Month: February 2022
People are still buying tablets – and lots of them
Audio player loading… If you bought an iPad over the Christmas period then you weren’t alone. Apple’s flagship series, easily among the best tablets, are still selling like hot potatoes, even as the pandemic recedes. IDC has crunched the numbers for Q4 2021, which encompasses the holiday period, and found…
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Sony planning more than 10 live service games before March 2026
Sony’s surprise acquisition of Bungie earlier this week for $3.6 billion was about a lot more than just Destiny. In an investor call today, Sony has revealed it plans to launch more than 10 new live service games by March 2026. That’s a hugely ambitious plan, and marks a major…
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Google Cloud is still losing buckets of money
Audio player loading… In a bid to try and cut down on losses from its cloud business, Google decided to extend the life of its hardware by a year, sometimes even two. The news was revealed during parent company’s Alphabet’s Q4 2021 earnings call where the company said it had…
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The Morning After: Wordle finds a new home
Wordle, the once-a-day word game without ads, subscriptions or even a mobile app, has been purchased by The New York Times. If you haven’t played it, you have six chances to guess a five-letter word, with clues offered for correct letter guesses. In an interview with The Times earlier this…
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It’s official: Even bosses think the era of the physical office is over
Audio player loading… We’re nearly two years into the pandemic, one of the biggest changes has been the shift in attitudes towards office-based work, previously an unrelenting requirement for many companies. Now, a new study has claimed that even bosses – the group you might imagine being most wedded to…
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6 of the Best Travel Watches Around Right Now
Whether you call them GMTs or worldtimers, these watches will be back on active duty in 2022. Source
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