Troll, alt, delete August 14, 2013 Waging war on the cyber bullies IN BOOK two of Plato’s Republic, Socrates’ sidekick Glaucon attempts to bolster the argument that humans are not intrinsically just by invoking the Ring of Gyges, a myth in which a poor shepherd stumbles upon a magical ring in a cave. The herdsman is astonished to find that he [...]
On your head be it: we road test four of the best headphones August 14, 2013 Sennheiser Momentum £259.99 sennheiser.co.uk In understated black these Sennheiser Momentum headphones deliver a detailed, nicely balanced sound that is perfect for classical and acoustic music. However, for dance music with heavy bass they lack a brutal punch. Beats Executive £269.95 uk.beatsbydre.com The garish branding can make Beats headphones seem a tad tacky but there’s no [...]
Keep busy when the sun goes away August 7, 2013 Summer is rubbish for technology releases. Screens don’t work very well outside, and everyone is too busy lounging on the beach or frolicking in fields to appreciate them, anyway. Thankfully we’ve only got a few weeks more before we’ll be holed up in our freezing flats, shivering and pretending the outside world doesn’t exist. And [...]
Top gadgets to take on your holidays July 31, 2013 Travelling can be far easier if you have the right technology in your suitcase STOCK up on these essential gadgets to avoid the holiday pitfalls of dead batteries, communications black-spots and gigantic roaming charges. 1. Loewe Speaker 2Go £269; currys.co.uk This brilliant portable speaker will connect wirelessly with your phone, giving you top [...]
Top travel apps July 31, 2013 PocketGuide PocketGuide is a fantastic app that allows you to download audio guides of cities across the world. Each individual guide comes with maps, facts, suggested walking tours and audio commentary. If you prefer to just wander aimlessly, the app will use GPS to let you know when you have stumbled across a site of [...]
Don’t get tangled in the web July 24, 2013 Web wizard Andrew MacKay gives his top tips on how to get the most from developers if you’re thinking of taking your business online YOUR website might have been cutting edge in 2003, but with the current rate of technological change, one that’s even a few years old is the modern equivalent of a shop [...]
‘Appy days – App Store at 5 July 17, 2013 Alex Dymoke looks back at the five year history of Apple’s revolutionary online shop THE app was unleashed on the world with a typically smart advertising campaign from Apple. A niggling problem in your daily life? There is, they assured us, an app for that. “A what for what?” was the reaction from most people [...]
Review: The latest generation of MacBook Airs July 17, 2013 Apple has a new MacBook Air and it looks… just like the old one. But there is more going on than meets the eye. Here is the lowdown on how Apple just made the best laptop on the market even better, says Steve Dinneen. ■ Battery life | If this was the only change in [...]
MWC special February 27, 2013 For the last four days, tech giants have been unveiling their latest creations. We pick out the very best 1 Firefox OS Mozilla, of Firefox browser fame, launched a smartphone platform. The UK will see its first Firefox handsets from 2014. Price: tbc, mozilla.org 2 Sony Xperia Tablet Z Sony claims its latest tablet is [...]
Welcome to the greatest mobile phone show in the world February 27, 2013 Once a year, everyone who’s anyone in mobile phones sets up camp in a mammoth conference centre in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress (or MWC to its friends). Think Davos, except rather than being filled with politicians and economists, there are people who have been hired to dress up as a giant phone. The show [...]