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Starbucks Roll Out Duracell Powermat Wireless Charging In Stores

After a pilot with stores in Boston, Starbucks is now going to work on a national roll out of ‘Powermat Spots’, which are essentially designated areas on tables & counters where customers can charge their device wirelessly — assuming it’s compatible of course.

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Testmodo: Three Winners Pass Judgement On Three Smartphones

Back in January, Gizmodo teamed up with EE to run a competition called Testmodo, where three lucky winners could review three high-end smartphones on EE’s super fast 4G network, and then keep all three! This is how they got on.

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First look at Onaji Pawa Card, A Portable 3-in-1 Emergency Battery

Onaji is a London based company that started off selling phone cases and cables, but their latest project — the Pawa card — aims to solve arguably the biggest problem smartphones have: battery life.

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Project Wedge: A Portable Projector For Your Tablet

Getting media from your tablet on to a bigger screen hasn’t always been the easiest of tasks. Even if you resort to using a media streamer like Apple TV or a Roku for example, you’re still reliant on a TV and power source to get that done. Intent on solving that problem and making it…

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Computing Storage Devices

OCZ Vertex 450 (256GB) SSD Review

In the SSD space, OCZ has already established themselves as one of the leading brands with products like the Vertex 4 and the flagship Vector.

With their acquisition of Indilinx back in 2011, they’ve now produced the Vertex 450 using in-house components giving them more control…

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Computing Storage Devices

Sandisk Extreme II SSD (240GB) Review

Affordability and top notch performance, these are two words that lie predominantly in our minds when considering SSD upgrades. As far as affordable upgrades go, SanDisk’s Extreme II 240GB SSD is definitely one to consider, but with so many alternatives out there – does this SSD really bring anything new to the table? Priced at…

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Blackberry Z10 Review

Although they were once a serious contender in the mobile phone market, Blackberry’s sluggish pace of innovation in recent years has left them trailing to Android phones and Apple’s iPhone. So with their backs against the wall, they announced their new flagship smartphone, the Blackberry Z10 which runs on BB10 – the company’s fresh &…

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Op-ed

HTC – The Second Coming?

It’s been a journey of highs and lows for HTC, from bringing us the award-winning flagship HTC One, to falling sales and internal turmoil within the company’s ranks. But with a new advertising campaign featuring Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr, the Taiwanese phone maker really is trying to embrace its ‘Here’s to Change’ slogan…

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How The Nokia Lumia 1020 Plans To Replace Your Camera

Whilst our smartphones have already taken over from our MP3 players, laptops and gaming consoles; Nokia now wants to make sure their newest addition, the Nokia Lumia 1020, replaces our digital cameras for good too. How do they plan to do that? The Finnish manufacturers announced that the Lumia 1020 will boast a 41-megapixel camera. Yes,…

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Smartphones & Tablets

Nokia’s Budget Mobile Phones: Old School Style with New Technology

At a time when top of the line smartphones are the most trendy gadgets you can own, it’s refreshing to see the new Nokia 207 & 208 as additions to the budget mobile phone segment. Now don’t get me wrong, I still love the feature packed, super high resolution and battery sucking smartphones like the iPhone…