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Apple Acquires Novauris Speech Recognition Company
CCleaner Beta Android App Launches To Help You Reclaim Space On Your Smartphone
Elder Scrolls Online MMO RPG Officially Launches For All (video)
Google Wireless Service In The Works (Rumor)
Persona 4 Arrives On PlayStation 3 April 8th For $9.99 (video)
HTC Butterfly 2 Appears In Benchmarks
Google ‘Glass’ Trademark Filing For Google Glass Rejected By USPTO
What is 4K TV Ultra HD?
New Mario Kart 8 details tipped
$99 ChocaByte 3D Chocolate Printer In Development
Samsung ATIV Core Windows Phone 8.1 Specs Leaked
COVR Photo iPhone Case Lets You Covertly Take Photos (video)
Turkish Court Says YouTube Ban Must Be Removed
Amazon Fire TV Gets Taken Apart By iFixit
BBC iPlayer Catch-Up Time Limit Extended To 30 Days
GoPro Blackout Case Designed For Stealthy Recording (video)
Twitter Ban Removed In Turkey, Although YouTube Is Still Blocked
TAG Heuer Meridiist Infinite Luxury Smartphone Unveiled (video)
Vine App Update Enables Video And Text Messaging To Friends
Leap Motion Muse App Creates Music Using Your Hand Gestures (video)
Galaxy S5, iPhone 5S And HTC One M8 Get Drop Tested (Video)
Samsung Galaxy Ace Style With Android Kit Kat Turns Up In Germany
Samsung ChatOn Messaging App Receives 1GB File Sharing And More
Afterguard Is A Heads Up Display For Sailors (Video)
Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Geek Bundle Unveiled For $899
Samsung Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo And Gear Fit Now Available To Pre-Order From Amazon
Amazon Fire TV Gets Unboxed (Video)
Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom Photo Leaked
Awesome Verrado Electric Drift Trike, Designed For Adults (video)
SIM-Free Sony Xperia Z1 LTE Available In The US for $619.99
Frankenspiel FS-X 100dB Bluetooth Speaker Launches On Kickstarter (video)
Nest Puts Sales Of Nest Protect On Hold Due To Potential Issue
Facebook Messenger for Android Updated With Group Messaging and Voice Calling
Warside Trailer Shows Glimpse Of New 2D Online Space RPG (video)
More Details On Google’s Project Ara (Video)
Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Resigns After Controversial Donation
2014 BMW M4 Convertible Gets Official (Photos)
Samsung ATIV SE Lands On Verizon
Samsung Galaxy S5 vs iPhone 5S, Fingerprint Scanning Compared (Video)
Cyanogen Inc Gets A New Look
T-Mobile Offers BlackBerry Customers $100 To Stick With Them
Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 Goes Up For Pre-order
Office For iPad gets over 12 million downloads
Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo headed to India soon

Apple Acquires Novauris Speech Recognition Company

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 07:04 AM PDT

It has been reported this week that Apple has acquired the speech recognition technology company Novauris to bolster the development team that is working on developing the features and functionality of its mobile personal assistant Siri. Novauris Technologies was founded in 2002 and grew out of the British research subsidiary of Dragon Systems, Dragon Systems […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:52 AM PDT

Fans of the great CCleaner applications that help you free up space on your desktop computers will be pleased to learn that a new Android application has been launched this week in its beta development stage. The new CCleaner Android application has been designed as others in the range to help you reclaim space on […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:40 AM PDT

After launching late last month for early adopters the new Elder Scrolls Online game published by Bethesda has now officially launched for everyone to enjoy and is available to download on both PC and Mac systems. The new Elder Scrolls Online game offers players an amazing number of possible character variations that someone calculated is 5.0952187*10^58. […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:31 AM PDT

It looks like Google has bigger plans than just Google Fiber, according to a recent report, the company is looking into launching its own Google wireless service. According to The Information, Google is apparently interested in becoming a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, the company would do this by purchasing access to a large […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:26 AM PDT

Persona game fans that also own PlayStation 3 consoles are sure to be pleased to learn that Atlus has this week confirmed that Persona 4 is will be arriving on the Sony PlayStation 3. Persona 4 on the PS3 will be a PS2 Classic, so unfortunately it won’t be the Persona 4 Golden instead that […]

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HTC Butterfly 2 Appears In Benchmarks

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:16 AM PDT

It looks like we have some specifications on the replacement for the HTC Butterfly, the HTC Butterfly 2, as a device will the model number HTC OPAJ3 recently appeared in the AnTuTu benchmarks. According to a recent report, the HTC OPAJ3 is the new HTC Butterfly 2, and we have some information on this new […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:02 AM PDT

Glass is a term that can be used to describe a wide range of things, and it looks like the USPTO had decided that Google should not be given the trademark for the word ‘Glass’. Google has already managed to trademark ‘Google Glass’, but the company was also trying to trademark ‘Glass’, the filing was […]

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What is 4K TV Ultra HD?

