Huawei TalkBand B2 review: Weird or wonderful? Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict The TalkBand B2 is certainly an enormous improvement over the TalkBand B1 in terms of design and practicality, but I’m still not sure I’d buy one. It’s an opinion divider, but I think for a (probably small) number of people, this device is going to be really exciting, and exactly what they’ve been looking for. You’ll know if you’re confident enough to wear and use the Bluetooth headset in public, and if you are, this smartband could be an excellent investment as it does its job brilliantly and looks good while doing so....

LG G3 vs LG G4 comparison review Our Verdict Our early verdict is that there’s not an overwhelming sense that G3 owners will want to upgrade to the G4. Yes, if you want the leather back, Snapdragon 808 and improved camera. However, on the whole, the phone remains pretty similar and that £200 price difference doesn’t seem worth it. The LG G4 is here to replace theLG G3as the Korean firm’s new flagshipsmartphone, but should you upgrade?...

Microsoft to offer three new ways to store big data on Azure Microsoft will soon offer three additional ways for enterprises to store data on Azure, making the cloud computing platform more supportive of big data analysis. Azure will have a data warehouse service, a “data lake” service storing large amounts of data, and an option for running “elastic” databases that can store sets of data that vary greatly in size, explained Scott Guthrie, Microsoft executive vice president of the cloud and enterprise group, whounveiled these new servicesat the company’s Build 2015 developer conference, held this week in San Francisco....

ZTE Blade S6 Plus review Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The ZTE Blade S6 Plus is a nice phablet for £200, but it doesn’t offer enough to make it worth an extra £50 on top of the standard model, which already has a large 5in screen. In comparison to that phone it’s lost some of the features we liked, and despite having a larger battery runtime still isn’t great. If you’re looking for a 5....

Google Nexus Player review UK Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Nexus Player is a decent media streamer, but it’s not an unqualified success. It’s only truly good if you’re pairing it with an Android phone or tablet in order to stream a much wider selection of content. However, if you only want to do that, you may as well buy a Chromecast which costs as little as £20 these days. iOS users are better off with an Apple TV....