When you buy an Android smartphone, you usually don’t have much of a clue as to when or if it will receive software updates. Sometimes this isn’t a big concern for an end user, but to others it is important that they’re running the latest software on their device. For Android users, this is where … Continue reading How to speed up an old Android phone
The Chromebook has been around for a few years now, but early models were not widely available and their need for a constant internet connection somewhat hamstrung them into less capable devices than they could potentially be. With the new Series 3 Chromebook from Samsung, combined with the latest Aura update for Chrome OS, all … Continue reading Samsung Series 3 Chromebook Review
Most people will have heard of music search apps - apps like Shazam - and a lot of you probably use them on your own device. But how many of you have just stuck with the first app you found, without wondering if there are any that might work better for you out on the … Continue reading Group Test: Music Search Apps
At the recent Ekoparty security conference, it was revealed that several Samsung devices are vulnerable to a malicious exploit where the phone can be wiped and reset back to factory defaults. The devices that are vulnerable are the ones that run Touchwiz - popular handsets like the Galaxy S3, Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Ace for … Continue reading How an NFC Tag Could Wipe your Samsung phone
Twelve days ago, I published a blog post where I announced my plans to use Windows 8 for a full week and see how it went. I posted an update after 3 days, which you can read here, and up until then, I was using it all day, every day. However, on day 6 of … Continue reading Windows 8: A week on
If you've read my last post, you'll know that I've been using Windows 8 as my main OS for three days now, and I plan to keep on using it for a while. I said that I would post if I had interesting features or observations to make, and this is the first of those posts. Aesthetics … Continue reading Windows 8: Day 3
I've posted a few articles on my views of Windows 8 before. My view up until now has been that Windows 8 has some good ideas, but it's been poorly implemented for desktop users with a keyboard and mouse. I've used the Developer Preview, Consumer Preview, Release Preview and now, thanks to MSDN, I'm trying … Continue reading Windows 8 RTM First Impressions
Nexus 7 Hardware Follow Up A few weeks ago I wrote my Nexus 7 review, which detailed my thoughts and first impressions on what I regarded to be the best tablet currently available. So now that I've had it for nearly a month, have my opinions changed? No, not really, although I do have some … Continue reading Google Nexus 7 & Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Follow Up
Introduction The Nexus 7 is Google's first foray into the tablet market (not counting the pseudo-Nexus Xoom tablet from Motorola), and it's teamed up with ASUS to offer what has become one of the most desirable and highly sought after pieces of tech in recent years. This review will cover both the device itself and … Continue reading Google Nexus 7 Review
One of the most touted features of Jelly Bean is the enhanced Voice Search, and the way that you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen in any app to launch search. It's relatively simple to copy this behaviour in ICS quickly - but it does only work from a home screen. I'm … Continue reading Add Swipe-to-Search to ICS
