Articles for January 2015

What are buyers to do when they dislike the Mac OS X, the closed approach of Apple but want something like a Macbook Air on the hardware side? Well look towards the Samsung range of laptops, of course, especially the latest Samsung Ativ Book 9. ... Read more

Seagate is looking to make storage sexy. They have designed, developed and manufactured a portable drive that is just 7 millimeters thin with a 100 percent stainless steel enclosure that just gleams. The drive capacity is small at 500 GB. ... Read more

For owners of a Hyundai vehicle, there are benefits of ownership. These include using an iOS or Android app to control some aspects of the vehicle systems. Now an Android Wearable app will let smart watch owners use voice commands to do the same. ... Read more

When is a phone brand dead? In the case of the venerable Palm with its original Palm Treo and other early keyboard phones some of which were internet enabled, the time may be ripe for a resurrection of this much loved brand. ... Read more

In the battle for smartphone supremacy this holiday season the Apple iPhone 6 was crowned winner in the Flurry Christmas sales report. 51 percent of new devices activated at X'mas were iPhone 6. Samsung grabbed 17 percent and 5.8 percent for Nokia. ... Read more

You would be forgiven for not having heard of Xiaomi. They make smart phones. 61 million phones in 2014. They now hold No. 4 position in smartphone market share. Xiaomi mostly sell in their native China, but now they're expanding internationally. ... Read more

Chromebooks have traditionally been in the lower-powered range of PCs with the Chrome OS, Google apps and a slimmed down profile. Now Acer are about to release the Chromebook 15 with 1080p display, 256GB SSD and supporting the latest Wi-Fi standard. ... Read more

LG are revealing their G Flex 2 model at the upcoming CES 2015 trade show. Posters revealing the bendy G Flex 2 model are already adorning the hallways where the trade show is going to be held. ... Read more

Alcatel has unveiled the OneTouch Pixi 3 in multiple models where the large models offer three operating systems within a single smartphone. Whether you want the Android OS, Firefox OS or Windows Phone OS, the Pixi 3 range has you covered. ... Read more

A new Samsung Galaxy Note (an upgraded Galaxy Note 4) is to be released by the Korean electronics maker which will support much faster 4G LTE internet speeds. The model will include Tri-Band support via LTE Advanced supporting 450 mbits downstream. ... Read more

The Windows Phone is in a tricky position. The original Windows CE which ran on small devices a few years ago never really took off and the revived Windows Phone operating system which resembles the Windows 8.x Start screen has never been popular. ... Read more

What does Microsoft plan to do after Windows 10? Will there be a Windows 11? Is this really the last version of Windows? Find the answers to these questions and more. ... Read more

Microsoft is expected to reveal the first Consumer Preview of Windows 10 and how it will interact with and perofrm across various platforms at a "Next Chapter" event on January 21st, 2015. ... Read more

In a new development in smarter charging a company in the UK, Be Upp, has created a portable hydrogen power bank. Rather than have to remember to recharge the power bank just swap out a spent hydrogen cartridge for a replacement from the company. ... Read more

Dropbox has a few neat little tricks that the service has to offer which not every user is aware of. Here are some of those which can help make files easier to access, choose which folders to sync and get the IP address for a missing device. ... Read more