Reviews Archive
19 Nov 2015
DARPA wants your crazy ideas for space robots
DARPA wants your crazy ideas for space robots I’ve always had a fascination with robots. I used to spend hours watchingRobot Wars as a kid and always dreamt of making my own. However, life got in the way and I never got around to it. But now, the US government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA) has
17 Nov 2015
Google’s finally selling its $85 Chromebit dongle, but you should buy the Remix Mini instead
Google’s finally selling its $85 Chromebit dongle, but you should buy the Remix Mini instead Cast your mind way, way back to March this year – a virtual eternity in tech – and Google’s launch of the Chromebit, a small PC-on-a-dongle built in conjunction with Asus. Now, finally, the device is going on sale, priced
17 Nov 2015
How mobile became the perfect home for flat design
How mobile became the perfect home for flat design There were doubters when flat design started emerging, but this design trend isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Flat design is only getting started and is more popular than ever when it comes to mobile UI design. The principles behind this design technique are so universally —
13 Nov 2015
Zong to Provide Internet Access to 100,000 Students Under Prime Minister Laptop Scheme
Zong to Provide Internet Access to 100,000 Students Under Prime Minister Laptop Scheme Zong has signed a contract with Higher Education Commission (HEC) for the provision of Wireless Broadband Services on laptops to be provided to the students across the country under the “Prime Minister’s Laptop Scheme Phase-II”. Under the contract, Zong will offer free
13 Nov 2015
Microsoft Reveals New AI That Can Detect Human Emotions
Microsoft Reveals New AI That Can Detect Human Emotions If there’s anything that separates us humans from machines, it’s our feelings and emotions, which can’t be understood by machines. This is something that is often believed, since feelings are unconvertible to binary code. Until now that is. It seems Microsoft has found a way to
13 Nov 2015
Lenovo Blames the Smartphone Business For its First Loss In Six Years
Lenovo Blames the Smartphone Business For its First Loss In Six Years While Lenovo is working hard to remain as relevant in the smartphone industry as it has in the PC one, things are not looking that simple for the hardware giant. Despite being one of the world’s largest companies, and having a huge presence
13 Nov 2015
Government Requests to Facebook Rise to An All-time High
Government Requests to Facebook Rise to An All-time High With issues of privacy now at an all-time high, it is becoming clear that the biggest intrusion might be coming from our governments themselves, rather than any other entities. According to Facebook, government requests for private accounts data increased by 18% compared to the first half
13 Nov 2015
Google Maps releases its predictive travel API to devs
Google Maps releases its predictive travel API to devs Google Maps is good at telling you roughly how long it will take you to get to your next destination — even days or weeks in advance. But in a blog post released today, it announced that it is bringing that power to its developers. Called
13 Nov 2015
YouTube launches much-hyped Music app
YouTube launches much-hyped Music app Finally, YouTube Music is coming out to play. After launching ad-free subscription service YouTube Red last month, users will now get a chance to download and stream music via iOS and Android. Simply called YouTube Music, the app allows users to scan the platform’s deep catalogue of music videos and
13 Nov 2015
Amazon launches Pantry to deliver groceries in the UK, but only to Prime members
Amazon launches Pantry to deliver groceries in the UK, but only to Prime members Amazon has launched a new delivery option for Prime subscribers in the UK today called Amazon Pantry. The service, which follows trials a limited trial of AmazonFresh, has around 4,000 items available at launch from a range of categories, including: food and drink,