Author: Stuart
India opens tech addiction clinic
Addiction – be it to alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, drugs or even sex – can be a serious problem. Now authorities in India consider addiction to technology among teenagers to be such a problem that a "technology de-addiction" centre has been…
SwiftKey Android app goes free
The popular Android keyboard app SwiftKey is now free to download via Google Play. The app has always been available for a month's free trial, after which it cost £2.99 to buy to be able to continue using it. The…
Will Apple's iOS 8 remember where you parked?
It was a classic episode of Seinfeld, where Jerry and his pals spent the entire half hour wandering the carpark of a shopping mall looking for their car. Now, according to techradar, no longer being able to remember where you…
Is Amazon launching a PayPal rival?
Amazon looks set to launch its own online payment service, in a bid to take on the dominant player, the eBay-owned PayPal. According to Reuters, Amazon customers who store their credit or debit card data when they make a purchase…
British Airways plans in-flight wi-fi
UK national carrier British Airways plans to offer wi-fi high in the sky. BA is joining with UK satellite company Inmarsat to introduce what it claims will be super-fast and reliable broadband aboard all its aircraft while in the air….
Britain gets .UK domain name
Businesses and individuals can register .UK domain names from today. Web registrar Nominet announced the launch with the world's largest welcome sign unveiled at London's Heathrow Airport. Nominet said that QI host Stephen Fry was the first person to launch…
Here's all the games announced at EA's 2014 E3 presentation
The EA presentation at the 2014 E3 didn't exactly set the world ablaze, but it saw the company adopting a steady-as-she goes approach with the announcement of new iterations of its FIFA, Mirror's Edge and Mass Effect titles, to name…
Dead Rising 3: Arcade Remix DLC announced by Microsoft – available RIGHT NOW!
While much of what Microsoft announced in its E3 presentation won't be out until later this year, or even 2015, there was one new "game" revealed that is available right now. But it has a very silly name. Are you…
How Star Trek predicted the future
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was a visionary man. He foresaw a future in which humanity had learned to live together in peace and harmony. A future in which the people of Earth had joined forces with alien races to…
E3 2014 preview roundup
The biggest video games show in the universe – well, on planet Earth at least – is about to kick off. For one week every June, the Los Angeles Convention Centre is taken over by the great and good of…
