OneDrive launches with auto camera backup and Dropbox-style rewards

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... ds-1226056

Microsoft outs Office Online to replace Office Web Apps

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... ps-1226735

Elon Musk: Tesla Will Be First With Autonomous Driving; Admits To Apple Meeting

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/20 ... e-meeting/

Elon Musk - because she loves it

It’s The 35th Anniversary Of ALIEN, And Here Comes A Derelict Load Of Awesomeness To Commemorate!! Our First Ripley Figure!! Hallmark Ornaments!! More!!



http://www.aintitcool.com/node/66246

Apple bought years' worth of sapphire screens, reveals Canonical CEO

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... ns-1226813

There were loads of rumours about this recently and if they have bought up that many screens it shows that is one feature that we can be sure of in the next iPhone.

Galaxy S5: Samsung bets on fitness and fingerprint sensors to beat Apple

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2 ... beat-apple

I use a Withings Pulse for a pedometer and that is considerably lighter than having to carry a phone all the time. Plus I can use mine in my sleep.

The ability to pay for things with a finger swipe is useful but since I cannot be as sure that my phone is more secure than my computer I still prefer to use my computer to make payments.

I'm not convinced of the use of a heart sensor in this manner for most people. There are occasional reasons why you might want a 'spot' heart rate reading, but not many of them are part of most people's daily lives. For people who are interested in monitoring heart rate as part of a fitness regime, having a single unit measure at the end of an activity is significantly less use than having frequent samples of heart rate while performing an activity. The fact they've upgraded the Gear with heart monitoring tech is a pretty good idea but slapping a heart rate sampler on the back of someone's phone really isn't much practical use at all.

I'm finding the use of a phone as a pedometer to be 'better than nothing' but if the fitbit flex I was using hadn't turned out to be woefully inaccurate I'd also much rather prefer one of those kind of devices as a solution. That' why I'm paying attention to the likes of the Razer Nabu and Jaybird Reign.

These kind of functions need to be in wearable discrete tech, not in a whopping great phone that barely fits in your pocket.

Scottish model railway exhibition – in pictures



http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gall ... n-pictures

Wi-Fi Direct: what it is and why you should care

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... re-1065449

Anyone here used it?
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Storage wars: do we really need microSD cards in our phones?

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... s--1219436

My phone certainly needs one but only because apps are so ridiculously bloated these days. And yes, I do suspect it helps to crash my phone far too often, but try getting the right combination of features and cost without a bank loan... Bigger internal storage would be great but I'm still liable to plug the phone into a computer anyway.
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Hands on: Blackphone review

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones ... 305/review
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A smartphone battery that lasts a week? Never gonna happen, says Qualcomm

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... mm-1228900

I'll settle for quick charging in the meantime, but I want wireless everything and I wanted it over a decade ago!

What a crock of crap!

What happened to loading things into RAM from slow storage?

And as for uploading it to the cloud - I'm going to stream a video over 3G every time I want to see it am I?

Bollocks.

Google's modular phone ambitions just took a giant step forward

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... rd-1229127

Re Wifi Direct.

As long as you can be secure it would make a lot more sense. Since all my passport devices are local it would make sense to sync them all locally automatically without having to resort to drop box or the cloud.

Virgin Media boosts user speeds, but you need to ask for your upgrade

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... ll-1229941
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PlayStation Gold Wireless Stereo Headset review

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio- ... 917/review

Gonna read that in a minute, potential noise-cancelling goodness!
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Sharing is caring: Valve Steam Family Sharing now available

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/sh ... le-1229931
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BBC iPlayer download store gets green light ahead of major service revamp

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... mp-1229900

Love the 30 day limit, but I can almost guarantee that it'll run like a dead dog for months and wipe my favourites for no apparent reason - it's already a shambles on the PS3 at times.
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Tesla plans $5 billion 'gigafactory' for car batteries

http://www.techradar.com/news/car-tech/ ... es-1229810

'We're invading where?'

'They've got electricity!'
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If you're on Three then you now have 4G
But only if you have the right phone in the right place

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... 4g-1229649