Category: Features
HTC One Mini 2 revealed – hitting stores next month
HTC have this morning announced the forthcoming release of the HTC One Mini 2 – a smaller variant on the recently released HTC One M8. Read on for all of the details. Essentially things are exactly as we expected. The…
Commander Hadfield's licensing woe shows why copyright law is a space oddity
Bizarre news this evening as it emerged that space hero Commander Chris Hadfield's take on the David Bowie classic Space Oddity – which was recorded whilst orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station – is being taken offline tomorrow…
Comedian Mark Thomas takes to the streets in protest against Amazon's lack of subtitles (Updated)
Campaigners aiming to raise awareness of Amazon's lack of subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing have taken the direct approach this morning: by sneakily putting up banners on Amazon's headquarters in London. Excitingly, I can now reveal that…
Glasgow branch of CEX to accept BitCoin
A nice promotional wheeze from highstreet second-hand retailer CEX – they've announced that for three days in Glasgow, as an experiment, they'll be accepting the infamous cryptocurrency Bitcoin. That's right – no longer is Bitcoin just for buying drugs or…
How does Shakira's Facebook page prove that the "nation state" is dead?
Check this map out – it was put together by the BBC's Jamie Ross – and shows countries that have a population of less than the number of Likes on the musician Shakira's Facebook page. At the time of writing…
Why the Segway explains how Google Glass would never have been popular anyway
Back in 2001, a revolutionary new product was unleashed upon an unsuspecting public. Seemingly lightyears ahead of its rivals, the Segway looked set to change how we get around. What was Segway? Essentially, it was a small "electric vehicle" that…
DJI Phantom 2 Vision Review – the most advanced drone outside of the Pentagon?
Whilst the world waits for Amazon to (literally) deliver on it's promises of drones, you don't need to wait: drones have already become something that normal (albeit relatively affluent) people can own. One of the newer drones – or quadcopters…
Are you an Animus veteran? Then take our Assassin's Creed Travel Quiz!
Think you know about Assassin's Creed? Have you travelled the world with Ezio? Then prove it by taking our Assassin's Creed Travel Quiz….
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Review – Yo ho ho, and a bottle of fun
The Assassin's Creed series has come a long way from it's beginnings running around the rooftops of 12th century Palestine. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, which is actually the sixth (or maybe seventh, depending on how you count) game in…
Our review of the Sonos Play 1 wireless audio streaming speaker
The Sonos Play range have long been at the elite end of music streaming systems, requiring kit costing hundreds of pounds to get the most out of what it can do. With the Play 1, Sonos are attempting to create…
