Author: Alex Lowe

Tesla is seeing an increase in car deliveries

Tesla is actually yet to make a profit, but the US based car company is seeing a vast growth in this last year, Tesla has shipped 24,500 cars in the third quarter of 2016 a large 70% increase over Q3 in 2015. This is promising for Tesla, as it is no longer the only electric car on the market which “just works” – the Nissan Leaf is an alternative, VW […]

Logitech have released a new webcam, in 2016

Not the most inspiring headline, but the new webcam from Logitech does seem to have a shed of relevance in 2016 despite all in one PCs, laptops, phones, tablets and some smartwatches having built in cameras. Logitech is targeting the gamers and most directly gamers who stream to Twitch. The new C922 Pro Stream Webcam is capable of streaming to Twitch and also it can see shapes in the foreground […]

5Gbps over current networking cables has been approved

In terms of transfer speeds over wireless and over wires, we’ve come such a long way – to the stage now where WiFi is actually capable of more bandwidth than existing ethernet cables, but not for much longer as the IEEE has approved a new Ethernet standard which allows for 2.5Gbps over existing Cat 5e cables, or how it is officially known IEEE 802.3bz-2016. Also IEEE 802.3bz-2016 5GBASE-T allows 5Gbps […]

Tesla Models S 100D outpaces Lamborghini Huracán in drag race

Lately, Tesla is completely rewriting the automotive rulebook. With the new and more powerful Tesla Model S 100D the EV can outrun most supercars which cost £100,000s more. In the video at the end of the post it shows the Lamborghini Huracán being drag raced against the Tesla Model S 100D. The Tesla has no gears, no engine noise and can outrun nearly every supercar and hyper-car on the market. […]

iOS 10.1 beta launches to public testers, adds new Portrait mode to iPhone 7 Plus

When the the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were unveiled earlier this month, one of the headlining features for the larger model was the dual lens camera. The 7 Plus has two 12MP cameras, the one on the left handles everyday photos just like it’s smaller sibling and the lens on the right is a telephoto lens, this handles 2x zoom optically – offering zoom functionality without  losing image sharpness. […]

Apple releases new betas of iOS 10, tvOS 10 watchOS 3 and macOS Sierra

Just earlier today, Apple has released the latest beta versions of the four major operating systems that the company manages; tvOS, iOS, watchOS and macOS. Devoloers can now download watchOS 3.1, tvOS 10.0.1, iOS 10.1 and macOS Sierra 10.12.1. The software is available from Apple’s developer website and as of yet there isn’t any news on what is contained in these new updates.

SanDisk launches 1TB SD card

SanDisk, arguably one of the most prominent companies in digital storage and media has unveiled the world’s largest SD card. The new 1TB SDXC is a prototype as of writing but we have no idea of when it will be available or also how much it will cost. SanDisk has pointed out, only 16 years ago we were looking at a 64MB SD card as the largest we could get, […]

Whats new in tvOS 10 for Apple TV?

Along with iOS 10 and watchOS 3 this week, Apple also released tvOS 10 for Apple TV. And with this release, it may not be as feature rich as iOS may be but it does add some useful features. Siri Siri has seen some improvements to aid finding movies about certain subjects. Siri can now search for movies and tv shows which are about two subjects. Such as “Show me […]

Microsoft announces Windows 10 Insider build 14926

It’s been quite a while since Microsoft has released a Insider beta build for Windows 10 and just yesterday build 14926 was made available for PC and mobile. Whats new? Microsoft Edge, the Internet Explorer replacement now features a “snooze” function. Microsoft say that users keep tabs open acting as a reminder to do something later on, a new feature allows Cortana to remind you to look at a website […]

Amazon Echo speaker now out in the UK and Germany

Amazon’s smart speaker – the Amazon Exco has been on sale in the US for around two years now and just today at and event Amazon hosted today, Amazon revealed that the Echo and Echo Dot will be on sale in the UK and Germany now, with pre-orders starting today and shipping for 28th September. The Echo is powered by the Alexa assistant which also features in the Amazon TV. […]