Find out everything you need to know about the Android operating system here. Android first appeared back on 23 September 2008 on the T-Mobile G1 which was over a year before the original iPhone arrived on the scene. Google’s open approach to building an open platform paid dividends as within three years Android become the most popular mobile OS in the smartphone market. Take a look at our recommendations for the best smartphone to buy right now....

For Mac users, the Apple AirPort base station has long been the go-to wireless router over various incarnations. That’s not least because the AirPort units are about the easiest in the world to set up, beside the obvious design aesthetic which recommends them to people that don’t like ostentatious or ugly IT boxes on show around the home. See also Best routers of 2014. But users of Windows PCs shouldn’t feel left out as the AirPort Extreme is a standards-compliant wireless router that works with any IEEE 802....

The updated 2014 models feature small processor speed bumps and price reductions but little else has changed. For reviews of the previous versions see 13-inch MacBook Air (2013) and 11-inch MacBook Air (2013) over at our sister site Macworld. The use of a low-power Intel Core i5 processor (in both 2013 and 2014 models) means that the MacBook Air lasts longer than ever before – and quite possibly by a significant margin: Apple’s figures, based on wireless web browsing, spell out a total runtime that has been stretched from an already handy seven hours, all the way to 12 hours for the 13-inch Air (9 for the 11-inch model)....

The pricing of the Archos GamePad 2 is interesting in that it markets itself as the perfect tablet for gaming, yet it comes with a £150 price tag that places it amongst budget tablets – making you immediately question the quality of the hardware onboard. See also: The best budget tablets in the UK Archos GamePad 2 review: Design and build The Archos GamePad 2 doesn’t look like a traditional tablet, instead it has opted for more of a Sony PSP design with a big 7-inch screen filling the centre of the device, surrounded by D-Pads, joysticks and several conventional gaming buttons and triggers located in the purposely oversized bezel....

4G mobile networks are fully in place but if you’re stuck on 3G because you can’t afford a compatible smartphone or tariff then Archos may be able to help you with the former problem. It’s new Helium smartphones aim to bring 4G to those on a tighter budget. See also: New smartphones to expect at MWC 2014: What will Samsung, Sony, LG, HTC and Nokia launch? To this end, the Helium 50 will be priced at around £229 and the smaller Helium 45 will come in at an even more reasonable £179....

The best cryptocurrency mining software CGMiner CGMiner has been around for a very long time, being originally made six years ago. It operates through a simple command line interface, which might be a little daunting for people used to a more polished UI. Being coded in C means it’s able to run on almost all operating systems, and is designed to run with hardware mining devices, but can also use any GPUs that your machine has available....

In fact, Apple claims that the M1 in the new iPad Air represents a 60% boost to CPU performance and up to 2x the power in the GPU department compared to the A14 Bionic in the 2020 iPad Air. It’s not Apple’s latest and greatest – that goes to the M2 within the 2022 iPad Pro range – but it’s still a capable beast that’ll let you take advantage of Stage Manager, a new window-based multitasking system in iPadOS 16....

For those of you who haven’t subscribed already, you can access all the television shows on Now by purchasing the Entertainment Membership, which is usually priced at £9.99 a month – however right now you can get two months for the price of one. See some of the films available through Now’s Cinema Membership in our top picks for movies on Now. If you’re searching for your next Now fix, then look no further than here....

Right now, many providers are offering Cyber week and Christmas deals, but the very cheapest plans haven’t really got any cheaper, so you’re looking at around £20-25 per month. Social tariffs If you’re reading this because you’re on a low income and need really cheap broadband then you can take advantage of a couple of different s depending upon where you live. One option is BT Home Essentials which costs £15 per month....

With the launches of the PS5 and Xbox Series X now behind us (though stock shortages not so much) we can also expect to see graphics get better and better as devs begin to tap into the real potential of the new hardware, and begin to develop games that aren’t also destined for previous-gen hardware. It only gets better from here. Here are all the biggest games that are on the way in 2021 or beyond, along with trailers, release dates, and pre-order info where we have it....

