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Payleven Mobile Payments at The Gadget Show

One of the common problems facing start-ups and small businesses are the costs associated with taking credit card payments. The transaction costs can be high for small turnovers and point-of-sale machines are expensive with a monthly rental fee. To counter this problem, Payleven offers a low-cost mobile payment solution for European businesses using a Chip'n'PIN card reader that uses Bluetooth to

My.com Launches the First Mobile-Only Email Service

My.com is offering an interesting alternative to the desktop based email service that you are currently using. The @my.com email service is a mobile-only approach that has been designed to fit with the increasingly mobile-centric worldwide trend. The @my.com email service functions within my.com's myMail app (which was launched in November of 2013). The myMail mobile app was designed for

Get your phone wet? All may not be lost with DryBox

Mobile phones and water are a notoriously bad combination. However a new product from a company called DryBox aims to fix your woes when this problem strikes your handset. The Rescue has pretty lofty claims, including a drying time of only 30 minutes and that it can save a device as much as two to three days after it got

Boosty Your Broadband at The Gadget Show

While many of us are fortunate enough to be served by fibre connections to our homes, many of us are still stuck on copper ADSL circuits with single digit download speeds. This isn't great, especially with the rise of on-line gaming, movies-on-demand and second screening. Most of us have a another high speed data connection in our smartphone and this

TP-Link 3G Mobile WiFi and Power Bank Review

The TP-Link 3G Mobile WiFi and 5200 mAh Power Bank (M5360) combines two of the handiest portable accessories - a 3G wireless hotspot and a USB battery pack - into a single unit. Sounds good on paper, but convergence doesn't always work out. Let's take a look. The M5360 comes neatly packaged in a slide-out box. Included with the 3G

Luiqipel discusses its latest smartphone protection

Luiqipel, as the name implies, is the company who waterproofs your phone. But now it has taken things a bit further, attempting to prevent other damage as well. Impacts? Screen scratches? Those are two areas the company is focusing upon. The latest technology is a think film that may look like it's close to nothing, but actually provides the damage

Rovio electrifies Angry Birds with new levels

Fans of the Rovio series of games can rejoice today, as the Finnish game maker is rolling out an update to its flagship mobile product. While it's probably no longer the most popular Angry Birds, the original has become a classic in the minds of many gamers. "Today Angry Birds received an electrifying new update with 30 fun-filled levels set