The Kobo Aura HD. Photograph: Kobo
By Alex Hern - 16 April 9:51

The Aura HD is a great bit of hardware, but that's not where the battle of ereaders is being fought.

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By Alex Hern - 08 April 17:27

Why beat Apple if you can make money from them?

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 14 March 10:40

The company is retiring its RSS reader. But there are some viable replacements, writes Alex Hern.

4G iPads. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 20 February 8:19

£3.5bn has been pre-spent; just £2.35bn will be arriving in the coffers.

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By Alex Hern - 15 February 11:23

"His broadest charge is that I consciously set out to sabotage the test. That is not so."

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By Alex Hern - 14 February 16:46

Incongruities revealed in the logs.

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By Sophie Barnes - 01 February 14:51

Can technology make day-to-day life safer for women in India?

A Samsung phone, a Blackberry phone and an iPhone 4.
By Nicky Woolf - 30 January 15:13

Blackberry-worshipper Nicky Woolf is begging RIM not to sound the death knell on the device he loves so much.

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By Alex Hern - 25 January 12:09

The return of the Long Photo.

Gawker's Adrian Chen in a tutu, with "shoe on the head". Photo: Gawker
By Leigh Alexander - 23 January 12:15

What if men writing tech journalism had to field compliments about their looks or sexual attractiveness any time they wanted to talk about issues of concern to their space? I’d love to find out.

New Statesman
By Rae Boocock - 14 January 19:17

Putting the life back into death.

Mobile phone masts. Photograph: Getty Images
By Rahim Tafazolli - 03 January 13:41

We have a spectrum crunch on our hands, and technology is only just starting to deal with that.

Maggie Philbin on Tomorrow's World in 1986
By Maggie Philbin - 19 December 7:03

"Tomorrow's World" gave us the gift of boldness.

New Statesman
By Charlotte Simmonds - 26 November 19:21

An interview with the Obama campaigner behind the social network that's changing politics and big businesses.

A sad mac. Photograph: Etsy/pixelparty
By Alex Hern - 01 November 18:17

"Inaccurate and misleading".

New Statesman
By Kamila Kocialkowska - 01 November 14:22

The launch of a new literature app sees the world's most famous playwright re-invented for the digital age.

A still from "Journey"
By Alan Williamson - 17 October 13:24

We have to get beyond the classic derision of games as a waste of time and start critically examining their role culture.

Apple's maps compared to reality.
By Alex Hern - 28 September 14:07

A rare public apology from the company.

A woman uses Square, a US-only app enabling any iPhone to make mobile payments.
By Alex Hern - 25 September 16:04

Christina Bonnington sure hopes so.

Michael Green. Photo: Getty Images
By New Statesman - 21 September 21:14

Photo emerges of new Tory chairman wearing a "Michael Green" name badge at a Las Vegas conference.

The AntiSec logo, in ASCII-art form.
By Alex Hern - 04 September 10:53

AntiSec – part of Anonymous – obtained the data by hacking an FBI agent's laptop.

A predator drone. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 31 August 9:16

The company has blocked "Drones+" from its app store.

4G iPads sit in an Apple Store in Covent Garden. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 21 August 15:40

Will the mobile phone conglomerate gain a valuable Apple boost?

Some kittens. Women like kittens.
By Phil Hartup - 15 August 8:49

Why are developers so afraid of challenging players?

Spot the difference... A Samsung and an Apple phone.
By Alex Hern - 01 August 8:08

The Korean tech giant released prohibited evidence to the press, angering the presiding judge

Tom Daley uses the iPhone. Photograph, Getty Images
By Martha Gill - 30 July 17:43

Apple designer Sir Jonathan Ive talks near-misses.

London needs to invest in home-grown innovation to become a "smart city"
By Leo Hollis - 25 July 17:26

London is hoping to transform itself from Victorian capital to futuristic metropolis, but reality seems to be getting in the way.

New Statesman
By Will Self - 19 July 9:29

The condition of the smartphone user is that of a dumb animal.

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