You might wonder why some selfie sticks are banned in South Korea. Is it because of the fears of uncontrolled sticks bashing people on the head at the country’s big tourist attractions? Perhaps it is because selfies have been blamed for the rise in plastic surgery statistics in some parts of the world? Or maybe it’s because they just look a bit silly? The truth is...
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If you have ever wondered how many Wi-Fi hotspots in the world then some recent research from Wi-Fi provider iPass could go some way to answering the question. Their new study says that in the next 4 years the number of hotspots around the globe will increase to over 340 million. This would work out as one for every 20 people on the planet. At the moment, there are expected...
Anyone who would love a new tablet but is a bit concerned about their privacy will be delighted to see that an anti-snooping tablet is in the pipeline. This device is being worked on by the same company, Silent Circle, that brought out the similarly privacy oriented Blackphone. Jon Callas is a co-founder of the firm and he said that they are going to be releasing a tablet...
A new gadget from Samsung might be just what you need to help you keep your keep your mobile topped up with juice. It might even let you help out your friends when their batteries run low too. It is called the Power Sharing cable and it is a sort of battery sharing device that lets you use the power from one phone or tablet to charge up another. It is a double ended cable...
Could a bright new future be lying ahead for low cost smartphones? The first of the Android One budget devices is now on sale in India and may pave the way for a wave of cheap new phones. The idea with the Android One phones is that they will provide the bare minimum of features which are required to run the Google owned operating system. In addition to using the cheapest...
Printing used to be a fairly dull thing to do but it’s getting rather more exciting these days, isn’t it? While 3D printing rightly takes a lot of the attention now, how would you like to use a robotic printer to carry out your printing jobs for you? The latest work from Fuji Xerox has been around producing a robotic printer that can move around the office or the home...
If you are planning to fly from Heathrow Airport for your summer holidays then there is a good chance that you are going to be taking some of your favourite gadgets away with you. We all love to use our phone, our tablet or some other gadgets while we are sunning ourselves on a beach and worrying about whether heading back to the breakfast buffet for a second time might...
New Years Eve is very nearly upon us and millions of people will be turning their eyes to the capital cities around the world with New York being one of the prime destinations for revellers and news crews. Wouldn’t it be great to be there? Even people in the UK would dream of flying to NY to spend New Years Eve in the heart of Times Square – thankfully you could get...
A new PC from Acer designed to entice the hardcore gaming crowd has been launched and the aptly named addition to the Predator range is certainly not for the casual user. The new Predator shares the admittedly garish case of its stable mates, complete with a hinged front panel that resembles an alien battle mask and covers the bright orange face plate in a more reserved...
Rumours suggest that smartphone manufacturer HTC is going to stop using the famous OLED screens in both the Google Nexus One and Desire handsets from the beginning of August, choosing instead a Super TFT LCD (SLCD) display produced by Sony. The 3.7 inch OLED touchscreen display that is shared by the Nexus One and Desire was a real selling point, but now Samsung, the supplier...