Author Archives: Alex Angove

Google Launches Play Games

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Among the tonne of stuff that Google dropped on developers and the tech community during the I/O 2013 event is its new and widely-expected cross-platform, unified Play Games service. Play Games will feature on Android, iOS and Chrome, providing a … Continue reading

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Google ‘All Access’ Takes on Spotify

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One of the bigger announcements at Google I/O 2013 was Google’s new All Access service. All Access is a subscription-based streaming service being launched initially in the US for $9.99 per month and eventually elsewhere for what will hopefully prove … Continue reading

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Nokia Lumia 925 Unveiled

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After the modest global success of the Nokia Lumia 920 last year, Nokia is soon to follow-up with the release of the next in line: the Lumia 925. Rather than a totally new device, the 925 is being called more … Continue reading

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Leaked

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Pictures of an alleged Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini have surfaced on the web, along with purported specs. As far as rumours go, this is certainly one of the more believable new hardware stories we’ve seen leading up to Google I/O. … Continue reading

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Sony Xperia ZR Announced

Sony Xperia ZR

The Sony Xperia ZR is the newest addition to the Sony Xperia Z line. Despite the Xperia Z being one of the most impressive devices that we’ve seen from Sony, it’s been struggling to contend with the HTC One and … Continue reading

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Google Glass Presenting Legal Issues

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With any new technology there’s bound to be a period during which society figures out how to react to any potential and perceived new possibilities and even threats. Those of us who were around for the advent of the camera … Continue reading

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Google I/O: What We Hope to See

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Google I/O is soon to be upon us. On May 15th we’ll finally find out all the juiciest stuff coming from Google within the next 12 months and, short of any catastrophic delays, the next version of Android will be … Continue reading

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NBN to Set World-Leading Speeds

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The NBN is set to achieve world-leading download speeds of 1Gbps by the end of 2013, equalling Google Fiber’s achievements in Kansas, US. 1Gbps is around the upper limit of the current fibre to the premises/home (FTTP/FTTH) architecture of the … Continue reading

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‘5G’ WiFi Explained

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There’s a lot of confusion starting to surface with regards to the increasingly prolific ‘5G’ WiFi that’s cropping up all over the place. Customers are, understandably, unsure if the term 5G is anything to do with 3G internet or the … Continue reading

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Samsung Galaxy Mega Breakdown

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5-8 and 6-3-r

About a week ago Samsung officially announced its rumoured Samsung Galaxy Mega phablets, one weighing in with a 5.8 inch display and the other with a whopping 6.3. We were initially very sceptical as to the validity of these rumours, … Continue reading

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