5 alternatives to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung have announced they’re ceasing production of their flagship Note 7 phone after a series of incidents where the device overheated and even caught fire. The move follows a recall in September after reports of devices emitting smoke. Samsung issued replacements to affected customers, although the replacement devices appear to suffer from …

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11/10/2016
Chris Smith
Google Pixel

Google Pixel: is it the best Android phone to date?

The most surprising thing about the Pixel, the first smartphone designed entirely by Google, is that it didn’t launch sooner. Having developed the world’s most popular mobile operating system, the Mountain View giants are the obvious candidates to get the most out of it. Still, better late than never. The …

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06/10/2016
Chris Smith
Recommends 5th October

Magpie Recommends: Pixies, The Shires and more!

Want something new to wrap your ears around? We’re here to help! Here are some of our favourite new and upcoming albums, all of which you can find on the musicMagpie Store. Head Carrier – Pixies For better or worse, Pixies will always live in the shadow of Surfer Rosaand …

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05/10/2016
Chris Smith
blackberry

Bye Bye Blackberry: The 5 best things BlackBerry phones gave the world

BlackBerry is dead. Well, not really. But kind of. Recently, they announced they’re not making handsets anymore. That means no more Bold, Curve or any of the slightly weirder phones they made in recent years. They’ll still make software and, apparently, they’re going to lease out their software and brand …

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04/10/2016
Chris Smith
Someone taking a photo with an iPhone 6

5 ways smartphones have made life a million times better

There’s a lot of talk online about how bad smartphones are. According to various news outlets, they’ve turned us into screen-addicted anti-social zombies with shorter attention spans than goldfish and a deep-seated fear of missing out on even the most trivial of events. We’ve even written about smartphone addiction ourselves. …

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03/10/2016
Chris Smith

Magpie DVD Club: Me Before You, Dexter and more!

Our DVD recommendations this week include a weepy romance, a serial killer, several ghosts, punk rock and Idris Elba. What more could you ask for? Me Before You Emilia Clarke of Game of Thrones fame stars in this adaptation of the Jojo Moyes’ novel, which has been known to turn …

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30/09/2016
Chris Smith