If you’re taking your life in your hands by using a knock-off charger to power up your iPhone, Apple is offering to swap it for a proper one. Following a spate of dangerous incidents involving chargers and batteries built by third-party manufacturers to work with the iPhone and other smart phones, Apple is launching the …
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BlackBerry Messenger for Android is coming to Samsung Galaxy phones first — if you’re in Africa. Samsung Africa spilled the beans, revealing that the new BlackBerry Messenger app will become part of the Samsung Messenger Hub. The BBM app will be available “soon” for Galaxy phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S4 across Africa, for free from the Google Play Store …
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Fresh from having a few pops at Apple fans, Samsung is aiming its wand at Harry Potter in an ad for the Galaxy S4. Bang up to date with its cultural references, Samsung showcases the magical abilities of the S4 and its gesture controls in a new Korean advert. Sorry Potter sees a young Samsung fan joins the ranks of …
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Samsung via Crave UK Make a Note in your calendar: the new Samsung Galaxy Note will be unveiled on September 4. Invitations have been sent to press for an announcement on that date, the tagline ‘Note the date’ giving a clanging clue as to what we can expect. Like the two previous generations of Note phablets, the Note 3 will …
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Make a Note in your calendar: the new Samsung Galaxy Note will be unveiled on 4 September. Invitations have been sent to press for an announcement on that date, the tagline ‘Note the date’ giving a clanging clue as to what we can expect. Like the two previous generations of Note phablets, the Note 3 will be unveiled at annual …
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4K isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? 6K. Yes, a Red camera capable of shooting 6K video makes high definition look like a flickbook. The Dragon sensor from cutting-edge camera company Red records video at an eye-poppingly detailed 6,000×3,000-pixel resolution — ten times more than 1080p HD footage. If it was a stills camera, the Red Dragon would be a …
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Enter, stranger! 1980s fantasy favourite Knightmare is back, donning the Helmet of Justice and dispatching stars of Harry Potter and Peep Show to the greenscreen dungeon on YouTube today. Ohhhh, naaaasty… The 1980s and 90s Children’s ITV show has been revived for YouTube’s Geek Week, with Peep Show‘s Isy Sutie and Harry Potter star Jessie Cave joining original characters Lord …
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The BBC and Sky are teaming up to promote 4K ultra high definition television with a ‘UHD ready’ sticker. A new group of 4K fans, the UHD-Forum, is headed by industry body Digital TV Group along with representatives from Sky and Auntie Beeb. Other members include broadcasters and standards bodies like the Digital Production Partnership and the Forum for Advanced …
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Porsche is back in the driving seat with BlackBerry once again, the pair hitting the road with a new phone rumoured to be called the P’9982. Yes, they’re still doing the stoopid apostrophe thing. Appearing in leaked photos, the alleged new phone appears to be essentially a BlackBerry Z10, wrapped in what appears to be leather and aluminium. It appears …
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It’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for: the next Doctor will materialise live on television in a Doctor Who special this weekend. If it feels different this time, it’s because it’s the first time the Doctor has been announced live on TV. Zoe Ball — you were expecting someone else? –presents the half-hour show on BBC One …
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