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In-App Purchases do not a free game make

Gareth | July 25, 2014 |

After many complaints, and in order to abide by laws set up by the European Commision, Google will no longer be labeling games with in-app purchases (IAP) as free. The complaints are due to children charging up their parent’s credit cards, without parents knowledge, from games that were labeled as free, however offer IAP. As gamers […]

Acer are top of the pops on Chromebooks

Gareth | July 24, 2014 |

Data from global research firm TrendForce claims that Acer has seen the biggest growth in the second quarter shipments of Chrome OS notebooks, jumping 6 percentage points on its performance for the previous quarter. This rise means almost one third of all Chromebook shipments in the last three months were Acer models. The Taiwan-based tech giant now edges ahead of rival Samsung to become the most […]

Google Chromecast hitting Éire

Gareth | July 23, 2014 |

Great news for Chromecast fans from Ireland, Google is now selling Chromecast through Play Store there. Here is the official announcement from Google Play on Google Plus: Ireland, time to play your heart out! Your favorite films are now available on Google Play. Stream hits like +The LEGO Movie instantly on the web or your Android or […]

NVIDIA Shield Tablet leaked online

Gareth | July 22, 2014 |

There have been many rumours of a NVIDIA Android gaming console over the last few weeks. We don’t have anything new to report on that front, but we do have a solid leak regarding NVIDIA’s upcoming gaming Android tablet from one of the most reliable sources, out pal @evleaks.  The NVIDIA Shield Tablet could be […]

Energy Challenge Day 1 – The Set Up

Gareth | July 22, 2014 |

Gareth shows how and where he has installed the energy monitors for the Moneysupermarket.com challenge. From the insertion of the monitor on the live feed to the monitor on the kettle’s plug, Gareth’s dusty setup covers some of the most used item’s around the house. Don’t feed the giraffes.    

The Energy Challenge Unboxing

Gareth | July 20, 2014 |

Gareth has unboxed an efergy Elite Classic Energy Monitor Set for a challenge set by Moneysupermarket.com. Over the next month Gareth will be monitoring this electricity consumption and attempting to make a saving by comparing his results online. In this video Gareth opens up the Elite Classic 3.0 In-Home Energy Monitor and one of two EMS […]

Amazon Fire Glass on the horizon?

Gareth | July 20, 2014 |

Over the weekend, Google’s Babak Parviz let slip  that he is no longer with the search engine giant, he posted image is Amazon’s logo, and the accompanying message reads “status: super excited!” Further investigation sees on his profile section, Parviz confirms the move to Amazon. “Having worked at companies ranging from tiny start-ups to huge corporations […]

Could this be the coolest TV screen ever?

Matt | July 18, 2014 |

From HD resolutions to curved screens, the TV game is always changing. LG has recently announced the latest ground-breaking development in the market, which takes the form of rollable TVs, as the BBC reports. Taking how we tune in to the next level, the paper-thin televisions are so slight they can be rolled into a […]

Google Now jetson update. No I said Google Now gets an update

Gareth | July 17, 2014 |

Google Now is easily the most responsive voice activated software on the planet, however is certainly isn’t flawless. There is still has some learning to do before it can evolve to a higher level of intelligence and require the execution of some called Sarah Connor. As of right now, on the rare occasions when it […]

There are three L’s in this Ballloon

Gareth | July 16, 2014 |

Ballloon is a simple Chrome extension that helps users save pics, pdf files and other web files directly to cloud storages(Dropbox or Google Drive for the moment). With this extension, users don’t need to download their files from Internet first, then upload them back to Internet again. This certainly increases productivity. See how such a […]