But what games? How can you pick 20 games that sum up some of the best games on offer from through the Xbox One’s lifespan? Don’t you worry about that. We’ve got you covered – and best of all, you can play most of them through Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription. If you’re not too much of a platform loyalist, we’ve rounded up the best PS4 games and the year’s best PC games too....

Traditionally, that meant a key-operated lock, or possibly a keypad lock if you wanted to avoid keys. But the modern door lock uses tech to solve the problem. Just as you can unlock many phones with a fingerprint, so you can with Blusafe’s Breeze. It’s IP65 rated for water resistance, but the Breeze is designed for internal doors. You can opt for chrome, satin chrome and black finishes, and there’s a choice of a handle with a circular backplate that offers a modern look, but there’s also a ‘long’ version that’s designed to cover any existing screw holes from a previously fitted handle....

But shopping for kids’ Christmas presents has become incredibly difficult – not because you’re short of options, but because there’s almost too much choice. And when it comes to choosing tech for a child who probably knows more about it than you do, you can feel out of your depth. We’ve put together our ultimate tech gift list for kids, which contains dozens of tech products any child would be happy to receive....

¿Sabías que existen apps para poder crear felicitaciones de Navidad personalizadas? Puede ser una forma muy original de felicitar la Navidad a amigos, amigas y seres queridos en general. A continuación te proponemos algunas apps que te permiten crear felicitaciones de Navidad personalizadas, todas ellas muy divertidas y originales. PNP: Polo Norte Portátil Este ha sido una de nuestras apps favoritas para hacer felicitaciones de Navidad durante varios años. Si nunca la has probado, deberías hacerlo....

The case is pinched inward slightly in the middle, suggesting the X-shaped cross section which gives the system its name and can also stand vertically, if you prefer, on a small stand. Inside, the 14-litre case is necessarily rather densely packed with components, but the internal layout allows for much easier access to key components than most cube-shaped Gaming PCs. The 1 TB hard drive and 120 GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD are both within easy reach and connecting cables can be plugged and unplugged without tying one’s fingers into knots....

This summer, Citrix will extend Podio Chat with audio communications and video conferencing, expanding the real-time communications features of the product. “Now you can chat within Podio in the context of your work,” said Bernardo de Albergaria, vice president and general manager of SaaS products and markets at Citrix. Also in the works is an integration between Podio and Citrix’s Go To Meeting web conferencing and online meeting product, he said....

However, we may have to compress our 4K videos As a result of high bit rate and huge size, 4K video brings a big challenge to consumers’ media-playing devices and programs. Your hardware configuration such as processor and graphics card should be powerful enough to crunch the data and your video player software should be compatible with the super ultra-high-definition. Otherwise, you’ll have problems with 4K video playback, coming across lagging, jerky, choppy, stuttering and the like....

Respecto a los nuevos smartphones, el Galaxy Z Flip 4 es sin duda el más atractivo para el gran público, mientras que el Z Fold 4 podría ser el híbrido de teléfono y tablet más logrado hasta la fecha. Sin embargo, aquí vamos a centrarnos en el nuevo smartwatch, el Watch 5 y, lo más importante, cómo puedes comprarlo. Sigue habiendo dos modelos de la serie Galaxy Watch 5, pero la versión clásica del año pasado ha sido sustituida por una variante Pro en esta ocasión....

The laptop is actually found within the Business section of Dell’s site, and its on-site support and choice of operating systems mean that the Latitude 3340 may appeal to some business users that want a budget laptop for office work. It’s not the most elegant laptop that we’ve seen lately. The dark-grey plastic casing looks distinctly old-fashioned, as does the chunky plastic bezel that runs around the 13.3-inch screen. The laptop also measures a full 34 mm thick along the rear edge, so it’s certainly no Ultrabook, although a weight of 1....

The new version of the laptop has a 91.5% screen to body ratio with a 13.4in display (0.1in bigger!), Intel’s 10th-gen Ice Lake processors and a sleek design update cribbed from last year’s XPS 13 2-in-1. The screen can be touch or non-touch and is capable of Dolby Vision and HDR, much like last year’s model. It keeps the top bezel position of the webcam, a flaw the 2019 version fixed after the XPS went years with it in the lower corner of the screen....