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:56 AM PDT

In the past there has always been a little confusion for consumers between the different resolutions that are available both for your televisions, mobile devices and computer systems, ranging from 720p, HD and now a new standard 4k or Ultra HD. The new resolution that has been talked about recently is 4K or what it […]

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New Mario Kart 8 details tipped

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:52 AM PDT

If you own a Nintendo Wii one of the most anticipated games for that console is coming in May. The game is called Mario Kart 8 and some new details about the game have been offered by Nintendo. We already knew that the game would let players race upside down and up vertical walls. Nintendo […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:37 AM PDT

3D printing edible materials seems is becoming more and more popular and now one company hopes to make it available to almost anyone by creating the ChocaByte chocolate 3D printing machine which they hope to sell for $99. The ChocaByte 3D printer was originally unveiled back in January of this year during the CES 2014 […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:36 AM PDT

Earlier today we heard about the new Samsung ATIV SE, which is a Windows Phone 8 smartphone, and now we have some details on Samsung’s first Windows Phone 8.1 device, the Samsung ATIV Core According to a recent report, the Samsung ATIV Core will be a mid range Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone, and the handset […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:27 AM PDT

If you enjoy taking photographs using your iPhone that sometimes wish you could take them without your subject changing their attention and looking directly at your smartphone. You might be interested in a new iPhone case which has been designed by Thomas Hurst, called the Covr Photo that allows iPhone users to completely take snapshots […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:25 AM PDT

We just heard that a court in Turkey ruled yesterday to restore Twitter to the country, and access to Twitter was restored this morning, and now there are more details on the YouTube ban. A court in Turkey has now ruled that the ban of YouTube in Turkey must be removed, although a total of […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:15 AM PDT

Earlier today we saw an unboxing video of the new Amazon Fire TV, and now we get to have a look what is inside the Amazon Fire TV, as the iFixit guys have decided to take one apart. The Amazon Fire TV comes with a quad core processor and 2GB of RAM, the device also […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:15 AM PDT

The BBC has today announced that the BBC Trust has approved proposals from the BBC Executive to extend the catch-up window for programmes on BBC iPlayer from seven to 30 days. Users of BBC iPlayer are now able to stream or download for 30 days after they are first broadcast, rather than the current seven […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:05 AM PDT

If you need to take video footage with your GoPro action camera but would prefer to do it without distracting the subject or bringing attention to your GoPro camera equipment. You might be interested in a new black finished stealth case which has been unveiled by GoPro this week called the GoPro Blackout case. The […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 04:53 AM PDT

A few weeks ago Twitter was blocked in Turkey, after the Turkish Prime Minster decided to block the service, although a court ruled it must be unblocked. Now the High Court in Turkey has ruled that the ban of Twitter in the country was unconstitutional, and access to Twitter has now been restored in Turkey. […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 04:07 AM PDT

TAG Heuer have taken the wraps off a new luxury smartphone it has created in the form of the new Meridiist Infinite. The TAG Heuer Meridiist Infinite has been design dot be the world’s first perpetual power reserve mobile phone and will be available in a limited run of 1911 units and is the first […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:54 AM PDT

Vine users might be interested to learn that the new update has been released this week for the Vine application that has brought with it a number of useful features to use with your friends. Users can now send a Vine message to one friend, or select a few to start multiple 1-to-1 conversations, as […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:45 AM PDT

This week a new electronic music application called Muse has been unveiled that has been designed to use the gesture control Leap Motion technology to enable users to create music simply using hand gestures in front of the Leap Motion sensor. The Leap Motion Muse App has been created jointly by musician BT and Dr. […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:44 AM PDT

We have seen a number of drop test videos, now we have a new one which features the latest smartphones, and the list include the Samsung Galaxy S5, the new HTC One M8 and the iPhone 5S. Have a look at the video below to see which one out of the Samsung Galaxy S5, Apple […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:32 AM PDT

It would appear that Samsung has launched a new version of the Samsung Galaxy Ace, the handset is called the Samsung Galaxy Ace Style. The Samsung Galaxy Ace Style has been showcased in Germany, although there has yet to be an official announcement about the handset. The Galaxy Ace Style will come with Android 4.4 […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:30 AM PDT

Samsung has today announced a number of new features that it has rolled out to its ChatON mobile messaging service for users to enjoy within the latest 3.5 ChatON update. Samsung’s ChatON applications currently supports a range of mobile OS’s including Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and is also available to use on PC systems. […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:22 AM PDT

Afterguard has launched a new heads up display for sailors, that is designed to be used in racing, it is designed to show a number of things, which include wind speed, boat speed an more. The videos below give us a look at how the Afterguard system works, it is made up of a central […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:18 AM PDT

Microsoft has this week unveiled details of a new bundle it has put together to entice consumers to purchase their Microsoft Surface Pro 2, which they have aptly named the ‘Geek’ bundle. The Microsoft Surface Pro 2 ‘Geek’ bundle includes a Surface Pro 2 tablet and an Xbox Wireless Controller for Windows to enjoy games […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:10 AM PDT

If you are looking to get your hands on a Samsung Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit you might be pleased to know that they are now available to preorder from on Amazon. Amazon includes a range of colours to choose from and the devices are available to pre-order, with the Samsung Gear […]

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Amazon Fire TV Gets Unboxed (Video)

