Android 5.0 L is Google’s latest operating system update for smartphones, tablets and even Android Wear-running smartwatches. The official name came from Android 5.0 Lemon Meringue following Google’s dessert-based naming convention and succeeding Android 4.4 KitKat. Expanded notifications This is something Google introduced in recent Android updates and now users will be able to view […]
In one of the most ambitious product launches in its history, Apple unveiled two new iPhones, a smartwatch and a mobile payments platform on Tuesday. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are bigger, rounder and faster. The Apple Watch does more than any smartwatch on the market today. And Apple hailed the Apple Pay […]
Google unveiled a self-driving car with no steering wheel, brakes or accelerator a few months ago.The vehicle, which the company has built from scratch, relies solely on built-in sensors and a software system. Google CEO Sergey Brin unveiled the two-seater prototype during an onstage interview at the Recode Code Conference in Palos Verdes, California. Unlike […]
Samsung officially takes the cake when it comes to launching smartwatches: It just announced the Samsung Gear S, its billionth smartwatch device launching this year. New Samsung s Galaxy Gear smart watch The Gear S has a few hallmarks that set it apart from the crowd, however, including a curved Super AMOLED display, which has […]
As wearables flood the market, the line between fitness tracker and smartwatch is beginning to blur. The LG Lifeband Touch indeed straddles the two, monitoring your daily activity while also offering call and text notifications from your smartphone. It also pairs with LG’s Heart Rate Earphones, which’ll measure your heart from inside your ear. If […]
Samsung has introduced its Multi-Charging  Charger, whose name explains itself already. The charger allows up to three micro-USB devices to be charged all at the same time. It has a 2A charge that will be divided evenly among the three devices. So if you have your smartphone, bluetooth device and a wearable plugged in all […]
Throw the Panono up in the air and by the time it lands back in your hands it’ll have captured an impressive 360 degree photograph. If you don’t think that’s awesome then you don’t know awesome. The ball makes taking panoramic shots as simple as it should be – just don’t let the dog at […]
Spare a thought for the iPod Touch, the latest version of which squirmed out from under the fat shadow of the iPhone 5 at Apple’s big launch. Rather like said handset – see p109 – without the phone bit, but with only a five meg camera, it’s 6.1mm thick, comes in six colours, has a […]