Month: January 2011
Shiny Poll: Hi! Dear or Yo dude? How do you start emails in this modern age?
An article in the Guardian today pointed out one of the etiquette dilemmas of this modern age - how to start an email. Okay so most of us have been starting emails just fine for the past five years. But the Wall Street Journal has thrown a cat amongst the pigeons by suggesting that "Dear"…
Spotify Comes To Squeezebox
For all those Squeezebox owners out there, you will be excited to know that today Logitech announced that they have joined forces with the Spotify, to support the popular music streaming on their Squeezebox network music players. The Squeezebox allows you to wirelessly streams your digital music library, Internet radio, and now Spotify anywhere in…
StompBox: The "iOS Musician's" Pedalboard
With the ever increasing number of music apps available in the app store, it was inevitable that someone one would eventually start making accessories for the "iOS musician". Enter StompBox, a pedalboard by Griffin. This device is for the serious iOS musician, with its assignable foot switches and a 1/4" effects pedal input jack, the…
Thing-O-Matic shows what 3D printers really need: a retro-makeover
Perhaps a cute retro name is all that three dimensional printers need to get the adoring audience that they deserve.. 3D printers are super exciting, but somehow the green-glowing wooden Thing-O-Matic has captured the public imagination a bit more than the usual grey metal industry-focussed offerings. Using tiny droplets of plastic to build up three…
A cute guy plays a guitar: You Rock digital guitar does everything
A cute guy called Joey plays a guitar. We're into this. The You Rock guitar is the Swiss Army Knife of electric guitars - it plays like a normal acoustic electric guitar, it can be plugged into Guitar Hero, it can record your music, it can teach how to play guitar and then do this…
#CES Weird: Get your nails painted – BY A MACHINE
So, you know about printers, and you know about nail painting ... well ladies (and gents, if you're interested) meet the nail *printer*. A genius machine that prints nail polish onto your nails. Naturally we love it. For the ArtPro Nail Printer to work, you need to put a base colour on, then stick your…
Open A Cold One With The iBottle
Ever been stuck without a bottle opener? Unfortunately there isn't an app for that but don't worry the iBottle iPhone case has you covered. This iPhone case, combines two of the most essential tools - the phone and the bottle opener. It also comes with the added bonus that you will always know where your…
VIDEO: Hands-on with the iPod rival, the Samsung Galaxy Music
While most tech companies are gearing up to take on Apple's iPad, Samsung are striking at Apple's dominance in another area - the area of the personal music player. Yes, they are taking on the iPod Touch, and good luck to them. We suspect they're not going to knock it out overnight... but it's a…
Louis Vuitton Launches The Tackiest Mobile Phone Ever
Luxury fashion label, Louis Vuitton has done it again. Just when we thought they couldn't get any gaudier they go and release a mobile phone belt buckle. At least it's practical....I guess
#CES 2011: Videos of Twelve Tablet PCs including Motorola, Samsung and Polaroid..
Like tablets? We got tablets. A hell load of them. Gerald and Ashley have done a round-up of 12 of the tablets released at CES 2011. There are ones that connect to the TV - the Panasonic Viera; there's that Motorola Xoom; the Blackberry Playbook; and one by uh Polaroid. It's not a camera, it's…
