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Review: Updated: Yotaphone 2

Introduction and design It’s not often you come across a truly unique device in the smartphone market, but the Yotaphone 2 is exactly that. Unique. From the front it looks like any other Android smartphone, but flip it over and you’re greeted with a second, all-touch display – only it’s an e-ink screen similar to those found on ereaders. The Yotaphone 2 is the Russian brand’s second entry into the

Updated: Fallout 4 release date, news and rumours

Update: Bethesda has updated the Fallout website with a countdown and the message “Please Stand By”. The countdown ends on June 2 at 3pm BST/9am EST/6am PST, when we expect to get a full reveal of Fallout 4. We’ll update this page with more info as it breaks. War… war never changes. And we never stop hoping that one day we’ll set eyes on Fallout 4. The open-world RPG franchise,

Review: Updated: Nokia Lumia 625

Overview Before Nokia was dissolved into Microsoft it launched some great low cost smartphones, such as the Nokia Lumia 520 and Nokia Lumia 620- both of which were of a quality usually reserved for higher-end handsets. With the Nokia Lumia 625, the company seemed to be trying to push the limits of what’s possible on a low-end handset even further by giving it a big 4.7 inch screen and including

Updated: Stand by: Bethesda is about to announce Fallout 4

Well this was unexpected: Bethesda has fired early ahead of E3 and begun teasing Fallout 4. Ladies and gentleman, this is not a drill. It just tweeted a link to the Fallout website which now shows a countdown and message “Please Stand By”. The countdown ends tomorrow at 3PM BST/9am EST/6am PST, at which point we expect we’ll get a proper announcement. The website’s source code also references Fallout 3’s

Review: Creative Muvo Mini

Bluetooth speakers are more capable and feature-packed than ever. We’ve seen mighty sound packed into some small form factors, options with incredible battery life and even some that can take a tough tumble. But we haven’t seen a single speaker that can accomplish all of these feats – until the Creative Muvo Mini came along. This jack-of-all-trades Bluetooth speaker comes highly recommended for listeners with a sub-$100 budget who don’t

Samsung Elec's Galaxy S6 April sales suggest good start: researcher

Sales of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s flagship Galaxy S6 smartphones reached 6 million units at the end of April, less than a month after their launch, researcher Counterpoint said on Tuesday, suggesting a positive start. Counterpoint said in a statement that combined sales of S6 and S6 edge from the April 10 launch to April 30 were better than Galaxy S5’s sales in the same period of 2014. Investors have

Ellen Pao will appeal gender discrimination case against Kleiner

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Ellen Pao will appeal the result of a gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, her spokeswoman said on Monday. A San Francisco jury cleared Kleiner Perkins in March of claims it short-circuited former partner Pao’s career because she is a woman, in a case that helped spark a wide discussion about gender at the center of the U.S. technology industry. (Reporting by Sarah

Google says 21 percent of tech hires in 2014 were women

(Reuters) – Google Inc said 21 percent of tech hires last year were women, boosting overall number of women in technical roles by 1 percent, as part of efforts to increase diversity. Google said Monday that the increase in Black and Hispanic employees outpaced the company’s overall hiring growth, but made up for only 2 percent and 3 percent of total workforce, respectively. “Though we still have a long way

Internet of Things market to triple to $1.7 trillion by 2020: IDC

(Reuters) – The global market for “Internet of Things”, the concept of connecting household devices to the Internet, will nearly triple to $1.7 trillion by 2020, research firm International Data Corp said. The IoT market, valued at $655.8 billion in 2014, is set to grow at a compounded annual rate of 16.9 percent, IDC said on Tuesday. “Devices, connectivity, and IT services will make up the majority of the IoT

Hands-on review: Lenovo Magic View smartwatch concept

Since the inception of smartwatches, the design concept has been fairly straightforward – a touchscreen watch face, a strap that wraps around your wrist and a button or two around the sides. Lenovo, however, has come up with something a bit different with its Magic View Smartwatch concept, the first wearable with two displays. One of the biggest problems with smartwatches today is their screen size. While giant watch faces

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