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:06 AM PDT

The Amazon Fire TV set top box was announced earlier this week, the device is designed to stream TV shows and movies to your HDTV. It also doubles as a gaming console, and comes with an optional Fire game controller, and now we have an unboxing video of the Amazon Fire TV, which shows us […]

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom Photo Leaked

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:55 AM PDT

It would appear that a photo of the new Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom has leaked online, and the device will apparently be called the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom when it launches. We already heard some of the specifications on the new Galaxy S5 Zoom, the photo below shows that the handset will feature a new […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:54 AM PDT

Local Motors has this week unveiled a new adult drifting cycle called the Verrado Electric Drift Trike, which has been specifically designed to help you enjoy one of the most rapidly growing sports around the world, Drift Triking. The Verrado Electric Drift Trike is fitted with an electric motor that lefts you drift on flat […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:51 AM PDT

Sony has finally decided to sell the unlocked Sony Xperia Z1 LTE, released back at the IFA 2013 in Berlin, in the US. Customers interested in the handset can order one directly from Sony’s website for $619.99 for the 16GB model in all three colors: black, white and purple. At the moment, only the black […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:41 AM PDT

If you are in the market for a new Bluetooth speaker and are looking for a little more power than the average speaker on the market. You might be interested in the new Frankenspiel FS-X Bluetooth speaker which has been designed to provide 100 dB of power and offer up to 50 hours of playtime […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:38 AM PDT

Earlier in the week Nest launched the Nest Thermostat in the UK, the Nest Protect smoke alarm has been available in the UK and US for some time. Now Nest has announced that they are putting sales of the Nest Protect on hold, as they have identified a potential problem with the device, which could […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:33 AM PDT

Not too long ago, Facebook Messenger on iOS received an update which introduced several new features for the app. Most of these features were first introduced in the Facebook Messenger Beta which was being tested, but it seems it has made its way to the stable version as well. Facebook Messenger for Android was bumped […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:25 AM PDT

The Warside game is currently in development by Russian studio Kraken Games, and is a 2D co-op arcade style shooter that offers a unique refreshing gameplay style with plenty of action for players to enjoy. Warside is currently over on the Steam Greenlight games network and is an online team-based game complete with RPG style […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:21 AM PDT

The Phonebloks team have revealed more details on Google’s Project Ara, the project is building a modular smartphone, and the project has been in the works over the last two years. The video below is an update on how Project Ara is developing, and it gives us a look at some of the progress on […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:13 AM PDT

Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich has this week resigned from his position after only being promoted to CEO of Mozilla last month. Even though Eich is a top-class programmer and responsible for creating JavaScript. He has been in the limelight since his appointment due to a controversial donation he made to the sum of $1,000 to […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 01:38 AM PDT

Back in December, BMW unveiled the new BMW M4 Coupe, and now BMW has announced their latest M series convertible, the 2014 BMW M4 Convertible. The BMW M4 convertible features the same BMW M TwinPower Turbo 3.0 liter inline-six engine as the BMW M4, and it comes with either a 6 speed manual or 7 […]

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Samsung ATIV SE Lands On Verizon

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 12:57 AM PDT

We have been hearing rumors about the new Samsung ATIV SE over the last week, the handset is now official and it is available to pre-order from Verizon Wireless. The Samsung ATIV SE is a Windows Phone 8 smartphone that features a 5 inch full high definition AMOLED display that has a resolution of 1920 […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 12:44 AM PDT

Both the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Apple iPhone 5S have a built in fingerprint scanner, and now we get to have a look at the fingerprint scanning on the Samsung Galaxy S5 vs iPhone 5S. The video below shows how fingerprint scanning works on each device, it shows us how it is setup on […]

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Cyanogen Inc Gets A New Look

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 12:32 AM PDT

Cyanogen Inc, the company behind the popular CyanogenMod OS, which is based on Android, has announced that they are giving their company a new look. Cyanogen Inc has revealed a new design for their logo and also some new branding, which you can see in the photos below. Cyanogen Inc., the company founded to help […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 12:24 AM PDT

Yesterday we heard that BlackBerry were offering any of their customers on T-Mobile a $100 credit towards a new BlackBerry device, this included purchases direct from BlackBerry and also if they switched to another carrier. This came a few days after BlackBerry announced that they were severing their relationship with T-Mobile, this was done because […]

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 12:03 AM PDT

Verizon Wireless has started taking pre-orders on the Samsung Galaxy S5, the handset is available for $199.99 when you take out a new two year contract with the carrier. Verizon is offering a buy one get one free offer on the Samsung Galaxy S5, so if you buy the handset for $199.99, you can choose […]

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 11:51 PM PDT

Microsoft announced Office for iPad just the other day and it was no surprise that it went straight to the top of the iTunes App Store charts. It would seem that there is genuine demand for the app that people are happy has finally been met. And they are lining up to download it. The […]

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 11:38 PM PDT

It was thought that the Galaxy S3 Neo would be a China-only device when we heard rumors about it before, but it turns out that it isn’t. Samsung is now listing the Galaxy S3 Neo on its official Indian website. That means that the handset should be released there very soon and it may hit […]

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