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Tetris could block your worst cravings

Just three minutes of playing Tetris on a smartphone could abate cravings for drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, coffee, food, sex and even sleeping by as much as one fifth, according to a new...

Dell doubles down on quality for new Chromebook

At a time when other PC makers are looking to attract new customers through cut-price Windows 10 notebooks, Dell has taken the original affordable portable computer, the Chromebook, and turned it...

Is live streaming videos about to become a thing?

Five months after its launch, Periscope has amassed 10 million accounts and almost 2 million active users who are collectively viewing 40 years' worth of video every day. When live video...

Why you should take Note of Samsung’s latest phablets

At a special live event in New York on Thursday, Samsung unveiled two new handsets – the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+ – that it claims underline its commitment to large-screen mobile...

Triber, an app to find your friends

Who hasn't lost track of their friends in a crowd or looked for someone in a restaurant? The Triber app has found the solution to this kind of situation: geolocation. In this period of summer...

Amazon ends pay-per-click advertising programme

Amazon.com has quietly closed a pay-per-click programme that diverted traffic away from the platform to retailers' own websites. Up until Tuesday, August 11, businesses could buy targeted...

Tinder ‘overreacts’ on Twitter to ‘dating apocalypse’ feature

Tinder said today it "overreacted" when it sent out a volley of tweets lashing out a Vanity Fair for a feature about dating apps and sexual norms. In a 6,400-word feature in its current issue,...

Indian smartphone owners focused on price not features

Within the next two years, India will have overtaken the USA as the world's second-largest smartphone market. However, at the moment that growth is still being driven by affordable handsets and...

A billion reasons why ad-supported music streaming is effective

Even though many experts believe that Apple's entry into the music streaming business will lead to the eventual end of freemium services – ie. streaming services that offer a tier supported by...

Google turns a page with Alphabet

Google's reshaping under newly formed parent Alphabet gives the tech giant more ability to focus on its core business, while offering startup-like flexibility to long shot, trailblazing...