Category: Mobile phones
Will you be able to install Windows 10 on to your Android phone?
Now this is intriguing. Microsoft have a problem on mobile: There's millions of phones out there, but not many of them run Windows. So what can the company do? It turns out that the answer could be "let people install Windows on their Android phone", if TechCrunch is to be believed. According to the report,…
EE announces replacement for Orange Wednesdays with £1 movie streaming
EE has today announced its replacement for the long running "Orange Wednesdays" cinema tickets offer that ended last month. In a sign of the times, the company has switched from offering cinema tickets to film streaming at home. The company has partnered with on-demand service Wuaki.tv and will be offering customers a £1 film rental…
Potential iOS “bruteforce” security hole identified
If your phone is locked, it is usually regarded as pretty secure - after all, you have to enter a PIN number and after a certain number of incorrect tries it will either lock you out, or delete everything from the phone. But it appears there might be a way around it. MDSec has identified…
Sony starts rolling out Android Lollipop for Sony Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact
Sony has today announced that the long awaited software upgrade to Android Lollipop is rolling out from today - hurrah! According to the press release, the first Xperia Z devices to get the update will be those in the Nordics and the Baltics - with further markets (including hopefully the UK) joining in two weeks…
Is Microsoft’s Siri-like Cortana coming to iPhone and Android?
Microsoft's voice assistant, Cortana, could be coming to iPhone and Android, unexpectedly. According to Reuters CEO Satya Nadella could greenlight the apps for rival platforms as part of his strategy of getting Microsoft's products on devices people actually use - rather than insisting that they use Windows Phone. Apparently Cortana could come as a stand…
You probably have a better phone than President Obama
Last night President Obama was on US Chat Show Jimmy Kimmel Live and amongst other topics talked tech, and how he can't use a smartphone, saying "I can't use phones with recorders in them so a lot of the new-fangled stuff for security reasons I don't get". Unsurprisingly, the US government has super strict requirements…
Hailocab announces Apple Watch app
Hailocab has this morning confirmed that its popular taxi-hailing app will be making its way to the Apple Watch. Details are scant but CMO Gary Bramall said: "We’re impressed with the brilliantly casual way the Apple Watch amplifies simplicity and eliminates the smallest little daily frictions. The device gives us an exciting opportunity to streamline…
USB Type C coming to Android phones and Chromebooks
One of the big changes with the new Macbook which Apple unveiled on Monday as the use of a single USB-C port for, well, pretty much everything - monitor outputs, USB, network cables, everything. The new standard isn't just Apple-specific but has been agreed across industry - and we've just got confirmation that it will…
Google kills the Nexus 5
Google has pulled the Nexus 5 from the Google Play store - leading to speculation that it could be preparing a new version of its 'small' phone. The Nexus 5 launched in 2013 and was widely acclaimed for its simplicity and its elegance: Like all Nexus devices, it ran a standard version of Android, rather…
Will Android 6.0 support multiple windows?
The next major version of Android could support multiple windows - according to some informed speculation and intriguing screenshots. According to Tracy and Matt, digging through the latest Android 5.1 sourcecode suggests that Google may be planning to build in support for windows apps - in other words, enabling you to run two apps side…
