Miles McCormack, Editor (Tech) What to say about the Xbox One and Play Station 4 controllers this early in their lifespan? Well, the new controllers are excellent. The Kinect completely justifies its inclusion. Downloadable console games are not the future… yet. Both of them aren’t really built for rural Britain. The launch line-ups are better than expected and, crucially, both consoles are extremely promising. Too early to call? But these are only initial […]
Karan Balkar, Correspondent (Tech) Along with the growing smartphone market, developers are now also engaged in building applications that suit the tablet environment. Recently, Google revamped the Play Store with noticeable changes as a move to give tablet-optimised applications more prominence. The new update has started rolling out and users accessing the Play Store on a tablet will see the “Designed for tablets” section as the default view. This enables tablet owners to identify applications, […]
Randi Karangizi, Correspondent (Tech) The Bitcoin is the world’s largest virtual currency. Introduced by the fictional character Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, this currency is controlled with software by designated ‘miners’ through code-breaking computers. The money defies traditional economic customs as it runs independently from banks and governments. For maintenance purposes, there is a finite production of the currency, and the limit of 21 million Bitcoins will be reached by 2040. This unique limitation has […]
Karan Balkar, Correspondent (Technology) Sony has now made an official announcement regarding the upgrade roll map for its devices running the Android platform. Google recently unveiled Android 4.4 (codename ‘KitKat’) to be shipped with the Google Nexus 5, which will slowly move onto other popular devices. Sony, on the other hand, has announced that these updates will be made available to a list of Xperia devices. Although no specific time frame has been mentioned, one […]
Miles McCormack, Editor (Technology) A disappointing week for the tech industry mostly buffeted by negative news, including more bad news for Elon Musk’s Tesla as an industrial accident injures three workers. Here’s the week in Tech. Snapchat offered $3bn in surprise buyout: The Wall Street Journal this week published a story claiming Facebook recently attempted to publish the fledgling firm for the staggering sum of $3BN US. Considering Snapchat makes next to no […]
Miles McCormack, Editor (Technology) No huge news from another week in technology, but Twitter’s successful launch on the New York Stock Exchange shows that Social Media is here to stay a little while longer. Blackberry cancels public sale, appoints new CEO. The ailing Blackberry, formerly RIM, announced this week that it’s planned sale would no longer go ahead. Instead the company has let go of CEO Thorstein Heins and appointed John Chen as interim […]
Anissa Katti, Correspondent (Technology) Being a student itself comes with a handful of worries including rent, bills and university work… all without the added hassle of taking a semester or year abroad to study. At first, the exciting prospect of studying abroad for a semester, being on a placement, receiving an internship, or perhaps even taking a deferral year may turn into yet another source of stress. Students often decide to sign contracts to […]
Karan Balkar, Corresponent (Technology) Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo recently launched two new tablet models running Jelly Bean version of Android. The Yoga tablets, as they are known, is designed in a way to fit a user’s hand and offers greater control over the devices as opposed to using two hands. The two tablets have common features with each having a 1280 x 800 display resolution and including a quad-core 1.2 GHz processor with 1 GB […]
Karan Balkar, Correspondent (Tech) The much awaited Android 4.4 version is finally released alongside Google’s latest flagship device Nexus 5 produced by manufacturer LG Electronics. The latest version of Android comes packed with a whole set of new features including better visuals, performance and usability. In Android 4.4, Google allows support for older devices (devices with less than 512 MB of RAM) and will provide developers with tools to create applications under such limitations. […]
Miles McCormack, Editor (Technology) It’s been another busy week in tech with news from Cuppertino still attracting the masses like no other tech company, despite more political revelations from The Guardian and Edward Snowden. Let’s take a brief look at some of the biggest stories of the week: Apple unveils new iPad Air, iPad Mini with retina and more The biggest news this week is undoubtedly the unveiling of Apple’s brand new iPad range, […]
