Celebrated guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson will release Acoustic Classics Vol. II on his own Beeswing record label, distributed via Proper, on August 11. Richard will play Cropredy Festival in August, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Fairport Convention and tour the UK in October. More »

Congratulations to New York’s Diet Cig who on Friday released their highly-anticipated debut album Swear I’m Good At This (Frenchkiss). More »

Legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter Robert Cray returns to the UK in April & May 2017 in support of a highly anticipated new album, following No 1 blues chart topping 2014 release ‘In My Soul’.  More »

Craig Finn will be celebrating the release of his third solo album We All Want The Same Things by embarking on a 10-show U.K. tour which will include eight “Living Room” shows hosted by fans. More »

News regarding the HTC smartwatch has been rather thin on the ground recently but it looks like things are hotting up if the rumours are true.

Thanks to the reliable leaker Evan Blass (aka @evleaks), it does look as though HTC’s first smartwatch “should be out mid-April”.

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The Linksys X6200 has just been announced as the company’s new modem router. It is also the introduction of DD-WRT support for its iconic WRT range.

The new modem router provides a cable modem or DSL modem and a router all-in-one for a seamless wireless broadband networking experience – a crucial requirement for people wanting to make the most of their premium broadband services.

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The Vodafone Tab speed 6 is the network’s latest Android tablet and was announced today.

Vodafone has just launched the new Tab speed 6 – a compact tablet with 8 inch display for just £125 Pay as you go.

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ORSTO, the British horology atelier aims to make a huge splash with is new collection featuring 16 beautifully designed analogue models. The ORSTO Contemporary 100 range.

After a successful equity investment crowdfunding campaign the company has secured 88 international venture capitalists, including founder Paul Gill. It has used this capital to develop and launch a quartet of collections that exemplify iconic British design within the smartwatch arena.

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oppo-f1-hello-metalThe Oppo F1 smartphone was brought to a gathering of Oppo fans aboard a boat on the Thames. Whilst the F Series phones are aimed at the mid-range market, this new smartphone may well have ideas above its station, but manages to keep the price remarkably affordable.

Oppo has created quite a name for itself amongst the smartphone community for not only being able to release decent hardware at a very reasonable price point but for producing some great camera phones.

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Samsung Galaxy stylus smarts could become a standard option right across the board, according to a newly-published Samsung patent.

The new patent filed by Samsung suggests that the South Korean company plans to eventually make all of its Galaxy-branded smartphones stylus-friendly.

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Apple Watch 2 was reportedly going to be unveiled at an event penciled in for March 2016, but the latest news is that this might be delayed.

Apple was apparently all set for launching their Watch 2, as well as a cheaper iPhone but reports are appearing stating that Apple may have pushed back the launch of the Apple Watch 2.

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