You’ve got an Android device, either because you didn’t want, or couldn’t afford, an iPhone – and in years past that meant you had to live with substandard apps. Thankfully, those days are well and truly over, with reams of great little programs standing toe to toe with the best Apple’s App Store has to offer. What’s the best phone of 2017? Admittedly, the huge quantity of apps doesn’t mean they’re all quality – far from it in fact, and finding the good ones can be tough. But even with all that,

At the moment, the PlayStation 4 is one of the highest selling consoles in the world, having sold well over 50 million consoles, and one of the biggest reasons for that is undeniably its fantastic offering of games – some of the best games can be found on PS4. Not only is it hard to know where you’re supposed to start, it’s hard to keep on top of every new release. And even then it’s hard to know whether the games are worth picking up at all. That’s where our guide to the best games on the PS4 c

Android Wear 2.0 may soon gain the ability to Cast content to your television and audio system, according to a teasing tweet from a Google employee. Although the new software update has done a lot for making smartwatches more independent, lacking the ability to connect to other Cast-enabled devices, like Google Chromecast, Google Chromecast Audio among many others, is a nuisance. Despite all of this newly-gained freedom with native apps, you’re still tied to using your phone to do simple things

It’s 2017 and Samsung is still making flip-phones – the thing is, this new one looks exciting. Samsung’s W2017 features two 4.2-inch OLED screens, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 chip, 64GB of storage, a 2,300mAh battery, 12MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing shooter. These high-end flip-phone devices never usually make it out of Asian markets, and that’s a big shame for those who want something a little different. The LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8 boast best-in-class design, but this flip-phone offer

The Google Play store has exploded in recent years, with a proliferation of apps that can cater to your every need. And of course using user reviews and ratings is an essential part of ensuring the apps you download are high quality. But the easiest (and best) way to find top quality apps is to have someone else do the searching for you. Like you we want the best apps for our Android phones. The following apps will be constantly updated and are a mixture of paid and free ones that have been chos

The vast majority of cameras – at least, those aimed at beginners and enthusiasts – use SD-format memory cards for recording images and videos. We’re here to demystify the process and help you find the best card for your camera, so here are the main things to consider. Type and brandThe first thing to look for is whether a specific card is compatible with your camera. Some microSD cards come with full-size SD adapters, so you can use them in a phone or tablet as well as in your cameraOther types

While a pressure-sensitive frame is likely to be the highlight of the HTC U11 it’s seemingly not the only trick the phone will have up its sleeve, as a new teaser suggests you’ll be able to record sound in 360 degrees. Posted on HTC’s official Twitter account, the teaser is a short, silent video of dirt bikes circling a person, and what appears to be a visual representation of sound waves coming from all directions. HTC’s phones are often known for standout sound and there have already been rumo

Now, it’s a hugely popular social experience accounting for incredible amounts of web traffic with millions of people not only playing online together, but watching other people play via online streaming services. Thanks to video game live streaming services, gamers can now broadcast their play sessions to those that wish to watch them and interact with them too. As video game streaming has become more popular, though, the number of services facilitating it has naturally increased. Now there’s m

Update: iOS 10 problems persist in Apple’s new iOS 10.3 update, but many can be fixed. New problems always seem to emerge whenever a new update hits, so we’re here to tell you how to fix iOS 10.3 issues. Just know, you’re not alone if you’re experiencing iOS 10 problems, as the iPhone and iPad update has run into a number of issues. How to fix iOS 10.0.2 problemsApple has released an update to iOS 10, known as iOS 10.0.2, and while this addresses a number of problems we discuss in this page, the

Thanks to devices like the Samsung Gear S3, Tizen is now the second-most popular smartwatch out there, with only the watchOS on board the Apple Watch ahead of it. Battle for the wristTizen’s share of the smartwatch market now stands at 19 percent, Tizen Experts reports, with Android Wear at 18 percent and Apple’s watchOS at 57 percent. Tizen watches work with both Android and iOS phones, as does Android Wear, to an extent. Google’s recent major smartwatch OS update only recently rolled out, havi

Another way of using graphene to increase acceleration is super-capacitors containing graphene for energy recovery; its super-conductive properties create a super-efficient KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System). Graphene promises not only much thinner (even paper-thin) wristbands, but they’ll have integrated graphene light sensors and circuitry that bring extra functionality just by using light. Flexible graphene Wi-Fi receiversCredit: Jamie CarterHardware is dead; the future of phones is flex-w

How Google wants to re-invent the routerInterview “At the end of the day all we want as a user is for Wi-Fi to just work.”

