Usually reliable internet sources claim Samsung's preparing another Android model, this one going by the name Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. The alleged phone shrinks the S4's screen size to 4.3" but adds a 16-Megapixel sensor around the back by way of compensation. It's less of a phone than the Galaxy S4 and less of a camera than the Galaxy Camera. Is it therefore a phone too far for our Korean Android overlords? [SamMobile] Read More >>
The average UK user of iTunes has spent £345 buying/leasing a digital music and media collection through Apple's servers, according to a survey that tracked people's iOS spending habits. Read More >>
Featured comment by CaptainLove:
"Pray tell, how does switching to a different platform suddenly make apps and copyrighted music and video free?" More »
There have been 23 Bond movies made In the past 50 years — full of lethal, handy, futuristic, awesome, and sometimes funny gadgets. Most are still too fantastic to be real, but some have transcended the silver screen to become naturalised residents of the Real World. These are our favourites. Read More >>
Featured comment by jhammar:
"The touchscreen table is likely to be multitouch http://www.multitaction.com ,I saw prototypes of them several years ago. They actually use cameras be..." More »
Users idly browsing Google's Android Play app this morning saw a link to digital version of T3 magazine listed on the front page, with links inside its listing letting mag buyers view a decent list of other UK magazines. But you can't buy them yet. Read More >>
Featured comment by Alex:
"I wonder if TV episodes are about to make their way over too? I noticed an update on my N7 today asking me to update Google Play Movies to "Google Pla..." More »
The long-running digital switchover saga will finally come to an end today, with a small pocket of elderly TV viewers who somehow didn't get the message left confused when Northern Ireland turns off its analogue TV transmitters. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jynto:
"It would be nice if someone built a Ceefax emulator app for Android or iOS.
It would take actual news feeds, and present them with the same old low..." More »
Many will agree that Apple remains the master of industrial design in the digital age, but over the last year or so, some of their interface designs have divided opinion, and it comes down to a concept known as 'skeuomorphism'. Read More >>
The NME is running a fine piece commemorating the fifth anniversary of Radiohead's release of In Rainbows, the album the band let users set their own price to buy. Did it work? Is everyone doing it now? (No). And did it actually damage the music industry in the process? [NME] Read More >>
Featured comment by shadowmatt:
"They did it for the publicity. Nothing more.
If they really wanted to make a statement they should have still sold through their own distribution s..." More »
Microsoft has got itself into a bit of a pickle regarding the direct selling of digital games through its Windows 8 Marketplace, with the result being that no 18-rated titles will be available to buy through its PC store in the UK. Read More >>
Featured comment by MENTAL1ST:
"This would be par for the course, except for the fact that ESRB M and PEGI 18 are not strictly equivalent.
Most high-profile video games aimed at a..." More »
Alright, you might have turned your Instagram shots into an arty iPad case, or even had them made into chocolates, but have you ever wanted to grab your phone camera snaps and instantly turn them into real analogue photos? The folks at Impossible look to do that with their snazzy Instant Lab, that takes your digital photos and turns them into real instant analogue prints. Ya-huh! Read More >>
Featured comment by acearchie:
"In essence though it's not printing the image but taking a picture of the image on the iPhone creating a true analogue conversion with all the intrica..." More »
Unless you're incredibly organised, it's highly likely that you have different music tracks dotted around different devices, which can turn digital DJing from a celebration of music to a mess of jumbled cables quicker than you can shout "tune". Pioneer's new digital decks, however, swap wires for Wi-Fi. Read More >>
Featured comment by Richard:
"Realistically you wouldn't want to use a wifi connection in a venue, so this is purely for bedroom DJ, and at £1000, that's just realistic! The indus..." More »
A Lords committee looking into the future of delivering telly to our houses has put out the idea that terrestrial TV broadcasts should eventually be replaced by an entirely internet-based network, requiring confused old people to adjust their televisions once again. Read More >>
Featured comment by Aevolve:
"Hmm, this is a case of people who know nothing about the industry thinking they are down with da kidZ, bit like my uncle asking why broadcasting syste..." More »
I have a big Canon DSLR which I never use. I also stopped using my compact a very long time ago, when the iPhone 3G came out — a classic example of convenience winning over quality. But this tiny beauty, Canon's new EOS-M mirrorless camera with EF-M lens mount, is making me drool for a gadget again based on its looks alone. Read More >>
Featured comment by userage:
"Are you guys serious? It doesn't even have a viewfinder.. Its got the same sensor as the G1X as well, functionality of it doesn't even look great. Ver..." More »
Your LP collection may be the coelacanth of storage mediums, but it is often a repository of tracks and titles that you simply can't get anywhere else. Here's how to digitise your wax-platter music, and finally drag the last remnants of your analog life into the 21st Century. Read More >>
The UK supermarket race to go digital has a new leader today, thanks to Tesco buying up established music provider We7 for a whopping great £10.8m. Read More >>
Featured comment by Spatchmo:
"The way things are going with the never ending expansion of Lord Cohens shop into the digital world, banking and telecommunications, I wouldn't be sur..." More »
UK supermarket Sainsbury's has bought itself a large stake in eBook provider Anobii, taking a 64 per cent share of the business from struggling retailer HMV -- for which it paid the nominal fee of £1. Read More >>