Thanks to the magic of worldwide time zones, Apple Watch users in Australia have had the new wearable on their wrists well before the rest of us. Rather than an unboxing, Australian site FoneFox posted a detailed water test instead. First of all: under no circumstances try this yourself. Officially, the Apple Watch is only “splash and water resistant”, which means it’s fine in the rain or the shower but
10 best compact cameras of 2015 Compact cameras come in so many different types and sizes that it’s hard to choose the right one, or even know where to start. A ‘compact’ camera, to most people, is one you can slip into a pocket, though technically it’s any digital camera with a non-removable lens – so that includes DSLR-style superzoom ‘bridge’ cameras and high-powered expert cameras for enthusiasts. There are
A lengthy conference aiming to lay down rules on what role lethal autonomous weapons systems can play in future warfare has failed to come to an agreement. The week-long meeting in Geneva aimed to agree key definitions that would be necessary to word a protocol to restrict the use of so-called ‘killer robots’. While the discussion was deeper than previous attempts to draw up regulations, there was no agreement between
I spent yesterday evening at showing of the V&A Museum’s latest exhibition entitled All of This Beings to You – and there is one highlight I’d recommend any technology fan checks out. The V&A is now the home of the laptop Edward Snowden used to give leaked materials over to The Guardian newspaper. That exact MacBook Air is now on display in all its damaged glory after The Guardian journalists
By Teppei Kasai TOKYO (Reuters) – A small group of Japanese tech-addicts lined up in Tokyo to become the first consumers to buy the Apple Watch from selected stores on Friday, but there was no sign of the frenzy that usually accompanies Apple Inc product rollouts. They include The Corner in Berlin, Colette in Paris, Maxfield in Los Angeles and Dover Street Market in Tokyo and London – which Apple
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd teased the market with hints of a new version of its Gear smartwatch on Friday, the same day that rival Apple Inc’s long-awaited wearable devices went on sale. The South Korean tech giant’s official blog post showed images of smartwatch with a round face – which would be a first for Samsung – and naming several partners, including Baidu Inc, Yelp Inc and CNN. Samsung also
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Apple Inc managed to frustrate gadget lovers and investors desperate to find out the components of its new smartwatch on Friday, encasing its chips in tough resin and using rare screws to thwart people trying prise it apart. Gadget repair firm iFixit, which has carried out “teardowns” on Apple products from iPhones to MacBooks, said the U.S. company also appeared to be promoting its
By Ritsuko Ando and Reiji Murai TOKYO (Reuters) – A group of former top Sony Corp executives has delivered an unusually blunt critique to the firm’s chief executive Kazuo Hirai, accusing him of losing sight of innovation by focusing on cost-cutting. At a meeting at Sony’s Tokyo headquarters last Thursday, five former executives, including PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi, took Hirai to task for failing to encourage the kind of creativity
Paytm, an Indian online payments platform backed by China’s Alibaba, is pushing deeper into India’s booming e-commerce industry with a zero-commission mobile app marketplace targeted at small and medium-sized firms, the mainstay of the country’s economy. “This is our move into mobile commerce,” said Paytm Chief Executive Vijay Shekhar Sharma, adding the mobile app was designed to connect small businesses and consumers.
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