Podcast: LG’s profits triple, Xiaomi launches Mi4 in China, Google Play Store targets free-to-play games

On this month’s list of the best international smartphones;  Huawei and ZTE go flagship crazy in China, Xiaomi declares a price war with its impressive new handset and Indian e-retailer Flipkart’s new devices set the entry-level market ablaze [alert type=alert-blue]Huawei Honor 6[/alert] The Asian manufacturer that is currently gaining the most traction in the West […]

Apple’s acquisition train keeps on chugging along, as it is set to make yet another purchase. This time, the service in question is Swell. It’s an app which offers tailored podcast and talk-radio streams for its users, much in the way that services like Pandora and Rdio offer tailored music streams. It learns what topics […]

A new art installation in London is using apples and potatoes to charge a Nokia Lumia 930 smartphone. The contraption, which has been assembled using 800 apples and potatoes tied together using galvanised wire, is located outside the Westfield shopping mall in West London. Artist Caleb Charland used the hand-built circuit to create an electrical […]

When you think of ‘smart shoes’ what do you think of? Brogues? A nice pair of wingtips perhaps, or maybe even a Chelsea boot? Those are all fine answers, sure, but none of them are anywhere near as smart as the Lechal. Made by Indian tech firm Ducere Technologies, the Lechal is a  smart wearable […]