Reviews Archive
02 Jul 2015
Honor 7 is Huawei’s Latest High End Smartphone
Honor 7 is Huawei’s Latest High End Smartphone Huawei has unveiled a new high-end smartphone with a large display with the new Honor 7. The phone comes with the home-baked Kirin chipset and a fingerprint scanner towards the back. The display of the phone is a 5.2” panel with 1080p resolution, which is totally
29 Jun 2015
Idea Centre 300: Lenovo Announces its Own USB Stick PC
Idea Centre 300: Lenovo Announces its Own USB Stick PC In recent times, we have seen companies work hard to make PCs as compact as possible and one of the more popular ideas is the implementation of a full-blown PC into a USB stick. While Intel’s and ASUSTek’s efforts have been particularly popular in
29 Jun 2015
Huawei Sells 50 Million Handsets in First Half of 2015
Huawei Sells 50 Million Handsets in First Half of 2015 Amongst all the doom and gloom with poor performance from many manufacturers, Huawei seems to be defying market trends. The company has reportedly shipped over 50 million smartphones in the first 6 months of 2015. At the same point in 2014, Huawei shipped 34.27
29 Jun 2015
Internet.org: Philanthropy or Just False Advertising?
Internet.org: Philanthropy or Just False Advertising? It’s hard not to run across Internet.org in the news of late. Whether it’s a Pakistani man renting a billboard to thank Mark Zuckerberg for the initiative or the EFF coming out with a scathing assessment, Internet.org has generated a lot of debate. If you’re still unclear about
29 Jun 2015
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 review
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 review Update: One flavor of the Surface Pro 3 is enjoying a hefty price cut in the US, thanks to the Redmond camp. Down from its $1,299 price to $1,149 on theMicrosoft Store, the Intel Core i5-equipped model with 256GB of solid state storage makes this an even more attractive
29 Jun 2015
OS X 10.10 Yosemite review
OS X 10.10 Yosemite review Note: Apple has unveiled the successor to OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Called OS X 10.11 El Capitan, it introduces a ton of new features including a split-screen view, Spaces Bar and under-the-hood performance improvements. Yosemite is the second version of OS X since its reboot last year, when Apple
29 Jun 2015
New MacBook 2015 review
New MacBook 2015 review Knock it for its USB Type-C port. Bash it for its wimpy horsepower. But don’t even try to deny that Apple’s new MacBook is one of the most attractive, impressively-engineered laptops that the world has ever seen – there’s simply nothing quite as slick out there. Even though it combines
27 Jun 2015
Alcatel One Touch Idol 3
Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 The 5.5-inch, full HD display and 4G LTE connectivity alone make the Idol 3 worth the cost of entry. Fit, finish, and a polished overall experience seal the deal. Thus, it earns our Editors’ Choice for mid-range Android smartphones. Understated, classy, and well-executed are rarely the first words we
27 Jun 2015
10 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Windows 10
10 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Windows 10 Windows 10, by all appearances, seems poised for mass adoption, after a lackluster reception for Windows 8. This alternation of popular and unpopular is sort of a pattern for Microsoft operating systems: Vista tanked while Windows 7 killed, for example. Considering Windows
27 Jun 2015
Dropbox, Todoist Get Android Material Design Makeovers
Dropbox, Todoist Get Android Material Design Makeovers Task management app Todoist is saying goodbye to its drabby old interface, and hello to “bold color, beautiful animations, and seamless interactions.” Specifically, it is embracing Android’s Material Design, a complete UI overhaul Google introduced last year, which adds many new 3D and textural elements into the