Tag: wireless
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Truly Wireless Charging From Energous
Having all the gadgets you could ever possibly need in one lifetime, as aspiring as that thought sounds, that’s a lot of charging! What if we told you that you could wirelessly charge any device you own that has a charging port? Up until now wireless charging has not exactly freed people; yes, it is wireless […]
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PlayStation Now Coming to Windows PC – DualShock 4 Supported with Wireless Adapter
Sony’s streaming gaming platform PlayStation Now is finally coming to Windows PC and with it the DualShock 4 controller comes into play for desktop and laptop computers. Initially launching in select parts of Europe, before hitting the US and elsewhere in the world soon after, the PlayStation Now app on PC will allow the same […]
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Apple Patent Shows iPhone Pairing as a Wireless Car Key
Apple has been granted a patent which could see your trusty iPhone become even more useful than before – by becoming your new smart car key. Ensuring you’d never have to worry about losing your keys again, the patent titled ‘Accessing a Vehicle using an iDevice’ details a wireless setup between multiple iPhones and vehicle […]
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Windows 10 Wi-Fi Sense Gone For Good
Wi-Fi Sense, a neat little feature hidden away in Windows 10 has been a contentious issue. The feature allows your friends and acquaintances to connect to your Wi-Fi network and vice versa just through being connected via contacts and or social networking. For the most part this is kind of a cool way of being […]
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Zavvi Cyber Monday – Up to £20 off PS4 and Xbox One Controllers
UK entertainment retailer Zavvi has been dishing out deals aplenty this Black Friday/Cyber Monday from DVDs and Blu-Rays to some really cool collectable memorabilia. Today they’ve caught our attention again by slashing the price of a range of funky custom controllers for Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One with savings of up to £20 […]
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Google Releases Chromecast Ethernet Adapter to End Wi-Fi Woes
Google has launched a new $15 accessory for Chromecast which allows users to hook it up with an Ethernet lead to avoid that troublesome Wi-Fi dropout. The Google Chromecast is a handy bit of kit, a compact and portable gadget which is able to magically (via Wi-Fi) transform any TV with an HDMI port into […]
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Wireless Power for All May Become a Reality Thanks to Wi-Fi
If any of you have ever heard of Tesla, the inventor not the car company, then you will probably know that he claimed to be able to power every hut in Africa wirelessly. His claims were not believed by everybody unfortunately and the idea was never put into practice properly. With the news this month […]
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Mind Control for BBC iPlayer in the Works
If you are anything like me, then you have been through the long hunt of finding that lost remote control, and we all know that sofas are secretly remote control black holes. Now, instead of reaching for the remote or fingers stabbing wildly at your smartphone, the BBC have taken user-to-TV interaction one step further […]
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Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Announced
Microsoft has unleashed the brand new Xbox Elite Wireless Controller. Arriving this October with an arsenal of add-ons and customisation features it’s designed to enhance and personalise the gaming experience on Xbox One and Windows PC like nothing else available. And as you’d imagine from claims like that, it comes at a cost. The first […]
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Download Festival-Goers Left Beerless After Cashless Cock-up
Thousands of revellers hoping for food and booze after the long trek to this year’s Download found themselves out of pocket when the festival’s new cashless payment system failed on day one. The unhappy campers started arriving at the Donnington site on Wednesday, looking forward to a weekend of metal from the likes of Slipknot, […]
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How To Use Your Smartphone as a PS4 Wireless Keyboard
Did you know you can make messaging and typing on your PS4 much easier by putting down your controller and using your smartphone as a wireless keyboard? All you need is an iPhone or Android handset with the PlayStation App installed. You can grab the app now from the Play Store for Android or the […]
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uBeam Ultrasound Wireless Charging Is Nearly Here
What if wireless charging at a distance actually worked? What if you could change your phone while you move around or use it? You can, maybe, sometime in the future. uBeam invented a way to wirelessly send energy up to 15 feet away with ultrasound. Although that’s nothing new they did that ages ago, don’t […]