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TechKnow: Protective Smartphone Cases

TechKnow: Protective Smartphone Cases

TechKnow: Protective Smartphone Cases put to the test

  • by Adam Turner

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Hands on with Google's face-recognising Nest Hub Max
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Hands on with Google's face-recognising Nest Hub Max

Building on last year's smart display, Google's Nest Hub Max is bigger, sounds better and has a built-in camera for video calls.

  • by Adam Turner
Google unveils less expensive Pixel phones, big screen Nest Hub at I/O
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Google unveils less expensive Pixel phones, big screen Nest Hub at I/O

Google's Pixel 3a smartphone launches today, and the web giant showed off new smart screens with built-in cameras to recognise people from across the room.

  • by Adam Turner and Tim Biggs
The iPad Mini is back and better than ever
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Apple

The iPad Mini is back and better than ever

Essentially last year's iPad Pro in a tiny body, the new iPad Mini is a reminder of what made the original so good.

  • by Peter Wells
Office-focused wireless headphones are great, but can't face the music
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Home tech

Office-focused wireless headphones are great, but can't face the music

Jabra's noise-cancelling wireless headset will help you focus at work, but don't expect great music performance.

  • by Alice Clarke
Smart frame brings billions of dollars of art to your walls
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Smart frame brings billions of dollars of art to your walls

A wall-mounted screen that taps into a streaming service for paintings and digital art, Canvas lets you change the pictures on your wall as often as you like.

  • by Tim Biggs
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Specdrums turn the colour around you into music
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Specdrums turn the colour around you into music

Smart rings let you finger-drum on any colour to turn it into beats, samples and loops via a connected phone app.

  • by Cynthia Karena
New basic Kindle brings illumination, but not clarity
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Amazon

New basic Kindle brings illumination, but not clarity

Amazon's least expensive e-reader has a built-in light for the first time, but that's the only upgrade here.

  • by Tim Biggs
Pro podcast desk lets you mix with the best
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Pro podcast desk lets you mix with the best

Rodecaster's latest is easy enough for almost anyone to operate, sounds fantastic, and should survive years of use.

  • by Peter Wells
TechKnow: Which hot air styler is best?

TechKnow: Which hot air styler is best?

We pit the Dyson Airwrap up against VS Sassoon’s Digital Sensor Hot Air Styler.

  • by Patricia Maunder
New Walkman plays the flugel like a dream

New Walkman plays the flugel like a dream

Sony's high resolution portable music player revealed detail to me I hadn't noticed before.

  • by Rod Easdown