Popped in to Tesco to pick up a few items yesterday and was faced with something new: Scan as you Shop. You scan your Clubcard, it logs you in and releases a hand held scanner for you to use. You then scan each item as you pick it up around the store, once you’re done […]
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) has began to proliferate in consumer tech. We’re starting to see how the technology can be used to enhance our lives – well, the lives of marketeers at the very least. Simply: BLE is efficient, cheap, smart and already compatible with millions of devices. This makes it particularly good for transmitting […]
Wearables are gaining traction in the tech world, Pebble have released a premium model of their smart watch, Google have released their Android Wear SDK (with Motorola announcing the Moto 360 and LG announcing the G Watch), and the increasing rumours of Apple’s fabled iWatch. But what is it about wearables that is so exciting? […]
iOS 7 is the biggest update to iOS since it launched. A new beautiful User Interface has been developed, with updates to core Apple apps and newly design icons. It incorporates some powerful new features to make the experience as seamless as possible, including an all new control centre, AirDrop, big updates to notification centre, […]
Apple’s first hardware specific event since October last year has been and gone like a fevered dream. With it we have seen big changes to Apple’s tick-tock release strategy: two new iPhone models, a discontinuation of last years’ flagship model, and the dock connector remains to live another day. The event held in Apple’s on […]