The Trådfi smart home collection looks good. The Gateway kit (2 white LED bulbs, a gateway and a remote control) will cost £69 with a dimming bulb being £29 and a motion control bulb selling for £25. £15 will buy you the… Read More ›
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A message for a penny
With WhatsApp under fire, people switch to @monzo as the new messaging platform of choice. Tweeted by Jon Faultley. What an interesting idea.
Forget bezel-free displays…
True, there are sleek, high-design cases out there, as well as tempered glass display protectors, but in general, the better-looking the case, the less protected and/or more expensive it is. Glass backs are another trademark of high end builds, in… Read More ›
A driverless car crashed because of a driven car, but…
Police say a vehicle failed to yield to a self-driving Uber in Tempe, Arizona on Friday and the two collided, according to reports. The Uber had a passenger and a person behind the wheel inside, according to police, and it… Read More ›
WhatsApp must not be ‘place for terrorists to hide’
There must be “no place for terrorists to hide” and intelligence services must have access to encrypted messaging services, the home secretary has said. It comes after it emerged that Khalid Masood was reportedly on the messaging app WhatsApp two… Read More ›
The BlackBerry KEYone: It’s simply not for everyone
Recently, I have noticed a lot of negativity directed at BlackBerry as a company and their new KEYone. Some comment that it is not relevant. Other say it’s not needed or appealing because the specs are somewhat mediocre. This is… Read More ›
Touch ID and Siri helped a boy save his mother’s life
While much of the credit here goes to the parents who presumably taught the boy what to do in an emergency, and to the child for remaining calm and calling for help, it’s likely that the two iPhone features played… Read More ›
Turn your iPhone or iPad into a full-fledged touchscreen laptop
As published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, Apple’s application for an “Electronic accessory device” describes the company’s take on an oft-attempted, but never fully realized idea. Specifically, the IP covers a “thin” accessory, a kind of… Read More ›
Say hello to today’s facial recognition tech
Facial recognition technology represents a valuable, and likely inevitable, method of identification for cops and Feds. Unfortunately, it’s largely unregulated, error prone, and insecure. During a hearing held by the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday,… Read More ›
Can the Surface Phone, or any other non-iOS or Android phone, succeed?
“I sincerely think its too late for Microsoft to succeed in the smartphone business no matter what they come up with,” comments a reader going by Osokona. “No one is going to switch their investment in iPhhones and aPhone and… Read More ›
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