Technology

Amazon Unveils Drones to Deliver Customer Purchases

Amazon offering delivery on Sunday was only the beginning. In an interview with Charlie Rose on Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes,” Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the giant online store is developing a drone-based delivery service called Prime…

Read More »

Facebook allows collaborative online photo albums

Facebook on Monday began letting members collaborate on shared online photo albums at the leading social network. The Shared Album feature was to be introduced slowly, first becoming available to a small group of English-language users before gradually spreading across…

Read More »

Xbox One pad ‘feels like a better controller’

The Xbox One controller’s design lead, Quintin Morris, has explained that the pad’s small but significant improvements make the controller feel familiar but definitively better. With Xbox Live’s Social Marketing Manager, Graeme Boyd, prompting him to discuss how the Xbox…

Read More »

Microsoft says CEO Ballmer to retire within 12 months

Microsoft announced Friday that chief executive Steve Ballmer would retire within 12 months as the company searches for a successor at the helm to US tech pioneer. “There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now…

Read More »

Google buys virtual imaging patents from Foxconn

Google has bought virtual imaging patents from Taiwanese supplier Foxconn that could be used in its interactive “Google Glass” devices, according to a document acquired by AFP on Saturday. No details were released on the amount of the transaction. The…

Read More »

Facebook plans to test mobile payments

Facebook plans to test a mobile payments service that lets users make purchases inside mobile applications using payment information they have added to their account on the social network. Facebook said Thursday that it is working on a “very small…

Read More »

Is Apple Losing its Innovative Edge?

When consumer products become so popular and ubiquitous that they become synonymous with an entire industry, manufacturers know they have reached the peak within their industry. Take Kleenex and Jacuzzi for instance. Both Kleenex and Jacuzzi are brand names in…

Read More »

iPhone 5 most popular smartphone in Britain

The Apple iphone 5 is officially Britain’s highest selling mobile according to the uSwitch.com mobile tracker website. Based on searches, pre-orders and sales the smartphone has captured the imagination of the public in large numbers, following its highly publicised  launch…

Read More »

App developed by 15-year-old bought for millions by Yahoo

It is high times for Nick D’Aloisio who has sold an app he designed to Yahoo! in a deal believed to be worth tens of millions of pounds. The teenager, who developed the app at the age of just 15…

Read More »

EA admit it was a ‘dumb’ SimCity Launch

EA has apologised for the chaotic launch of their latest version of city building game SimCity. General Manager Lucy Bradshaw admitted that EA and game studio Maxis had incorrectly setup servers – which is where the problem stem from. “A…

Read More »