by TheFran | Jul 3, 2014 | Tech |
This via [Gizmodo]. A couple of reports published during the course of last year suggested we unlock our phones anywhere between 110 and 150 times every single day. That’s a lot of checking, often done habitually without any deliberate thought or goal. Not only...
by TheFran | Jun 30, 2014 | Tech |
Facebook finally released a statement regarding the end-user testing it did on some Facebook users that involved emotion contagion by manipulating our/these users’ news feed. The news of the study spread like wildfire among critics and Facebook’s been...
by TheFran | Jun 11, 2014 | Tech |
During its high profile E3 keynote yesterday, Sony unveiled the PlayStation TV, a rebranded version of the PS Vita TV it showed off last fall. The device is small enough to fit in your hand and costs just $99, making it a direct competitor to the Apple TV. Like the...
by TheFran | Jun 6, 2014 | Tech |
Apple gave us a first look and BETA release of the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 8. While this iteration of iOS will not include major design changes, we can expect plenty of tweaks and additions to most of the stock Apple apps, and some very...
by TheFran | May 20, 2014 | Tech |
Google is known for one of the Internet giants, if not THE internet giant. Labelled as the bully, to the innovator, to the helper, Google has stamped their dominance over the internet for more than a decade. We take a look back at some of the major companies that...
by TheFran | May 12, 2014 | Tech |
It is that time of the year again when deciding to upgrade your iPhone becomes a critical decision. With Apple introducing two new models later this year, getting a new iPhone now with a new model becoming available two months later is not ideal. Whether you qualify...
by TheFran | May 12, 2014 | Tech |
It is the question that just about every smartphone and Apple enthusiast is asking. When is the new iPhone 6 getting released? As always we are left to speculate and base our assumptions on the hundreds of leaked images and reports making it’s way onto the...
by TheFran | Apr 29, 2014 | Tech |
Have a look at how the Google Self-Driving car operates while taking the 360 degrees pictures for the ongoing and never-ending google maps update endeavour. We’re astounded at how intuitive this self-driving car is, catering for various expected and unexpected...
by TheFran | Apr 29, 2014 | Tech |
We were waiting for Microsoft to announce their sales figures for their next gen console, the XBox One. This after Sony announced that its PlayStation 4 console has passed 7 million units sold worldwide as of April 6, 2014. This number represents sold to consumers,...
by TheFran | Apr 22, 2014 | Tech |
Sony announced that its PlayStation 4 console has passed 7 million units sold worldwide as of April 6, 2014. This number represents sold to consumers, and not just units sold to retailers. Additionally, Sony revealed that over 20.5 million games have been sold, both...
by TheFran | Apr 17, 2014 | Tech |
It’s still too early for case makers to receive design specifications for Apple’s upcoming bigger iPhones, but that’s not stopping them from commissioning cases, molds and mockups based on the flurry of iPhone 6 rumors. One particular report seems to have captured the...
by TheMac | Apr 14, 2014 | Tech |
Robert Downey Jr. has officially opened an account on the social media giant, Twitter. The “Iron Man” star coyly entered his bio information saying “You know who I am”. As the mega Hollywood actors’ bio states, people responded within minutes since his...
by TheFran | Apr 11, 2014 | Tech |
Apple is preparing to release a whole range of new products this year, this is according to a new research note from KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo. We can expect to see Apple starting with an iMac refresh in late Q2, followed by upgrades to the iPad Air and iPad mini....
by TheFran | Apr 8, 2014 | Tech |
As the speculations and rumours grow concerning Apple’s iPhone 6. We felt it necessary to give our own list of what we want to be in/on the new iPhone 6. Doing a quick Google of what the most people want from the latest iPhone will yield pretty similar results....
by TheMac | Apr 4, 2014 | Tech |
China’s version of Twitter got an enormous boost with actor Wen Zhang’s apology message to his wife on Monday, March 31. Zhang apologized to his wife (and fellow actress) Ma Yili over his infidelity on the social network, with users reading and sharing his...
by TheFran | Apr 1, 2014 | Tech |
It’s another busy week on the iPhone 6 rumour mill. With multiple screenshots and leaked images making its way online. The latest rumours claim that Apple’s latest model of the iPhone will have a protruding camera lens, with a .6mm thicker body to cater...
by TheFran | Mar 31, 2014 | Tech |
Camera Plus remains an extremely popular photo app. It’s been around since the beginning and they continue to impress with their ever evolving list of features, always staying one step ahead of Apple’s own camera app. Their latest feature is another one...
by TheFran | Mar 31, 2014 | Tech |
Google’s mailing service has undergone plenty of user interface redesigns and tweaks, and although they may not be near the amount of changes that Facebook has made, looking back from 2004 shows how far the mailing service has come. I can remember the early Beta...
by TheFran | Mar 27, 2014 | Tech |
This is why we love being PC gamers. The boundaries are constantly being pushed, and when announcements like this are made, we can’t help but feel that Pc Gaming is to gaming what F1 Racing is to the motor industry. Yesterday during Nvidia’s annual GPU...
by TheFran | Mar 27, 2014 | Tech |
Facebook dished out another $2 billion shortly after their massive $16 billion acquisition of Whatsapp. Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that it acquired Oculus VR, the company behind the Oculus Rift gaming headset in a cash and stock deal valued at $2 billion. The terms...