot of user-friendly changes to the Xbox One’s interface, particularly as regards apps, Snap…
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London Debuts New Driverless Tube Trains
Transport For London’s new driverless tube trains are causing a bit of a stir, not just with tube drivers either. The trains not only threaten the jobs of drivers of current model trains, but also have been turning heads due to their sheer fanciness. Apparently the extra roomy carriages will be a welcome change from…
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Surface Pro 3 Selling Out Worldwide
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The Surface Pro 3 is already encountering problems at the retail end of things, with the popular tablet device from Microsoft just not having quite enough inventory available to get out to every consumer who wants one. Today in response to the issue, Microsoft’s Mike Hall blogged a promise out that the company would make…
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Oculus Rift Beta Release Coming 2015
Oculus isn’t quite ready to officially announce a consumer release for their amazing VR headset, but from what’s been heard online today we might just see the product come out as a public beta version, similarily to how Google Glass just has, in 2015. Sources have spoken out to news outlets that the Oculus Rift…
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Three Drops Roaming Charges in France, Switzerland, Israel, Finland and Norway
In August last year Three (the mobile network, not the number) decided to remove data roaming charges in 11 countries, the US, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Macau, Australia, Italy, Austria, Hong Kong, Sweden, Denmark and the Republic of Ireland as part of their ‘Feel At Home’ initiative. The scheme allows you to web browse, call and…
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PS4 Outsells Xbox One for the 4th Month in A Row
Meanwhile, in North America (USA, Canada, etc.) Microsoft’s new Xbox One has been universally thrashed by Sony’s latest Playstation. PS4 sales have topped XBONE (Xbox One) sales for the last 4 months, and amazingly forecasts show they have no signs of stopping. Sales figures for April have yet to be revealed for the PS4, but…
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Nokia Made More Money From Apple Than its Own Smartphones in Last Quarter
Patents proved to be more profitable than physical products for Nokia in the past 3 months
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Cheap Televisions May Be More Expensive in the Long Run
New tests conducted by market research magazine Which? on different types of televisions available to customers seem to suggest that low-cost supermarket brand televisions consume more power and cost more money on energy bills in comparison to brand-name counterparts, meaning expensive television models may be more financially viable to consumers in the long run. The…
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Additional BBC iPlayer On-Demand Shows Make it to Sky
In a recent re-think of BBC on-demand policy, the BBC Trust has made the list of on-demand programming that can be shown on its iPlayer service much longer. This means that some or all of the back catalogue of iPlayer shows could be making their way to Sky and Sky Go, the digital service’s on-demand…
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Mark 2
Nobody really knows when the iPhone 5 is coming out, but Samsung – who are Apple’s closest rivals at the moment – are so sure that it’s going to be a September release that they are planning a new version of their market-leading Galaxy S II. It’s purely to try and steal a bit of…
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Google News will receive major changes – starting with US
The face of Google News will be getting some work done when some major changes to the service come into effect – initially rolling out in the US with the rest of the world set to follow. The Google News service is widely used all across the globe as a news hub, and the changes…