How the Football Manager video game became a real-life ... football manager By Chris Smith PC Gaming Week The classic football simulator's massive database has powered pro player recruiting for two seasons – what's that been like?
Kazam outs budget Windows Phone Thunder 340W By Chris Smith The Kazam Thunder 340W is a low-end Windows Phone alternative to the Lumia 530.
Minecraft for PS4 released on PSN, coming to Xbox One on Friday By Chris Smith The PS4 and Xbox One are finally getting Minecraft, available from £3.69.
Cat S50 Android phone is rugged and ready for a pounding By Chris Smith The Cat S50 is offers old-school ruggedisation, with a shock absorbent rubbery frame.
YouTube viewers can now leave a tip for impoverished video uploaders By Michael Rougeau, Chris Smith Updated YouTube is finally rolling out a feature that lets you leave a little something extra for video makers.
Another weird Twitter experiment is treating favourites like retweets By Chris Smith An experiment that sees tweets 'favourited' by people users follow show up in their news feeds is causing annoyance.
Performing a factory reset on your Tesco Hudl tablet will not wipe its data By Chris Smith Photos, browsing data, Wi-Fi keys, you name it! It's all readable on the Hudl after a wipe.
iPhone 6 could debut a new Lightning cable that's reversible at both ends By Chris Smith Apple leaker Sonny Dickson shows off a purported new charging cable for Apple's mobile devices
Google Now wants to take you on an impromptu Field Trip By Chris Smith Field Trip, a Google app that turns up local points of interest, has been integrated into Google Now
No queue jumping please, we're British! EE angers users with 50p priority charge By Chris Smith Everything Everywhere has angered customers by introducing a priority customer service line.
Facebook adds 'satire' tag to articles to aid poor souls who don't get sarcasm By Chris Smith Do you have unknowing friends who get upset when they read Onion articles? Facebook has help.
Is iPhone 6L Apple's chosen name for the larger 5.5-inch handset? By Chris Smith Chinese website reckons it has obtained components for the larger iPhone 6 model and also offers a name.
Premier League issues red card to Vine goal uploads on eve of new season By Chris Smith The Premier League football season kicks off on Saturday and the league is keen to clampdown on Vine and .gif uploads
Oculus Rift DK2 now plays nice with Valve's SteamVR platform By Chris Smith Valve is keeping up with Oculus' progress by making its SteamVR gaming platform compatible with the Rift DK2 headset.
Samsung ups the Internet of Things ante by snapping up SmartThings By Chris Smith Samsung has splashed out a reported $200 million so its range of home appliances can play nice with each other.
Apple patents Touch ID for iPad, but could it also come to Macs? By Chris Smith Touch ID in an iPad may not be too shocking, but signs point to the tech working with OS X devices as well.
Xbox Rise of the Tomb Raider exclusive won't last forever, may hit PS4 after all By Chris Smith Gamescom 2014 The much-lauded exclusive for the upcoming Tomb Raider title has 'a duration,' according to Xbox's chief.
Twitter may follow Facebook's lead and spam feeds with video ads By Chris Smith Twitter has spent much of 2014 testing video advertisements. Great.
Ballmer's ballin' as Big Steve wins battle to buy LA Clippers NBA team By Chris Smith UPDATED Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is now an NBA owner after winning a battle to gain control of the Clips.
Cortana may have a prominent seat at the Windows 9 table By Chris Smith The voice-powered personal assistant could become a major part of Microsoft's next major desktop OS launch.
Neat iOS 8 feature pulls Maps data into iPhone's 'Recents' list By Chris Smith If iPhone users make a call direct from Maps, that business' information will be visible within the phone app's Recents list.
Brits obsessed with the weather? You bet! BBC Weather app is its fastest-growing ever By Chris Smith BBC Weather app being downloaded 19,000 times a day on average, with 8 million in total since last June.
Windows Phone users now have 300,000 apps to choose from By Chris Smith The number of apps in the Windows Phone store has almost doubled in the last year, Microsoft confirms.
YouTube for Android goes beyond HD with 1440p option for LG G3 users By Chris Smith QHD screens are about to take over and YouTube has responded in kind with a new 1440p streaming option within its Android app.
Abandon ship! Microsoft will kill support for Internet Explorer 8 in 2016 By Chris Smith Over 20 per cent of PCs still have it installed, but it'll be abandoned by Microsoft in the next couple of years.
