Category: Features
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…
10 Smartwatches that can tell you more than just the time
With any new technology it always takes a little while to figure out exactly how it should work. Remember the crappy touchscreen phones that required a stylus before the iPhone came along? Or how motion controls were only ever used…
10 best new free iPhone games
The iPhone is chock-full of games available for download – but what's been happening lately? What games should we be getting excited about on the platform? Warning: This feature could seriously eat up a lot of your time – not…
Not just flexible screens – 5 mobile phone tech innovations we should see in 2014
One of the big trends in mobile technology in 2014 looks set to be flexible screens – with LG apparently launching their first flexible phone by the end of this year. Surely this won't be the only innovation we can…
5 games to play when you get bored of GTA5
You know what it's like – you spend long enough in one place and eventually you'll want a change of scene. I don't know about you, but since GTA5 was released – I've spent far more time than be healthy…