Max Slater-Robins
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Kanye West's album performance was interrupted by Apple's email notification sound
Kanye West released his new album, "The Life of Pablo," on Thursday night, and one of his songs was interrupted by the "ding" Macs make after getting an email. → Read More
Netflix has completed its move to the cloud — and it's a big win for Amazon
Netflix, which accounts for around 40% of internet traffic at peak times, has moved to Amazon Web Services. → Read More
Google is reportedly working on a virtual reality headset that doesn't need a smartphone or computer
Google is reportedly working on a standalone virtual reality headset that wouldn't need a PC, smartphone, or games console to work. → Read More
Jeremy Clarkson's new show for Amazon has started filming — here's what to expect
The new show, which features James May and Richard Hammond, will air later this year and is set to take what was great about "Top Gear" to the next level. → Read More
Apple has reportedly decided who will make the iPhone 7's processor — and Samsung is losing out
Apple has reportedly chosen TSMC, a Taiwan-based company, over Samsung to make the iPhone 7's chip, which is a big loss for the company. → Read More
Microsoft's big plan to dominate Android and win mobile is coming together
The company has signed up over 70 smartphone makers who will ship Office on phones, putting Microsoft front-and-centre. → Read More
One developer put a popular iPhone game on Windows in 5 minutes
By using Project Islandwood, a "bridge" that Microsoft has made to move iOS apps onto Windows, the developer did it in 4:54. → Read More
Microsoft has listened to angry customers and will now say exactly what's in Windows 10 updates
Another positive step for the company. → Read More
There's a growing idea that Microsoft should keep Windows 10 upgrades free forever
Two of Microsoft's closest watchers, Ed Bott of ZDNet and Paul Thurrott, think that Microsoft should continue to offer upgrades to Windows 10 for free... → Read More
Microsoft released a popular video game on the Xbox One — and then took it back
Microsoft has been testing backwards compatibility for 'Red Dead Redemption' and accidentally made it available to users. The company then apologised. → Read More
Kickstarter just got its 100,000th funded campaign — here are some crazy stats about them
As a celebration of the 100,000th campaign to get funded on Kickstarter, the company has published some statistics about the projects that made it. → Read More
A top developer said the Apple Watch is a 'confused product' — and lots of people agree
Marco Arment, who helped create Tumblr and then Instapaper, has said that the Apple Watch is a "confused product" that needs to be made simpler. → Read More
Facebook's new tool for talking about sports events failed to keep up with the Super Bowl
Sports Stadium, the tool Facebook built to take on Twitter's live sports chatter, did not work during the Super Bowl. → Read More
Microsoft's virtual assistant 'will get mad' if you 'say things that are particularly a--holeish'
Deborah Harrison, one of the 8 people who write the responses Cortana uses, says the virtual assistant will respond badly to sexism and other bad behaviour. → Read More
Apple's rumoured smaller iPhone might come in bright pink
The iPhone 5se is rumoured to have a 4-inch screen and could come in a shade of pink that is brighter than the current rose gold version of the phone. → Read More
Here's how much the iPhone's software has changed over time
iOS, the software that powers the iPhone, has changed a lot since it launched in 2007, almost 10 years ago. → Read More
Microsoft is carrying out a massive social experiment in China — and almost no one knows about it
Microsoft's Xiaoice, which means "little Bing" in Chinese, has been described as the "largest Turing test in history" by a top researcher at the company. → Read More
Almost everything about Microsoft's rumoured 'last Lumia' smartphone has leaked
The Lumia 650 is said to be the 'last Lumia' handsets Microsoft will make — and we know almost everything about it. → Read More
'Biggest mistake I ever made': The cofounder of a company Microsoft just bought for $250 million sold his stake for a bicycle
Chris Hill-Scott, the co-founder of SwiftKey, sold his stake in the company that Microsoft later bought for $250 million. → Read More
Facebook thinks '6 degrees of separation' is wrong — it's actually 3.57
According to a study published by Facebook, its users are all actually connected by 3.75 degrees of separation which is less than the commonly accepted 6. → Read More