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  • Good news for subscribers to Sony’s Netflix-inspired game streaming service PlayStation Now: you can now access a number of PlayStation 4 titles. Before this, the streaming service which makes it possible to play PlayStation games on a Windows PC only gave access to PS3 titles. The number of PS4 games you’ll see added to the library is dependent on where you live. In the US and Canada, 20 PS4 titles will be added to the service’s library, bringing its total number of games to over 500. Compare t
    PlayStation 4 games have arrived on PlayStation Now

  • Nokia’s re-entry into the smartphone space was celebrated by the announcement of phones that are slick, but decidedly mid-range: the Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3. Nokia recently announced a partnership with Zeiss, which we think will show its fruits first with the Nokia 9, a phone that’s heavily rumored to feature a dual camera system. A trip around the purported Nokia 8Another image within the same leak shows off a few more angles of the purported Nokia 8, which you can check out below. Credit:
    Nokia 8 leak shows off attractive, affordable flagship phone

  • Yes, in July 2016 Pokémon Go entered our lives with an explosive bang, but how’s it doing one year later? Plus, it was cold outsideThing is, just last month we got a look at the game’s numbers and, like Mark Twain, we think the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated. When we asked Niantic for player numbers it reported that in April it was seeing 65+ million players every month. Sure it’s not earning as much as Candy Crush, but it’s making more than the other immensely popular mobile game
    Pokemon Go started with a bang and one year on it’s still not whimpering

  • The iPhone 8 is just around the corner, with rumors of that flagship, the iPhone 7S or even both launching by the end of 2017. New iPhone models often bring with them a range of new colors or the dropping of older hues, and the excitement around the look of the iPhone 8 has already begun. So with that said, here are the colors we expect to see the iPhone 8 launch in. Given the new iPhone 8 could be a bit more expensive, we’d expect this shade to come along when the new phone launches. A wildcard
    iPhone 8 colors: what shades will the next Apple phone come in?

  • It’s widely rumored that the iPhone 8 will be the first Apple handset to have an OLED screen, but the iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus, which might launch alongside it, are expected to stick with LCD. However, Apple might be ditching LCD altogether in 2018, according to two sources. Indeed, supply constraints are one of the likely reasons that probably only one iPhone will have an OLED screen this year. But assuming the iPhone 8 has an OLED screen it’s likely that Apple will look to completely switc
    Apple could launch three iPhones in 2018, all with OLED screens

  • With the holiday season upon us, there’s no time like the present to hone your photographic skills to enable you to capture glorious travel photography fit for a gallery wall – or at least pride-of-place in your living room! That’s why we’ve put together no less than 33 tried-and-tested travel photography tips to guide you through the best ways to tackle photography while on the road – all from personal experience! We start with crucial travel photography tips for planning and preparing for your
    33 travel photography tips you shouldn’t leave home without

  • However, though I’m going to let you finish SNES Rayman (though you never will be finished) – Rayman 2: The Great Escape was the best Rayman game of all time. A new dimensionRayman 2: The Great Escape was the title that introduced Rayman to the third dimension and it stands out to me as one of the few times I wasn’t mortally offended by such a move. Even better, the Rayman world went from an unpredictable mishmash of thematic locations to a coherent place with its own gods, lore, magic and creat
    Rayman 2 and the great escape from 2D

  • There’s some good news on the WebVR front, with developers from Apple having just joined the project, adding more weight to the initiative and pushing it forward (or at least that’s the hope, anyway). Google’s Brandon Jones, a Chrome WebVR developer and one of the chairs of the WebVR community group, observed the Apple devs signing up and brought the matter to light in a tweet (spotted by Upload VR). Apple has joined the WebVR community group! The WebVR spec now has input from every major browse
    Browser-based VR gains momentum as Apple devs join WebVR project

  • The mirrorless K-01 was supposed to signal the re-emergence of Pentax after a pretty crappy 2011. So any camera that was designed to put Pentax back on the map after a tough year had to be a bit special. The Pentax K-01, though, was special for all the wrong reasons. Surely, though, if it was a mirrorless camera it shouldn’t have been so bulky? While it did mean a wealth of lenses were already available for the K-01, they weren’t bespoke optics designed to function optimally on a mirrorless desi
    Optical delusions: Pentax K-01

  • Some people are worried because the new Snap Maps feature shares your location with everyone you follow, but it’s not as scary as it may sound. Read on below to find out how to use Snap Maps. How to turn off Snap MapsIf you’ve already opted in to the Snap Maps service and don’t want to be on it anymore, it’s a simple process to take yourself off Snapchat’s tracking feature. In the top right hand corner you’ll then see a cog icon, which is the Settings menu for Snap Maps. How to turn Snap Maps ba
    How to turn off Snapchat's Maps tracking feature

  • A team of palaeontologists has discovered an unconventional method for scanning a T-rex skull at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. It contacted MIT’s Camera Culture group, which came up with a solution that involved using the Microsoft Kinect and some free software, to scan the entire length of the skull. That’s a far cry from using the Kinect for its original intended purpose, tracking our killer moves on Dance Central. Given that it’s a few years old now, you can pick up a Kinect
    Get your Kinect out of storage, you can use it to scan dinosaur skulls!

