Microsoft kills Nokia Android and feature phones, Xbox Entertainment Studios amidst mass job cuts
About 18,000 positions will be cleared as Microsoft streamlines its business
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Apple rolls out iTunes Pass mobile payment service
A new, easier way to hand your money over to Tim Cook & co
Memorigin Transformers Tourbillon: a high-end timepiece with Optimus Prime’s face on it
With yellow diamonds and sapphires, this isn’t your 1980s self’s plastic Transformers watch
Scientists have found a way to charge your phone using dew
MIT researchers reckon you can top up a battery with nothing but water – and a few spare hours
LG G3 Beat: like a G3, but smaller and more affordable
Think your wee hands are too tiny for the G3’s mammoth screen? Then meet its little brother…
Fully Charged: McCartney releases iPad app albums, Leicestershire Police testing facial recognition tech, and ex-dictator Noriega sues over Call of Duty
Our latest morning round-up blends media and crime—just the way we like it
BlackBerry gets its own personal assistant starting with the Passport
First glimpse of Siri-like voice-controlled software sure looks a bit like Cortana
Shazam hooks up with Rdio for full-song playback
You can now listen to entire songs on Shazam if you’re a paying Rdio subscriber – and Spotify integration will hopefully follow soon
Internet addicts rejoice: Three UK will offer free Underground Wifi
Three customers will be surfing underground by the end of July
Amazon is testing a “Kindle Unlimited” book subscription service
For US$10 a month, it’ll do for ebooks and audiobooks what Netflix does for films and TV shows
Honda’s Asimo robot becomes faster and smarter
Upgrades transform Honda’s electric child into something that’s scarily human
Modern Polaxis is an eye-popping Augmented Reality comic
Read this graphic novel through your iPad’s camera and watch its pages come to life
