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Guide to the Windows Store: Finding and installing apps

If you’re looking for new Windows 10-optimized apps that are designed for both desktops and mobile devices, you’ll need to go through the Windows Store. The Store has been completely revamped from its Windows 8 iteration, but it’s not too difficult to navigate (it’s an app store, after all). In the Windows Store you’ll find 10-friendly apps, games, movies, music, …

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BT given green light to buy EE

UK broadband provider BT is to be a mobile network once again. The company’s £12.5 billion acquisition of mobile network EE was approved by the UK’s Competitions and Markets Authority on Friday, and BT expects to close the deal by the end of the month. If you’re a BT customer, its acquisition of EE means you’ll likely see new package …

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Crave giveaway: Casio G

What time is it? Time for the Crave giveaway to hand out a wristwatch. This week we have a tricked-out Casio for the taking. The Casio G-Shock GA110NM is shock-resistant, water-resistant to about 650 feet and includes world times for 29 time zones and 48 cities, among other features. The watch, from Casio’s G-Shock line of tough timepieces, comes in …

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Are extreme

GoPro, darling of the action-cam world, just got the wind knocked out of it. The San Mateo, California, company, which builds sturdy point-of-view cameras used by skydivers, snowboarders and other extreme athletes, has built its reputation on inspiring people to try something crazy. Who wasn’t thrilled by Felix Baumgartner’s skydive from a balloon floating 24 miles above earth? Or a …

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​Why you can’t have everything: The Netflix licensing dilemma

It’s finally happened. Netflix is putting up its digital fences and cutting off VPN users from accessing content from its international catalogues. That means customers in the UK, Australia, US and elsewhere will no longer be able to circumvent ‘geoblocks’ and tap into Netflix’s international library of movies and TV shows, and instead will be forced to use the locally …

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