ZTE Blade X Max is launching on Cricket Wireless tomorrow, Friday, May 12, and it’s bringing a special $99 price to new customers looking for a cheap phone. The Blade X Max also boasts a 13MP camera that’s capable of taking panoramic photos, 5MP front-facing camera and a rear fingerprint sensor. About that ZTE Blade X Max priceThe ZTE Blade X Max costs $99 for new Cricket Wireless customers coming from a different carrier. Well, we recently reviewed the ZTE Max XL on Boost Mobile, which has a ve

JerryRigEverything is known for his slightly off the ordinary videos on YouTube, where he makes new devices go through durability tests. This time, the subject was the Mi 6, where he tried bending it and scratching it. He was a bit skeptical, wondering whether the Mi 6 would be as bad as the predecessor, only to be surprised later. But it goes without saying that Xiaomi will use this to market Mi 6 in the months to come. Some reports have suggested that the Mi 6 will hit the Indian markets by Ju

If you want to test out your self-driving car in the US, you need a special permit from the authorities in California, Nevada or Arizona. Well, you can now add New York to that list, as the state has announced its intention to start accepting applications from companies looking to run trials of autonomous vehicles. As yet we don’t know who’ll take New York state up on its offer, but it’s likely that Google, Tesla, Uber, Apple and others will be interested. If you live in New York or plan to take

Microsoft held the annual Build conference last night amidst a lot of speculation and hype. Cortana powered speaker by HP and IntelMicrosoft announced that it has struck partnerships with HP and Intel to launch Cortana powered Bluetooth speakers to compete with the likes of Google Home and Amazon Echo. This will encourage Visual Studio developers to get more work done on their Macs, rather than having to rely on a Windows machine. Read: Microsoft Build 2017: the biggest highlights and newsTransl

To be honest, AV receivers (AVRs) have an onerous reputation for complexity, a consequence of their do-everything nature and decades of design complacency. Virtually all AV receivers support integrated music services (Spotify, Tidal, Deezer etc), either directly or via an app. AV receivers aren’t pretty. Most Dolby Atmos receivers also offer support for DTS:X, a rival immersive sound format. Chromecast audio, Onkyo FireConnect, Denon Heos and Yamaha MusicCast are examples of multiroom ecosystems

Now that it’s officially been 4-5 months since the cellular service was commercially launched, we’re getting to hear about the cities where JioFiber will be launched. A user previously mentioned that the preview service will be available in Pune as well. The JioFiber Preview offer has currently being launched in select areas of Mumbai,(1/3)May 10, 2017@a_deepanker Delhi-NCR, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Surat and Vadodara. (2/3)May 10, 2017Initial reports suggest that the JioFiber service will be free f

This emerged with the revelation of BT’s latest fiscal results, in comments from the CEO of BT, Gavin Patterson, who talked about becoming the UK’s ‘digital champion’, investing further in the country’s digital infrastructure. He then added: “To that end, Openreach has today announced that it’s consulting with customers and industry stakeholders on the business case that could support better rural broadband and a large scale fibre-to-the-premises rollout across the UK.”Essentially, Openreach is

Nvidia has revealed its new Volta technology, which follows on from the current-gen Pascal graphics cards, along with the first ever GPU to use the tech: the Tesla V100. These are the best gaming laptopsClever combinationThe new technology combines CUDA cores with Volta Tensor Cores, the latter of which are specifically designed to speed up AI workloads very effectively. Indeed, a single Tesla V100 GPU is apparently capable of replacing ‘hundreds of commodity CPUs’ when it comes to high-performa