Gold Moto 360 smartwatch teased by Motorola

Motorola has teased its future smartwatch plans, with the manufacturer teasing the upcoming arrival of a gold Moto 360. With the round faced smartwatch set to be made in both silver and black metal frames at launch, a promo image has prematurely popped up on the company’s official website showing off a third, gold, colour scheme.Although the teasing image has since been replaced by one lacking the...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook attends local iPhone 6 launch

Eager Apple fans in California were yesterday treated to a surprise as CEO Tim Cook was spotted in a local Apple to celebrate the release of the iPhone 6. With both the iPhone 6 and larger, iPhone 6 Plus having been made available for purchase yesterday, September 19, large crowds queued up outside Apple stores around the world.Those snapping up their new handset from Apple’s Paulo Alto store were...
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Amazon Kindle Voyage: 6 Features to get excited about

It might be time for an e-reader upgrade...After the Kindle Paperwhite, comes the Kindle Voyage. Amazon's latest flagship e-reader was unveiled alongside a whole bundle of Kindle Fire tablets and was definitely the pick of the announcements.Launching in the UK on November 4th, the Wi-Fi Voyage is priced at £169 while the model with built-in free 3G is unsurprisingly more expensive at £229.99.It's...
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Misfit Flash Review

Here's how to do activity tracking on the cheap When we are being flooded with activity trackers, it’s easy to forget about something like the Misfit Shine. A small, sleek, tracker, it started life on crowd-funding site Indiegogo and raised its $100,000 goal in just over a day. More than a year later, it’s starring in Apple ads.Aiming to build on the success of the Shine, Misfit has announced the...
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iCloud for Windows launches, PCs ahead of Macs

Apple has released iCloud Drive for Windows, but you can't yet use the feature on a Mac. One of the key features of iOS 8, and the whole Mac ecosystem as a whole, is iCloud Drive. This is basically Apple's take on Dropbox, a slightly more flexible take on cloud storage than the original iCloud system.That's great and you can activate iCloud Drive on your iOS 8 device right now. But there's a catch,...
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Best iPhone 6 Apps: iOS 8 download essentials

What’s the best iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus apps to download first? Whether it’s for the big new iPhone or the regular size one, here’s the first round of iOS 8-friendly apps to try out first. Apple surprised everyone, just like it did with the iPhone 5S and the 5C, by announcing a new 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and the bigger iPhone 6 Plus, saving the Apple Watch for its iconic 'one more thing' moment.Along...
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Why David Cage should play The Last of Us

OPINION: David Cage has been banging on about emotional engagement with players for years. Nick Cowen shows how The Last of Us achieved this even though it’s standing on the shoulders of giants. David Cage. Oh, David Cage. David Cage the studio head of Quantic Dream whose driving goal in life is to make players form an emotional connection with their chosen medium of choice. David Cage, who in his...
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Sony: ‘We’ve been a leader in experimenting with smartphone colours’

Sony is still a relatively small player in the smartphone space, but the company has claimed it has had a big impact on at least one area of the market. According to Thomas Waldner, Senior Design Manager at Sony Mobile Communications, Sony has been a pioneer in pushing the smartphone space beyond the tradition of drab black and white handsets.“When it comes to smartphones, we’ve been a leader in experimenting...
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iPhone 6 Plus teardown reveals 2,915 mAh battery, nearly double iPhone 5S

Smartphone repair experts iFixit have revealed that the new iPhone 6 Plus carries a 2,916mAh battery. iFixit, who routinely take apart every big new tech product, discovered during its iPhone 6 Plus teardown that the 5.5-inch phone is rated at 3.82 V and 11.1 Wh of energy, which equates to 2,915 mAh.This puts the iPhone 6 Plus battery capacity at nearly double the 1,560 mAh of the iPhone 5S. The Samsung...
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Disney Infinity 2.0 Game Review

IntroductionAvailable on Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4 (version tested), Wii U Khabam! Last year Activision's Skylanders was the 'toys to life' game to beat, but this year Disney's newcomer is back with a super-powered triple blow. Last year's model had its flaws - not least in its slight playset campaigns - but with its focus on creativity it made a compelling rival. Skylanders had the stronger gameplay,...
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iPhone 6 vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha

