OnePlus OneWatch leak details a titanium and sapphire smartwatch

The round smartwatch field may heat up very quickly – Motorola is taking its sweet time to put the Moto 360 on sale, while Samsung has already patented three round smartwatch designs. OnePlus may also throw its hat in the ring as there are already 3D renderings for promo material of the OneWatch

Shazam now available on the Mac

Shazam has released a desktop version of their popular mobile application for the Mac. The app has so far been limited to iOS, Android and Windows platforms.

Mac Mini may be getting refreshed soon

The Mac mini hasn’t received any hardware update love for some time.

But that might change soon though, as rumor has it that Apple is planning on refreshing its little computer-that-could.

Samsung trademarked the Gear S name in the United States

Samsung trademarked the Gear S name. The Korean giant filed the paperwork for the moniker in the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) earlier this month, on July 22.

Outsourcing smashes records in Europe

Outsourcing activity in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region has hit a record high in the first half of the year, according to new research.

Technology insights company Information Services Group (ISG) conducts an annual EMEA ISG Outsourcing Index that measures commercial outsourcing contracts with an annual contract value (ACV) of €4m (£3.2m) or more.

Leaked iPad Air 2 cases confirm Touch ID sensor

The iPad Air 2 is coming this year, that much has been made obvious by the myriad of leaks about it. If you’re tired of seeing iPad Air 2 dummy units pictured and shown in videos, what about a couple of cases for the upcoming tablet?

America's self harm problem: How the NSA is killing the US economy

After a year of NSA leaks and revelations, New America's Open Technology Institute has released a report detailing the cost of the NSA's PRISM program on the American economy.

The paper outlined the shift in data storage trends from performance and cost to privacy and security. The paper states "In a survey of 300 British and Canadian businesses... in January 2014, 25 per cent of respondents indicated that they were moving data outside of the US as a result of the NSA revelations" and that "Seventy per cent were even willing to sacrifice performance in order to ensure that their data was protected"

How big data is transforming every industry

Big data is already making a big impact all over the world. Large corporations, world organisations, and governments have hopped aboard the big data bandwagon, hoping to utilise new sources of data to improve operations and increase productivity among many other reasons.

Samsung patents three rounded smartwatch designs

Samsung has patented three new smartwatch designs, all of which have a rounded display instead of that on their well-known rectangular Gear smartwatches.

Nokia HERE Maps launches globally for Windows 8.1

Nokia made its HERE Maps apps for Windows 8.1 available all around the world earlier today. As part of the wider release, the company has also included a bunch of cool updates to the app.

D.M.A. Navi Watch app for Galaxy Gear puts Google Maps navigation on your wrist

You own a Galaxy Gear and need to get somewhere but don’t know the way. While Google Maps integrates with Android Wear, your Tizen-powered Samsung Gear smartwatch can’t use Android Wear apps. How to get out of this conundrum? The free D.M.A. Navi Watch app.

Macbook Pro gets upgraded

As anticipated, Apple has boosted both the memory and processing power of its professional laptop range and has also cut the price of its one remaining non-Retina Display model.

Bolt, new instant messaging app from Instagram, now available in select countries

We talked about the Bolt service a few days back. The app is now officially available on iOS and Android, but only in New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa for now.

Fake ID flaw plagues millions of Android devices

A newly uncovered flaw in Google's Android OS could leave large numbers of mobile devices at risk from malicious apps that appear to be from trusted developers.

Signal will keep your iPhone calls private

Spooked that the NSA is snooping on your phone calls?

How to alleviate the biggest challenges faced by IT departments

How to alleviate the biggest challenges faced by IT departments

IT departments always used to be the butt of jokes. Perhaps this was because being nerdy and geeky wasn't hip and cool until social media took the world by storm and made multimillionaires out of self-confessed geeks like Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.

Big data could banish the impact of a bad sales experience

We've all had bad sales experiences at some time or another and they inevitably have a negative impact on our view on the company concerned.

Xiaomi secretly sending your info to Chinese servers

You always had a feeling that Xiaomi’s deals were too good to be true, but you just couldn’t figure out what the catch was exactly, right?

NVIDIA Shield Tablet now available starting at $299

NVIDIA’s powerful new tablet, the Shield, is now out. It was made official exactly one week ago, after many leaks about it had popped up in the past.

The NVIDIA Shield tablet can be yours for $299, directly from the company’s own online store for the US. This price, however, doesn’t include the Shield Wireless Controller, the Wi-Fi-based gamepad that’s been prominently featured alongside the tablet in promo materials.

Rumor – iWatch delayed to Q4, only 6m units to ship in 2014

According to TPK, the company that’s reportedly in charge of producing silver nanowire ink for Apple’s iWatch, the watch will enter mass production in the final four months of this year and not in the third quarter as previously expected.

