Rumors

Software

Siri Might Be Speaking Mandarin, Japanese, And Russian By March

5:30PM Yesterday | Andrew Tarantola

Per a report from Chinese tech blog DoNews, the Siri voice-assistant may be speaking the three new languages by March. The website cites an unnamed Apple engineer working on the Mandarin version, which is reportedly already in testing. More »


Gadgets

Is Apple Set To ‘Digitally Destroy’ Textbooks This Week?

5:00PM January 17, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Ahead of Thursday’s NYC education event, Ars Technica reports via a leak source that Apple plans to announce a simpler way for authors to create and publishe e-books as well as iBook’s adoption of the ePub3 standard. More »


Mobile

New Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone Details?

4:14AM January 4, 2012 | Sam Biddle

We adore the Lumia 800. It has that historically lovely Nokia build, and is terrifically small. Like — the size is perfect. Now it’s getting a bigger brother. More »


News

Apple’s Mysterious New York Event Is Just About Books?

2:50AM January 4, 2012 | Sam Biddle

TechCrunch has an anonymous source in their ear, saying this month’s alleged Apple powwow is all about iBooks. More »


Mobile

What Are The 2012 Windows ‘Superphones’?

3:51AM December 29, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

A leaked Windows Phone roadmap shows what we’ve got to look forward to in 2012. In the short term there’s a batch of cheapy phones for the masses, but by the end of next year we could be looking at “superphones”. More »


Mobile

Can The New Xperia LT28at Live Up To Its Leaked Specs?

8:40PM December 22, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

Details have leaked about Sony Ericsson’s new “super phone”, and the specs sound impressive. But given the track record, can an Xperia even actually be a phone that really matters? More »


Computing

Ultra-High Definition Displays Coming To Macs—More Proof

10:30AM December 22, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Screenshots of Mac OS X 10.7.3 developer builds have revealed what we already suspected: ultra-high definition Macs are coming. This Get Info window capture reveals a HIDPI (Hi-Dots-Per-Inch) mode checkbox that may come in the next update of Apple’s desktop OS. More »


Mobile

Amazon Was Almost BlackBerry’s White Knight

9:00AM December 21, 2011 | Brian Barrett

As RIM continues to stumble down the long stairway to oblivion, Reuters reports that the company had an unlikely suitor this summer that could have saved them: Amazon. Wait, what? Or more importantly… why? More »


Gadgets

Will Real-Life Google Goggles Replace Your Dorky Eyeglasses?

9:40PM December 20, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

Recently there have been reports that Google is working on wearable computing. But the latest rumour suggests that it’s actually planning to gives us all our own heads-up displays. More »


Entertainment

Siri Is Just The Warm-Up Act For What Apple Has Coming To Your TV

9:30AM December 20, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

Since its launch, Siri has met with some hefty criticism — not least from us. But recent rumours about future Apple products suggest it may just be start of something very, very big. More »