Twitter will stream its first eSports competition, starting today

Twitter will stream its first eSports competition, starting today

It’s no Twitch, but Twitter this weekend will live stream its first eSports competition on its service, thanks to a partnership with Eleague. Twitter will provide live coverage of the organization’s semifinals and championship held today and tomorrow in Atlanta, where teams will be playing Valve’s “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Game.” The first semifinal takes place today at […]

This is (very likely) the new Samsung Gear VR

This is (very likely) the new Samsung Gear VR

As Samsung prepares to launch its next-gen phablet extraordinaire, the Note 7, at its special event this upcoming Tuesday, the leaks are continuing to flow. Today, photos of the new Gear VR were leaked from leaker OnLeaks (h/t 9to5Google). The device is reportedly going to be sporting a USB Type-C connection which corroborates reports that the new Note 7 will […]

HTC Vive now £70 more pricey in the UK, thanks to Brexit

HTC Vive now £70 more pricey in the UK, thanks to Brexit

The impacts of the U.K.’s Brexit vote to leave the European Union will undoubtedly be playing out for years and years to come. But here’s one short term effect: the HTC Vive VR headset is now £70 more expensive — rising from its original pricing of £689 to £759 (+ P&P) from today. In a blog post HTC blames […]

HTC Vive now £70 more pricey in the UK, thanks to Brexit

HTC Vive now £70 more pricey in the UK, thanks to Brexit

The impacts of the U.K.’s Brexit vote to leave the European Union will undoubtedly be playing out for years and years to come. But here’s one short term effect: the HTC Vive VR headset is now £70 more expensive — rising from its original pricing of £689 to £759 (+ P&P) from today. In a blog post HTC blames […]

PokeFit gives Pokemon Go a real-time fitness dashboard on Android

PokeFit gives Pokemon Go a real-time fitness dashboard on Android

Pokemon Go is definitely big enough to start generating its own ecosystem, and one new Android app hints at how far things could go beyond simply crafting a better Pokedex. PokeFit gives PoGo trainers a dashboard overlaid on their game screen to track play time, distance travelled, steps walked and energy burned. PokeFit, from P3 communications, […]

Move over Android, iOS also has a fragmentation problem

Move over Android, iOS also has a fragmentation problem

If you mention fragmentation, people’s minds instantly go to Android, where developers have to cater for tens of thousands of devices from over a thousand makers, and the problem is getting so bad that big names are dropping support for all but the most popular Android devices. But fragmentation is also a growing problem for […]

iPhone, iPad and Mac sales are down, but Apple only cares about services now

iPhone, iPad and Mac sales are down, but Apple only cares about services now

Apple just reported its Q3 2016 earnings, and investors are sending its stock through the roof. While the company managed to beat analysts’ expectations, Apple is selling fewer iPhones, iPads and Macs than last year during the same period. The long period of endless growth on all product lines is definitely over. In particular, Apple […]

Ep. 94: One Billion Reasons Not to Use Someone Else’s Photos + more!

Ep. 94: One Billion Reasons Not to Use Someone Else’s Photos + more!

Nikon Singapore posted an announcement on its Facebook page yesterday, congratulating a photographer named Chay Yu Wei for capturing a perfect shot of an airplane framed by a ladder in Chinatown. Photographers quickly pointed out that the photo is clearly the result of editing, and sarcastic comments soon flooded the post. It’s time for […]

Samsung’s Olympics-themed Galaxy S7 Edge goes on sale for $850

Samsung’s Olympics-themed Galaxy S7 Edge goes on sale for $850

Sure, you like the Olympics. But do you, you know, like-like the Olympics? As in, would you pay a $100 premium for a special limited edition version of the Galaxy S7 Edge in order to proudly display your devotion to the 2016 summer games to the world for the next two or so years? As […]