Week In Tech: New MacBook as far behind the times, as ahead of them

Trusted Reviews’ US reporter Chris Smith weighs in on early MacBook reviews, Jawbone’s ill-timed stumble, HTC’s One big misstep and… shock horror… Star Wars fans being ripped off again. New MacBook is both ahead of and behind the timesI’ve been reading through the Apple MacBook 2015 reviews, almost begging them to convince me its merits outweigh its limitations. Indeed, some of them seem very forgiving...
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Apple targets Taylor Swift over Beats Music exclusives

by Luke Johnson 11 April 2015 |Share: Having shunned Spotify over earnings disagreements, Taylor Swift is being tapped up by Apple to front its refreshed Beats Music streaming service, reports have claimed. Citing unnamed ‘people familiar with the matter’, Bloomberg claims Apple has reportedly approached Swift about supplying exclusive content for its upcoming Spotify challenger.It is believed...
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Tim Cook says Apple Watch pre-orders are going ‘great’

by Luke Johnson 11 April 2015 |Share: Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken out on the imminent introduction of the company’s first wearable, suggesting early Apple Watch pre-orders have been ‘great’. The eagerly awaited Pebble Time and Moto 360 rival was made available for advance orders for the first time at 8.01am BST yesterday morning, April 10.Speaking at his local Apple store in Palo Alto, California,...
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Twitter tries to spice up 2015 UK General Election with emoji-style ‘hashflags’

by Aatif Sulleyman 10 April 2015 |Share: Twitter has launched a new feature to celebrate the impending 2015 UK General Election. The micro-blogging site this morning tweeted that updates related to the polls will automatically have a small icon – a ‘hashflag’ – added to the end of them.However, the mini images won’t appear on all things election-related. Twitter says that only updates including #conservative,...
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Windows 10’s resizable Start menu is coming your way

by Aatif Sulleyman 10 April 2015 |Share: Windows 10 is set to arrive this summer, and leaked screenshots have suggested you could soon be getting an early look at the platform’s resizable Start menu. Posted online by WinSuperSite, the series of images appear to confirm that the resizable Windows 10 Start menu will be introduced as part of the next Technical Preview - build 10056.The third of a series...
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High dynamic range content to hit Amazon Prime Instant Video this year

by Luke Johnson 10 April 2015 |Share: Amazon Prime Instant Video will introduce high dynamic range (HDR) streaming ‘later this year’, the company has confirmed. Echoing promises made by Netflix back at CES, the retailer-turn-tech-provider has promised to add the first wave of HDR content to its popular streaming service before the end of 2015. An exact date of availability has yet to be given.At...
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Samsung Powerbot VR9000 Vacuum Cleaners Review

What is the Samsung Powerbot VR9000? The Powerbot VR9000 is Samsung’s latest flagship robot vacuum cleaner boasting a host of sensors to navigate your room and avoid obstacles, a wide drum brush promising comprehensive cleaning and CycloneForce, which Samsung claims delivers up to 60 times more suction than some other robot cleaners on the market.It’s quite a chunky beast with ‘bling’ design festooned...
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First Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge update already dropping

by Aatif Sulleyman 10 April 2015 |Share: Having just hit the shelves today, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is already being subjected to its first over-the-air update. According to PhoneArena, consumers in the Netherlands have received a 250MB Android 5.0.2 update, designed to enhance overall functionality of the mobile with the curved display.Specifically, it targets touchscreen responsiveness, the interface...
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Self-driving cars will make us motion sick

Self-driving vehicles could bring on more cases of motion sickness in passengers than regular vehicles, new research has suggested. The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute’s Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle asked more than 3,000 adults from the UK, US, India, China, Japan and Australia what they would get up to inside a self-driving car instead of taking control of the wheel.Almost...
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Creator CI20 PC Review

What is the Creator CI20?The Creator CI20 is a circuit board computer, clearly inspired by the runaway success of the Raspberry Pi.It gets you more hardware, for more money. At £50 it’s almost double the price of the Raspberry Pi 2, but has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a good amount of internal storage. The Pi effectively has no storage.The Creator CI20 sounds like a bigger, better Raspberry Pi. However,...
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Apple spent $38m ensuring you’re aware of the Apple Watch

by Aatif Sulleyman 10 April 2015 |Share: As the Apple Watch hits the market, it’s emerged that the Cupertino-based company has spent a whopping $38 million (£26m) advertising it on US television. That’s according to Reuters, which quotes statistics from advertising monitoring firm iSpot.tv.Although unlikely to drain Apple’s huge cash reserves, this is a particularly impressive sum considering that...
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Samsung ‘delighted’ by Apple Watch release

by Luke Johnson 10 April 2015 |Share: The Apple Watch is now available for pre-order and Samsung couldn’t be happier with the wearable’s arrival. Currently one of the biggest players in the fledgling smartwatch space, Samsung has expressed its ‘delight’ at having Apple’s long awaited timepiece finally offered up to consumers.Surprisingly, the manufacturer’s delight isn’t based on Apple’s stock...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 confirmed with teaser trailer

by Sam Loveridge 10 April 2015 |Share: Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 has been confirmed with a teaser trailer ahead of a full reveal later this month. Activision has released the first official confirmation of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 in the form of a brief teaser trailer.The YouTube video, which is only just over a minute long, reveals the existance of the game and announces the Black Ops 3 world...
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