Tech and Auto

26: This Is My Island In The Sun…Heatwave! Hello, dear reader. Firstly, congratulations to those who recognised that this week’s title is a seemingly random reference to a line in The Muppet Christmas Carol sung by a rat. I love Christmas and, if you got the reference, I love you too. Despite loving Christmas, I’ve chosen to spend a lot of the last week on a tropical island. Not on a ‘winter sun break’ like those self-satisfied idiots you work...

By Steve Taggart A Scandinavian man claims that his Apple smart watch overheated and severely burnt his arm. The Dane, Jargen Mouritzen believes that the strap began to overheat and became so hot that he could smell his flesh burning. He struggled to take the watch off, but when he did, he was left with pretty deep burns into his wrist. Mr Mouritzen has said that the Apple have not replied to his complaint and a separate investigation into the cause...

By Rachel Jackson thegivingmachine.co.uk is a website that allows it’s users to generate free funds for schools, charities and good causes of their choice, simply by shopping on-line. It harnesses the sales commissions generated for website referrals and converts them into free donations for the causes the users (called Givers) have selected. It was an idea between four friends, who over pizza and beer, decided they wanted to make this free un-capped reoccurring income-stream accessible to thousands of good causes....

25: AAArgh! Hello, dear reader! It’s “Triple-A” Season in Gameland at the moment. “What’s Triple-A Season?” I hear you all ask, or at least those of you who’ve never heard of “Triple-A Season” and are curious as to what “Triple-A Season” means. “Triple-A Season” is a phrase brought to you by the same tedious husks who give things 11-out-of-10. It means “big budget games we need to sell tonnes of copies of, to make our money back”, so they’re ranked...

24: The National Videogame Arcade (Wed 11th November 2015) Greetings, once again, dear word-absorber. What a busy week it is in Gameland. Last Thursday, I dashed over to Chris Slight’s house to record some videos with him for our podcast’s YouTube channel. Why a podcast needs a YouTube channel I have no idea, but Chris seems keen and I hate to crush his enthusiasm just because he’s making absolutely dreadful use of his time in a way that he’ll never...

23: The Nicest Person You’ve Never Heard Of... As is customary, dear reader, let me begin by saying hello. Hello. Lovely stuff. Great banter. Anyway, let’s talk about me as that, somewhat unbelievably, is my remit for this column. I assure you, no-one’s more surprised about that than me. I’m absolutely disgusted. Shame on you, London Economic. It’s particularly galling as, this week, I really don’t have much to tell you about. Remember last week when I mentioned Assassin’s Creed:...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  An innovative luggage concept that charges your phone when you’re on the go has reached its Kickstarter goal of $125,000 in just six hours and earned over $1,000,000 in pledges since. G-RO provides an attractive and ergonomic solution to the needs of today’s mobile people in areas of mobility, convenience, comfort, ergonomics, durability, and aesthetics based on innovative engineering and design concepts. The ‘intelligent luggage’ boasts a number of breakthrough features, including a reinvented wheel...

22: Victorian London, Dizzy Eggs and an Abominable Snowman! Hello, dear reader! I hope you are well! Given you’re unable to ask, I shall simply confirm that I am also well, should you be curious. My adventures in Gameland this past week have taken me to some lovely places, so let’s get stuck in… On Friday, I was over at Ginx to host a live two-hour TV show about the latest Assassin’s Creed game, “Syndicate”, alongside the wonderful Holly Nielsen,...

21: Minecraft – Story Mode! (Wed 21st October 2015) Hello dear reader. As regulars to this dusty corner of the internet will be aware, I quite like Minecraft. I’ve even made a TV series about it - Wednesdays, 7.30pm, Ginx TV...sorry. Absolutely shameless. But, fear not! I’m not going to talk about Minecraft again this week. I’m going to talk about Minecraft: Story Mode. “How is that not talking about Minecraft?” you may well ask. Well, because it’s an entirely...