Jamie Condliffe

And yet another one bites the dust: Google has announced that its local recommendation service Alfred, purchased from Clever Sense back in 2011, is shuttering on July 19th.

Nokia’s Pro Camera App Is Headed to the Lumia 920, 925, and 928 Too

Along with the launch of Nokia’s new Lumia 1020, the first proper camera-phone hybrid that seems to make sense, came an amazing piece of photographic software in the shape of Pro Camera. The good news: it’s coming to other Lumias, too. Our very own Kyle Wagner was certainly impressed when heused the new app yesterday:…

This Is (Almost Certainly) What Nokia’s Lumia 1020 Will Look Like (Update: Video too!)

We’ve already seen a leaked set of specs ahead of today’s expected launch of Nokia’s new Lumia 1020. But now the Verge has come across press shots and final specs for the new phone. According to the Verge, the 1020 will pack a 41-megapixel camera with PureView branding, a 4.5-inch AMOLED display, 2GB of RAM,…

A Massive Glacial Crack Just Made an Iceberg as Big as New York City

A massive crack in the Pine Island glacier (PIG) in Antarctica has created a massive iceberg—which is as big as New York City. While cracks in glaciers are common—PIG cracked in 2001 and 2007—this one took longer to propagate, which meant that more ice has accumulated by the time giant iceberg broke away. The German…

Following a deluge of complaints about the lack of an offline maps button in the new Maps app for Android, Google engineers have brought it back. The update is being pushed out now.

This Is How a Transistor Works

Transistors are the magical electronic components that make your computer, smartphone and virtually every other gadget on the planet function—but how the hell do they work? One word: semiconductors. But if that means nothing to you, then you should watch this video—which offers up a great explanation of the science behind transistors. You’ll never have…

IFTTT’s New iOS App Mines and Automates Your Entire Phone

If This, Then That (IFTTT) is a pretty clever system for linking data flows between websites—but until now it’s only been available on the web. Now, it’s been made available for iOS, and it looks set to mine and automate your entire phone. The new app brings plenty of the web-based features to iPhone, allowing…

Humorous HTML Greeting Cards Are the Route to Any Geek’s Heart

If there’s a way to any geek’s heart, it’s through a dubious HTML-based joke—which is why these greeting cards are the perfect way to tell your loved ones exactly what you’re thinking. Put together by Athens-based designer Costas Papaconstantinou, these Coding Cards use strong colors and bold fonts to spell out their geeky messages. They…

Does Anybody Still Buy MP3 Players?

Sony has justproudly launched a new range of MP3 players, that are light,offer long battery life and… probably won’t sell. Does anybody actually buy MP3 players these days? There was a time when having an iPod was essential: even the best smartphones were pretty hopeless when it came to listening to music. But now flash…

New Google Maps for Android: Slick Looks, Better Navigation

A tweaked version of Google Maps for Android is now rolling out, which includes a bunch of new features first mentioned by the search giant back in May. The new app appeared in the Play store last night, and brings the app originally previewed at I/O in May to the masses. Echoing the aesthetic of…

Microsoft Admit to Hacks Based on Findings in Googler’s Report

Nobody likes to shoulder blame—and it appears that’s particularly true of Microsoft. Ballmer and co have admitted that a series of targeted attacks have been carried out, clearly based on findings published in a Google researcher’s recent report. Microsoft says that hackers have launched “targeted attacks” by exploiting a bug in Windows that was first…

A Pirate Bay Co-Founder Is Planning a Totally Encrypted Messaging App

Peter Sunde, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, is planning to create an encrypted messaging app that’s so secure that even its creators won’t be able to read the messages that get sent. Called Hemlis—which means “secret” in Swedish—it’s described as a messaging app along the lines of WhatsApp or iMessage. The difference is that the…

Google has apparently plugged the massive, 4-year-old security hole in Android that allowed malware to make its way on to your phone. Now you just need to wait for your phone manufacturer to pass it on to you.

If you’re in the mood for something… different, David Lynch has offered up a free stream of his new album The Big Dream on Pitchfork. Weirdness guaranteed.

Explore The Digital Life of Real Cities in Chilling, Creepy Detail

There’s a video game called Watch_Dogs which views Chicago as a city where everyone and everything is linked through a central network—like something out of a sci-fi film. But to tie in with the games, the developers have made real versions that pull together mountains of data about Paris, Berlin, and London—and the effect is…

This Awesome Arcade Cabinet Looks Like a MiG-23

Crack out your flight sims: this arcade cabinet has to be the ultimate way to dogfight, resembling as it does the iconic MiG-23 fighter jet. Put together by Radek Michalowski, the cabinet is numbered 846 in tribute to the MiG-23 his friend’s father once flew. And it really does look like the plane it’s inspired…

Sennheiser’s Colorful Cans Value Style as Much as Sound

Sennheiser is usually known for high-end audio quality and rather clunky design. That changed, a little, with its Momentum headphones—but now the act is smartened up even further with these colorful cans. These over-the-ear headphones are smaller, neater version of the first Momentums—in fact, they pack the same audio innards. But just of much as…

What’s the Absolute Minimum You Can Compress Data to?

If you’ve ever tried to squeeze data down into a tiny file, you’ll know that there comes a point where you can’t get it any smaller. This video explains why that is. The answer is something you might have heard about in physics or chemistry classes back at school: entropy. But it turns out Professor…

Nikon: We Want to Change the Concept of Cameras With a Non-Camera

Nikon might be better know for their point-and-shoots, but it seems to be wanting to diversify—and it’s contemplating releasing products that are less camera and more… something else. Talking to Bloomberg, Nikon’s president Makoto Kimura explained that he knew the number of people dropping compacts in favor of smartphones was “exploding”. His solution? To “create…

Facebook will berolling out its Graph Search to hundreds of million users in the United States today. Look out for it!