Technology News
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Release Date of 31st March!
March 14, 2011
We’ve been waiting a long time, and we’ve been hearing about it even longer, but it seems that Sony Ericsson’s claim that the Xperia Play would be arriving in the UK ‘late March’ was pretty much bang on on the mark. It’s coming on the 31st March.
It’s said that “all the mobile operators and retailers” will be selling the device, which so many mobile gaming fans have craved for so long.
Continue reading »Twitter And iTunes’ Ping Get Cozy, Cheat On Facebook!
November 12, 2010
Hello, hello, hello! There’s some interesting news coming out of the Twitter Blog today, as it has been announced that Twitter users will now be able to link their accounts up with Apple’s iTunes Ping social network service, the social music network that was launched alongside iTunes 10 back in September.
This is a pretty big step forward for Apple and Ping, as before now it has been somewhat limited without the integration of existing social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Apple had originally included Facebook integration, but this was pulled after Facebook claimed that they hadn’t approved such a feature.
How does the integration between Ping and Twitter work, then? I’ll leave it up to the professionals to tell you that one…
Continue reading »Potential Windows 8 Features Leaked? (Rumour)
July 3, 2010
As one of the biggest names in the industry anything ‘Microsoft’ is snapped up quite happily by the tech people or ‘techophiles’ in the world so it should come as no surprise that the latest leak from the offices of the household name has been sprung upon pretty quickly!
This time around it is a series of slides from an in-house presentation that are full of ideas and thinking regarding the latest incarnation of Windows, and they offer lots of very interesting insights into what Windows 8 features we might expect to see and how it might all work together. So let’s have a quick look at some of the more interesting points to come out of these slides (which although haven’t been confirmed by Microsoft, certainly look genuine):
Continue reading »Apple Now More Valuable Than Microsoft
May 27, 2010
With Apple now commanding a massive market share in terms of technology and devices they are said to be worth more than Microsoft. Apple has seemingly gone from strength to strength in the last few years and have shown their potential with the releases of the Apple iPod, iPhone and iPad.
They have really increased competition especially within the mobile phone industry and have taken technology to a new level. Gone are the days when we had a couple of phones to choose from which all did the same thing. Apple has given us more than a phone which you use to ring people but a complete internet device.
Continue reading »Google Now Has Snowmobile Street View
February 10, 2010
So you thought street view only went to the streets well now Google have just taken this to the next level with the Google Snowmobile. Google Snowmobile street view ironically allows you to see more outside of the streets and those beautiful snowy streets.
The motivation for them to do this was because they have the 2010 Olympics in Canada. It really captures some great scenes and allows everyone around the world to get a glimpse of the beautiful settings which this will provide the backdrop for the Olympics.
Continue reading »Heineken Beer Serving Robot of the Future
February 9, 2010
You might think this sounds strange but at Middlesex University they have managed to create a robotic serving robot which means you don’t need to walk far at all to get your beer. Actually scrap that you will be able to stay on the Sofa and be served, this also might just be perfect for those house parties.
We humans will be able to hover our hands over the sensor in the head to stop the robot then just place your cup in the holder ready to be filled. It will then continue along its serving path ready for the next refill. This has to be assigning of things to come and looks very interesting for the future development of robots. Unfortunately this is still prototype but it can’t be much longer before these handy robots come on the market for real.
Continue reading »LG Cookie Plus GS500 Mobile Phone Announced
February 9, 2010
It has just been announced that LG will launch another new mobile phone which is the LG Cookie plus GS500. The information so far released is quite small but what we do know is it will have SNS functionality working towards social networking (Twitter and Facebook). This would be perfect for people who are addicted to status updates.
The LG Cookie Plus GS500 also has MMS app which will give you opportunity to share photos with friends easily. It will also boast a 3MP camera which is good enough for everyday use and perfect if you need to capture a photo whilst on the move.
Continue reading »Apple iPad – The Stylish Netbook & Kindle Replacement?
January 31, 2010
Last week saw Steve Jobs unveiling of the much rumoured and long awaited Apple tablet device which has been named the Apple iPad – and that’s just where the opinions start. Some people think that the Apple iPad name makes sense, keeps in-line with the established iPod/iMac branding, but leaves it open to lots of different uses, whilst others think it’s now a bland, uninspiring name.
This tablet device itself (reportedly) has an impressive battery-life of around 10 hours for whatever you use it for, be it browsing the web, reading an e-book, playing HD video, so could this be the thing that kills off the requirement for a netbook for many of us? Well only time will tell, but I think I’d rather take one of these with me when travelling than a relatively “chunky” netbook when all I’d want to do is catch up on sorting my email, browsing the web or watching some video.
Continue reading »MusicDNA To Replace MP3 As Dominant Music Format?
January 27, 2010
Perhaps the days of MP3′s dominating the world market for music file formats is over. A company called Bach have develop a new format. A format called MusicDNA.
The format is not only just the audio track though, it contains heaps of metadata with such information as artists, artwork, lyrics and even twitter feeds. The developers of the file format claim that with all this extra information bundled in, with any success in the market they can double the price of music downloads. This is certainly a bold claim as many people’s reason for piracy is purely down to the fact that the price of music is ludicrously high as opposed to the dirt cheap albums of yesteryear.
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