Amazon set-top box tipped for March release

Amazon’s much-rumored set-top box, which would challenge Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast among others, is targeting a March launch, new rumors suggest, after the retailer ditched plans to have the … Continue reading

Nokia HERE Maps for Windows 8.1 release imminent

Nokia HERE Maps for Windows 8.1 will soon be available for all Windows 8.1 devices, the Finnish firm has confirmed, having previously been an exclusive for Nokia’s own Lumia 2520 … Continue reading

Jolla Sailfish OS launching as a launcher to invade Android

This week the folks behind the smartphone hardware and software brand Jolla have decided they’d be invading the world through Android. Before Sailfish 1.0 is launched across the whole world … Continue reading

A Google Now HTC Smartwatch could conquer context

HTC, so the rumor machine goes, is readying its first smartwatches, at least one of which is said to pipe Google Now directly to the wrist. If you’re going to … Continue reading

Nokia Lumia Icon Review

Verizon has needed a new Windows Phone 8 flagship, and Nokia was the obvious choice to deliver it. Don’t mistake the Lumia Icon for a side-thought in Nokia’s smartphone schemes, … Continue reading

Google Project Tango will 3D map the whole world with hiDOF

Today Google announced Project Tango, delivered first as a smartphone that’s able to scan the world around it in real time. This phone knows its position in space in real … Continue reading

Google Project Tango: 200 phones with 3D sensors for room-scanning

This week the experimental developer-aimed group known as Google ATAP – aka Advanced Technology and Projects (skunkworks) have announced Project Tango. They’ve suggested Project Tango will appear first as a … Continue reading

Windows Phone’s Cortana near shipped: Microsoft’s Siri onboard

If what’s said today about Microsoft turns out to be true tomorrow, Windows Phone users may be following the bouncing ball sooner than later. Foretold in 2013 by a lost … Continue reading

Facebook WhatsApp buy triggers unexpected BlackBerry boost

Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp has perhaps surprisingly given ailing BlackBerry a boost, as the Canadian company’s share price jumped amid speculation that messaging service BBM could be worth more than … Continue reading

Federal License Plate Reader Database sought by Homeland Security

This week a job listing posted by the Department of Homeland Security has suggested that they’re aiming for a Federal License Plate Reader Database in the near future. This database … Continue reading