UK government wants to bring 3G and 4G coverage to London Tubes
In
the future, you might be able to tweet, read your emails and stream
music on the London Underground without using Virgin Media's WiFi
service. As part of new proposals to boost the capital's economy, the UK
government has revealed its desire to br... Read More ...
23andMe gets FDA approval, but only to test rare Bloom syndrome
For
over a year now, 23andMe has been effectively banned from offering its
US customers health-related genetic tests. The company is still selling
its personal DNA kits, but the information it can provide is limited to
ancestry-related reports and ra... Read More ...
A video game for the socially anxious
Italian
developers Sebastiano Morando and Francesco Lanciai didn't set out to
make a game about social anxiety disorder when they created Sym. That
idea spawned from the drawing of a character, a black figure with one
eye disintegrating into a stark ... Read More ...
Formula E adds extra race to season climax at London's Battersea Park
The
UK's Donington Park racetrack was chosen as the official home of
Formula E last year, so it was only fitting that the final race of the
inaugural championship be held in Blighty, too. The plan has always been
to close out the season in London, bu... Read More ...
The top 10 wearables you can buy right now
This
year's CES was awash in wearables and while many of them took the form
of wrist-worn fitness trackers and smartwatches, the genre has expanded
beyond the basics. While some iOS users may be holding out for the Apple
Watch in April, there's still... Read More ...
SIM card maker Gemalto investigates spy agencies' hack attack
When
word of a savvy hack conducted by agents of two intelligence agencies
against SIM maker Gemalto broke yesterday, company representatives
seemed to be caught completely off-guard. Now, with egg on its face and a
security backlash in the offing, G... Read More ...
Carphone Warehouse staff will help you choose the best network for your area
Now
that Phones4u is no more, Carphone Warehouse is one of the few
independent retailers selling mobile phone contracts in the UK. With
mounting competition from dedicated carrier stores, the company hopes to
stand apart by offering its customers bet... Read More ...
Apple Watch might target the fashion crowd in high-end Paris stores
How
do you make a smartwatch appeal to the fashion set? By bringing it into
their natural habitat: Ridiculously expensive retailers in fashion
hubs. French news sites are reporting (via 9to5Mac) that Apple is
setting up booths for the Apple Watch wit... Read More ...
Settlers of Catan to be made into a movie or TV show
Settlers
of Catan was perhaps the first board game I ever played that made me
think board games were cool. The goal? To rule the fictional island of
Catan. In order to do this, you build roads, settlements and cities with
resources like brick, wood, ... Read More ...
Samsung plays it straight in latest 'Next Galaxy' tease
Curved
or straight? Samsung's Galaxy S6 or whatever-its-called could be both,
as the latest teaser shows a straight edged phone, when another from
last week flaunted some curves. It boasted about the model being
"crafted from the beautiful things I s... Read More ...
The owner of music's most influential sample is finally getting paid
The
"Amen break" is arguably the most important 6 seconds of music ever
recorded. With the popularization of sampling, the 4-bar drum solo
(originally from The Winstons' 1969 track "Amen, Brother") become a
mainstay of early hip hop, before being spe... Read More ...
The Big Picture: Astronauts pilot a jetpack in virtual reality
Astronauts
can't waste their jetpacks' fuel horsing around, lest they run into
trouble, Gravity-style. Instead, they practice on board the ISS with a
chunky laptop strapped to their head -- for real. That laptop runs a
virtual reality simulator throu... Read More ...
Google mobile search highlights the freshest news stories
If
you've performed a search with the Google box on your mobile device
today, you might've noticed something a bit different in the results.
When you make a query for a topic, now it'll populate results with a
rotating carousel of the "freshest and m... Read More ...
BlackBerry's latest update brings Amazon Appstore to its phones
All
BlackBerry 10 phones will soon get features previously available on the
BB Classic only, thanks to the platform's latest update. One of the
most notable changes is the addition of Amazon's Appstore, giving users
access to a bevy of Android apps. ... Read More ...
Uber gets a second shot in Spain as a food delivery service
Uber
still can't operate as a car-hailing service in Spain after being
banned last year, but there's apparently no stopping it from bringing
its other offerings into the country. So, the company has launched an
on-demand food delivery service in Barc... Read More ...
Wearable banana shows your heart rate and is still edible (sort of)
Cleverly
folding in this weekend's Tokyo Marathon with the current appetite for
fruit-named wearables, here's some advertising silliness from fruit
moguls Dole: the wearable banana. Underneath the skin, there's an array
of LEDS that beam out enough r... Read More ...
Every single episode of 'CSI' hits Hulu Plus exclusively this April
You
read that headline right: Every episode of the wildly popular CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation and all its spin-offs are coming exclusively
to Hulu Plus. As the Hulu blog tells it, over 300 episodes of the
series'll appear on the streaming service ... Read More ...
YouTube 'Kids' app makes it easier to pacify the little ones
YouTube
is launching a new app (initially on Android phones and tablets) that
will run only kid-friendly content. YouTube Kids -- home run right there
-- will field age-appropriate videos of cats, Minecraft, Thomas the
Tank Engine and other things wh... Read More ...
Apple will fix your older MacBook Pro's video problems for free
Did
you snag a MacBook Pro before 2014 only to run into corrupted video, no
video at all or spontaneous reboots? You won't have to shell out for a
fix if you're out of warranty. After more than a year of reports, Apple
is launching a repair program t... Read More ...
Daily Roundup: build your own PC, Lenovo adware and more!
Are
you thinking about putting together a new PC? Check out our handy guide
to help get started. In other news, some Lenovo PCs have been found
shipping with factory-installed adware, Sony could scrap its mobile
business and a new lawsuit filed again... Read More ...
Bloomberg: Apple has 200 working on a car it can launch by 2020
In
today's Apple Car rumor update, Bloomberg has chimed in with sources
spouting more knowledge about the "Titan" electric vehicle project
supposedly under way in Cupertino. According to the report, the team is
up to about 200 people, with experts on... Read More ...
Geeksphone's wearable tracks sexual performance, other boring stuff
Geeksphone,
the company behind a dual-OS handset and the ultra-secure Blackphone,
is trying its hand at wearables. The upcoming Geeksme band appears to be
rather smartwatch-esque with a circular OLED display framed by 12
bi-color LEDs, tracking steps... Read More ...
US and UK spy agencies stole the secrets keeping your phone secure
You
might not have heard the name "Gemalto" before, but you almost
certainly have one of their products in your pocket. As the world's
largest maker of SIM cards, it's a company that's directly responsible
for making sure your cell phone connects to ... Read More ...
Impossible's Instant Lab printer now works with almost any smartphone
As
the saying goes, the best camera is the one that's with you. For most
of us that's a smartphone, so the traditions of printing and sharing
physical photos have slowly fallen by the wayside. To bridge the growing
analog-digital divide, Polaroid exp... Read More ...
Booty drum turns twerking into 'music'
NSFW.... Read More ...
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