Yearly Archives: 2016

Reviews November 24, 2016 posted by

Amazon Echo vs Echo Dot V 2.0 – can your life assistant really be digital? [Review]

The Amazon Echo and Echo Dot hands free ‘intelligent’ home controllers have been on the market for some time now, but with the new release of the Echo Dot Version 2.0 we thought it was a great excuse to check out some state of the art tech. Especially since Amazon is constantly extending the features of the Echo and the rather clever voice assistant called Alexa. Of course there’s no shortage of rivals – step up Siri, Cortana and Google…

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Amazon Echo vs Echo Dot V 2.0 – can your life assistant really be digital? [Review]
Gadgets November 24, 2016 posted by

Notafire – the smart smoke detector

A house fire can shatter your entire world in a matter of minutes. That’s why we’re so big having smoke detectors on every floor of your house. Notafire is a new smart smoke detector that will hopefully be able to learn the difference between a life-threatening blaze and your failures on the stovetop.

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Notafire – the smart smoke detector
sleaze tech November 22, 2016 posted by

Report Fake News – Facebook adds new features for flagging fake news

We have a fake news problem on social media and both Google and Facebook have committed to helping fight the tide of misinformation. What they’re doing in the background isn’t something that’s going to affect most people but Facebook has a way you can get hands on with your help. They’ve updated their reporting feature specifically to help target this.

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Report Fake News – Facebook adds new features for flagging fake news
but is it art? November 22, 2016 posted by

Art of ATARI – all your favorite classic game covers in one place

So, in 2016, the art on our game boxes is generally just grabbed from the game. There’s no real difference between what we see on the package and what we interact with on the disc (and if there is, that’s generally a problem). That wasn’t always the case, back in the day you had to imagine what the characters looked like, based on the box. Art of ATARI is the book that collects all that iconic art into one place.

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Art of ATARI – all your favorite classic game covers in one place