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Apple's catastrophic iOS6 mapping app causes frustration and mirth
Apple / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Apple’s catastrophically bad iOS6 mapping app causes frustration and mirth

Thursday, Sep 20, 2012Thursday, Sep 20, 2012 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

The woefully inept new mapping app included in Apple’s iOS6 upgrade has been causing frustration and laughter in equal measure as the full extent of its hopelessness is revealed by users.

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Wacom launches Bamboo Stylus Pocket for scribbling on smartphones and tablets
Android / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / portable

Wacom launches Bamboo Stylus Pocket for scribbling on smartphones and tablets

Thursday, Sep 20, 2012Thursday, Sep 20, 2012 - by Lee J.

Esteemed graphics tablet manufacturer Wacom has launched the Bamboo Stylus pocket, a rather neat little stylus designed for use with smartphones, iPads and Android tablets.

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Samsung has a laugh at the iPhone 5 crowd
Android / Apple / iPhone / mobiles

Samsung has a laugh at the iPhone 5 crowd [video]

Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 - by Lee J.

Seemingly brushing off their recent crushing defeat by Apple in the US courts, Samsung has decided to poke fun at the Apple-obsessed fanatics queuing outside stores in preparation for the forthcoming launch of …

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A visit to the Google Web Lab at the Science Museum, London Sept 2012
Google / web

A visit to the Google Web Lab at the Science Museum, London Sept 2012

Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 - by mike s

Billed as a ‘series of interactive experiments made by Google,’ Web Lab was a fascinating way to spend an hour or so – especially as they were handing out free booze at a rare …

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Fujifilm XF1 compact camera ratchets up the retro style
photography

Fujifilm XF1 compact camera ratchets up the retro style

Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 - by Lee J.

With the Photokina exhibition currently going on at Cologne, a lot of the this week’s stories are photo-related, with various manufacturers unveiling their forthcoming models.

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Fetchnotes embark on spectacularly ill advised video promo campaign
mobile apps / mobiles / video

Fetchnotes fail with spectacularly ill advised video promo campaign

Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

You know when a video is so bad, it actually puts you off the product? Well, rarely have we seen a video as unbelievably awful as this one for the …

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Leica M 24MP live view full-frame CMOS rangefinder with movies packs a painful price tag
photography

Leica M 24MP live view full-frame CMOS rangefinder packs HD movies and a painful price tag

Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 - by mike s

Like admiring the smooth lines of a passing Rolls Royce, this picture is probably as close as we’ll ever get to the new Leica M, a 24-megapixel full-frame digital rangefinder …

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Panasonic Lumix GH3 packs in high-end still and movie making features
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Panasonic Lumix GH3 packs in high-end still and movie making features

Monday, Sep 17, 2012Monday, Sep 17, 2012 - by Pete Railton

So many details about Panasonic’s exciting new Lumix GH3 camera were leaked in advance, that the actual announcement felt more like a formality than a surprise.

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Olympus release 15mm f/8 Micro Four Thirds lens that is the size of a lens cap
photography

Olympus release 15mm f/8 Micro Four Thirds lens that is the size of a lens cap

Monday, Sep 17, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher - 2 Comments.

Olympus have released a rather unusual 15mm f/8 Micro Four Thirds lens which, at 9mm deep, is no bigger than a lens cap.

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Olympus E-PL5 and E-PM2 compact systems cameras announced
photography

Olympus E-PL5 and E-PM2 compact systems cameras announced

Monday, Sep 17, 2012Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 - by mike s

Olympus has announced two Micro Four Thirds compact system cameras featuring the same 16MP live MOS sensor seen in their rather wonderful Olympus OM-D E-M5.

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Wirefresh, tech blogs and the curse of the 'guest writer'
reviews / web

Wirefresh, tech blogs and the curse of the dishonest ‘guest writers’

Friday, Sep 14, 2012Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 - by mike s

We regularly get people writing to us at Wirefresh enthusiastically offering to write guest posts for us, which on the face of it sounds great – we could really use new writers.

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Panasonic Lumix GH3 camera gets shown off in the hands of photo pros
photography

Stunning Panasonic Lumix GH3 camera gets shown off in the hands of photo pros

Friday, Sep 14, 2012 - by Pete Railton

A pre-launch video has leaked on to the web showing off the new Panasonic Lumix GH3 Micro Four Thirds camera being handled by pros.

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Bubble Popper on Android. A great game ruined by a greedy developer
Android / gaming / mobile apps / mobiles

Bubble Popper on Android. A great game ruined by a greedy developer

Thursday, Sep 13, 2012Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012 - by mike s

One of our favourite games on Android is the simple but devilishly addictive Bubble Popper. Based on the well known game Bubble Breaker, the game involves clicking on connected bubbles of the same colour to …

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Nikon D600 24MP becomes Nikon's smallest, lightest, cheapest full-frame DSLR ever
photography

Nikon D600 24MP becomes Nikon’s smallest, lightest, cheapest full-frame DSLR ever

Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 - by Lee J.

Nikon is hoping to jiggle the wallets of enthusiast photographers, with the release of the D600, the smallest, lightest and cheapest full frame format DSLR camera ever offered by Nikon.

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Run! The all-scampering DARPA LS3 robo-dog is scuttling through the woods!
computing

Run! The all-scampering DARPA LS3 robo-dog is scuttling through the woods!

Thursday, Sep 13, 2012Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 - by mike s

We’re not saying we’d like to encounter on in a dark alleyway after five pints, do we do rather love these fabulously weird and scary robot dog creations powered by …

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