Intro, Multitasking, Siri and Resetting The Apple Watch’s Digital Crown is one design feature that really separates it from everything else on the market. It’s the 2015 equivalent of the good-old crown you get on classic wind-up watches, except the Digital Crown is much more functional. But what does it do? Here’s a run-down of the essential features that’ll have you navigating the Apple Watch like a pro in no
Apple Music vs Spotify, Tidal and the rest With the launch of Apple Music, Cupertino’s iTunes 2.0 is taking on the rest of the crowded streaming market from a position of industry strength. It’s already got incredible relations with the different recording labels, a vast catalogue of music at its disposal and a huge user base of Apple fans. It’s also got the added fact that, with the entirety of
Music-streaming heavyweight, Spotify, has just announced a new feature aimed at delivering a personalised playlist top you each and every Monday to kickstart your week. Discover Weekly will sit at the top of your playlist folder, offering two hours of music tailored specifically to your own tastes and what people like you are listening to at the moment. Each song in the weekly-updated playlist will be based both on the
If you’re an avid Apple supporter, you’ve got reason to be glum today. Samsung continues to dominate the global smartphone marketshare, according to data from consultancy TrendForce. Nearly twenty-seven percent of smartphone shipments during the second quarter of 2015 were made by the South Korean technology manufacturer. This figure held steady compared with the first quarter of the year. If you’re keeping count, this means Samsung sold more than 45
Introduction and perpetual updates When Terry Myerson was trying to explain why the version of Microsoft’s operating system after Windows 8 wasn’t called Windows 9, he said the name had to match how different this new release of Windows would be. “We’re at an inflection point,” he explained. “We’re at a point where we carry forward all that’s good in Windows and step across into a new way of doing
It’s already pretty clear that Team Fortress 2 is the greatest ever game (involving hats), and Lego is clearly no longer for kids – so when someone recreates a life-size TF2 gun with plastic bricks, we are always going to be on board. ZaziNombies are the people behind this Tomislav replica which, they insist in a video preview, is heavy enough to make you think you’re toting the actual gun.
By Julia Fioretti and Andrew Callus BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – A Spanish judge has asked Europe’s top court if online taxi-hailing app Uber is a “mere transport service” or a digital service, as the U.S. start-up claims, in a case that could set a precedent for legal battles across the continent. A judge in Barcelona has referred a case brought by the city’s main taxi operator against Uber towards the end
PayPal, spun off from eBay Inc , is widely expected to build partnerships with e-commerce rivals and try to seize market share from startups such as Stripe and Square and technology behemoth Apple Inc , which unveiled its own mobile payments service last year. PayPal shares soared to $42.55 in early trading, up from Friday’s close of $38.35 when the shares were trading on a “when issued” basis. EBay’s stock
Intro 2015 is the year of Virtual Reality. Mobile-compatible headsets such as Samsung’s Galaxy Gear VR, Archos VR Glasses and Google Cardboard are available right now, while dedicated headsets such as HTC’s Vive and, hopefully, Oculus Rift are set to appear before the end of the year. These are all the virtual reality headsets that you need to know about, in order of excellence, as selected by our resident expert
Update: The Shenmue 3 Kickstarter raised a whopping $6,333,295 (about £4,059,025, AU$8,587,639) – to be exact – nearly another million in its final hours just before the weekend. The extra push helped solidify the PS4- and PC-bound revival of the Dreamcast cult-classic adventure game. Across digital and physical for both PS4 and PC (and it’s several special editions), 66,282 copes of the game were paid for through the Kickstarter campaign