TPK, which expected solid profit in Q3 because of the deal with Apple, has now reevaluated things with a higher Q4 profit expectation. The reason – TPK expected the Apple iWatch to enter mass production in the third quarter, not the fourth one. With this development doubts have risen as to whether Apple can build the quota of iWatches it needs to meet 2014 demand.

AnTuTu hints of a pending Snapdragon 805-powered Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 tablet

Amazon may be working on a revamped flagship tablet, the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9. The original one launched with the then-current Snapdragon 800, while this new version spotted by the AnTuTu team uses the latest Snapdragon 805.

Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro lineup but it’s a relatively small upgrade. The 13″ and 15″ are more or less as rumored yesterday. This update comes less than a year than the previous one

.They are still powered by Haswell-based Intel Core processors, but with some new options. You also get 8GB RAM as standard on the 13″ MacBook Pro and 16GB on the 15″ model (last year it was 4GB / 8GB).

LG announces 105-inch, 21:9 5K curved television

Looks like LG just decided to turn it all the way up to eleven. The latest television to come from the South Korean manufacturer is the LG 105UC9, boasting a spec sheet that is scarcely believable.

Fitbit now available on Windows Phone 8.1

Last month we reported that Fitbit is working on releasing a Windows Phone app for its Fitbit fitness band. The app is now live and can be downloaded from the Windows Phone store.

Facebook to make Messenger a mandatory download

Facebook has been pushing its Messenger application pretty zealously, and there’s even been talks of the social networking giant monetizing the app.

Samsung Z launch delayed over more Tizen setbacks

Samsung's latest attempt to launch its first Tizen-powered smartphone has been hit by another setback.

The South Korean firm planned to release the Samsung Z in Russia this quarter, but has delayed the launch in order to expand the Tizen "ecosystem," which includes developers, consumers and devices using the mobile OS.

How the cloud aids business growth

The generally accepted definition of cloud computing comes from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which says it should enable convenient, on-demand access to a shared pool of computing resources - like networks, servers, storage, applications and services.

This HP whitepaper looks at how, when working to this model, the cloud allows organisations to efficiently grow.

London warns BT is stifling London’s growth with unaffordable broadband

In a statement posted yesterday Mark Boleat, policy chairman for the City of London, said "It is a major concern that firms in the Square Mile regularly complain that BT fails to deliver in a timely manner and provide the level of service required".

Microsoft Surface 3 may be coming in October with 10.6″ screen, slim design

The Intel-powered full-Windows running Surface Pro 3 (which is pictured above) was made official by Microsoft back in May. Yet so far the Surface 2 with Windows RT hasn’t had a successor. That, however, may come in October, if a new rumor is to be believed.

Premium life – iPhones to work as room keys in Hilton

Starting next year Hilton will allow iPhone users to use their phones as hotel room keys. That means that you’ll be able to bypass the front desk of the hotel completely.

LG launches Tab Book i5 tablet running Android only

LG has released a new variant of its Windows Tab Book tablet that’s set to run on just Android.

The Tab Book is similar to its Windows counterpart (announced at CES this year), except that it uses its quad-core 2.6GHz Core i5 processor to run Android 4.2.2.

Apple rumored to update the 15-inch MacBook Pro with a faster Haswell CPU

A new photo purportedly snapped at the Apple’s Chongqing store in China suggests the 15-inch MacBook Pro is destined to receive a small specs bump. More specifically, Apple is planning to pimp the laptop with a faster Haswell processor as well as 16GB of RAM as standard.

Cortana beats Siri in new Microsoft ad

Microsoft has a new ad out and it pits Windows Phone 8.1′s virtual assistant Cortana against Apple’s own Siri in a fight to prove which is the best.

Apple to acquire Swell Radio service for $30 million

Apple will be acquiring the Swell Radio service, according to the sources at Recode. The deal is worth $30 million and the app will shut down this week as part of it.

Apple to release 4.7 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 to mitigate fading iPad sales, convert Android owners

Apple is gearing up for the launch of the iPhone 6 in September and has reportedly placed a massive order of between 70 and 80 million units — far more than any previous iPhone launch. As we’ve previously reported, the iPhone 6 will step up to a much larger 4.7-inch screen with a sapphire front panel — but curiously, there’s now a very solid rumor that there will also be an iPhone 6 with a 5.5-inch screen. At first blush, a 5.5-inch iPhone 6 sounds utterly crazy, but it makes a little more sense following Apple’s earnings call on Tuesday: Last quarter, Apple’s tablet sales dropped a massive 19% sequentially and 9% year-over-year. Perhaps fading iPad sales are the reason Apple is finally looking at large-screen phones?

