By Matt Hanson and Jamie Carter The tech landscape is dominated by the smartphone and the tablet. These in turn are lorded-over by two competing operating systems familiar to us all, namely Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, which can never be deposed, not even by Microsoft’s millions. Right? Not so. While Apple and Google slug…

By Matt Hanson and Jamie Carter The tech landscape is dominated by the smartphone and the tablet. These in turn are lorded-over by two competing operating systems familiar to us all, namely Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, which can never be deposed, not even by Microsoft’s millions. Right? Not so. While Apple and Google slug…

By Jamie Hinks Intel is upping the ante for PC gamers everywhere by bringing its powerful Iris Pro processor to desktop machines. The fifth-generation LGA-socketed Core processor with Iris Pro integrated graphics was announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and it marks a 100-fold upsurge in graphics compared to where the company…

By James Peckham Back at CES 2015 Acer revealed its new flagship Liquid Jade S and only two months later it has felt the need to come back with an even cheaper version called the Liquid Jade Z. I managed to get a little hands-on time with the device at MWC 2015 and here’s what…

By Jamie Hinks Intel is upping the ante for PC gamers everywhere by bringing its powerful Iris Pro processor to desktop machines. The fifth-generation LGA-socketed Core processor with Iris Pro integrated graphics was announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and it marks a 100-fold upsurge in graphics compared to where the company…

By James Peckham Back at CES 2015 Acer revealed its new flagship Liquid Jade S and only two months later it has felt the need to come back with an even cheaper version called the Liquid Jade Z. I managed to get a little hands-on time with the device at MWC 2015 and here’s what…

By Kyle Russell Those looking to learn the piano have a new option in the form of Keys, a smart keyboard you can connect to your phone to pick up new songs or to your computer to make your own. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Matt Burns There are not many options for computers running the Chrome OS in desktop form. Acer just released a new one and it’s a monster of sorts. Packed inside the svelte box is a powerful little machine that costs nearly double that of other Chromeboxes but sports computing power unheard of from a…

By Darrell Etherington Apple is working on a new, larger iPad as rumored, according to the Wall Street Journal, with suppliers told to gear up for production in the second half of this year. That’s a revised timeline from an earlier plan that targeted the first half of this year, but since the product’s existence…

By Ron Miller As I walked around Mobile World Congress this week, I couldn’t help but notice some big trends. The Internet of Things was certainly top of mind. Vendors are merging mobile into your biggest mobile device: your car. Smart watches are a growing force, but what really caught my attention is that we…

By John McCann While ZTE has a big presence in Asia, it’s yet to break into other markets in the same way, but at the Chinese’s firm booth at MWC 2015 its latest handsets and edging closer to the standards expected from consumers in other territories. A good example of this is the ZTE Star…

By John McCann While ZTE has a big presence in Asia, it’s yet to break into other markets in the same way, but at the Chinese’s firm booth at MWC 2015 its latest handsets and edging closer to the standards expected from consumers in other territories. A good example of this is the ZTE Star…

By Hugh Langley When HTC announced Vive, the virtual reality headset it built with Valve, we suspected that it wouldn’t be the last manufacturer to announce a visor running the SteamVR platform. We’ve been hearing mumblings from sources that more are being worked on from different manufacturers. Further to that, this week Bossa Studios, who…

By Hugh Langley When HTC announced Vive, the virtual reality headset it built with Valve, we suspected that it wouldn’t be the last manufacturer to announce a visor running the SteamVR platform. We’ve been hearing mumblings from sources that more are being worked on from different manufacturers. Further to that, this week Bossa Studios, who…

By Hugh Langley Valve’s spoiled us at this year’s GDC, with Steam Machines, HTC Vive and Source 2 getting us more than a little excited. The company also promised us a look at the final version of the Steam Controller, and while it wasn’t flaunting itself on the show floor, we were invited behind closed…