What would I say?: A Facebook App that generates statuses so you don’t have to

Ever wished you could instantly pop up on Facebook as your usual funny, inspirational and urbane self without the bother of actually coming up with the words?

A team in the US has invented a new app which, thankfully, takes all the work out of posting a status on the social media site.

Rejecting Billions, Snapchat Expects a Better Offer

What business makes no money, has yet to pass its third anniversary and just turned down an offer worth billions of dollars? Snapchat, a social media service run by a pair of 20-somethings who until last month worked out of a beachfront bungalow in Venice, Calif.

GTA 5: Rockstar Confirms Beach Bum DLC and 1.06 Patch Release Date

Rockstar Games' fastest selling video game of the year, the Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA 5), has broken several Guinness world records since its release with more than 29 million copies sold till date. The game title gets a further boost in popularity as Rockstar has officially announced the release date for both the upcoming Beach Bum DLC and the 1.06 patch for GTA Online.

Google Brings Music to Glass Users' Ears

Google Glass will soon allow users to hear as well as see through the augmented-reality eyewear thanks to new audio capabilities the company announced on Tuesday.

A new set of features will allow users to scan playlists, search for songs and -- with the addition of stereo earbuds, also due in the coming weeks from Google -- listen to music in high-fidelity audio through Google Play.

World’s First 3D Printed Metal Gun Successfully Fires 600+ Rounds

The world’s first 3D printed metal firearm, “a classic 1911 design,” has been successfully fired more than 600 times, according to Solid Concepts, a California-based 3D printing company.

“As far as we know, we’re definitely the first,” Scott McGowan, the company’s vice president of marketing, told CNSNews.com. “This gun is a very well-known model, iconic in the gun world. Any engineer would recognize how complex it is.”

Typhoon Haiyan: How Technology Can Help

In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, aid workers are stymied by overwhelming obstacles: lack of fuel for relief vehicles, near-total absence of food, water and shelter, and social chaos on an apocalyptic scale.

The tropical cyclone packed sustained winds of up 190 mph (305 km/h) in the hours before it made landfall, according to some estimates. It will likely go down as one of the five strongest storms in the last 50 years. The death toll for the storm is expected to exceed 2,000 people, according to NBC News.

While technology can't prevent storms like Haiyan, there are some clever devices that can alleviate the suffering of survivors and provide lifesaving access to clean drinking water and hot food.

Why do Windows PCs have such terrible battery life compared to Mac and iOS?

For almost as long as there have been Windows laptops, there has always been a giant squid in the room: Why is Windows’ battery life so damn pitiful? For years I thought it was simply a matter of display and processor technology outstripping battery tech, but when Apple entered the scene with the MacBook Pro and Air, and iPad, it became very clear that Windows itself was to blame. The battery life discrepancy between Windows and other operating systems has never been clearer than with the Surface Pro 2 and the 2013 MacBook Air — both have very similar specs (Haswell Core i5 CPU/GPU, battery size), and yet Apple’s laptop has almost twice the battery life of Microsoft’s tablet.

The New Ipad Air

At Apple’s special October 22 event in San Francisco, the company unveiled the iPad Air. It is significantly thinner and lighter than the fourth-generation iPad, and looks a lot like a larger iPad Mini. It replaces the fourth-gen iPad completely, will be priced at $500 for the 16GB WiFi model, and was released on November 1. $630 will get you a cellular-enabled iPad Air.

Lumia 1520 phablet and Lumia 2520 Windows 8 tablet

At Nokia World in Abu Dhabi, Nokia unveiled the Lumia 1520 phablet and Lumia 2520 tablet. Nokia also announced major Windows Phone ecosystem wins, such as the imminent release of Instagram, Vine, Flipboard, and Xbox Video for Windows Phone 8. The Lumia 1520 is a hilariously oversized 6-inch Windows Phone 8 phablet with a sexy 1080p display and 20-megapixel camera, and the Lumia 2520, which runs Windows RT 8.1 and has built-in LTE support, marks Nokia’s grand (and very colorful) entrance into the tablet market. In true non-Apple fashion, the release date for the Lumia 1520 and 2520 aren’t yet known, but for now at least it looks like the 2520 won’t be coming to the US.

Lockheed Unveils HYpersonic Spy Plane

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has confirmed that it is developing the SR-72 spy plane. The successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, which was capable of Mach 3.5, the SR-72 will be a hypersonic unmanned aircraft capable of Mach 6, or just over 4,500 mph. At hypersonic speeds, the SR-72 will be able to traverse any continent in around an hour — meaning, if they’re strategically positioned around the world on aircraft carriers, the US military can strike or surveil any location on Earth in about an hour. It is also suspected that the SR-72′s hypersonic engine tech — some kind of hybrid scramjet — will find its way into the US military’s High Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW), a missile that can theoretically strike anywhere on Earth in just a few minutes.

Turn Your iPhone Into A stun Gun

The Yellow Jacket looks like any other durable, hard-plastic protective case. It can also recharge a quickly draining iPhone battery — adding at least one full re-charge on the go. But what's really interesting … is that the Yellow Jacket moonlights as 650,000-volt stun gun.

Helmet With Rear View Technology

An American company has developed new helmet technology that will soon gift motorcycle riders eyes in the back of the head.

The Skully P-1, a motorcycle helmet with a heads-up display function, rear-view camera and smartphone connectivity, was unveiled last week at an international conference giving them a full 180-degree view of what’s happening behind them.

The Mclaren P1 (New Kid)

The McLaren P1 is a huge step forward for the company and for the hypercar game in general. It represents the pinnacle of McLaren ’s knowledge in creating road cars that integrate the best Formula 1technology to achieve searing performance on par with the best of the best from Ferrari and Pagani .

Apple iPhone 5 Review

UPDATED: The iPhone 5 review

Android has attacked the iPhone more viciously than ever this year, resulting in the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S3 knocking it from the pinnacle of our smartphone top ten. Apple needed to reply with something special, something game-changing – and here it is.

Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5

Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5 – fight

The Galaxy S3 has been punching above its weight for a few months now, and now a new challenger has stepped up to the plate in the form of the Galaxy S4. On paper, you'd have to favour the Galaxy S4 over Apple's aging champ. It's bigger, brighter, faster and has a six-pack rippling with new tech. But the iPhone didn't get where it is today by giving up without a fight. Check out the spec-on-spec action below and get ready to see digital fists flying.

Read our Samsung Galaxy S4 hands-on review and Apple iPhone 5 review

Samsung Galaxy S4 Review

Overview

You’d think Samsung’s gameplan for this year would be pretty simple after shifting more than 50 million Galaxy S3s. Make last year’s stonkingly successful phone slightly bigger and slightly better, sell bucketloads, then kick back and blow raspberries at the competition until 2014 rolls around.

At first glance, it looks as though that’s exactly what Samsung has done: the Galaxy S4 looks almost identical to the Galaxy S3 (until you get them up close), leaving more than a few fans of the gorgeous Xperia Z, HTC One and iPhonebuilds bitter, tearful and with one eye on an incoming metal Galaxy Note 3.