Recent news suggests that Microsoft may be working on a Surface phone. There have been long-standing rumors that a mobile device based on the popular surface tablet may be in the works,…
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Interference may be slowing down your home Wi-Fi broadband, Ofcom says
Ofcom has suggested that it is not always that internet service provider or your broadband provider who has to be blamed for the slow broadband issues that you might be facing. It…
Researchers pave way for ‘ultimate’ lithium-air battery
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a lab based demonstrator version of the ‘ultimate’ lithium-air battery that is more than 90 per cent efficient. Lithium-air batteries have been, for some time now,…
Microsoft Surface Book is a hit; pre-orders sell out on Microsoft’s site
Microsoft Surface Book is seemingly a hit considering that all the pre-order units on Redmond’s site has sold out well ahead of the October 26 launch date. You won’t be able to…
Vodafone offers up to 76Mbps internet connectivity across the UK
Vodafone has announced the roll out of its broadband and phone services across the UK with connectivity options of up to 76Mbps in nearly 22 million premises across the UK. With this…
Vodafone announces programme for reliable indoor mobile coverage in rural pubs
Vodafone UK has announced a new programme called Rural Community Pub programme in association with with rural pubs organisation, Pub is The Hub, under which it intends to provide reliable indoor mobile…
Microsoft Sydney store opening on November 12
Microsoft’s flagship store in Sydney, Australia – its first outside of US – is opening on November 12, Redmond has announced in an official blog post. The company also announced opening of…
Microsoft bags Adxstudio; acquires its ‘key product and technology assets’
Microsoft has announced its decision to acquire Canada based Adxstudio in an acquisition that will see Redmond bag ‘key product and technology assets’ and not the consulting business. While no one is…
Microsoft fined by China for breaching antitrust rules
China has Microsoft and its Chinese partner Shanghai Oriental Pearl Media Co Ltd, or BesTV, with a fine for breaching antitrust rules, it has been revealed. The fine followed an antitrust investigation…
1000-key emoji keyboard is as crazy as it sounds
We have come across some crazy stuff, but this one is definitely at the top end of the crazy spectrum. A YouTuber named Tom Scott has built a 1,000-key keyboard with each…
Facebook rolls out live streaming app ‘Mentions’ for verified users
Facebook on Thursday rolled out its live streaming app, Mentions, for journalists and other verified users to help then share more of their work on the social networking platform. Released in July…
Google’s mobile payment service ‘Android Pay’ lands in the US
Google has begun rolling out its new mobile payment service dubbed Android Pay in the U.S. on Thursday. Android Pay is Google’s answer to Apple’s Apple Pay. Android Pay works on smartphones…
Porn app secretly takes users’ pictures, locks their phones, demands ransom
Experts from US security firm Zscaler have found that a malicious “pornography” Android mobile app takes pictures of users secretly, locks their phone and demands $500 in ransom to unlock their device…
‘Aye-Mac’ is world’s first PC with an ‘Irn-Bru liquid cooling system’
There are quite a few liquid cooled computers and server out there, but none of them is like the one made by a Scottish computer expert in his spare time. John Lawson,…
Britons are smartphone addicts; check their devices nearly 1.1bn times a day
A large number of Britons check their smartphones more than 25 times a day, a new study has revealed, with the entire population of the UK checking their devices nearly 1.1 billion…