Vkworld Mix Plus review Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict The Vkworld Mix Plus is a super-budget phone that majors on design but not a lot else. The camera and overall performance are best described as passable, but provided you’re an undemanding user it should be capable of whatever tasks you throw at it. Vkworld isn’t a brand we’ve encountered before, but its Mix Plus is an interesting prospect. This is abudget phonethat places aesthetics above all else, which makes it ideal for those who aren’t especially techy or deep-pocketed, but who want a nice-looking phone....

Elephone P8 review Expert’s Rating Our Verdict At £162 it’s difficult to find fault with a smartphone that offers 64GB of storage, a mostly decent camera and a metal chassis with roomy full-HD screen. The Elephone P8 offers good value and performs admirably against its closest competitors, though it lacks the wow factor. Elephone’s P8 Miniis a great budget buy and a real rival to the Moto G5, so we were excited to test the standardElephone P8....

HP Envy 13 review (2017) Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict The HP Envy 13 is a great laptop for those who want something portable, good-looking, long-lasting and able to play games almost improbably well for such a slight machine. It’s more expensive than the Lenovo IdeaPad 720S or Acer Switch 3, but is far better than either for gaming thanks to its GeForce MX 150 graphics. The one niggle you need to Consider is the trackpad....

UMIDIGI Z1 review Expert’s Rating Our Verdict It’s not as fast as its predecessors, with which it shares the same but still just as good-looking design, but we do like the extra battery power and storage space, and the improved cameras of the Z1. We’re also pretty keen on the price – at £139 the UMIDIGI Z1 is a very impressive budget phone. UMIDIGI follows on from theUMI ZandUMIDIGI Z Prowith the Z1, a good-lookingbudget phonewith an attractive price but in some respects a downgrade on its predecessors....

What are bots? Artificial Intelligence a concept everyone is familiar with. And even if your only experience of AI is from watching films, you’ll have no trouble understanding bots. Bots are arriving in Facebook, Skype and a number of other services. What is a bot? In this context bots are computer assistants. They will appear in your favourite messaging app including Facebook Messenger and Skype. You can use them for booking flights, hotels, ordering takeaway and much, much more....