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Alastair Arthur
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Writer, photographer and gadget fan since the Commodore 64, Psion organizers and earliest cell phones. Born on the south coast of England with Scottish blood, I moved to Paris, then New York. A fan of Nexus phones, a good sci-fi epic, street photography and small soccer team called Raith Rovers. Quietly optimistic and full of ideas.

Pro Filmmaker Shows Google Pixel Video Capability
By Alastair Arthur · October 24, 2016
Report: Samsung to Release Galaxy S8 Early?
The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S7 were both released at the Mobile World Congress in…
By Alastair Arthur · October 24, 2016
Software Helps To Improve Google Pixel Phone Camera Results
The camera on the Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones has been rated as the…
By Alastair Arthur · October 19, 2016
Instagram Stories Now Added To The Explore Page
Instagram stories seem to have been a success so far. Concerned over the dominance that…
By Alastair Arthur · October 18, 2016
Firebase Push Notifications Now on Web
Firebase is a cloud-based messaging service that makes it easier for developers to send push…
By Alastair Arthur · October 17, 2016
Google to Launch Separate Search Index for Mobile
Up until now Google has used one index to generate the response to all queries…
By Alastair Arthur · October 14, 2016
NYPD Fighting Crime with Windows Mobile Smartphones
The New York Police Department now have official smartphones, even if they are of the…
By Alastair Arthur · October 13, 2016
Facebook's Workplace Now Available To All
For about two years, Facebook has been trialling a version of it’s social network aimed…
By Alastair Arthur · October 10, 2016
Twitter Releases Customer Service Study, Defends Against Chatbots
It only takes a quick look at Facebook Messenger to realize that there are already…
By Alastair Arthur · October 10, 2016
Global Phone Sales Predicted to Increase in 2017
It is likely that there will have been less new mobile phones sold globally in total…
By Alastair Arthur · October 8, 2016
NewsTab Reader Offers Similar Functions To Feedly
Many loyal users were upset when Google decided to drop the Google RSS Reader in…
By Alastair Arthur · October 6, 2016
DxOMark Samples Show Off Google Pixel's Camera
Google are making great claims about the cameras in the new Pixel phones. Even in…
By Alastair Arthur · October 5, 2016
How The Google Pixel & Pixel XL Could Have Been Even Better
The new Google Pixel and Pixel XL have great specs. They are powerful, come with…
By Alastair Arthur · October 4, 2016
Google's Pixel Phones Come With Live 24/7 Customer Support
The new Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones announced today include a number of new features, but…
By Alastair Arthur · October 4, 2016
Microsoft Band 2 Sales Have Been Halted
The Microsoft Band 2 is no longer available from the online Microsoft store, and with…
By Alastair Arthur · October 4, 2016
Facebook, WhatsApp Data Sharing Raising More Concerns
Germany have already ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing messaging data with Facebook. Now it looks…
By Alastair Arthur · September 30, 2016
Anchor's Podcasting App Is Now Available On Android As Well
Whether you want to create new broadcasts or listen to them, Anchor aims to make…
By Alastair Arthur · September 30, 2016
Major Tech Firms Forge New AI Alliance
It was announced today that Google has partnered with Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and IBM in…
By Alastair Arthur · September 28, 2016
Ex-Verizon Employee Pleads Guilty To Selling Customer Info
A former employee of Verizon has recently pleaded guilty to selling customer data by way…
By Alastair Arthur · September 27, 2016
Google's AI Now 94% Accurate at Describing a Photo
If you use Google Photos, you’ll know that it already does an impressive job at…
By Alastair Arthur · September 23, 2016
Huawei Deepen Camera Research Partnership with Leica
The camera has increasingly become one of the most important elements in a new smartphone,…
By Alastair Arthur · September 23, 2016
Nexus 5X Phones Randomly Rebooting With Android 7.0
