Allura Alforsdotter

Allura Alforsdotter

The Next Front Of Wearables

The Next Front Of Wearables

By Erez Podoly In 2014, Nike abandoned its FuelBand fitness tracker and Sergey Brin “left his Google Glass in his car.” In 2015, Apple will launch its iWatch and Sony will enter the eyewear space. More kinds of wearables were introduced in CES 2015, just to leave us wondering whether what happens in Vegas stays…

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Music Unlimited no more – Sony links with Spotify for PlayStation Music

Music Unlimited no more – Sony links with Spotify for PlayStation Music

By Marc Chacksfield Sony and Spotify are set to team up to offer ‘a best-in-class music experience’ on PlayStation – a move which marks the end of Music Unlimited. The partnership will finally mean that Spotify is heading to PlayStation but it will power PlayStation Music, rather than come in the form of its own…

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Unlimited no more – Sony links with Spotify for PlayStation Music

Unlimited no more – Sony links with Spotify for PlayStation Music

By Marc Chacksfield Sony and Spotify are set to team up to offer ‘a best-in-class music experience’ on PlayStation – a move which marks the end of Music Unlimited. The partnership will finally mean that Spotify is heading to PlayStation but it will power PlayStation Music, rather than coming in the form of its own…

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Review: Brother MFC-J5720DW Business Smart inkjet printer review

Review: Brother MFC-J5720DW Business Smart inkjet printer review

By Gary Marshall Introduction Introduction The MFC-J5720DW is the king of Brother’s newly refreshed small office/home office range, with a list of features that could fill its 580-sheet paper capacity. It offers duplex printing, A3, scanning, copying and faxing, wired, wireless and USB connectivity and uses high capacity cartridges that promise to cut the often…

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Review: Brother MFC-J5720DW Business Smart inkjet printer

Review: Brother MFC-J5720DW Business Smart inkjet printer

By Gary Marshall Introduction and performance The MFC-J5720DW is the king of Brother’s newly refreshed small office/home office range, with a list of features that could fill its 580-sheet paper capacity. It offers duplex printing, A3, scanning, copying and faxing, wired, wireless and USB connectivity and uses high capacity cartridges that promise to cut the…

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Review: Brother MFC-J5720DW Business Smart inkjet printer

Review: Brother MFC-J5720DW Business Smart inkjet printer

By Gary Marshall Introduction and performance The MFC-J5720DW is the king of Brother’s newly refreshed small office/home office range, with a list of features that could fill its 580-sheet paper capacity. It offers duplex printing, A3, scanning, copying and faxing, wired, wireless and USB connectivity and uses high capacity cartridges that promise to cut the…

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New DJI Drone Firmware Will Prevent White House Joy Rides, Border Drug Runs

New DJI Drone Firmware Will Prevent White House Joy Rides, Border Drug Runs

By Darrell Etherington Popular consumer drone-maker DJI is using firmware to fight some potential abuses of its hobbyist hardware, with an update that will prevent its Phantom 2-series drones from being able to fly onto the White House lawn, or carry drugs across country borders. This ones after an unauthorized drone made its way to…

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Metromile Launches Uber Car Insurance Where Drivers Only Pay For Personal Miles

Metromile Launches Uber Car Insurance Where Drivers Only Pay For Personal Miles

By Josh Constine Uber covers drivers with $1 million of insurance when they’re on the job, but they still have to buy personal car insurance even if they hardly drive off-the-job. But now, Metromile and Uber have developed a seamless personal/commercial per-mile car insurance plan for Uber drivers that uses a cellular gadget that plugs…

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Ilan Abehassera Teases Insensi, A Device For Long-Distance Families

Ilan Abehassera Teases Insensi, A Device For Long-Distance Families

By Romain Dillet There is not much to say about Insensi just yet. I met the company’s founder Ilan Abehassera in Paris two weeks ago, and he gave me a few hints about his very secretive startup. First, it’s a hardware startup based in New York. Second, he hired a team of all-star engineers. Third,…

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TC Droidcast Episode 35: The Nexus 6 With Touch ID That Might Have Been

TC Droidcast Episode 35: The Nexus 6 With Touch ID That Might Have Been

By Darrell Etherington We venture into the glorious Land of Speculation today to ponder what a Nexus 6 with a fingerprint reader would’ve been like, after former Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside revealed one was planned but then scrapped after Apple acquired AuthenTec to provide the basis for Touch ID. We also discuss Android gaming on…

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Review: Philips BDM4065UC review

Review: Philips BDM4065UC review

By Jeremy Laird Introduction and specs Ten years. It’s a staggeringly long time in tech. Back in 2005, you’d be looking at a dual-core Intel Pentium D and its craptastic NetBurst architecture. On the graphics side, it’s Nvidia GeForce 6800 and 16 pixel pipes. Wowee. As for storage, the notion of an SSD wasn’t even…

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Review: Philips BDM4065UC review

Review: Philips BDM4065UC review

By Jeremy Laird Introduction and specs Ten years. It’s a staggeringly long time in tech. Back in 2005, you’d be looking at a dual-core Intel Pentium D and its craptastic NetBurst architecture. On the graphics side, it’s Nvidia GeForce 6800 and 16 pixel pipes. Wowee. As for storage, the notion of an SSD wasn’t even…

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OneGuide brings new TV tricks to Aussie Xbox Ones

OneGuide brings new TV tricks to Aussie Xbox Ones

By Rob Edwards Is lifting your remote in order to escape the repulsive swamp of reality TV just too much effort? Well, your Xbox One‘s new features are here to help you put all of that behind you. The Australian public preview of OneGuide on Xbox One is now underway, bringing some new functionality to…

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Apple Sells 5.5 Million Macs In Q1 2015

Apple Sells 5.5 Million Macs In Q1 2015

By Jordan Crook Apple sold 5.5 million Macs over the holiday quarter (ending December 28), according to the company’s Q1 2015 earnings report released today. Analysts estimated that Apple would sell 5.68 million Macs this quarter, putting the electronics maker just under estimates but still showing growth YOY. With this past quarter’s 5.5 million units…

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Apple Beats In Q1 2015 With $74.6B Revenue, $18B Profit And $3.06 EPS

Apple Beats In Q1 2015 With $74.6B Revenue, $18B Profit And $3.06 EPS

By Romain Dillet Apple has just released its fiscal Q1 2015 earnings, reporting $74.6 billion in revenue, $18 billion in net profit representing $3.06 per share. Compared to the year-ago quarter, it corresponds to a growth of 29.5 percent in revenue, and 47.8 percent in EPS (adjusted for the 7-for-1 split). Fortune’s consensus among analysts…

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