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Consult a snapshot of a hotel poolside, wilderness camping retreat or outback adventure holiday of any kind today and you’ll notice one enormous difference from another taken 20 years ago – you’ll seldom see a soul present without his or her mobile phone. Even if not using theirs religiously, chances are 90% will be glancing at their iPhone in-between drinks, checking … [Read more...]
If you were planning on heading down to the High Street this week to finally get your hands on the already-legendary Google Nexus 7, let me be the first to advise you not to bother doing anything of the kind. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve nothing against Google’s new tab and can’t wait to get hold of one myself, but reports are flying in from all angles that third-party … [Read more...]
It seems that the predictions are being fulfilled, and Apple really is preparing a version of the huge 13-inch Macbook Pro Retina Display which was presented during WWDC this year. The latest "evidence" of this model has emerged with the annuncement of the results of benchmarks performed with Geekbench 2, listing the new Macbook Pro 13-inch Retina with CPU model and … [Read more...]
The tablet wars are certainly hotting up this year, as all the technology big boys want a slice of the tablet pie. But will there really be a contender to knock Apple of its top spot? Currently Apple has around 68% market share, with the only real challenger thought to be in the mix previously being the Amazon Kindle Fire. However, despite an initial rush, sales … [Read more...]
Google’s Project Glass may still be at least two years away from a commercial release, but those lucky enough to be in attendance at Google’s I/O even this week have already been graced with the kind of hands-on testing the rest of us will have to wait until 2014 for. Dubbed the world’s first “Augmented Reality” glasses, Project Glass represents the creation of … [Read more...]
Just a few short years ago, certain laptop PC manufacturers scoffed at the way in which devices were becoming cheaper and lower-end than ever before. They feared that the situation was getting out of control and rather than striving for bigger and better things – as had always been tradition – the industry was becoming all-consumed with low prices and thus low … [Read more...]
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has finally made its way into the hands of a lucky few developers courtesy of Google’s I/O event in San Francisco, bring along a couple of new friends for the ride. However, one of the most talked-up and promising of all is the new Nexus Q which demands a Jelly Bean handset to run, therefore is as yet something most are yet to experience their … [Read more...]
Never one to shy away from a little showboating here and there, Google’s I/O event kicked off in typically understated style when a groups of skydivers threw themselves out of a blimp over the event hall in San Francisco – simply to demonstrate the company’s new “augmented reality” glasses – aka project glass. Google’s Project Glass Google’s Project Glass has … [Read more...]
The Google Nexus 7 tablet has been in the world for a good few hours at least now, so naturally it is already time to make the most obvious comparison of all- how it stands up against the likes of the iPad from Apple. True, some will argue that to hold the two side by side is something of a David Vs. Goliath battle given their representation of two different ends … [Read more...]
District judges in the US have upheld Apple’s request that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 be banned from sale in the US, representing an enormous victory in the ongoing and relentless patent war between the two technology powerhouses. Considered by many industry experts and consumers alike to be the closets contenders for the iPad in terms of power and overall … [Read more...]