Google Drive adds Touch ID support for iOS 8 devices

Google has update its cloud storage app Drive to add new handy features like Touch ID support and the ability to save videos from Drive to your device. Google also boosted app support for opening and saving files saved on their cloud. The Touch ID feature and improved file support are available for iOS 8 devices, while saving video from Google Cloud to your iOS device will work for iOS 7 devices and up.

Source: Google Drive | Via: The Next Web | Download: Apple App Store (Free)

Lenovo earns top spot of PC+tablet market

Lenovo had a goal to become the biggest PC and tablet maker by the end of 2016. They seem to have reached that about six financial quarters earlier. Based on their latest earnings release, Lenovo takes the cake of the PC+tablet world with a US$262 million net profit for the three months between July and September. There has been a big upswing for tablet and smartphone sales from Lenovo as well as a boost from the enterprise side. 

Source: Lenovo | Via: Engadget 

Review: TomTom RIDER motorcycle GPS

Text and Photos by Simon Cohen

If you’re an avid two-wheeler looking for a dedicated GPS device, the TomTom Rider is an impressive, if expensive, piece of kit.

Some motorcycle riders might scoff at the idea of using a GPS of any kind – even the one built in to most smartphones. It’s too high-tech they would argue, and it reduces the raw, bugs-in-your-teeth experience that riding a bike is supposed to be all about. You’d never catch the boys from Sons Of Anarchy glancing down at a GPS screen, would you? They always know where they’re going!

And, to a certain extent, I buy in to that mentality. But a much bigger part of me likes the idea of having a device that can not only find a great riding route for me, but also guide me via voice or screen-based directions so that I’m free to concentrate on the road and the scenery – the two reasons I ride.

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Runtastic launches new Sleep Better app for Android and iOS

Runtastic announced the launch of its first ever sleep-focused app, Sleep Better. The app, available today for iOS and Android users, boasts a myriad of features, including: Smart Alarm & Wake-Up Window, Moon Phase Tracking, Dream Notes and complex Sleep Tracking (Duration, Cycles and Efficiency) – which functions even when devices are in airplane mode. Users are also encouraged to track typical daily variables, such as caffeine and alcohol consumption, workout habits and stress levels, to see how these factors uniquely affect their sleep quality and more.

Sleep Better is fully integrated with Apple’s new iOS 8 HealthKit, a highly customizable platform which allows health and fitness apps to work seamlessly together, and provides users with the ability to access all of their health and fitness data and view it on a comprehensive dashboard.

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