Author: Tom Pritchard
Apple’s latest patent wants to put TouchID in the touchscreen
As time goes on people are getting less and less accepting of physical buttons and large bezels on their phones, and Apple's TouchID/homescreen button is among the worst offenders. Solution? Take that button and integrate it into the touchscreen instead. Published by the US Patent and Trademark Office last week, the patent is titled 'Fingerprint Sensor…
Chromecast owners can celebrate Valentines Day with free stuff from Google
Valentines Day is nearly upon us, and that means everyone is pulling out their best deals to try and get people into the spirit of things. Google is no exception, and is offering Chromecast owners a bunch of free stuff to celebrate the day. If you have a Chromecast all you have to do is…
You’ll be able to make contactless payments up to £30 from September
Contactless card payments are a bit of a mixed bag. The lack of PIN security is enough to make some people wary of it, but holding your card on a sensor is ever so slightly easier than sticking your card into the reader. If you are a fan, the £20 upper limit is a bit of…
Corning has announced new scratch-resistant smartphone displays
We're at the point now where manufacturers have figured out that people want a phone that smashes when you drop it, but there is still the problem with scratches on the display. To combat this Corning has revealed that it is working on 'Project Phire', a new type of smartphone glass that combines the two. This…
Microsoft’s CEO thinks pens will be gone by 2025
Writing tools have been around for millennia, and the pen is one of those things that pretty much everybody recognises and knows how to use. Writing has been having some serious competition from typing-based machines in the last few decades, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes the pen will be gone by the year 2025.…
Google Glass 2.0 is already in development
Google may have given up on the Explorer version of Google Glass, with plans to reset the entire Glass programme, but that doesn't mean it's giving up on Google Glass altogether. Quite the opposite actually. Tony Fadell, CEO of Nest and the man now tasked with overseeing the future of Google Glass, has revealed a…
A leaked photo suggests that Samsung wants lots of Galaxy S6 variety
Samsung has a lot riding on the upcoming Galaxy S6, and it really needs to release something great to fight back against the immense popularity of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. If this leaked image is to be believed, one way its going to do that it by making sure there is plenty of variety…
On-demand video news is coming to iPhones with Reuters TV
Keeping yourself up to date with what's going on in the world is incredibly important, but there are times when you don't want to have to read through a long article telling you what's happening. That's why video is so great, and who better to get it from than Reuters? Reuters TV is an app…
Swatch has announced a smartwatch that won’t need charging
The biggest problem with smartwatches is that their battery life is absolutely dreadful, and sometimes it doesn't seem as though things are going to get better anytime soon. What if you could have a smartwatch that wouldn't need to be plugged in at all? Swatch has one, and says it'll arrive very soon. Details are few…
It’s not just about the music, Apple might have video streaming in the works as well
Earlier today we heard some fresh rumours about Apple's long-awaited Beats-brand music streaming service, and now it seems that it also ambitions to try and conquer video streaming as well. Tim Cook hasn't exactly made a secret of how he thinks TV hasn't change since the 1970s (not true Tim, so not true), so this…
