The Orbweaver is the latest gaming pad released by Razer. It is a specialised piece of gaming equipment that I suspect will only attract a select few of the most hardcore gamers. With all the specialised gaming gear available presently, I think many gamers would see this as an unnecessary addition to their collection, especially at a pricey US$129. But for that elite cult of game gear fanatics, the Orbweaver might just be what they’re looking for.Read more on Gearburn. ...

Err. So. Facebook's big mobile app-slash-operating system bet doesn't seem to be paying off as yet. It's been a month since Facebook Home was released, but only around 0.1% of the social network's 1.11-billion monthly active users have installed the app -- and the hype seems to be fading fast.Home, the free Android launcher which is designed to bring your friend's updates to your lockscreen and let Facebook messenger chatheads follow you around your phone, hit half a million ...

Most would think that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs had a bitter relationship until the end. But that just isn't true, as the Microsoft founder tells 60 minutes, during an interview in which he describes his last visit to the late Apple co-founder.Gates grew emotional talking about his last visit with Jobs before his death. According to the personal computing billionaire, the visit ended on a "forward-looking" note."He showed me the boat he was working on, and talked about ...

Being an astronaut has always been one of the ultimate "cool" career options out there. There can be little doubt though that Commander Chris Hadfield has taken it to another level.The 53-year-old Canadian astronaut has sent tweets to his 700 000+ followers from space, done a Reddit AMA and now, on the verge of his return from five months on the International Space Station, recorded a David Bowie cover.The cover, which comes with an appropriately epic video, required ...

There goes all the information at your fingertips, says every feature phone owner who uses Google's SMS search. According to reports, the search giant has shut down the service that allowed people to send search queries via text message by texting their queries to "466453" (GOOGLE).Apparently the service was stopped in the last week with no word from Google until users took to forums to query the shutdown. A Google employee going by the name of Jessica S ...

The internet has been waiting for this moment for a long time. The first trailer for the new series of Arrested Development has surfaced online.When it was first announced that Netflix was resurrecting the acclaimed series, there was excitement, followed by understandable apprehension. Would it be as funny? Could the cast recapture their old chemistry and would Netflix allow the show's scriptwriters the kind of freedom they never had with the networks?If this trailer is anything to go by, ...

One of the things I find myself talking to clients about more and more is app development. Until fairly recently, to have an app you needed to be one of the big players like AFGA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) but today you can be a small country-specific business such as NoMU or as global retailer such as ZARA. The point is, anyone can really have an app these days, but the question is should they?The way I explain it ...

Sometimes all it takes is a few wrong words to cause an unrivalled uproar -- a fact which celebrities are very well acquainted with. Social media sites are a magnet for collecting those wrong words. Here are seven impressive examples showing how a little tweet can make a big noise.50 Cent wants to make a positive impactHe tweeted:"Speaking of MILF. I wanna do something that impacts kids in a positive way, that's why I'm opening an abortion clinic. Ima ...

When you snapped, cropped and filtered your last latté, did you stop to think about the company behind the retro photo app, and how it got to where it is today? Perhaps, instead, you took a moment to appreciate the simplicity of a touchscreen, and imaged what a life without physical keys would be like. But perhaps you should be thinking about what life would be like without the internet, on another planet.Confused? These are just a few of ...

If you’re reading this post, chances are you are a big fan of both video games and films. When I was doing research for this article I found that many of my favourite films already have a game version but most of them simply suck. They were either rushed through production to take advantage of the hype of the film or created as merely an add-on to the movie. I think if film-to-game transitions were created to stand on their ...