Author: James O'Malley
James is the Editor of TechDigest. You can follow him on Twitter @Psythor.
How can you be as successful as Elon Musk? Why not ask his ex-wife?
Quora is a fun platform for interesting questions and answers. If you've never used it, basically imagine Reddit but where all of the questions are almost exclusively about how aeroplanes work, why President Obama is great, and how to be as successful as a technology billionaire. This falls into the latter. One user asked "How…
Google nearly bought Tesla Motors in 2013
New revelations have emerged about how Google was on the verge of acquiring electric car company Tesla in 2013. The news was broken by Bloomberg, which hosts an excerpt from a new book on Tesla. Apparently in 2013, the company was nearing bankruptcy and not selling any cars - so it had to take a…
Phil Spencer says basically nothing, and it still gets reported
Its time for another instalment of "Tech executives say meaningless words that get reported anyway"! This week's contestant is Xbox executive Phil Spencer, who tweeted the following about this year's E3 plans: @Masih3KA We should have new exclusive IP at E3. I'm trying to make this E3 more about 1st party than past E3s.— Phil…
iPhone vs Android debate ends in actual stabbing
We all know that arguing over which is the best smartphone can get a little heated - but who would have expected it to get actually violent? "But Android is more customisable!" According to KTUL, two men from Tulsa, Oklahoma were found covered in blood, stumbling around a parking lot. Apparently…
Norway to become the first country to kill off FM radio
Norway looks set to be the first country in the world to switch off FM radio, having started the switch to DAB in the 90s. According to Neowin the last transmitters will be switched off for good on December 13th 2017. The country, which apparently has only 5 FM stations, apparently started its DAB transmissions…
Sony Xperia Z4 announced to a shrug of the shoulders
Sony has announced a new flagship phone - the much expected Sony Xperia Z4. Sony, unlike its competitors, operates on a twice-yearly product product refresh cycle, meaning the Z3 is only about 6 months old, and as a result the Z4 is pretty much the very definition of an incremental upgrade. Look away - nothing…
Ultra Street Fighter IV getting a PS4 re-release on May 26th
Sony has confirmed that the PS3 fighting game will be getting a refresh on the PS4 in the not too distant future. According to the Playstation Blog, the re-release will include the original game and all of the DLC that has so far been released - and the developers have even apparently fixed an input…
Amazon Fire TV Stick is the company’s fastest selling device to date in the UK
The Fire TV Stick was finally made available to British customers this week, and Amazon says it is the company's most successful device to date. This means that the £35 stick has outsold all of the various Kindle models, including the Kindle Fire tablet, the Fire TV set-top-box and, of course, Amazon's disastrous Fire Phone.…
Sony’s latest Blu-Ray players get Playstation Now support
If you pick up a 2015 Sony Blu-Ray player, you'll soon be able to play some PS3 games on it too. According to the Sony blog, an update for the players adds support for Sony's game-streaming service, which features a large number of PS3 titles. For it to work you'll need a Dual Shock controller…
Google launches handwriting input app
Now there's a new way to enter text on your Android device: Handwriting. Google has just launched an official handwriting app, and it apparently works in 82 languages both online and offline, and will automatically transcribe your scrawl and turn it into text. Apparently it will even figure out emojis if you draw them. You…
