An Australian domestic airline has reported that there was a case of an in-flight exploding iPhone during a flight to Sydney; this, prompting a technical investigation of the product.

According to the aviation company, Regional Express Airlines,...

UK schools may be getting widespread reform in computer science lessons, in the hope it'll provide a foundation to take advantage of the multi-billion video games and visual effects industry.

The decision to target computer science comes in...

LG has confirmed which of its mobiles will be getting the upgrade to the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, and, as expected, the list mainly consists of LG's higher-end handsets.

Pocket-lint brought confirmation at the beginning...

It has to be said that in general I use rubbish headphones. It's been, well, forever, since I used a decent pair.

As a rule I've rarely strayed from the bundled earphones dished out in MP3 players and mobile phones. Yes, I know I work for a...

We brought you news on the imminent closure of UK Best Buy at the beginning of November and now the company has posted a letter saying that Best Buy UK stores and website will close on 15 January 2012.

The UK venture was a teamup between Best...

Cyber Monday, the online shopping fest that comes after the Black Friday sales in the US, is becoming ever more present in the UK; similar to our boxing day sales this is, in part, thanks to big-name companies like Amazon.co.uk and Apple.

However,...

We've known for some time now that the PlayStation Vita would be able to function as both a controller for the PS3 and display PS3 content via its screen, however we weren't sure of  the extent to which this new functionality would be implemented.

The...

Some of the apps you download you may well find to be completely useless, they promise the world only to be a total let down. This can be for a variety of reasons: poor user interface, sluggish loading times, a complete lack of any decent content.

And...

Microsoft Kinect, the hugely successful motion control gaming accessory, might just get TV integration as reports suggest Microsoft has approached TV companies about licensing the Kinect tech.

The Daily has suggested that both Sony and Vizio...

Like it or loath it, Black Friday shopping (traditionally something celebrated by those across the pond) has come to the UK - in large part thanks to Amazon and Apple. However, many UK companies tend to focus on the Cyber Monday angle - the Monday...

Gameloft has announced plans to bring 12 of its iPad games to aircraft carrier Jetstar, in a move that will enable passengers to play games on their own device or loan iPads from the company.

There will be five titles available from December:...

Prada and LG have been chums for quite a while now, having launched both the LG Prada and LG Prada 2 in 2007 and 2008 respectively, and now it seems that the two companies are to reaffirm their commitment to each other with the launch of another mobile...

Sony is aiming for the launch of the PlayStation 4 to keep up with rivals after Jim Ryan, PlayStation Europe big cheese, said that it would be "undesirable" for the PS4 launch to lag too far behind the competition (next-gen Xbox, Wii U).

In...

Starbucks has announced that it will be bringing it's mobile payment app already available Stateside to the UK in the new year. The one-touch mobile app will allow you to enter any one of 700 Starbucks coffee shops and pay through the tech. The app...

Spotify has announced a "what's next" event to be held in New York on 30 November, just 4 months since the launch of Spotify in the States.

We've been enjoying Spotify for some time here in the UK, but Spotify decided to take its time with...

Microsoft Kinect, the no-hands gaming peripheral for Xbox 360, is to see a move over to Windows PCs come early 2012, and in the process it'll be gaining new hardware improvements.

We've seen the Kinect on a PC many times before with hackers...

A leap in augmented reality could be just around the corner as developments in nano-projection have enabled scientists at the University of Washington to say that such tech would be not only feasible, but...

Many will feel this self-deleting text service that has just launched on iPhone is a little dodgy; however it doesn't contain adult content or malware, so how is it dodgy?

Well it's clear as day that rather than being used, as the example on...

Facebook is going into partnership with HTC in order to produce an official Facebook phone; nicknamed Buffy, after the vampire slayer, it will run a modified version of the Android operating system.

According to sources close to AllThingsD...

Android has been outed as the worst OS for malware attacks according to McAfee's third quarter threat reports, highlighting some of the difficulties associated with the Google's "open source" mobile operating system.

Although the Q3 report...

A leaked Nokia Lumia image has presented itself, with the moniker Nokia 601 emblazoned across its bottom. However we have to say the pic doesn't look terribly convincing, and certain aspects just don't quite fit.

The Nokia 601 shot comes from...

There's no doubt that Windows Phone 7 titles, especially games, seem a little on the pricey side compared to their iPhone counterparts, so when you do purchase a game you want to make sure it's for you; this is taken care of, to an extent, with the...

Google has produced another Google doodle which pays tribute to Louis Daguerre on his 224th birthday; inventor of the daguerreotype his process enabled the fixing of a permanent image to a silver coated copper plate.

Although his invention...

Pocket-lint covered the rise and fall of the Gmail app for iPhone, so it seems only right that we report on its, eh... rise again - this relaunch coming after its first iteration failure.

The reason for the failure was a bug that broke notifications...

The SwiftKey X predictive keyboard app has had a spit and polish, bringing updates to its keyboard selection, UI and improvements to its efficiency, creating an even better app that should have you bashing out messages even faster than before.

SwiftKey...