See our full review of the Home Mini, Google’s entry-level smart home assistant. While prices have returned to the original RRP elsewhere, MyMemory is now selling Google’s smart home device at an even cheaper £27.99 – the lowest price around. The deal includes free UK delivery and return – go to MyMemory now to pick up this deal. Elsewhere, AO.com is offering the more larger Google Home Max with a £20 discount with code MAX20 – this brings the price to £379 from its usual RRP of £399....

I spent some time with the StormBox Micro to see how it shapes up as a portable speaker. If you’d like to know more about other options, then see our chart of the best Bluetooth speakers out there at the moment. Design & Build Quality The design of this speaker is extremely similar to that of the Bose SoundLink Micro. It’s a compact square that can fit in the palm of your hand and is quite lightweight, making it easy for porting around to different locations....

On that note, it’s about time we roll out our thoughts and impressions about Ollie, the exclusive AI Robot Vac for the pet owners in town. Trifo Ollie Robot Vacuum: Overview The Trifo Ollie is an elegant and stylish AI-based Robot Vacuum that comes with exclusive pet hair cleaning units and extractors. It looks exactly like the Trifo Lucy, but a bit beefy and bulkier than usual. This smart Robovac comes with quite a lot of features up its sleeves....

This is an easy and free process and once you setup this, you never want to think back about the backup process for your android device, Android will take care the backup process automatically. First you need a Dropbox account to start with. Dropbox is a free (up to 2GB) cloud service they you can get with an valid email ID. If you don’t have Dropbox account, please refer this link to register one free....

In this short video we show you how to use the Print Screen button to capture an image incorporating the whole of the display of your Windows PC or laptop. We show you how to then paste that captured image into a Paint doc. You can of course paste the screenshot image into any visual program. We also introduce the Snipping Tool, a utility that has been part of Windows since Windows Vista....

Also see: Best Black Friday Phone Deals Motorola used to rule the best budget smartphone but recently networks including EE and Vodafone have put out some pretty impressive own-brand devices. Although the name suggests the line has been around for a while, the Smart Prime 7 is a second generation phone and we’ve been able to spend some time with it ahead of the launch. Vodafone Smart Prime 7 review: Release date and price There’s no waiting around for the new Smart Prime 7 as the release date is today, 12 May....

The first thing to understand is that cryptocurrencies are the visible part of the much larger machine of blockchain technology. Much like our money uses the banking system to move around, cryptocurrencies use the blockchain to operate. To understand how cryptocurrencies work, you’ll need to know how blockchain technology works, and you can find our handy guide on that subject just here. In a nutshell, blockchain allows two people to trade a digital asset between them with no fear of fraud or thievery....

Buy Bitcoin Cash on Binance.com or Cex.io What is Bitcoin Cash? Bitcoin Cash is a fork of the original Bitcoin Blockchain. It operates with a number of changes that make it faster and better able to scale when compared to its older brother. It does this by introducing a block size of 8mb, up from Bitcoin Classic’s 1mb. This increase in size allows more transactions to be entered into each individual block before they’re encrypted into the blockchain....

In this article we look at what MU-MIMO does, how it can benefit you at home and if it’s worth the extra investment. Also see: Best wireless routers. What is MU-MIMO? MU-MIMO, also known as multi-user, multiple-input and multiple-output; is not only a mouthful of words, but a technology used in wireless router transmissions. When you’re streaming a movie on Netflix or YouTube on a computer, have your friend gaming on a laptop, have the kids playing games on a console and have your parents connected on their smartphones, it throttles the bandwidth of your router’s connection....

To change that, Microsoft has launched (another) Rewards programme which gives you points each time you search using Bing. And you know what points mean: prizes. Well, you can enter competitions to win prizes (including an Xbox One S and other Microsoft hardware) but there are other options that guarantee you an actual reward, rather than merely the chance of one. Which countries are part of the programme? The scheme is new only in the UK: it launched in the States a while back....