The long line of Google Nexus phones may be coming to an end according to…
By Alastair Arthur · September 21, 2016
Some of Google Allo's Privacy Features Missing at Launch
Privacy versus convenience. It’s a trade off that we all make, especially when it comes…
By Alastair Arthur · September 21, 2016
Google Explains How 'Trips' Autogenerates Intineraries
Yesterday Google released a new app called Google Trips. The intention behind it is to…
By Alastair Arthur · September 20, 2016
Nikon Introduces New Range Of KeyMission Action Cameras
In January Nikon introduced it’s first action camera, the KeyMission 360. Only limited details were…
By Alastair Arthur · September 19, 2016
The Man and the Inspiration Behind the Google Doodle
Ryan Germick controls arguably the most significant billboard of all time, the Google homepage. He…
By Alastair Arthur · September 16, 2016
Google's Duo Stars In A Number Of New Promotional Videos
Google has Hangouts, an app which tries to integrate all of your messaging needs together…
By Alastair Arthur · September 15, 2016
Domino's Adds Pizza Ordering to Facebook Messenger
You can already order a pizza via a phone call, a text, a web page,…
By Alastair Arthur · September 15, 2016
Instagram Introduces Mutable & Savable Stories
It wasn’t long ago that Instagram introduced stories, allowing photos and video to be recorded…
By Alastair Arthur · September 14, 2016
Microsoft Adds Outlook Calendar Features as Sunrise is Killed
The Sunrise app was one of the most popular mobile calendar apps, with a beautiful…
By Alastair Arthur · September 14, 2016
Amazon Prime Membership Now Includes Audible Channels
Audible, the company owned by Amazon and known for its audiobooks, in July announced the…
By Alastair Arthur · September 13, 2016
New Amazon Echo Dot at a New Lower Price
The Amazon Echo Dot is the smallest and cheapest of the Amazon Echo line-up, and…
By Alastair Arthur · September 13, 2016
Samsung Releases 2016 Galaxy Tab A 10.1 With An S Pen
After numerous rumors and leaks it’s now official. Samsung have formally announced their new tablet,…
By Alastair Arthur · September 12, 2016
Alphabet's Verily & Sanofi Working Together To Treat Diabetes
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is joining with Sanofi, a french pharmaceutical company, to…
By Alastair Arthur · September 12, 2016
Google's DeepMind Is Improving Its Human Speech Abilities
With the growing use of virtual personal assistants such as Google assistant, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s…
By Alastair Arthur · September 11, 2016
Tech Talk: Is Google's Fuchsia The Next Android?
Android, for phones and tablets, and Chrome OS, for laptops, are the active operating systems…
By Alastair Arthur · September 9, 2016
New Features in Microsoft Arrow Launcher and OneNote
Despite the lack of success with Windows Phone, Microsoft continues to develop and update a…
By Alastair Arthur · September 9, 2016
Tech Talk: Reasons Behind Samsung Quality Control Issues
The Galaxy Note 7 looked initially like a winning product for Samsung. The latest in…
By Alastair Arthur · September 8, 2016
Nest Enables Auto Detection of Security Camera Events
Whether it’s for the security of monitoring and recording the exterior of a property, or…
By Alastair Arthur · September 8, 2016
Croma's Color Palette Management Tools is a Designer's Dream
If you’re a photographer, designer or really any type of artist working extensively with color,…
By Alastair Arthur · September 2, 2016
Facebook Joins the Race For Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality (VR) has been touted as the next big thing many times before, but…
By Alastair Arthur · September 1, 2016
Hackers Steal 68 Million Dropbox Passwords
It seems a regular occurrence that an online service provider is hacked and the corresponding…
By Alastair Arthur · September 1, 2016
Pinch-To-Zoom Finally Comes To Instagram
Instagram has been gradually adding features and extending the app user experience since being taken…
By Alastair Arthur · August 31, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg Creates a Personal Smart Home Automation AI
Automating the home, at least to some degree, is easily possible now with off-the-shelf products…
By Alastair Arthur · August 30, 2016