By Orestis Bastounis Introduction Just about any household with broadband internet will have a wireless router supplied by the service provider – but there are plenty of good reasons to buy a newer, more powerful model. Your existing router may be a bit long in the tooth, and that means it doesn’t have the latest…

By Desire Athow As the laptop leapfrogs its desktop cousin to become, for many, the main (and often only) work computing device, it is not surprising to see that docking stations are becoming more popular as well. Factor in the unstoppable, relentless drive towards thinner devices with fewer connectivity options (like the new MacBook), and…

By Chuong Nguyen It’s all integrated While many are looking forward to Intel’s Sixth Generation Skylake CPU for its improved processing performance and power efficiency, the chip’s graphics may be its most underestimated asset. With Skylake, Intel’s Gen9 integrated graphics not only brings significantly better graphics performance to the average computing users, but Intel is…

By Dean Evans Features and performance Smart heating systems are all the rage these days. Every home should have one. But it’s only when you start using something like Nest, Tado, Hive, Honeywell’s Evohome or Heat Genius for several months that you realise just how wasteful your old, dumb central heating can be. A traditional…

By Dean Evans Features and performance Smart heating systems are all the rage these days. Every home should have one. But it’s only when you start using something like Nest, Tado, Hive, Honeywell’s Evohome or Heat Genius for several months that you realise just how wasteful your old, dumb central heating can be. A traditional…

By Lily Prasuethsut Introduction, design and comfort Augmented reality is an older technology but, like virtual reality, is starting to regain attention again. Mostly known for making printers and sensors, Epson branched out into the world of AR with the Moverio BT-100 a couple years ago. The design was clunkier and was solely for enterprise…

By Lily Prasuethsut Introduction, design and comfort Augmented reality is an older technology but, like virtual reality, is starting to regain attention again. Mostly known for making printers and sensors, Epson branched out into the world of AR with the Moverio BT-100 a couple years ago. The design was clunkier and was solely for enterprise…

By Darrell Etherington Apple’s Force Touch tech, which it built into both the new 12-inch MacBook and the new Apple Watch, is also headed to the next iPhone, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Frankly, after trying the tech out in person, I’d be more surprised it wasn’t using Force Touch…

By David Nield Sony has decided to pull the plug on its PlayStation Mobile platform after nearly three years. Support for Android devices was put on the backburner in August as Android Lollipop was appearing, so the news isn’t a huge surprise. PlayStation Mobile is a central hub for classic games and indie releases, games…

By David Nield Sony has decided to pull the plug on its PlayStation Mobile platform after nearly three years. Support for Android devices was put on the backburner in August as Android Lollipop was appearing, so the news isn’t a huge surprise. PlayStation Mobile is a central hub for classic games and indie releases, games…

By Darrell Etherington,Kyle Russell,Matthew Panzarino On Monday, Apple held a special event focused on the all-new 12-inch MacBook with a Retina display, and the Apple Watch, providing us a deeper look at the smartwatch’s software. The special event merits a special podcast, so we got Matthew Panzarino, Darrell Etherington and Kyle Russell together to capture…

By Matt Swider Introduction Update 3/10/2015: Moto Maker is the tool that lets users in some regions and on certain carriers customize the Moto X, and now, you’ll be able to use a new version of the program for your Moto 360. Starting in March, the Moto Maker will let you design a 360 with…

By Matt Burns “Seriously, fuck them,” read the tweet. The person was speaking about Apple and the new MacBook the company recently announced. There are countless other tweets and comments with the same sentiment. Right now there’s visceral hate directed at the company. A swath of consumers feel betrayed by the stark design of the…

By Chuong Nguyen LaCie has released an external hard drive for Apple’s new MacBook under its Porsche Design brand. The Porsche Design Mobile Drive is one of the first to be available with native USB-C support, making it an ideal accessory for the MacBook. Given that the new MacBook comes with a single USB-C port,…

By Darrell Etherington Apple has now spent a fair amount of time showing us how Apple Watch apps will work on its wearable, which launches on April 24 (with pre-orders starting April 10), but few have had a chance to try out the software for themselves. Dedicated watch app site WatchAware has spent considerable time…