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The Sonos Play:1 has big ambitions for its size. Slipping in as the smallest, most affordable of the Sonos family, the diminutive speaker might fool you into thinking it's making big compromises in order to get below the premium bracket. The reality is quite different. We were really impressed with the Play:3 but price has always been an issue with Sonos products. The Play:1 at $299, however, goes some way to convince us that you don't need the big bucks to get in on the Sonos love. There's no Bluetooth to be found on the Play:1 and no battery either. This is totally about high quality streaming around the house that's only limited by your Wi-Fi capabilities. Well, that and the location of your power sockets. Design The Play:1 arrives in black and white variations. Everyone will have their favourite but we found the white suited a bookshelf nicely while the black looked good plonked on the corner of a desk. The grated design spills around the entire tin the speaker, w...

The new Nexus 5 manages to offer a huge step up in power while maintaining a brilliantly low price tag. The Google Nexus 5 is a phone that's the product of constant evolution, companies one-upping each other as they try to prove they can make the best Nexus. The Nexus One was HTC's only shot at the title, with Samsung making two more then LG getting the nod for the most recent edition, the Nexus 4 . While that was a decent phone for a stellar price, the Nexus 5 is a huge step forward for a number of reasons - not least the sub-£300 price tag (for the 16GB version - it's £339 for the 32GB iteration). There's the Snapdragon 800 chip at the heart of things, running the show incredibly smoothly. The Google Nexus 5 is based loosely on the LG G2 , with the same processor and similar IPS LCD screen, albeit with the new Google phone coming in at a smaller 4.95-inch. This means that video and internet browsing looks stellar, with colours bright and vivid without looking over sa...

Introduction The tenth major revision of OS X, Mavericks, marks an attempt at a fresh start. Oh yeah, and it's available as a free download! Apple has decided it should treat the Mac community in the same way it has been treating iOS users and ship the update free via the Mac App Store. Mavericks introduces new features that are aimed at professionals, updates major interface components, it overhauls the system's branding. Big cats are out, and California locations are in (Mavericks being a surfing hotspot). The default desktop picture can be seen as a huge wave, washing away the overbearing textures most often attributed to Scott Forstall. While Mavericks is designed to bring Apple's desktop and mobile closer together, this isn't a radical iOS 7 -style redesign. It's more a refinement of OS X's existing design language that just happens to be simpler and cleaner. Skeuomorphism is out, so you'll see less fake wood and pretend leather (although it lives on i...