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Google adds new features to Play Store website

Yesterday Google announced that TV shows, movie purchases and magazines were coming to the Play Store but this wasn't the end of it. The Play Store website has been overhauled and while it still looks familiar some useful features have been added. The My Android Apps part of the website …

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New Graphics Card Brand Launches In UK

Multi award-winning graphics card manufacturer, AFox, has launched in the UK for the first time. Originally Foxconn’s branded graphics division, AFox became independent of the company in 2008. The company headquarters are now in Hong Kong, with divisions in the US, Germany, Taiwan and Russia, employing in excess of 420 …

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Spray on Battery powered bathroom tiles created

This is one of the more interesting stories today. Researchers at Rice University have developed a new spray on battery. They layer five coats of specially formulated paint, a thin coat of lithium ion storage is applied to multiple surfaces, including ceramics, glass and steel. The early tests seem positive, …

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iOS users more dedicated to applications

Research firm, Localytics has been analysing the iOS and Android app market. Their findings show that Apple iOS users are more loyal to the applications and Android users. They analysed that 35 percent of Android users used their apps very often, 52 percent higher than the 23 percent of Android …

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Google Chrome and Drive arrive on iOS

Following yesterday's news that Chrome had left behind the beta tag on Android it is now available on iOS. Alongside this, Google's cloud storage system now has its own application for iOS. If you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 4.3 or newer you will be able to …

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Microsoft hit with $1.07 billion fine from European Union

Microsoft have been hit hard by the European Union, after a 14 year struggle between the operating software giant and the continent's regulators of fair business. The judges have apparently reduced fines from $1.11 billion to $1.07 billion because the European Commission had miscalculated the total. While the fine was …

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BMW gets in electric bed with Toyota

Walking along the streets of Belfast, you are constantly reminded that this is where Back To The Future's super electric DeLorean car was assembled. While no one is expecting time travel any time soon, we're definitely moving into a world of electric dreams. BMW had dreams of its own, which …

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Philipp Humm, CEO of T-Mobile, USA resigns

Phillipp Humm has resigned as the CEO of T Mobile USA and will be replaced by Jim Alling on an interim basis. Humm was in charge of the fourth largest U.S. mobile operator since 2010 and he started in the German mobile business before heading to America to take charge. …

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GIGABYTE Unveils First-Ever Touchpad Mouse, Aivia Xenon

GIGABYTE Technology Co. LTD are due to release their Aivia Xenon Dual Mode Touchpad Mouse, the world’s first-ever dual mode touchpad mouse. The Aivia Xenon can serve as a practical mouse with multi-touch gestures, and a portable touchpad. This innovative touchpad mouse makes you free from space boundary, and now …

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UK Nanotechnology industry secures over £20 million

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN – www.nanoktn.com), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, is pleased to announce that its support and guidance has helped the UK nanotechnology industry secure over £20M in funding and commercial sales. The NanoKTN is committed to assisting its UK …

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Google Chrome for Android leaves beta

We discovered this morning during the first of two main Google I/O keynotes that Google Chrome would become the standard browser in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Today also marks the release of the first stable update for Chrome for Android, leaving behind the beta tag in the process. The update …

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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is now official

The next iteration of Google's mobile operating system has just been made official at Google I/O and will be known as Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It appears to be focussed on the user interface and Project Butter has been introduced. Project Butter combines vsync, triple buffering to offer much smoother …

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Images of the Nexus 7 and Nexus Q leak

We knew it had to happen and it has. Thanks to a leak from Google's Play Store we now have images and some information on the Nexus 7 tablet and a funnily-shaped object called the Nexus Q. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5FO-MyR0o'] The Nexus Q is apparently some sort of “social streaming media …

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Specifications leak for three HTC Windows Phone 8 devices

While the Microsoft storm has subdued following the announcement of the Surface tablets and Windows Phone 8 last week, leaked information about some Windows Phone 8 devices from HTC reveal some powerful hardware. Specifications for three phones have been leaked that are currently referenced to as the Rio, Accord and Zenith. …

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Judge stops U.S. sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab

A U.S. judge yesterday backed Apple's request to stop Samsung Electronics selling their Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the United States. This could have ramifications worldwide for Samsung as Apple chalk up a victory in the patent wars. Apple have had little challenge in the tablet sector since they announced …

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