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• When my son was 6 I used a Treo 650…

  By Shaun on February 23, 2019 • ( 3 )

  My son is 18 years old now and in 2006 we travelled to Orlando to take him to Disney for his 6th birthday. It feels like an age ago, but is in fact just 12 years. Think about 12 years… Read More ›

• Nike app for self-tying shoe comes undone

  By Shaun on February 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Nike’s new self-lacing trainer, the Adapt BB, has fallen at the first hurdle after the Android app that controls the shoe malfunctioned. Billed as the “future of footwear”, the $350 (£268) a pair Adapt BB launched on Sunday. However, an… Read More ›

• Apple’s strange guarantee for Steve’s replacement devices

  By Shaun on February 23, 2019 • ( 3 )

  A friend at work, Steve, is now on his third pair of Beats X headphones because the previous two started to lose audio quality. He called Apple support and was asked to take them to his nearest Apple store where… Read More ›

• A Real $2M Lamborghini Taken Apart

  By Shaun on February 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Swiss photographer Fabian Oefner has created an eye-popping new photo showing a 1972 Lamborghini Miura SV disintegrating with its individual components exploding in all directions. Here’s what’s crazy: Oefner actually photographed the $2 million car, spending nearly 2 years shooting and stitching… Read More ›

• Top 15 Best Global Brands Ranking (2000-2018)

  By Shaun on February 22, 2019 • ( 2 )

  Well worth watching until the end. The way the tech monsters grow at the expense of the established brands just speeds up and up until today.

• It’s every new dad’s worst fear

  By Shaun on February 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  We couldn’t face going back to the newly-decorated nursery with no baby in our arms, so we went to live with my parents for a few weeks. Our parents went to our house and completely emptied his room. During that… Read More ›

• The Green Room Interviews

  By Shaun on February 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  You may not have an interest in watches, but I liked the video above because it highlights why some people do get the bug and why it sticks with them.

• The new Galaxy Fold and S10’s

  By Shaun on February 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  One smartphone that folds in two, another that delivers next-generation internet speeds, and three handsets with up to five cameras each and invisible fingerprint scanners were unveiled this morning, with promises they would “change the smartphone as we know it”. … Read More ›

• The Citizen Eco-Drive Promaster Tough

  By Shaun on February 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  The design is simplicity itself: a steel case with monocoque construction (the movement’s inserted on the dial side) 42mm in diameter, and 10.75mm thick; the exterior of the case is clad in Duratect, which is Citizen’s proprietary titanium alloy and… Read More ›

• Huawei copies stuff

  By Shaun on February 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  The Information has the story of an instance where a maker of optical heart rate monitor for the Apple Watch was contacted by Huawei to discuss a potential contract. However, the Huawei representative asked a series of questions about fine details of the… Read More ›