
Apple iPad Mini 4 rumored to launch soon with A8X chip and faster Wi-Fi

When Apple unveiled its new iPad lineup last year, it surprised many by not updating the internals of the iPad Mini 3. Apart from the new color options and the Touch ID sensor, the iPad Mini 3 isn’t very different from its predecessor. However, according to a new rumor from Macotakara, Apple could be working...
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Apple Watch claimed to bring all-day battery life, five hours under heavy usage

Apple is expected to unveil its Apple Watch at the ‘Spring Forward’ event on Monday. However, right before the event, new details on the battery life and other aspects of the smartwatch have arrived courtesy of TechCrunch. According to their sources, Apple has managed to tweak and optimize the software on the Apple Watch to...
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Google claimed to be working on an Android VR platform

As seen at Mobile World Congress and Game Developers Conference recently, VR is definitely getting big and more manufacturers are jumping in the virtual reality bandwagon. Google is said to be betting big on the virtual reality segment as well and is reportedly working on an Android platform for virtual reality headsets. According to The...
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Gigabyte launches new GeForce GTX 960 cards with 4GB VRAM

After Inno3D, Gigabyte too has now launched two new GeForce GTX 960 cards with 4GB of video memory. The two new 4GB GTX 960 cards are the N960WF20C-4GD (WindForce 2X), and the N960G1 GAMING-4GD (G1 Gaming). The G1 Gaming graphics card comes with a base clock speed of 1241 MHz and a boost clock speed...
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Microsoft Office 2016 Preview for Mac now available for download

Mac users that aren’t inclined to use any productivity suites other than the one that comes from Microsoft will be happy to know Office 2016 is available for preview. The last version office available for Mac was 2011, and it’s about time Microsoft reward its loyal Mac users with an upgrade. Before people need fork...
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Gigabyte unveils new X99 Champion series motherboards

Gigabyte today announced the new X99 Champion series of motherboards targeted at the high-performance market. A total of four new motherboards were announced today – X99-Gamung 5P, X99- UD4P, X99-UD3P, and the X99-SOC Champion. All of the X99 Champion series motherboards come with a tested and proven platform to ensure proper compatibility with the latest...
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Ozone Gaming launches new Strike Battle compact mechanical gaming keyboard

Ozone Gaming today revealed its latest mechanical keyboard aimed at the gaming community. The Strike Battle is one of the coolest looking compact mechanical gaming keyboards you will find. The Strike Battle features a compact and ergonomic design that lets you free up space on your desk. Most mechanical gaming keyboards are quite a lot...
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uTorrent client found to be secretly mining bitcoins on your PC

Popular BitTorrent client uTorrent has been found to secretly install a cryptocurrency miner on user’s PCs and utilize the user’s CPU cycles. To mine Bitcoins. The latest version uTorrent (3.4.2) apparently includes ‘Epic Scale’, a bitcoin miner that helps generate revenue for uTorrent. As expected, this led to severe backlash from users who downloaded...
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In Congo, solar powered traffic robocops are helping direct traffic

While it may still take a few more years or perhaps decades for the world to get real ‘Robocops’, authorities in Congo have started using solar powered robot cops to help manage traffic at busy intersections in the country’s capital city Kinshasa. Traffic in Kinshasa is quite chaotic and drivers are often seen breaking rules....
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Xiaomi found to have pre-installed Malware on its Mi4 flagship smartphone

A lot of our readers will remember that Xiaomi was part of a huge controversy last year when a few Xiaomi smartphones were found stealing user data and sending user data to Chinese servers. Well, it looks like yet another controversy awaits Xiaomi as Bluebox, a San Francisco based mobile-security company has found that Xiaomi’s...
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Students design plastic recycler to make 3D-printing super cheap

A couple of forward-thinking engineering students from the University of British Columbia have put together a little machine that grinds up used plastics and turn them into usable filaments for 3D-printing. It’s called the ProtoCycler, and it’ll generate a kilogram spool of filament for free (negating the cost of electricity of course) if you have...
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Google’s experimental wireless service tipped as Nexus 6-limited at first

Pretty much confirmed at MWC, “the Nexus” of virtual networks will likely work by mixing Wi-Fi with T-Mobile and Sprint connections. What started out as an outlandish rumor of a service expansion from Google that made zero sense is now a simple question of time. And if Wall Street Journal’s typically well-informed sources are correct,...
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Sony stops updating flagship phones ‘for the sake of it’, but Xperia Z4 is close-by

Instead of setting a fixed six-month or full-year release cycle, company officials want to go with the flow and let the market dictate when it’s time for a new spearhead. As expected, the just-completed 2015 Mobile World Congress was a jam-packed event, allowing Google to go for Apple’s jugular from two separate directions. The iPhone...
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Finally, a little Lollipop lovin’ for Samsung’s rugged Galaxy S5 Active

We’re about to lose count of all the Samsung Galaxies brought up to date software-wise… at least in certain parts of the world. For a smartphone with essentially the same internals as the Galaxy S5, same exact display and overall performance capabilities, just a different outer shell, it sure took the S5 Active a while...
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Samsung Galaxy S6 apparently priced higher than HTC One M9 and iPhone 6

T-Mobile seemingly slipped and revealed the “approximate retail value” of a GS6 stateside – $699. HTC will have a hard time defending its exceedingly prudent choice of a Full HD screen for the One M9 over the Quad HD standard everyone from Samsung to LG is currently aspiring to. Then again, maybe this will give...
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HTC’s One M9 snubbed the Quad HD trend, but the One E9 may not be able to resist it

Primarily aimed at Asian markets, the ultra-high-res flagship is also expected to swap the Snapdragon 810 processor for a MediaTek. HTC’s short and medium-term future plans are a little hard to decrypt at the moment, both on the smartphone and wearable fronts. As far as the latter goes, the company’s very own CEO once again...
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New display printing technique allows anyone to make flashy gadgets

A new form of personal ‘display printing’ technique could revolutionize the gadget industry, as we know it. Saarbrucken computer scientists have developed a new method for printing out customized displays on just about any materials using a special type of electroluminescent ink. The ink lights up when an electric current is applied, but what makes...
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Steam-like engine could help man colonize Mars

A steam engine derivative could possibly enable human beings to colonize other planets. Researchers from Northumbria Unversity in Newcastle are looking at the possibility of leveraging what’s known as the Leidenfrost effect to create engines that work a bit like a steam engine, but much cooler. The Leidenfrost effect is a phenomenon observed when a...
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UK scientists develop toilet that generates electricity from urine

Scientists in the UK have developed a toilet that generates electricity using urine as one of the ingredients. The “green” toilet reportedly uses what’s referred to as microbial fuel cells, or MFC, to help break down the urine, resulting in usable electricity which is collected and stored on a capacitor on the MFC. “The microbial fuel...
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Logitech’s new G303 Daedalus Apex Performance Edition Gaming Mouse goes official

Logitech today unveiled its new G303 Daedalus Apex Performance Edition game mouse that has been designed based on feedback the company received from the gaming and eSports community. The mouse features Logitech’s G exclusive Delta Zero optical sensor technology for precision targeting and a metal spring button tensioning system. Logitech is claiming that the G303...
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