2014
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Samsung Has Quite the Lead in the World of SSDs
Samsung isn’t always the first company that comes to mind when thinking of SSDs, but they are doing more than great in this area. The market research firm IHS recently released the report for the global SSD market in 2014 where Samsung takes a strong lead over the competition. There…
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Apple Announces New App Store Record
Apple has announced record breaking new year sales on the App Store. New Year’s Day turned out to be a record for App Store sales, “New Year’s Day 2015 marked the single biggest day ever in App Store sales history”. The company also announced that developers have made a total…
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The Wolf of Wall Street Was the Most Pirated Movie of 2014
‘The Wolf of Wall Street’. Yes, the Leonardo DiCaprio biopic was the most illegally downloaded movie with 30.035 million downloads. Still, the Oscar-nominated movie grossed $392 million despite all of those downloads. Although the highest, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ was certainly not exceptional – the close second, Disney’s ‘Frozen’, was downloaded a…
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What is the Most Intagramed Place on Earth?
Why it’s “the happiest place on earth” – Disneyland of course! Yes, the original of Disney’s massively successful theme parks – Disneyland in Anaheim, California, is the most Instagramed place on earth. The company released a list of places with the most images attributed to them in 2014 and the…
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Facebook Apologises for Stirring Up Painful Memories With its ‘Year in Review’ Feature
Any Facebook user scrolling through their news feed over the last week have likely seen a slew of posts entitled “It’s been a great year! Thanks for being a part of it”, featuring a compilation of photo and text highlights from the user’s past year on Facebook. Unfortunately, the algorithm…
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Facebook, Minecraft Lead iOS App Store 2014 Charts
Well isn’t this a surprise – Facebook Messenger and Minecraft pretty much lead the 2014 iOS App Store charts. The top free iPhone app was Facebook Messenger while the top paid iPhone app was the game Heads Up!, with Minecraft: Pocket Edition in second place. The top iPad app was…
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Steam Wintersales Are upon Us, Hide Your Wallets
It’s that wonderful time of year, no wait, hide your wallets. The Steam Winter Holiday sales have started and will be running until January 2nd. As every year, there are thousands of games at huge discount and with a temptation that is hard to resist. The Steam Holiday sales feature…
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SteelSeries Unveils Fnatic Branded Gaming Peripherals
SteelSeries already worked with Fnatic when developing their gaming peripherals and now they’ve created a brand new Fnatic branded line-up ready for the Dreamhack Winter 2014. Featuring the Fnatic team colours as well the logo, the three new devices get a great look. Seen above is the SteelSeries Rival Fnatic…
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HP Finish off their Fiscal Year with Interesting Q4 Results
Hewlett-Packard have just their fourth quarter earnings this past Tuesday, posting some interesting results to round out their 2014 fiscal year. Here’s a quick summary of the report: Net income of $2 billion, rated at 70 cents per share Non-GAAP earnings at $1.06 per share on a revenue of $28.4…
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Dell UP2715K Expected in December for Less than $2K
Dell is full of good display news today, this time regarding the world’s first 5K monitor that is about to hit the market. Sources now say that the Dell UP2715K will retail for less than $2000 despite the current official $2500 listing and there is more good news on as…
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Reliable Tech – Hardware Repair Rate Rankings Released
As computer enthusiasts often get hostile about their favorite brands warranties, returns and reliability, we’ve just been given an insight into hardware failure and warranty rates across popular technology manufacturers. Only just being released but complied with data relevant prior to October 2014, these statistics will show the top four performers in each category.…
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DirecTV to be the First Cable Company offering 4K TV
There’s a very common and rapidly growing group within the popular Reddit community, they’re called ‘cord cutters‘. Currently grossing over 60k subscribers, this sub Reddit is dedicated to strategies, alternatives and methods to cutting your cable service for life as more people move to online means. DirecTV has just announced that…
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Top Dog – ASUS Motherboards Expected to Outsell GIGABYTE
According to ‘industry sources’, CnBeta has recently reported that ASUS is now expected to move more units in 2015 and kick GIGABYTE off the top position. ASUS motherboard shipments in Q3 2014 have been bumped to over 6 million, mostly due to their aggressive price cuts and new marketing strategies – this has…
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Razer’s Nabu Smartband Said To Be Rolling Out In October
Razer looks to be closer to a final release date for its Nabu smartband than initially thought. A press release earlier this month indicated that Razer is working with mobile gaming developer, Tencent Games, in order to bring ‘Timi Run Everyday’ to the smartband, as well as revealing a fourth…
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Germany v Brazil World Cup Thrashing Broke Twitter Records
The Germany Vs Brazil Semi-final match in this year’s World Cup has certainly caught the attention of any football fan or anyone involved in football after their 7-1 thrashing against the home team a couple of days ago. The thrashing on the pitch was not the only top score to…
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