Dual-SIM smartphones seldom see the light of day in the western world, but the newly-updated HTC One includes two SIM card slots - ideal for frequent travellers, business and pleasure separators or those leading double lives. It's about to hit the UK market for £494.99, which is just a fraction more than the standard edition, and for those who've been waiting for a decent dual-SIM handset to hit the scene, the highly revered HTC One is probably your guy.
It may not be entirely unexpected, but it's disappointing nonetheless. Following the Australian Apple Store's refresh overnight, it is now clear that Apple's big Black Friday offers will not be all that big after all.
It's that time of year again folks where everyone sits down to eat as much turkey and pie as they can without passing out. It's also the time of year when everyone risks life and limb to get the very best deals they can. That's right, Black Friday 2013 is almost upon us, and the online sales have already begun.
Angry Birds Go! for iPhone and iPad is now available to download. Angry Birds franchise has continued to march on, and with a movie deal already done and due for release in the coming years, Angry Birds Go! has just launched for Apple's mobile platform.
Although Apple has caved on a few products we never thought would see the light of day from Cupertino - the iPad mini, for instance - the Californian company has never been one to jump aboard the bandwagon. Features such as the larger display and LTE took a while to manifest, while other widely-implemented smartphone attributes such as NFC still have yet to hit the Apple smartphone. Wireless charging, popular with premium Windows Phone and Android devices, is just another feature that some iPhone users have sought for while now, and tired of waiting for Apple to get its backside into gear, one start-up IndieGoGo project has taken matters into its own hands with a neat, low-cost solution.
Black Friday is quickly approaching, and with so many tech deals already announced by numerous retail outlets, consumers are going to have a real struggle deciding which are worthy of their hard-earned dollars. Microsoft has thrown up its own little headache in the Black Friday dilemma by announcing a series of Xbox 360 Game Store price-cuts. Yes, that is Xbox 360, as opposed to the just-released Xbox One. What, you weren't hoping Microsoft would begin dropping prices this early on in the day, were you?
Tweetbot 3.1 for iPhone was released earlier this month that introduced a number of new features. The ability to view a list as a timeline, resize text basked on dynamic controls and using swipe gestures to quickly initiate a reply all made an appearance in the first major update of Tweetbot 3. Two weeks later, and after a number of teaser shots doing the rounds on the Internet, version 3.2 is now available in the App Store, bringing with it a number of impressive enhancements that should secure Tweetbot's place as the must-have Twitter app for iOS for the foreseeable future.
For some people gaming is a way of life. For those gamers there's nothing more exhilarating than getting the latest and greatest video game title to be released, mastering all of the functionality and then heading over to online multiplayer to show the world just how honed your skills are. Xbox LIVE lets you actually record the live gameplay and upload it to Microsoft's servers as evidence of superiority. Although this remains as popular as ever, Microsoft has been quick to confirm that a number of unhappy users have lost their Xbox LIVE privileges due to their videos on the Upload Studio containing consistent profanities - something that Microsoft is looking to eradicate.
We've all seen Star Trek, and some of us are a little too keen on the universe created by Gene Roddenberry. But whether you're a fan of Star Trek or not, you can't argue against the fact that the various different iterations on the original series as well as the subsequent movies had a knack of predicting some of the technology that we all take for granted today. Star Trek has its characters using tablets before the iPad (or even Tablet PCs, too) and voice recognition was being used on our TV screens before Siri and Google Now were even close to being announced. Skype didn't exist, but those on the bridge of a Star Trek ship could talk to people on giant screens, just like we can today.
If you've been following the story of MEGA and Kim Dotcom, you'll know just how much of an advocate this guy is for digital freedom. His Megaupload site may have been shut down some time ago, but his desire to fight the powers that be in the name of protecting the liberties of Web users deserves great admiration. MEGA has been operating for a while now with the .co.nz domain as a convenient, noob-proof cloud storage service, and today, the MEGA app has been made available for those on iOS. Details after the break.
