iPhone 6: Apple could launch new iPhone on 9 September August 5, 2014 Apple is planning a big media event for 9 September when it could reveal the much anticipated iPhone 6. The new iPhone has been widely rumoured for a September launch and Recode reports that Apple has now planned an event for the 9th- just five weeks away. The tech giant has traditionally unveiled its next [...]
Meet the magical computing that puts the human into artificial intelligence August 3, 2014 Think Artificial Intelligence and the first thing that comes to mind is probably robots. Thanks to popular culture, AI is considered distinctly un-human, and can prompt people to worry about the role of technology in our daily lives and who is really in control. However, there’s a new wave of technology fighting to put the [...]
Plain packaging is a losing strategy in the fight against smoking July 30, 2014 In the half-century since the landmark Surgeon General’s Report in the United States that first linked tobacco use to cancer, public-health advocates have made great strides in convincing people to kick the smoking habit–or never pick it up in the first place. The multimedia campaign against smoking continues to rack up successes today, but the [...]
Smartphones soar at Huawei July 29, 2014 HUAWEI, the world’s third largest smartphone maker, saw its smartphone shipments in the first half of 2014 soar 62 per cent year-on-year, as it targeted the more expensive sector dominated by Samsung and Apple. The Chinese company said it had shipped 34.27m smartphones during the period, boosted by the success of its flagship Ascend models [...]
What your business card says about you July 29, 2014 A man pats his slicked back hair as he slides his business card across the table to his colleagues. It’s off-white and the words “Patrick Bateman, Vice President” are embossed on it in a finely etched black font. “Picked ‘em up from the printers yesterday. That’s bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Grail,” [...]
The New York penthouses getting a touch of British style July 29, 2014 In a corner of the Upper East Side of Manhattan, there is a tower that is an homage to quintessential European elegance. The Charles, named for its connotations of quality and regality, stands on First Avenue and 72nd Street, in among international schools, and five star hotels, with Central Park to the west. Each apartment [...]
The Chic Geek’s style advice: wearable tech July 29, 2014 What goes around comes around. And around, and around. Outside of a handful of innovative brands – many of whom you will see on these very pages – fashion is stuck in a continual retro-regurgitation of past styles, lightly polished to look new and desirable each season. In recent times, these cycles have gotten smaller [...]
Huawei smartphone sales up 62pc on success of flagship Ascend and global growth July 29, 2014 Huawei shipped 64.21 million devices in the first half of 2014, 34.27 million of which were smartphones, up 62 per cent on the same time last year. The Chinese smartphone-maker credited the rise to the success of its flagship Ascend models aimed at the mid- to high-end market. It’s biggest launch to date, the Ascend [...]
Apple welcomes back Bitcoin wallet Blockchain to App Store July 29, 2014 Apple's App Store has welcomed back Bitcoin wallet Blockchain following its removal in February. Already available on Android devices, Blockchain launched its new iOS wallet yesterday, which has been “completely rewritten from the ground up with an emphasis on security and usability,” the company said in a press release. Before Apple's unexplained removal of all [...]
Sony is spending £200m so you can take better selfies July 24, 2014 Sony is planning to spend an additional £200m to increase production of the technology found in cameras and used for taking selfies. The Japanese electronics firm is upping production of its CMOS image sensor which is already found in the rear cameras of Apple’s iPhones and other smartphones. Device makers tend to make smartphones with [...]