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Sony Announces 6 New Devices at IFA

Sony seem to be on a roll this year! The PlayStation 4 is a massive success and since the split with Ericsson the Xperia devices have gone from strength to strength. The Xperia Z1 and Z1 Compact are some of our favourite phones of the past year and now Sony has introduced a very nice […]

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Access to free playlists from Spotify for Windows Users

Windows Phone users now have access to free playlists from Spotify, following an app update released yesterday. Free playlists were added to the Android and iOS versions of the app months ago and many Windows Phone users felt left out until now. Similar to MixRadio for Lumia devices, free playlists on Spotify give you a […]

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Why You Should Be Excited About OS X Yosemite

With OS X Yosemite 10.10 just around the corner, Apple enthusiasts have a lot to look forward to. The latest Mac operating system has a lot to offer, including a revamped look, and a bunch of exciting new features. Currently the new OS has only been available to developers, but with the Autumn release date […]

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HTC Unveil Windows Phone variant of the HTC One M8

It’s the worst kept secret in tech since the iPhone 5 launched, HTC have made a Windows Phone variant of the HTC One M8 and unveiled it to the world today in New York City. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first, it’s only announced for Verizon in the United States, no word […]

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The iLife of Brian

Hi my name is Brian and I am 72 years young.  Every day is a new learning experience and I am writing a few words on the day my son introduced me to my first Apple iPad.  To be honest technology was never a strong point of mine and I always had the fear of […]

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Global Study into the Behaviour Around News Consumption

HTC recently commissioned a global study into the behaviour around news consumption which reveals that we now live in a world consumed by news with figures showing that over half of us ‘information snack’ on a daily basis. The research has revealed that this need to constantly access and consume news stories is resulting in […]

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RTEjr

It’s always nice to see something come on the market with an Irish twist cue the RTEjr Pad that comes choca with local content. On the spec side its got a respectable CPU: Rockchip RK3066 Cortex A9 1.4GHz Dual Core, Memory: 1GB DDR3 RAM,Capacity: 8GB 800 x 400 (16:9). The operating system is a solid Android 4.1 Jellybean […]

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Nabi 2

It looks like an etch a sketch but it does a lot more! Nabi 2 is a seven-inch “just for kids” tablet. It runs on the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, has 1 GB RAM, a 2 MP camera, and is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled. It comes with a “drop safe” bumper, and is […]

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So, I bought an Ipad. (ipad 3, wifi only, 32gb)

So, let’s be clear … I’m a technophile. I buy “Stuff For Men” magazine and salivate over the latest tech, most of which just has fancy glitzy features – the practicality, or lack of it, goes over my head. But I still WANT! Like many of us today, personal budgets limit us to differentiate want […]

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