PS4 Destiny graphics look superior to Xbox One version, but barely

A few days ago, the Destiny beta finally made its way to the Xbox One and Xbox 360. It launched on the PS4 and PS3 earlier in the month, but now we can get a good look at the beta running on both of the current generation consoles. It’s no surprise that the last-gen versions are noticeably uglier, but how does the 900p Xbox One version stack up to the beta running at 1080p on the PS4?

Roundup of Amazon Fire Phone reviews:We need to wait for the third-generation

Jeff Bezos is a visionary. But he isn't a Jobsian visionary, rather he is more of a Fordian one. Pragmatic. Long view. Not very flashy or showy. 

But he may be stretching himself a little thin these days, because he has put his company everywhere and

Search for jobs, Tinder style

Tinder’s swipe-happy layout is so addictive, that other app developers are taking notice.

Weave is one such app, that helps you not find dates, but potential workplace connections.

Use your Android device as a controller for PC games

Hate gaming on your PC with a mouse and keyboard set up, but don’t want to spend money for additional controllers?

Well, if you have an Android phone, you can now use your phone or tablet as a gamepad for your PC games.

Android L review

Apple isn't the only firm to announce a major update to its mobile OS this month: Google has been busy, too. At its annual Google I/O developer conference, the company announced Android L – the follow up to Android Kitkat – which we've been using courtesy of an early beta on a Nexus 7 tablet.

It's all about "Material Design" with Android L: a new, cleaner look that, in conjunction with a revamped set of animations, gives the OS a more modern feel. The design draws heavily on Google Now's card-based design; expect to see plenty of rectangular panels whizzing around the screen.

Despite the cleaner, flatter visuals, though, there's some depth to Android's new visual approach: by allowing developers to specify the position of UI elements with Z (depth) as well as X and Y co-ordinates, Android L's flat elements have the ability to rise and slide above the other elements, with subtle effects such as drop shadows giving the feeling there's more to the OS than simply minimalism.

World Wide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee to kick off IP EXPO 2014 in London

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is set to deliver the opening keynote at IP EXPO 2014.

The inventor of the World Wide Web - and tech royalty - will take the stage and describe his vision for the Internet's future, addressing such issues as business challenges, policies, innovation ,the creation and transformation of new markets, and how the web has a key role in all of these.

"I am looking forward to addressing key decision makers in European business at IP EXPO Europe," said Berners-Lee. "The issues that will shape the future of the web - from privacy and data regulation, to sustainability and responsibility - don't just touch our businesses, they touch our lives, and we are all at the very epicentre."

Lenovo showcases Google Glass competitor

Lenovo has showcased the first prototype of its upcoming Google Glass competitor, which is dubbed C1. The Chinese company is hoping to attract developers’ attention before it officially unveils its wearable.

Samsung shows of Galaxy S5 camera in new video shot on the phone

The Samsung Galaxy S5 has one of the best camera in the business, capable of taking great stills as well as videos. To show it off further, Samsung has released a new video, shot entirely on the phone.

British Cortana to sound different than her American counterpart

One of Windows Phone 8.1′s headline features is Cortana, the Siri-like voice assistant built into the OS. Unfortunately, the feature so far only works in the US, but it will soon be coming to the UK, with a difference.

Call people in Hangouts through Google Voice

Google’s Voice service now supports calling people with Hangouts, and you won’t even need a Google+ account to do so.

The feature also works even if you are using Hangouts outside of gmail.

Microsoft thinks the Nokia Lumia 530 is great, has 10 reasons to back up that claim

Microsoft’s mobile division sure seems to be proud of the recently unveiled Nokia Lumia 530. This, you may remember, is the successor to the best selling Lumia 520, and it will become available in August.

Red Shirt Survey: Network administrators need some love too

Over half of all network professionals lack job recognition with many admitting that more empowerment would help them to do their jobs better.

Tablet sales increase globally

Around the world, people are buying more tablets.

At least that’s what new sales reports indicate. Tha market share has grown 11% with 49.3 million slates sold in Q2 2014 alone.

Nokia creates an organic charger for the Lumia 930

Nokia has set up an interesting project to promote the Lumia 930 in the UK. What seems to be a product of a joint meeting with Greenpeace is actually a giant wall made of potatoes and apples. Why? To charge up a phone.

Jimmy Kemmel tests people’s reaction to a fake Apple iWatch smartwatch

The rumors surrounding Apple’s upcoming iPhone 6 and alleged smartwatch have reached Jimmy Kemmel, who decided to play a practical joke on bypassers on the Hollywood Boulevard. His team decided to stick an Apple logo on a $20 Casio watch and see how people react to the company’s latest gadget.