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The world is your canvas with new Wacom tablets
Apple

The world is your canvas with new Wacom tablets

The world is a canvas for your imagination through Wacom's tablet range, designed to go beyond what's possible with pen and paper.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Sep 2013

Global Stories

Hands-on Review: Wacom One graphics tablet
Gaming

Hands-on Review: Wacom One graphics tablet

With the current climate encouraging social isolation, I've been spending several hours a day searching out and embracing my inner artistic muse.

By Owen McCarthy • 5 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2020
Hands-on Review: XP-Pen Artist 15.6 Pro ticks all the boxes
Gaming

Hands-on Review: XP-Pen Artist 15.6 Pro ticks all the boxes

XP-Pen is a Japanese company that prides itself on delivering high-performance drawing tablets and styluses on a budget.

By Kai Ping Lew • 5 min read • Mon, 24th Feb 2020
AMD launches Radeon 5500 series GPUs for desktops & notebooks
Lenovo

AMD launches Radeon 5500 series GPUs for desktops & notebooks

AMD unveils the Radeon 5500 series GPUs exclusively for preconfigured desktops and notebooks, promising significant performance boosts for gamers.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 15th Oct 2019
AWS EC2 strengthens compute power for ML applications
Hyperscale

AWS EC2 strengthens compute power for ML applications

Amazon EC2 will leverage G4 instances to boost resources required to tackle computationally demanding tasks that could benefit from additional GPU acceleration.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Sep 2019
NVIDIA releases newest RTX graphics cards
Gaming

NVIDIA releases newest RTX graphics cards

NVIDIA's new RTX 2060 SUPER and 2070 SUPER graphics cards launch with a 25% speed boost, custom partner models, and a game bundle promotion till August 18.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 17th Jul 2019
Razer releases creator-focused Blade laptop
Digital Signage

Razer releases creator-focused Blade laptop

Razer has launched the Blade Studio Edition laptops, featuring the latest NVIDIA Quadro RTX and GeForce RTX GPUs, tailored for creators and prosumers.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Thu, 30th May 2019
Hands-on Review: Wacom Cintiq 16
Gaming

Hands-on Review: Wacom Cintiq 16

Wacom's Cintiq 16 offers budding digital artists an affordable yet high-quality graphic tablet option, complete with the exceptional Pro Pen 2.

By Tom Richmond • 3 min read • Mon, 4th Mar 2019
GTC18 - NVIDIA 'ray tracing' solution more than fun and games
Graphics

GTC18 - NVIDIA 'ray tracing' solution more than fun and games

NVIDIA has introduced the Quadro GV100 GPU with RTX technology, allowing real-time ray tracing for artists and designers.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Wed, 28th Mar 2018
Max 2017: Adobe unveils four new apps for Creative Cloud
Marketing Technologies

Max 2017: Adobe unveils four new apps for Creative Cloud

Adobe says it is the biggest lineup of new creative applications since the launch of creative cloud five years ago.

By Patrick Martlew • 5 min read • Thu, 19th Oct 2017
New $14 million student innovation space opens
EduTech

New $14 million student innovation space opens

Te Ara o Mauao is a multi-purpose, technologically enhanced learning space, which offers greater informality and flexibility for learning.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 20th Feb 2017
Mirror's Edge Catalyst: reboot, prequel or sequel?
DICE

Mirror's Edge Catalyst: reboot, prequel or sequel?

Battlefield developer, DICE, returns to the Glass City to give us another go at EA Games' free-running franchise with Mirror's Edge Catalyst.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Sat, 11th Jun 2016
First-person MOBA fun with Battleborn
Gaming

First-person MOBA fun with Battleborn

Gearbox Software, creators of the seminal Borderlands series of first-person shooters brings us a new franchise with Battleborn.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Jun 2016
New AMD graphics cards usher in a new era of gaming
Gaming

New AMD graphics cards usher in a new era of gaming

AMD launches new Radeon R9 and R7 graphics cards, introducing a new era in gaming with UltraHD support and breakthrough audio technology.

By David Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 3rd Oct 2013
Android App of the Week - The Elf Adventure Calendar
Apps

Android App of the Week - The Elf Adventure Calendar

Christmas time means Christmas apps! YAY! The Elf Adventure Calendar is the cutest app ever and makes the countdown to Christmas even more exciting!.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Dec 2012
Android App of the Week - Who wants to be a Millionaire?
Apps

Android App of the Week - Who wants to be a Millionaire?

Relive the thrill of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' on your Android, complete with lifelines and 15 challenging levels, for USD $3.70.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Nov 2012
Tech writer's infographic proposal
Data Analytics

Tech writer's infographic proposal

Tech writer turns love into maths, crafting a romantic infographic to propose to Mashable VP Stacy Green, proving love's improbable odds.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Feb 2012
A picture is worth a thousand words
EduTech

A picture is worth a thousand words

Sometimes you just need a picture to get people to understand what you're talking about. If you could put it all in a diagram everything would become clear!.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Sun, 1st May 2011