The latest technology news from around the world
It is well known that recent Huawei devices are not allowed to be shipped with Google Mobile Services, including the Play Store. Many people, if not most, have overcome this issue by going through the frustrating process of installing Google yourself with the help of a Chinese app called LZ Play. So far, I have…
London based smartphone brand, F(x)tec is bringing to market its own contactless facial recognition thermometer, to help businesses reduce the spread of Covid-19 and restore confidence amongst employees and customers as UK lockdown measures ease. With a fever being the most common symptom of coronavirus, temperature screening will play a vital role in safeguarding work…
It is expected that AMD will announce the launch of their new Renoir desktop APUs sometime in the near future. Sitting at the top of the pack is the AMD Ryzen 7 4700G which is an 8 core 16 thread CPU running at 3.6Ghz with a boost speed of 4.45 GHz. It then has graphics…
Over the next two weeks, Anker has some fantastic summer deals on. They start on Monday the 6th of July through to Sunday the 12th for the first wave of options, then 13th through to the 19th for the second lot. eufy Security Wireless Video Doorbell (Battery-Powered) with 2K HD – £159.99 eufy are one…
I love Anker and its various sub-brands including Nebula, Souncore, and the smart home orientate eufy. I have reviewed a few eufy RoboVacs now, they are all excellent, but eufy has one fo the most confusing product lineups in the robotic vacuum cleaner industry. 12 different models currently available Currently, on the UK website for…
It looks like Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi intends to add another K30 model to the already extensive list of phones. Two separate sources have identified up and coming Redmi devices, though not necessarily the same phone. XDA Member kacskrz, has identified the existence of the Redmi K30 Ultra within a recent MIUI 12 build. The branding appeared alongside…
I have previously reviewed the Huawei P40 Pro and provided a tutorial on how to install Google Play on it. I’m now in the reviewing the Huawei P40 Pro Plus, the even more expensive model which features a world-first 10x periscope zoom and is also the only phone on the market with two optical zoom…
Xiaomi-owned POCO announced that it would launch its new mid-range smartphone — the POCO M2 Pro in India on the 7th of July. The company have made the announcement via social channels showing the rough design of the rear with a square arrangement of four cameras in the centre of the phone. There is then…
With Garmin dominating the upper end of the market, competing brands are looking at trying something different that not necessarily tries to compete like for like. We saw Suunto make a dramatic change with the introduction of a WearOS watch, sacrificing battery life in favour of all the functionality a true smartwatch OS brings. Now…
Notice how Google has still not made a smartwatch of their own? That’s because Smartwatches based on the WearOS platform have been a bit of a disaster, battery life has always been terrible, and this is largely thanks to the inefficient out of date chipsets made by Qualcomm. I can appreciate that Qualcomm is in…
The long term success of Huawei phones is going to be dependant on them making Huawei Mobile Services a viable alternative to Google Play Store. At the moment, it is OK, and getting better, but has a long way to go. Instead, you need to sideload app or going through a frustrating process of installing…
Mediatek love to release new chipsets, it’s probably a monthly affair, sometimes it feels like it is weekly. To achieve such a technological feat, they have to cut a few corners here and there. They have genuinely launched some impressive chipsets this year, some of which could offer serious competition to Qualcomm. However, to achieve…
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