Sony to discontinue Playstation 4
Sony Corporation have announced that they will be discontinuing the production of the Sony Playstation 4. The PS4 was released in 2013 and has been one of the most successful gaming consoles of all time, with over 112 million units sold worldwide.
The PS4 was a massive leap forward for Sony in terms of hardware and software, offering players a more powerful and immersive gaming experience. The console was also a hit with developers, with hundreds of exclusive games released for the platform. The ... Continue Reading →
Lastpass make changes to free accounts
Lastpass have announced today that they will soon be making changes to their free accounts. From March 16th if you have a free account on Lastpass you will only be able to use the service on one device type. This is slightly better than other app’s one device policy.
What this means is if you continue to use Lastpass’ free service you can choose to use Lastpass on computers, or mobile devices. If you choose computers, you will be able to access the service on any computers you use. While ... Continue Reading →
Logitech to rebrand to simply “Logi”
Logitech has been around for many years (since 1981 in fact) and is a pretty recognisable brand. One which makes some of the best mice and keyboards around. Personally speaking when I do need (or want) to buy another mouse for my laptop, Logitech is the only brand that I look at. The company is updating it’s brand though and will begin releasing products with their new brand name of just “Logi”.
The reason behind the change is because “Tech is everywhere” according ... Continue Reading →
Spotify announce Android Wear app
Owners of smart watches can already control music play back from their arm. The playback controls allow users to skip songs or to go back to the previous track as well as play/pause and change volume. Despite Spotify not being a compatible Android Wear app, play back can still be controlled via a smart watch anyway.
Spotify however, have announced that they will be beginning to roll out an app for your smart watch. The new features will allow you to browse music and play music directly from your ... Continue Reading →
Xiaomi takes second place for world’s largest wearable company
Xiaomi has impressed a lot of people over the past few months, they have released a few smartphones and are making gains in the amount of sales and are catching up with smartphone world giants Apple and Samsung. This is seen as a great feat considering the majority of Xiaomi’s releases are only available in Asia, versus globally like Samsung and Apple.
Xiaomi have faired pretty well in the smart tech wearable category as well. Despite the company offering their wearable tech for a very low ... Continue Reading →
Netflix will not be showing third party ads
Yesterday we reported that Netflix were testing ads on their video streaming service. As stated yesterday the ads are more like trailers as they are only promoting Netflix’s own shows. It did however lead many to wonder if this meant that Netflix could introduce ads from third parties. This fortunately won’t be the case. A spokesman for Netflix, Cliff Edwards, has denied that third party ads will arrive on the platform. Edwards went on to explain that they were not planning to test, let ... Continue Reading →
Netflix begins testing ads
You would think that a subscription based service such as Netflix would be ad free but, much like some blu-rays and DVDs and video tapes past, Netflix is looking at introducing ads – or rather trailers for their own series of exclusive programs. The ads are being displayed before a stream starts and at the end. As it stands at the moment, Netflix are only promoting their own content, eg Orange is The New Black and House of Cards, rather than third party adverts.
Fortunately for now, the test ... Continue Reading →
Microsoft unveil Windows 10 release date
Microsoft have announced that the latest iteration of Microsoft Windows, will be released come July 29th. Consumers with Windows 7 or Windows 8 already installed on their PCs and laptops will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free for a limited time. The free upgrade offer will be available for a year from Windows 10 release.
Those who are running Windows 7 or Windows 8 should receive a small Windows icon on the task bar in the coming days to reserve their free upgrade of Windows 10 and those ... Continue Reading →
Google Fit support comes to the Xiaomi Mi Band
The Xiaomi Mi fitness band has proved to be very popular. The band is essentially just the the FitBit or Jawbone Up fitness bands but, at a fraction of the cost. Branded fitness bands cost upwards of £60 for the basic models, where as the Xiaomi Mi band is generally available for around £16 from third party sellers such as Amazon and it’s proved so popular that Xiaomi have now opened sales up for the UK, US and France instead of just India.
The Xiaomi Fit has proven to be popular not only ... Continue Reading →
Android Wear 5.1.1 update rolls out, adds new features
Google recently announced that Smart Watches powered by Android Wear would be shortly be receiving an update, which will bring in several new features. The most prominent feature being Wi-Fi for the smartwatches, if the device supports it anyway. Currently the only compatible devices are the Moto 360, Sony Smart Watch 3, Samsung Gear Live and the LG Watch Urbane, which came with this feature out the box already. This feature will allow you to continue using your smartwatch on the internet, even if ... Continue Reading →