By Darrell Etherington Apple’s upcoming wearable still prompts a lot of questions, not least of which is how long it will last on a full charge of its battery. A new report form 9to5Mac suggests that Apple is looking at a smartwatch that will offer 2.5 hours of continuous use for processor-intensive applications like games,…

By John Biggs We’re back after a long break and I bet you missed our mugs on TC’s Fly or Die. This week we present the Jamstik+, a surprisingly cool little musical instrument that immediately got Jordan a-humming and a-strumming. You can take a closer look at the Jamstik+ here but, generally, you’re looking at…

By Matt Burns It will soon be easier to drive an EV along both coasts in the U.S. Thanks to a new partnership with ChargePoint, BMW and VW, hundreds of charging stations will be placed strategically along the East and West Coast of America. This will create a network allowing drivers to travel between Portland…

By Darrell Etherington The new design and branding are intended to be more appealing to traditional homeowners looking for something more appropriate for their existing decor, and less sci-fi – and there have been functional improvements to the product to boot. All told, the Ring has proven itself a terrific addition to my connected home…

By Sarah Dealtum Happy Thursday! It’s nearly the weekend and to celebrate we’ve got more daily deals for you! Today we’ve got some cheap smartphones, TVs, cameras, headphones, tablets, portable hard drives and more! Let’s kick off with some excellent portable bargains? If you’re after a smartphone AND a camera, why not get both in…

By Desire Athow Cloud storage company BackBlaze has published the second edition of its annual hard drive failure report which analyses, dissects and determines the failure rates for spinning HDDs it purchased. Many used the first report, issued last year, as a benchmark to determine the most reliable drive to buy. HGST and Seagate were…

By Desire Athow Cloud storage company BackBlaze has published the second edition of its annual hard drive failure report which analyses, dissects and determines the failure rates for spinning HDDs it purchased. Many used the first report, issued last year, as a benchmark to determine the most reliable drive to buy. HGST and Seagate were…

By John Biggs As a wannabe guitarist, I find that the hardest thing to do is sit down and actually play guitar. When I first saw the Jamstik, a six-fret mini electronic guitar, I was impressed. It was about as big as a sub bun and featured strings that never had to be tuned. To…

By Darrell Etherington Amazon has a new tool for its Kindle Direct Publishing authors, via a new KDP EDU wing of the same aimed at educators and academic institutions. It’s called the Kindle Textbook Creator, and it lets authors prepare electronic textbooks for students, for publication across Fire tablets, Android devices, iPhones and iPads, Mac…

By Dave James Introduction The GPU sweet spot. That’s how Nvidia is referring to its new mid-range Maxwell card, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960. The bare minimum. That’s how we’re going to be referring to it. Nvidia has released the GeForce GTX 960 as the necessary replacement for the last remaining Kepler-based graphics card in…

By Dave James Introduction The GPU sweet spot. That’s how Nvidia is referring to its new mid-range Maxwell card, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960. The bare minimum. That’s how we’re going to be referring to it. Nvidia has released the GeForce GTX 960 as the necessary replacement for the last remaining Kepler-based graphics card in…

By Ben Stinson Introduction and design If you’d looked at the smartphones available on the market available 18 months ago, those with a minimal budget would have had a limited choice consisting of the highly-commended original Motorola Moto G, or a range of low-spec Android handsets from Huawei, Alcatel or Samsung. Following the success of…

By Lily Prasuethsut We’ve been waiting for a Microsoft virtual reality something or other for awhile now and finally during the Windows 10 event, we were introduced to the HoloLens – which apparently is neither VR or even augmented reality but “high definition holograms” according to chief inventor Alex Kipman. But what does that even…

By Lily Prasuethsut We’ve been waiting for a Microsoft virtual reality something or other for a while now and finally, during the Windows 10 event, we were introduced to the HoloLens, which is neither VR or even augmented reality but “high definition holograms” according to Chief Inventor Alex Kipman. But what does that even mean?…

By Alex Wilhelm At an event held for the media at its corporate campus in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft unveiled HoloLens, a face computer that blends holographs into your world using see-through lenses. After the morning’s keynote wrapped, the company guided the accumulated technology press through a series of demos using non-final hardware and software. And…