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Google I/O 15 officially announced
Google I/O 15 officially announced Sundar Pichai took to his Google Plus page to officially announce this years’ official Google Developers I/O. Being held: May 28 – 29, 2015. Moscone Center West, San Francisco, CA. The show is usually the highlight of what Google have in-store for the year ahead, we may see new devices launching, (not so likely with Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 still f...[Read More]
British men post x2 as many selfies as women
British men post x2 as many selfies as women HTC UK & Ireland conducted a survey which may surprise some people. (This was part of their Desire Eye research, we’d assume.) They provided us with the stats and we thought it would interesting to share them with our readers. Personally I’m aged above the target audience and I’ve taken exactly one selfie that I ...[Read More]
HTC M9 inbound, due as soon as March. Smartwatch coming too.
HTC M9 inbound, due as soon as March. Smartwatch coming too. (Credit due for image) Code-named M9, the new phone from HTC features a 20-megapixel rear camera and an HTC UltraPixel front camera. The smartwatch (Un-named so far) will link with Under Armour Inc.’s (UA) fitness service, building on a partnership announced earlier this month. Its new phone resembles last year’s M8 in size and d...[Read More]
Themes make a comeback with CM12
Themes make a comeback with CM12 If you’ve been waiting patiently for your favourite theme or themers to get to work on CyanogenMod 12, you haven’t got long to wait now. Earlier this morning the team merged ~13,000+ lines of changes to CM12 for themes. We’ve tracked down the actual information from the developer and we’ll share it with everyone below. We apologize in advanc...[Read More]
Tesco launches Google Glass app
Tesco launches Google Glass app Tesco has become the first UK based retailer to launch a Google Glass enabled service for its shopping app as wearable devices start to become more popular. The Tesco Grocery Glassware, developed by Tesco Labs, lets customers browse goods, view nutritional information and add items to your shopping basket, hands-free!! Pablo Coberly, innovation engineer at Te...[Read More]
Cyanogen Mod’s official Lollipop announcement
(Credit due for image creator) Cyanogen Mod’s official Lollipop announcement. The biggest and most likely the best after-market software development team at Cyanogen Mod have officially announced their plans for starting to build from Android 5.0 Lollipop. (I say best meaning most successful, there are numerous 3rd party ROMs and development teams out there building for eve...[Read More]
Where’s my Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update?
Having rummaged through all the announcements from the big manufacturers, we thought it might be a good idea to list all/ most of the planned updates time scales for current devices that we and our readers own. Not a definitive arrangement by any means, but, we’ll try to link straight from the source as much as possible. Android lollipop 5.0 is the most anticipated software upd...[Read More]
The New Nexus Line
Android: Be together. Not the same. The new Nexus line Nexus 6 specs SCREEN 5.96-inch AMOLED, 1440×2560 (493 ppi) Corning Gorilla Glass 3 SIZE 82.98mm x 159.26mm x 10.06mm WEIGHT 6.49 ounces (184 grams) CAMERA Rear camera: 13 MP IMX 214 Image Sensor f / 2.0 aperture Optical Image Stabilization Ring flash with dual LEDs 4K UHD video capture 2160p (4K) UHD, 1080p...[Read More]
HTC Double Exposure
HTC just wrapped up their Double Exposure event in which they released the new HTC Desire Eye and the HTC RE. The HTC Desire Eye is based on the HTC one without the nice case but comes with dual 13mp camera and an IP rating. I really cant see many people trading in the HTC one for the HTC Desire Eye but people just about to upgrade might pick it over the Sony Z3 its closest competitor for underwat...[Read More]
So long, so long and thanks Phones4u
So long, so long and thanks Phones4u Following the unexpected decision of EE and Vodafone to withdraw supply from Phones4U , the future for Phones4U seems bleak. The shops wont be opening on the Monday, and the website is closed. Phones4U employs almost 6,000 people, in 550 standalone stores. These will all be closed until the administrators decide on whether the business can reopen for trading. T...[Read More]
Asus Announcement Recap
Asus Announcement Recap At IFA 2014 Asus unveiled three items, the MeMO Pad 7 tablet, the EeeBook X205 Intel Atom-powered netbook and the much anticipated ZenWatch. As we weren’t able to attend the event, I have used photos courtesy of gsmarena.com. Of course the most interesting item of the three is the ZenWatch. This is Asus’s first attempt at a smartwatch and made in collaboration w...[Read More]
LG Announcement Recap
LG Announcement Recap This is verging on being old news already because LG couldn’t contain themselves and made their announcement before the IFA expo in Berlin even kicked off. They have a right to be excited, with budget friendly stylused version of their flagship, a couple of other mid-range handsets and their second Android Wear smartwatch in a matter of months. Unfortunately we ...[Read More]