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I was somewhat surprised to learn that 50% of travel bookings made within 48 hours of departure are booked on a mobile device. On reflection, it's perhaps not that surprising, given that the spontaneous decision to travel is likely to be followed up immediately, rather than waiting to get home to get the laptop out. It's with this opportunity in
Back in February 2014, I reviewed the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 and I was impressed with Amazon's top-of-the range tablet. Amazon has continued to push their Fire tablet range and the fourth generation of the Fire tablets came out in September 2014. Not only did Amazon bump the spec with the refresh, they bumped the Kindle moniker too, reserving that
Continuing the current trend of connected homes and smart houses, Oomi's unique selling point is the user experience, claiming to be the easiest to setup and the smartest at learning. Jamie talks dream houses with Chris Hall, President of Oomi. Eighteen months in the making, the heart of the Oomi system is the Oomi Cube and the Oomi Touch. The
Tablet computers have become mainstays in our everyday lives. In just a few years, this market has exploded, with many vendors jumping in with new products. One such company is Southern Telecom, who showed off its new Windows tablet at CES 2015. Scott caught up with Isaac from Southern Telecom. Isaac explained that his company's new Windows tablet runs the
Although initially with a stylus and more recently with fingers, the touch user interface goes back as far as the early days of mobile devices to the Apple Newton and Palm Organiser. Elliptic Labs want to add non-touch to the mobile user interface with ultrasound gesture recognition. Todd gets a demo from Laila Danielson, CEO. Elliptic Labs use an ultrasonic
Flic is a bluetooth-enabled button. That's it. But it's a simple idea that has a thousand uses from taking pictures with a smartphone to autodialling or even working as a personal distress alarm. Nick and Todd go "ah-ha" with Pranav Kosuri, co-founder of Shortcut Labs. Flic is a coin-sized button that can be stuck or clipped onto nearly anything. When
A few years ago I was lucky enough to visit Kitt Peak in Arizona for an astronomy night and it will be one of the highlights of my life. It was a revelationary moment when I looked up and saw the Milky Way properly for the first time; I was used to seeing a few bright stars with a few