I love gadgets with literal names. And they don’t come much more literal than The No Glasses 3D Tablet from US retailer Hammacher Schlemmer. In case you can’t guess what it does… no, I’m not going to insult your intelligence with that. Instead, let’s get to how it works. It’s similar to the Nintendo 3DS in that …
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Right, let’s try this again. Samsung has started sending out a software update for one of its handsets here in the UK, less than a month after it stopped the rollout, the BBC reports. The update brings Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to the Samsung Galaxy S3. The initial update was an unmitigated disaster, with customers complaining that their phones would …
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Google TV may have failed to set the world alight, but that’s not stopping the search giant. It’s set to launch a new assault on your living room next year with an Android-powered set-top box, The Information reports. It’ll be called Nexus TV, and will stream videos from Netflix, Hulu and YouTube. It’ll also play games, the report says, citing …
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LG told us before that its G Flex banana phone wasn’t scheduled to hit the UK. But here’s a sign it could reach us Brits after all, and quite soon as well. Chinese site 3G.cn reports LG has sent out invites to an event in Hong Kong on Tuesday to announce the international rollout of the G Flex, Unwired View …
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Virgin Media’s TV Anywhere app is now available on Android, more than a year after launching on iOS. If you use a Google-powered blower you can now stream live TV and watch on-demand shows on it using the app. It also lets you schedule recordings on your TiVo box while out and about, just like with Sky Go. Unless you’re …
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A handset launched by a group of ex-Nokia employees is now shipping to the UK. If you pre-ordered Jolla — which uses the Sailfish OS, which started life as MeeGo — then your device should be winging its way to you now, TechCrunch reports. If you didn’t pre-order, then it’s less clear-cut when you’ll be able to pick one up. …
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No, not that FIFA, this is football’s official governing body. It’s just launched its own app, with plenty of features for footie fans. But the coolest, and most relevant, is the ability to live stream the draw for this summer’s World Cup, right to your phone or tablet. The draw takes place this Friday in Costa do Sauipe in Bahia, in …
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Hooray! Check out what popped up on my Nexus 4! Sorry — *clears throat, puts on serious journalist voice* — Android 4.4 KitKat is now available for the Nexus 4. If you’ve not seen a notification yet, head to Settings > About phone > System updates, and it should show up. It took a couple of minutes to download, then you …
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Here’s a sobering fact: Out of all the work smart phones in the UK that go missing, over half do so while the owner is out enjoying an alcoholic beverage. That’s according to a report by cloud security firm Trend Micro. Over a quarter (27 per cent) of smart phone users have had up to three work devices lost or …
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The BBC has announced the exact time the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will be broadcast. We already knew the special (titled Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor) would air on 23 November — two weeks yesterday — but now the BBC has set the exact time. And to get your time travelling juices flowing, the beeb has released two …
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