What we expect from iPad 2..

It's coming out sometime round Valentine's Day (in the States at least) and geeks are getting all hot and bothered. After all, the first one took the world by storm and this promises to be uh, even better. And that wouldn't be hard considering that there are significant features missing from the first iPad. 1)…

The eJoux Texting Bracelet

Texting obsessed? Check out the eJoux prototype by Biju Neyyan. The eJoux project consists of a Bluetooth device from which you can receive text messages or connect it to your music player to see what is playing. You can also program it to display animations, for example blowing leaves. This technology would allow you to…

Cartolina Christmas Card iPhone App

Christmas cards maybe not be as popular as they once were, but it is still nice to both send and receive festive messages from family and friends. That is why I really like the new Cartolina holiday iPhone app. Cartolina Cards are designed and produced in British Columbia, Canada by graphic designer Fiona Richards. The…

Video: Majoobi – Make your own iPhone "app" in 5 minutes

Yes, you can now create an iPhone app for free in 5 minutes, and you don't need to do anything more technical that copying an RSS feed. Sure the resulting app isn't the most complex one out there (basically RSS and it is a web app rather than an Apple approved one) but it looks good,…

The Facebook friends box & how it selects who to display

Yesterday I published a story asking exactly how Facebook calculates who is shown in the friends box on the new profile pages. Well today Facebook rang me up and told me, or rather gave me some general statements explaining some of the factors that the algorithm might take into account when choosing whether Tom rather…

There's an app for that: iPhone app helps you buy fruit

Of course there's an iPhone app that helps you buy ripe fruit. How could I have ever have imagined otherwise? How did people even buy fruit before the app store was invented? Released today, Fruit Guide offers photography and reference text to help users select "only the finest, healthiest fruits available". This is one of…

Forget the iPad, seems we're all buying Telescopes this Christmas…

Well, it's not exactly a new product, but John Lewis report that telescopes are flying off the shelves this year as Christmas buying gets underway. Sales of telescopes are up 148% since last year, and this week they have sold 78% more than last week. John Lewis currently stocks six telescopes ranging from the entry…