  • The answer is simple – they are getting better, but manufacturers choose to use that power to bump up specs rather than delivering improved battery life. Now, however, engineers at the University of Washington have taken a very interesting leap into a totally different way of powering a phone. They’ve used commercial, off-the-shelf components to design a cellphone that can make and receive calls without a battery at all. Instead, the phone pulls power from its environment – either from ambient r
    This phone needs no battery

  • Nintendo is finally making moves into the smartphone space with its Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes apps, which has lead some to believe it may spread its wings onto even more platforms. But, if you were hoping to see some Nintendo IP eventually make its way to PC, you’re out of luck. Noting “incredible growth” in the PC market and the rise of eSports, the company has stated that its focus remains on its own “integrated hardware-software business.” “We are aware that many consumers play P
    Nintendo may now love smartphones – but PC remains a no-go zone

  • Amazon Prime phones offer an all-new way to buy unlocked phones for a cheaper than normal price and escape contracts from US carriers like AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. There are nine Amazon Prime-exclusive cell phone deals available right now that try to balance of price, features, hardware, and design. How do Amazon Prime phones work? The online retailer offers a number of budget phones to Prime members with the option to have the phones display advertisements on the lockscreen. Ahead of
    Amazon Prime Phones: unlocked cell phones start at $49

  • Should you both have the money and the time to spend, you can play the very best games on the very best tech and sit back while you face, heart and soul gently weep. Enter the wonderful world of free-to-play, via Steam. Quite frankly, your Steam Library is practically naked without this free-to-play gem among its number – get it downloaded now. However, the online realm of Azeroth isn’t technically free-to-play, and it’s also not the only series proving its worth after many a year in operation.
    The best free-to-play Steam games 2017

  • As you might’ve guessed, that service is Netflix, which takes up more of members’ viewing time in the US than all major competing over-the-top (OTT) streaming services combined, according to MarketingCharts. Together, these services combine for 39% — just a percent short of the share Netflix commands solo. (Image: © MarketingCharts)This information follows another comScore survey from April that found Netflix ruled over other streaming services in terms of reach, but competition was creeping up
    Here's how much we watch Netflix versus every other major streaming service

  • Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will be the first 4K Blu-ray release from Disney, according to the film’s director James Gunn. It will be the FIRST Disney release to be released that way,” Gunn said. While the director is clearly hyped about “LIGHT and COLOR [sic]”, he never explicitly mentions whether the film will support High Dynamic Range (HDR). Does that mean Star Wars Episode VIII – The Last Jedi could fulfill its destiny as the first Star Wars film on 4K Blu-ray when it comes out in 2018? Cloud
    Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is Disney's first 4K Blu-ray

  • Snapchat’s been on an update roll lately and that continues today with three new features for the disappearing chat app’s iOS and Android editions. The first and by far most useful feature is the ability to share links with friends in Snaps. From left: Snapchat backdrops, link sharing and voice filtersNext up is backdrops for Snaps, a feature that’s firmly in Snapchat’s wheel house. To access backdrops, tap the scissors icon in the vertical toolkit and look for the new backdrop icon. Instagram S
    Snapchat's latest update has one useful feature, two just for fun

  • Shortly after learning that Valve is working on a new ‘Knuckles’ controller for using your hands in virtual reality, in-motion looks at the new peripheral give us a clearer idea how it could change the landscape of VR. Developer Cloudhead Games shared multiple videos via Twitter and YouTube of its staff testing out Valve’s experimental SteamVR-powered motion controller, which features a special grip for detecting the user’s finger placement as demonstrated below. Similar to the motion wands curr
    See how Valve's Knuckles controller lets you make any gesture you want in virtual reality

  • Passengers on Emirates, Turkish Airlines and Etihad flights bound for the US can now bring laptops and other large electronic devices inside the plane cabins. The so-called laptop ban was implemented in March for non-stop flights to the US leaving from 10 airports in eight countries. Emirates flies to the US from Dubai, while Turkish Airlines is headquartered in Istanbul. The UK has a similar ban on electronic devices aboard direct flights from six countries which remains in effect. However, Tur
    Laptop ban lifted on US-bound flights for three airlines

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