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PCs sales are tanking and smartphone hype is gradually running out of gas, and meanwhile, wearables continue generating a growing amount of excitement.

Huawei has released its new budget phone, the P8 Lite. With solid performance and affordability, can it live up to its predecessor?.

There's no shortage of security issues. Ransomeware on the rise, and the Internet of Things (IoT) is providing rich pickings for cyber crims.

In the bad old days keeping a PC secure was simple. Nowadays, a huge chunk of our lives exists online, and digital security issues have escalated.

While Android and IOS have staked out a huge chunk of customer mind-share, Continuum for Windows 10-powered phones could be a game changer.

Smartphone cameras have strengths and weaknesses. Knowing these, as well as some basic photography rules, can make a huge difference to phone photos.

It's a gadget owners worst nightmare: Having dropped a bundle of cash buying that shiny new gizmo, you've dropped it into the bath, sink or, yes, loo.

The action cam genre has sprung up out of nowhere with compact, rugged but high quality video cameras becoming the must-have gadget.

I was pleasantly surprised by Asus's latest mid-range offering, the Zenbook UX305, which offers a surprisingly solid build and bang per buck value.

It looks like Google's Nexus smartphone/tablet lineup, which usually feature their latest version of Android is about to get two new additions.

Perhaps the most hyped aspect of the update and the latest crop of Android Wear gear is that Wear devices can now use Wi-Fi networks.

Kellogg's is bringing back a cool cereal box prize that gives smartphone owners their very own taste of virtual reality.

Orbotix have crafted what is likely to be one of the cutest Star Wars toys I've seen for awhile. Better still, BB-8 is also a hell of a lot of fun.

Here's a toughie. I needed to quickly back up everything on my Huawei P8 smartphone before I updated its firmware so it'd work with Android Wear.

Perhaps the biggest benefit of the Hue lighting gear is the ability to control lighting wirelessly with an Android or IOS smartphone,.

Aimed at smartphone fans who like the look of Sony's Xperia Z series hardware, but want to avoid selling a kidney to buy an Xperia flagship device.

Sometimes real life has a habit of mimicking Hollywood. Recent events however, could signal the chilling beginning of a robopocalypse.

After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, it's finally happened - Android Wear smart watches can finally play nice on iPhones.

Since then, Samsung has launched the S6 Edge+, a super-size version of their successful S6 Edge smartphone. There's hardly any plastic anywhere.

Samsung's Gear S2 smartwatch set to redefine wearability with a sleek round face and a battery that outlasts rivals. Details emerge ahead of Berlin reveal.