EE, Orange and T-Mobile phone bills set to rise on May 28th
If you missed the postman this morning, then we hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you might be returning home to a letter detailing an imminent increase to your monthly mobile phone bill. As of...
View ArticleThe ‘father of manga’ joins Google’s Cultural Institute
One of the (if not the) most influential manga artists ever, Osamu Tezuka, has joined the digital halls of the Google Cultural Institute. If there was no Tezuka, there would have probably been no...
View ArticleXbox One now shares gameplay footage direct to YouTube
We can all agree that sharing gameplay footage on Xbox One via SkyDrive OneDrive isn’t really the best social solution. Okay, so there’s Twitch, too, but the holy grail of video sharing lies with...
View ArticleDelta to equip flight attendants with Nokia Lumia 1520s
The Lumia 820 just reached EOL at Delta. The airline’s 20,000 flight attendants will be stepping up to the significantly larger Nokia Lumia 1520 “phablet” come this fall, matching the larger form...
View ArticleYou can now stream BT Sport on Google Chromecast
The US may have beaten the UK to the punch on Chromecast hardware, but us Brits now have access to another thing the Americans don’t: live premiership football. Following news that it was expanding...
View ArticleGoPro Channel with exclusive content launches on Xbox 360 tomorrow
Back in January, GoPro tipped us off that it was bringing a dedicated channel to Xbox 360 and Xbox One. At the time, we didn’t really have much more info, other than it was a port of the company’s...
View ArticleMicrosoft already has six TV series lined up for Xbox and more are coming...
Though Microsoft has yet to produce any original TV programming, it has Netflix-like ambitions, according to a report from Bloomberg. Xbox’s TV studio, headed by ex-CBS exec Nancy Tellem, now has at...
View ArticleWatch the first episode of HBO’s Silicon Valley on YouTube
Depending on who you listen to, Silicon Valley is either a utopia dedicated to ceaseless innovation and disruption… or a place where self-absorbed nouveau riche techies throw ostentatious parties and...
View ArticleEA Sports’ UFC game bends reality by letting you fight as Bruce Lee
If you’re EA, how do you build up hype for EA Sports UFC — a license-based fighting game where players will largely know what to expect? You promise them Bruce Lee, that’s what. Yes, PS4 and Xbox One...
View ArticleThunderbolt 2 Networking enables 10 Gbps Ethernet connection, supports Macs...
Intel’s Thunderbolt 2 connectivity standard is getting an update here at NAB 2014 with the addition of Thunderbolt Networking. Put simply, this new feature will let you pair computers with a...
View ArticleBlackmagic’s 4K URSA camera features massive 10-inch 1080p display, ships in...
Consumers may not be familiar with Blackmagic Design, but the firm’s cameras are all the rage with filmmakers at NAB, drawing enormous crowds within seconds of the show floor opening up to attendees....
View ArticleGeek Trivia: Which Iconic American Food Was Originally Packaged In Cologne...
Which Iconic American Food Was Originally Packaged In Cologne Bottles? Tabasco Sauce Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Heinz Ketchup Grey Poupon Think you know the answer? Read More: Geek Trivia: Which Iconic...
View ArticleThe Nicest Neighborhoods in the Universe
The search for planets outside of our solar system has really started to yield results lately with one new discovery after another, but if humanity were to look for a new ‘galactic neighborhood’ to...
View ArticleNJOY Scores Another $70 Million in Investment Cash
NJOY Scores Another $70 Million in Investment Cash NJOY is at it again, pulling in over $70 million of investment cash in their latest round of private fundraising. The e-cigarette maker boasted this...
View ArticleMajor movie studios finally file a lawsuit against Megaupload and Kim Dotcom
We’re not sure what took so long, but the MPAA just announced that major movie studios (Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Columbia and Warner) have filed a civil lawsuit against former filesharing...
View ArticleResearchers teach smartphones to recognize your activity, lock out everyone else
Swipe patterns, passwords and fingerprint scanners are useful for keeping that mobile device locked down from the outside, but what happens once that code is cracked? Well, cybersecurity researchers...
View ArticleUber for deliveries? Courier service to begin in New York City tomorrow
It’s not just a taxi service anymore — starting tomorrow, Uber might be getting into the delivery business. According to a NYC Craigslist ad, the company is hiring foot and bike couriers to fill...
View ArticleScientists testing an ‘acoustic shield’ to protect cities from earthquakes
What if you could put a shield around your city to prevent it from being demolished in an earthquake? A group of French scientists think they’ve created a way to do just that, thanks to refraction...
View ArticleUS Cellular’s new plans let you avoid contracts and big phone payments
If you’d rather not go to a very big US carrier like T-Mobile to avoid both contracts and up-front phone costs, don’t worry — US Cellular now lets you drop those obligations, too. Its newly launched...
View ArticleSamsung’s standalone smartwatch might be called the Gear Solo
Thought Will.i.am’s dubious wearable was the only SIM-toting smartwatch in production? Samsung’s apparently building one too. According to the Korea Herald, the company’s fourth Gear smartwatch will...
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