If you need to access other computers to trouble shot issues with your family members of business colleagues, you might be pleased to learn that Google has rolled out a new update to its Google Hangouts Google+ service that now allows you to control another desktop.

The Google Hangouts remote desktop control enables you to play tech support for friends and family, and is powered by the same technology behind Chrome Remote Desktop.

Google’s Daniel Caiafa explains a little more about the new Google Hangouts Remote Desktop Control in his Google+ post yesterday:

"Hangouts Remote Desktop lets you help others by controlling their computer remotely (with their permission, of cours ... Read more »

Evernote has announced this week that the online note storage and organisation service, has partnered with South Korean messaging service KakaoTalk.

A new version of the KakaoTalk will not allow users to save their conversations to the Evernote service and provide the ability to share them with friends.

Evernote CEO Phil Libin explained in the press release how the partnership will make the service more social:

"Evernote’s products have traditionally been quite introverted; keeping your own memories and information for your own use. But there’s a big demand for improving our sharing and collaboration capabilities, and we’re always looking for the most innovative ways to do that. With Kakao Talk, people will be able ... Read more »

It looks like BlackBerry has another new BlackBerry 10 smartphone in the works, the BlackBerry R10 which can bee seen in the photo below, and the handset is rumored to be a mid tier BlackBerry 10 smartphone

As we can see from the photo below, the BlackBerry R10 features a QWERTY keyboard, the handset is expected to be priced cheaper that the current BlackBerry Q10

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As yet we do not have nay specifications on the BlackBerry R10, as soon as we get some more details on the handset we will let you guys know, it is rumored to launch some time in quarter 3.

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If you enjoy playing games, you might be interested to learn that bethesda is now recruiting gamers to join their Bethesda Pay Test lab and take it to the next level.

Beginning this month, Bethesda are opening their Bethesda Play Test Lab in Dallas, TX, stationed at idSoftware’s offices, and the first play tests will be taking place over the next couple of weeks.

Bethesda explains a little more:

"In the coming weeks and months, we’ll be kicking off our first play tests with folks that apply from our official website. Folks that apply will be able to play games before they release and even score some cool Bethesda swag.

We are looking f ... Read more »

Earlier today we heard that the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones had received approval from the US Defense Department, and now the Samsung Galaxy S4 has also received approval to be used on the DoD network.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 uses Samsung’s Knox security system that was announced back in February of this year, and Samsung will also be using it in future devices, which may also get approved for DoD use, Apple’s iPhone is apparently undergoing testing by the DoD at the moment.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is powered by a quad core 1.9GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, it comes with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and features a 5 inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

Other specifications in the device include a 2,600 mAh ... Read more »

The worlds smallest robot failing insect called the Robo-Fly which has been created by Harvard University developers has been demonstrated this week.

The Robo-Fly is constructed from carbon fibre, and weighs just a fraction of a gram. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Robo-Fly project and see it in action.

The Robo-Fly is equipped with super-fast electronic "muscles” to power its wings, and is currently the world’s smallest flying robot, with fly-like agility that allows the insects to evade even the swiftest of human efforts to swat them, explain Dr Kevin Ma from Harvard University.

The Robo-Fly is able to fly due to the very rapidly switching on and o ... Read more »

Rovio Mobile have relaunched Angry Birds on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, and the new version of the game gets 100 new levels and also comes with support for Xbox Live Achievements and Leaderboards.

The new version of Angry Birds now also offer support for Windows Phone smartphones with 256MB of RAM, like the Nokia Lumia 610 and more and the game will be free until the 15th of May.

Good news for all of our fans who play Angry Birds on Windows Phone, we have a brand new version of the original Angry Birds for you to play. The game will have over 400 levels from the get-go, and will be free to download for the first two weeks. The Windows Phone 8 version will also have Xbox Live integration with new achievements and leaderboards!

You can find out more  d ... Read more »

Traktor has this week launched a both an iPad and Traktor DJ iPhone app which have been design to bring powerful mixing tools to iOS devices.

The Traktor DJ iPhone app has been designed for use with iPhone 4S or 5 or the most recent iPod touch, but the older iPhone 4 and fourth-generation iPod touch are still supported. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

"Deliver devastating DJ sets using familiar iPhone gestures, with beautiful waveforms at your fingertips. Set up beat grids, cue points and BPM tags on your iPhone to sync with your TRAKTOR PRO setup. Perfectly adapted to the iPhone’s compact screen estate, TRAKTOR DJ for iPhone puts professional DJing in the palm of your hand.” ... Read more »

Apple has now added a new storage option to its iMac range, you can now choose to add in either a 256GB slfah storage drive or a 512GB flash storage drive, and prices are $300 for the 256GB version and $600 for the 512GB version.

The 21.5 inch iMac did not have this option before, you could only choose a standard hard drive of an optional Fusion Drive which is made up of a 128GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive.

On the 27 inch iMac a flash storage option was available previously, although only in the form of a 768GB SSD, which came with a rather large $900 upgrade fee.

Source MacRumors

UK residents patiently waiting for the arrival of the new Loewe Reference ID TV will be pleased to learn that the TV is now due to arrive in the UK during the month of July 2013.

The Loewe Reference ID TV will be available in a variety of sizes ranging from 40 up to 55 inch, and will cost from £4,500 rising up to £6,500 for the 55 inch version.

"The Loewe Reference ID delivers outstanding image quality thanks to a powerful white LED backlight that provides homogenous backlighting for every image, ensuring perfect colour reproduction. A top-quality precision glass contrast filter panel, produced in Germany, optimises levels of contrast while simultaneously minimising reflections. And of cou ... Read more »

VIA has launched a new development board in the form of the VIA VAB-600 Pico-ITX, which has been created to allows developers to create low-power, small form-factor PCs or embedded devices.

The VIA VAB-600 Pico-ITX board is powered by a 800 MHz VIA Wondermedia WM8950 ARM Cortex-A9 processor, supported by 1GB DDR3 SDRAM, with Mali-400 graphics.

Other features of the VIA VAB-600 Pico-ITX board include 4GB of onboard storage and 1x USB 2.0 port, 2 x mini USB, GPIO pins, 1 x mini PCIe slot, 1 x Ethernet jack, and optional support for a touchscreen, SIM card, 3G, or WiFi, when required.

"Based on the ultra compact Pico-ITX form factor, measuring 10 cm x 7.2 cm, the VIA VAB-600 fe ... Read more »

Apple has avoided paying as much as $9.2 billion US dollars in tax, Apple has billions of dollars of cash reserves that are offshore, and they are in the middle of a $55 billion stock buyback.

Rather than using their massive cash reserves which are offshore to finance the buyback, Apple used debt to finance part of the buyback, in the form of a $17 billion bond offering.

Apple will pay interest on this bond offering of around $308 million per year, the company has an offshore cash pile of around $100 billion, so it could have easily used this cash for the $17 billion needed, although that would have cost the company around $9.2 billion in tax.

Apple apparently paid $6 billion in income tax in the US, which is apparently one out of every $40 dollar ... Read more »