We’re careful about covering hardware Kickstarters because so many of them fail to deliver. The Superbook laptop dockfirst popped up a few months ago, then it hit Kickstarter last week. Whether or not this device lives up to the hype, there’s enough hype that you should probably be aware of it. The Superbook has already pulled in more than a million...
Read MoreBlackBerry is pretty proud of its new phone, the DTEK50. But it’s less a BlackBerry phone than any BlackBerry phone that’s ever come before. That’s because it’s practically a carbon copy of a different company’s smartphone: the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 4. We’d known for weeks that the two phones might share a manufacturer: according...
Read MoreIf neither of the options above has worked, it is time to go nuclear. Well, not nuclear exactly but it may cost you a couple of quid, and there is no guarantee it will work. We’ve never used any of these, but a there are some third-party apps appear to have a good online reputation: PhoneRescue by iMobie, WonderShare Dr.Fone for iOS and Tenorshare iPhone Data...
Read MoreARM is now the dominant microprocessor architecture, a feat achieved through a combination of sharp engineering, a PC market failure, and an inspired business model pivot. The reward is a puzzlingly high acquisition offer from Masa Son, the maverick SoftBank founder. Chips built on the Advanced RISC Machine architecture are everywhere. Available in a wide range of...
Read MoreAfter years at the top of the smartphone heap, an uninspired new flagship phone disappointed fans. Sales and profits tumbled, along with the company’s stock price. The story of Apple and its iPhone 6S? Sure. But it’s also the tale of the Samsung and the Galaxy S6 last year. Samsung has turned things around this year, and the Korean company’s revival offers some...
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