The UK is about to become one of the world’s foremost surveillance states, allowing its police and intelligence agencies to spy on its own people to a degree that is unprecedented for a democracy. The UN’s privacy chief has called… Read More ›
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Your smartphone is a civil rights issue
Easily worth 8 minutes of your time.
Desire+ : Quick Charge 3.0
By coincidence I spotted the Desire+ on kickstarter. It offers some movements towards an easier charging regime. The latest Quick Charge technology can decrease the amount of time you spend tethered to an outlet. Using certain Snapdragon-powered devices with a… Read More ›
5 hours battery life in 5 minutes
FOR our smartphone obsessed society, an unexpected dead battery can be an unbridled disaster. For those worried about being caught unable to take that perfect Instagram photo, or getting lost without the safety of Google Maps, then fear no more…. Read More ›
Less than 1 in 3 phone sales going to Apple and Samsung
Samsung and Apple are slowly losing their duopolistic control of the smartphone market, with the world’s two biggest manufacturers accounting for less than a third of all sales in recent months. Analysts at Gartner said that both companies had seen… Read More ›
Three breached
The company confirmed the breach on Thursday evening but declined to say whether customers’ data was stolen or how many have been affected. Three said that the data accessed included names, phone numbers, addresses and dates of birth, but added… Read More ›
The Seagate BACKUP PLUS 5TB PORTABLE HD
$169 for a small 5TB hard drive is very impressive. I do, however, worry about drives that do not use external power in preference to USB. I have had multiple problems with USB-powered drives in the past.
What happens when you look at your partner’s phone?
Look, no one’s judging you here—we’ve probably all looked through our significant other’s phone in a moment of panic at least once before. We aren’t proud of it, and we swear we’ll never do it again, but sometimes the temptation… Read More ›
The iPhone is almost everything to Apple
Amazing chart from @asymco. It says so much more than a list of numbers.
Alternative Windows laptops to the MacBook Pro
Perhaps it was the lack of ports that did it for you. Or maybe it was the removal of the MagSafe power connector. Or maybe it was the weird mini-touchscreen that replaced the function keys for an extra $300. Or… Read More ›
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