Amazon’s Top Gear tie-up is a sucker punch to the entire TV industry
As Clarkson, Hammond and May head to on-demand digital, the old guard’s starting to look surplus to requirements
App reviews
Fully Charged: Facebook’s Internet-beaming drone shown, plus Olio watches go gold
Start wrapping up the week with our Friday morning compilation of top tech news
Amazon signs up Clarkson and his Top Gear cohorts for online-only show
New show will debut on Amazon Prime next year
Fully Charged: August’s free PlayStation games, and Google helps you avoid queues
Here’s all the tech news you need to get this day started
The man who was nearly Steve Jobs
In an alternate universe you’re listening to your RealPod, playing on your RealPhone and have just got a Real Watch…
Fully Charged: Oculus snags hand-tracking tech, and Netflix teases price increases
Start your day with our quick-hit morning roundup of top tech news
App of the Week: Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions review
Pew pew! Pew! Pew pew pew! Pew! Pew Pew! (Pew.)
App of the week: Capitals review
It’s War of the Words in Nimblebit’s latest game, which mixes up Letterpress and Strategery, in order to spell ‘addiction’
App of the Week: You Must Build A Boat review
You must also set aside a large chunk of time, because this crazily good endless runner/match-three/RPG mash-up is highly addictive
The weekend read: How Canabalt jumped from indie game jam to the Museum of Modern Art
First Adam Saltsman’s tiny running man kickstarted a one-thumb gaming revolution – now it’s rubbing shoulders with gaming legends in New York
Fully Charged: Limited Metal Gear Solid PS4 console, plus Dark Souls III rumoured
These and some non-gaming tech news stories worth reading, all found within
App of the Week: Rival Kingdoms review
As the saying goes – when you can’t beat em, join up with a few dozen others and siege em till they’re squished
