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Google Glass update adds SMS support for iOS, Glassware Calendar for all

Good news Apple and Glass fans — Google has announced that iOS users will soon be able to receive text messages from their friends…

Sony announces 7-million PS4 sales globally and ‘SHAREfactory’ video app

Sony’s gloat over Microsoft is today twofold: firstly, it’s announced that well over 7-million PS4s and 20.5-million boxed games have been sold worldwide. Secondly,…

Google Glass sells out in US after one-day only sale

Google surprised overeager tech-pioneers last week when it announced that Google Glass would be available for purchase to the general US public for one-day…

The new age of storytelling: 6 games with killer writing

Most of us, especially non-gamers, do not often look to games as a medium of storytelling. Some of us play them to pass the…

Supercar maker Bugatti creates $1000 glass toaster

Not content with creating supercars, Bugatti has branched out into breakfast machines with the Noun, a toaster with heated glass walls capable of cooking…

Amazon’s glasses-free 3D smartphone pictured

It would be hard to pick Amazon’s smartphone out of a lineup, it’s the most generic-looking device we’ve yet seen. But what the pictures…

Toshiba Satellite P55t world’s first 4K Ultra HD laptop

The dawn of the true 4K laptop has arrived, courtesy of Toshiba’s pixel-mad scientists. The company’s latest aluminium model, the Satellite P55t, will feature…

Childproof your computer with the Ubuntu based StormFly

StormFly, a 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive with a bootable version of Ubuntu, is a computer “safety” device aimed at the much younger computer…

Sony will reveal PlayStation 4 20 February

For PlayStation lovers, the latest news from the PlayStation Blog has probably induced some crap-in-the-pants ooh’s and aah’s. If the YouTube video posted yesterday…

iCade 8-Bitty is the sweetest little gamepad for mobile devices you’ll ever use

Thinkgeek.com first gave us the iCade Arcade game controller for iPad, one of the coolest products of all time. Now, to sweeten the deal…

Dual core Intel smartphones to be showcased at Mobile World Congress

Just a week after news of the Intel Yolo smartphone for the African market hit the internet, Intel has announced that it will be…

BlackBerry 10 launches, RIM is renamed to BlackBerry

Welcome back, RIM, or shall we say BlackBerry. CEO Thorstein Heins confirmed the rumours. Research In Motion has been renamed and will now be…

Speaktoit assistant comes to Windows Phone

Speaktoit is one of the top assistant apps on Android and a more than viable competitor to Siri (and in many cases better some…

Windows Phone 7.8 turns Lumia phones into so much more

A multitude of new features have been added to Lumia phones running on Windows 7.5, as an updated Windows Phone OS started rolling out…

‘Killzone Mercenary’ on PS Vita set for September release

According to the official PlayStation website, Killzone Mercenary has been set for release on 17 September in the US. A new gameplay trailer and…

New ‘7 Wonders of Crysis 3’ video released

Leading up to the release of Crysis 3 this February, the fifth instalment of the 7 Wonders of Crysis 3 teaser videos has been…

BlackBerry 10 launch event [Live blog]

The day has finally arrived. After waiting months to see what BlackBerry has in store for the smartphone market it once dominated, we will…

Pentax announces rugged waterproof point-and-shoot cameras

Two new cameras, the WG-3 and WG-3 GPS, have arrived in the Pentax collection. Both cameras feature the highest depth rating in the WG…

ZTE (basically) confirms it’s launching a Firefox OS phone at MWC

ZTE, China’s second largest telecoms manufacturer, seems to have all but confirmed that it will push forward with plans to launch a Firefox OS-powered…

Sony adds 320kbps streaming to Music Unlimited on web, Android and PS3

Sony’s Music Unlimited, part of the Sony Entertainment Network, has been bumped up and now features high-quality 320kbps streaming for web surfing, Android and…

Microsoft promises more, gives less: 64GB Surface will only have 23GB storage

The new 64GB Microsoft Surface Pro will have only 23GB of free storage. Yes that is confusing, but it’s true. According to The Verge,…

Apple announces 4th-gen iPad with 128GB for $799

As per usual, the rumours were true. Apple’s gone and announced a new, 128GB version of its 4th-gen Retina Display iPad for the low,…

iOS 6.1 now available for download from iTunes

As of today, iOS 6.1 will be available for download across all devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV). The update is running…

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