Which metal phone should you buy?They've fought it out in the courtroom, poked fun in adverts and now Samsung and Apple have two new phones to intensify the rivalry even further. Everything from the screen size to the nano-SIM support suggests the new Samsung Galaxy Alpha is aiming to directly take on the 4.7-inch iPhone 6.The question is, has Samsung finally cracked it with the Alpha and built a...
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Toshiba shifting away from consumer PCs

Toshiba has revealed its intention to shift its focus away from the consumer PC market. The Japanese hardware manufacturer has announced that it will "accelerate the restructuring of its PC business" to focus on the business market.This means that the company will release less consumer-focused PC hardware, which is sees as "volatile and over-dependent on sales scale and volume."Indeed, Toshiba has...
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Samsung’s iPhone 6 Plus jibes prove it still fears Apple

Samsung gets defensive on phabletsOpinion: When you’re number one, you don’t waste your energy mouthing off about number two because it’s rather unbecoming. Instead you crow about your supremacy to anyone who will listen, while acting like the competition doesn’t exist.Unless you’re Samsung, that is.The Korean company’s unhealthy obsession with Apple continued this week with a series of ads that are,...
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New OnePlus One pre-order system opens October

OnePlus has announced a new pre-order system for its high-value smartphone, the OnePlus One. If you haven't been following events surrounding the OnePlus One, then you should know two things: 1. it's a great high-end Android smartphone with an unbelievable lower-mid-range price. 2. buying one is stupidly difficult.Up to now, in order to be in with a chance to obtain one of these tasty handsets, you'd...
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Alienware X51 PC Review

What is the Alienware X51?The Alienware X51 will look familiar to PC gamers, as its exterior hasn’t changed for a couple of years. Instead of altering the aesthetic, Dell’s designers have upgraded the Alienware’s internals with a host of new components.The £949 price draws the eye, too. Alienware has a reputation for selling systems that cost too much and deliver too little, so we’re intrigued to...
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SwiftKey racks up a 1m downloads and iOS 8 app bundles arrive

The SwiftKey keyboard app has amassed 1m downloads from keen iPhone and iPad owners less than 24 hours after becoming available on iOS 8. The British-developed application takes advantage of Apple’s acceptance of third-party keyboards with the launch of its new mobile operating system.SwiftKey, which allows users to type words by sliding their finger from one character to the next has been a huge...
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EE to honour the iPhone 6 pre-orders Phones 4U cancelled

The UK’s largest 4G network EE has pledged to fulfil the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders made through bankrupt retailer Phones 4U. The third-party retailer went into administration earlier this week after EE decided to ditch its partnership with the firm.The collapse meant Phones 4U would be unable to fulfill pre-orders for the new Apple smartphones made just a few days earlier.Assuming EE...
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PS Now public beta opens to PS3 owners in North America

Sony PS3 owners in the US and Canada can now test-drive the PlayStation Now cloud-streaming platform. The open beta, which features an ever-growing library of around 150 games, begins today on the last-gen console following its release for the PlayStation 4 in August.The PS Now platform, announced in January at CES 2014, allows users to rent games for periods of four hours, one week, 30 days or 90...
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Apple pulls iOS 8 HealthKit apps after discovering major flaw

If you’ve downloaded iOS 8 for your iPhone in the last 24 hours, you’ll have probably noticed that awkward-looking new heart icon on the homescreen. The Health app has been touted as a major part of the new operating system, but as of right now its functionality is extremely limited.An apparent serious flaw discovered within the HealthKit platform has forced Apple to pull all third-party applications...
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Toshiba 42L6453DB TV Review

What is the Toshiba 42L6453DB?The 42L6453DB is a 42-inch full HD Smart TV sitting one level below Toshiba’s recently tested ‘premium HD’ L7453DB series. Key features include MediaGuide Replay, which automatically records programmes the TV thinks you’ll want to watch; other Smart TV features including numerous video streaming apps; and an aggressive price tag of just £429.Toshiba 42L6453DB: Design...
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