Alistair Charlton

Senior Technology Reporter

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A Yorkshireman in London, Alistair is Deputy Technology Editor. He focuses on consumer technology and motoring. He has worked at IBTimes UK since September 2011 and regularly writes product reviews and features, as well as news and opinion pieces. Alistair holds a degree in Journalism & English Language from Kingston University London.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus: Larger curved screen smartphone coming in weeks to rival iPhone 6 Plus

Samsung preparing a 5.5in Galaxy S6 Plus with curved screen to launch within weeks

Best smartphone of 2015 so far: iPhone 6 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 vs HTC One M9 vs LG G4

We try to find 2015's best smartphone so far by looking at the best from Apple, Samsung, HTC and LG

Windows 10 to launch worldwide on 29 July as free upgrade

Windows 10 will arrive in 190 countries on 29 July and is a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users

Mysterious Apple vans are for 3D mapping app and not a self-driving car

Apple is using sensor-laden vans to gather images and 3D mapping data for its upcoming iPhone Maps app

Asus Zenwatch 2 arrives with two sizes, three colours and modified Android Wear

New smartwatch from Asus promises faster recharging and will get a price and release date in September.

Silk Road kingpin Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison

Silk Road owner Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison for creating illegal drug-dealing site

Project Cars 1.3 patch fixes Xbox One controller vibration and steering issues

Much-needed Xbox One patch claims to fix wide range of Project Cars faults

Ross Ulbricht found guilty of running Silk Road drug-dealing website

Silk Road sentencing: Ross Ulbricht faces life in prison as mother says 'If free, he'd never commit another crime'

Mother of Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts claims rehabilitation has already worked.

Google I/O 2015: 10 things we learnt about Android M, virtual reality and more

Google uses I/O 2015 to announce Android M, Cardboard for iPhone and much more

iPhone Message crash bug: Apple issues fix instructions for iOS text glitch

Although not a patch the simple instructions fix a fault whereby a certain text breaks the iOS Messages app

Google brings Cardboard VR app to iPhone and announces GoPro-made VR video rig

Google Cardboard comes to iOS, Expeditions brings VR to classrooms, and GoPro creates VR camera rig

Offline turn-by-turn directions coming to Google Maps app

Save maps and driving directions offline with Google Maps update

Google Now gets smarter: Personal assistant works inside apps and reads your conversations

Google Now with Android M works inside third-party apps and can understand your email chats

New Google Photos app for iOS and Android has free and unlimited storage

Free and unlimited cloud storage available now with new Google Photos app

Android M: Google takes on Apple with Android Pay plus five new features

Six major new features of Google's Android 6.0 M for smartphones and tablets

Elon Musk's supersonic Hyperloop train could have freemium sales model and cost nothing off-peak

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies boss says off-peak tickets could be free

Future Samsung Gear VR headsets will produce holograms and be covered in sensors

Patent reveals Samsung's plans for future Gear VR virtual reality headsets

Auto-braking Volvo crash video proves self-driving cars can't save us from our own stupidity

Self-braking Volvo crashes into two men deliberately stood in its way.

Silk Road: Ross Ulbricht begs for short sentence as prosecution demands 'substantially more' than 20 years

Silk Road drugs website judge urged by prosecution to send out a message to Ross Ulbricht.

Samsung faces tough year in developing markets as local Android makers reign supreme

Samsung to have challenging 2015 as local Android makers in China and India offer more for less

Facebook-owned Oculus buys British virtual reality company Surreal Vision

Based in Watford, Surreal Vision sees a future where virtual and real worlds blend seamlessly with each other.

Chinese billionaire spends £20,000 on two gold Apple Watches for his dog

Wang Sicong buys two gold Apple Watch Editions for his Siberian Husky that also has its own Twitter account.

Bluetooth speaker group test: Jawbone, Denon, B&O and Cambridge Audio go head-to-head

We put four Bluetooth speakers to the test to find out which you should take to the park this summer

iPhone 5c saves life of UK man shot with sawn-off shotgun

Father of two saved by Apple smartphone, which stopped the gun's pellets from causing terminal injuries

Paralysed man drinks beer using bionic arm and chips implanted in his brain

Erik Sorto, paralysed 13 years ago, controls bionic arm with chips embedded into his brain

Edward Snowden: NSA plotted to hack Google Play Store users with 'Irritant Horn' spyware

Man-in-the-middle attack on Google and Samsung app store users planned to prevent 'another Arab Spring'

Hackers post pornographic image of naked man on Atlanta video billboards

Image caused bystanders to call police and FBI is now investigating

Twitter signs search results deal with Google

Troll creates 'Promoted Tweet' Twitter adverts telling transgender people to hang themselves

Internet troll creates account in name of activist Caitlin Roper and sends vile 'Promoted Tweet' adverts

Apple iOS 9 to include Home iPhone app for controlling your house

Home app in iOS 9 will use iPhone to lock doors, switch on lights, adjust heating and more

Spotify becomes 'the soundtrack of your life' with radio, podcasts, news and video

Video content from BBC, ESPN and others comes to Spotify platform