Starting from today we’re going to have to start referring to Deezer as an audio streaming service rather than just a music streaming one. It’s now offering a large, and growing, catalogue of spoken word content. By virtue the acquisition of Stitcher late last year Deezer is now able to deliver over 20,000 different podcasts and radio shows via its web portal and apps. Having integrated its radio and podcast
Best in-ear headphones Update: We’ve added a new addition to the list: the Polk Nue Voe. These headphones do their best Warby Parker eyeglasses impression and also bring to the table stellar sound quality and a comfy fit. As much as we love the sound and bass performance of big, hulking over-ear headphones, there are some situations where they simply tend to cause more problems than they’re worth. Whether you’re
Headphones we recommend Update: We’ve recently added the budget-friendly Sony MDR-ZX770BT to the list. If you’re looking for a full set of features, including NFC-connectivity, amazing battery life and full sound, check these out on page two. Wireless headphones are all about empowerment. After all, you’ve now graduated from the wire, the training wheels of electronics. But be aware: with the power you get from clipping the cable, wireless can
HTC One M10: what we want to see The HTC One M9 is beautiful, powerful and (whisper it) just a little bit disappointing. With a downgraded battery, a middling camera and an overly familiar design and feature set it couldn’t continue HTC’s run of five star reviews. So it’s clear that HTC needs to do some soul-searching before it launches the One M10 and work out how to come back
Poor hard disk drive; advances in silicon manufacturing have allowed solid state drives to capture the headlines leaving the traditional spindle-spinning devices in the shadows. But things are about to get more exciting for the latter. Toshiba made an important announcement yesterday as it unveiled a new solution that essentially is a new class of server (the Japanese company calls it a multi-device storage solution), one that integrates, in an
Introduction and design Dell’s latest portable is a business machine designed for productivity and mobile power – it’s got one of Intel’s latest Broadwell processors inside a chassis that’s light and slim enough to sling into a bag. That’s not the end to this machine’s versatility, either. Numerous specifications are available, the internals can be accessed, and it’s littered with ports and sockets. Design This is a pure business machine,
Google Inc and two venture capitalist firms are investing $15 million in a U.S. tech company that helps farmers maximize their crops based on data gathered by agricultural equipment and shared between growers. Google Ventures, the technology company’s venture capital unit, is leading the fundraising for farm data startup Farmers Business Network, FBN announced on Tuesday. Venture capitalists DBL Investors and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers also participated in the
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Vodafone posted a rise in quarterly sales for the first time in nearly three years on Tuesday in the clearest sign yet that Europe’s mobile market is edging towards recovery. Vodafone, which has 446 million mobile customers in countries ranging from Albania to Ireland, Qatar, India, South Africa and New Zealand, posted fourth quarter organic service revenue, which strips out one off costs
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc was handed a mixed ruling by a U.S. appeals court in the latest twist in a blockbuster intellectual property battle with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , as a prior patent infringement verdict was upheld but a trademark finding that the iPhone’s appearance could be protected was thrown out. In the highly anticipated ruling stemming from the global smartphone wars, the Federal Circuit in
By Matthew Stock An advanced virtual reality headset could be a game-changer for the entertainment industry and give people with certain disabilities new powers of communication and interaction, according to the developers. The FOVE headset uses eye-tracking technology to give the wearer an immersive and completely hands-free virtual reality, where all of their actions can be controlled by their eye movements. Virtual reality technology has been touted as the next
