Supersonic speed without a vehicle is coming Red Bull may not give you wings, but it’ll give you a super suit that will let you fall from space at Mach 1 Before the end of 2012, man will have travelled faster than the speed of sound, using only gravity. The man in question is skydiving mastermind Felix Baumgartner, who’s teamed up with Red Bull to create a suit that will let him jump from a record breaking 36,000m....
SwiftKey 3 beta does away with the space bar The latest version of the popular Android keyboard app features SmartSpace autocorrect tech to fill in the blanks across multiple words SwiftKey has launched anew versionof its virtual keyboard for Android mobiles, which purports to do away with the space bar altogether. SwiftKey 3 beta features a new intelligent autocorrect function called SmartSpace, which automatically recognises missed spaces – even across multiple words....
SwiftKey 4 hits Google Play Store Our favourite smartphone keyboard gets a higher number attached to its name, with new features to boot SwiftKey and its freakishly accurate word prediction has been our Android keyboard of choice for quite some time now, which is why we’re happy to see SwiftKey 4 landing in the Google Play Store today. The latest version of SwiftKey features Flow, which lets you swipe your finger across the keyboard instead of pecking away at individual keys....
SwiftKey Flow Beta hits Android The best Android keyboard just levelled up, much to the delight of our fingers SwiftKey has announced that the beta version of its latest keyboard software is now ready for its VIP members to take for a spin. SwiftKey Flow improves on SwiftKey’s already impressive performance by offering users the ability to churn out swathes of text simply by gliding their fingers across the keyboard, Swype style....
Symbol Audio Modern Record Console is made for vinyl lovers Tovin Design has been showing off its beautiful Hi-Fi at New York Design Week – our old turntable doesn’t stand a chance The Modern Record Console is the Hi-Fi our lounge has been crying out for. It’s a hand built tube amplifier and turntable, second amp, subwoofer and wireless streaming, all packed into a handmade walnut shell that wouldn’t look out of place in Don Draper’s apartment....
Tablets predicted to outsell notebooks by 2016 An iPad-led charge by touchscreen slates will surpass laptop sales within a few years, says research firm While tablets are gaining in popularity, you’d still be hard-pressed to find someone who’d rather have one than a laptop. But that’s a changing trend, says research firm NPD DisplaySearch: they have forecasted that tablet shipments will outstrip notebook shipments by 2016. Their report predicts that 416 million tablets will be shipped by 2017 (up from 121 million in 2012), while notebook shipments will rise from 208 million in 2012 to 393 million in 2017....
TCL reveals China Star TV – a 110in 4K 3D multitouch LCD screen We’d sell every gadget we own if we could feast our eyes upon Skyrim on this drool inducing super-telly You may not have heard of TCL before – but3dfocushas reported that the Chinese company has recently unveiled the China Star – a 4k 3D TV that commands more than a little attention, thanks to its tech-packed spec list....