That means it’ll allow you to pause and resume voice recordings right from where they had stopped. Earlier this year, the Facebook-owned company added a playback speed control feature in the voice messages. It seems that WhatsApp is more focused on improving voice messaging ability. The main reason behind this is that the use of voice messaging feature is gradually increasing compared to text messages. Nowadays, people prefer to communicate through voice recordings instead of typing a text message....

However, that hasn’t proven to be the case. One of six new products announced by Apple in January 2023, the refreshed second-gen model is a minor update to that 2018 original. It’s been joined by a new Mac Mini, 14in and 16in MacBook Pros, plus the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips that power most models. But it’s the HomePod 2 that’s our focus here, with pre-orders live now in the US and UK....

MediaTek has announced its new MT6595 system on a chip (SoC) which will pave the way for budget smartphones with a high-end specification. Here’s why the processor will lead to a sub £200 iPhone rival. The firm has announced its latest chip, bases on ARM technology, will give smartphone makers the chance to offer a premium device at an affordable price. MediaTek said that it expects devices with the advanced SoC to arrive at between $200 and $300, or sub £200, meaning these devices will rival the iPhone 5s and other flagship devices....

With both operating systems now well established, which one should you choose? Read our full comparison to find out. What is Windows 10 S? Windows 10 S is Microsoft’s slimmed down version of Windows 10 that’s clearly aimed at both the education and entry level markets. While it’s still a proper version of Windows 10, S does have some purposeful limitations intended to make the operating system fast, secure, and simple to run....

The dream of a powerful wireless laptop docking station may become reality by the end of the year, with Synaptics working with dock OEMs using its Gemini reference platform to create business and personal docks that require no physical connection to the laptop. Docking stations have revolutionised how we use the laptop in our working and personal lives – turning the portable computer into a system that’s as versatile as a full desktop workstation setup....

The Wyze Cam Floodlight has been with us for a couple of weeks and we have done some serious testing. Here is our complete and comprehensive review of the Wyze Cam Floodlight. Wyze Cam Floodlight: Overview The Wyze Cam Floodlight is an outdoor smart security cam that’s reasonably priced (under $100) compared to the Blink Blink Outdoor 3rd Gen + Floodlight or eufy Security Floodlight Cam 2 Pro flood light cameras....

Note: The RX 480 has now been replaced by the RX 580. Read our Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP Edition 8GB review. It’s usual for new graphics card technologies to appear first a the high-end and enthusiast end of the price range. But with Polaris, AMD has taken a different approach, targeting first the affordable mid-range sector, where the majority of new graphics card sales are made. The RX 480 is designed to deliver high performance at 1080p and 2560 x 1440 pixel resolutions....

The Xiaomi Black Shark is the cheapest of the gaming-focused smartphone range but offers unique features that make it worth considering, including a bespoke game controller that boasts universal Android game support. We’ve spent some time gaming on the Black Shark, courtesy of GearBest, and here we present our full Xiaomi Black Shark review. If you decide it’s not for you, why not take a look at our roundup of the best smartphones to see what else is on the market....

The custom operating system Xiaomi phones run is excellent, but a real departure from the standard Android we know and love. As is usually the case with things we don’t know or understand, we don’t appreciate MIUI’s finer points. Also see: Best mid-range phones Typically, depending on which model you buy and from where you buy it, MIUI comes without Google services; all the things you take for granted – seamless integration of contacts, calendar appointments, Gmail, Google Photos, Google Drive (which is also necessary for backing up WhatsApp by the way) and so on – are absent, and fiddly to install....

Let’s begin. How to Open Windows 11 Widgets Board As of now, Windows 11 offers a handful of widgets such as weather, news, sports, stocks, traffic, entertainment, Microsoft To-Do tasks, and Family Safety. These widgets appear on a widgets board that flies in from the left. The rest of the widgets board is filled with news articles that are based on your news and interests settings. Before you can begin to personalize Windows 11 widgets, you should know how to access them....