Month: February 2011
Turn your iPad into a laptop: Dexim launches its iBluek Keyboard:
Ever felt that the iPad was missing a certain something? One of those.. oh yes, keyboards? Obviously Steve Jobs left it out on purpose when he designed the Apple tablet, but some uses still hanker after the keyboard functionality. Well you can have it. The iBluek Bluetooth keyboard works with iPad and all fits together…
Spotify valued at $1Billion: Scandi start-up reaches the big time
Music streaming service Spotify has just been valued at $1 billion according to Sky News. Facebook backers DST and Kleiner Perkins are two of the big investors willing to bet that that sum is accurate and put their money behind the service. Founded in Sweden in October 2008, Spotify offers a free music streaming service…
Three quarters of Londoners don't want mobile access on the Tube – survey claims
Well, it seems like we don't want this fancy schmancy £100 million mobile network on the London Underground after all. GoodMobilePhones.co.uk polled 1,094 Londoners and found that a surprising three quarters of them were against it, despite the advantages and convenience of being able to use your mobile on the Tube. 76% of Londoners said…
Mobile World Congress 2011: The five big trends from the gadget fair
Five things Mobile World Congress has taught us about what's going to be big in 2011. ONE: Tablets You may have heard about these before - but It looks like some of them are finally emerging from the shadow of Apple's iPad and starting to make a mark. Android ones lead the pack largely running…
Speak into new Blackberry app Navita in English and it'll translate it into 49 languages
I'm all in favour of translator apps - and this new addition to the Blackberry store has a few features that make it stand out from the pack - voice translation; support for 50 languages and integration with email and SMS messages. The translation engines used are Google and Bing so the accuracy will be…
The Condom Finder is an app
A ground-breaking condom-finding app has just been released on the iPhone and Android stores by New York City health officials who hope the informative app will increase safe sex in the city. Using GPS or a manually-entered address, the NYC Condom Finder app will pinpoint the five nearest venues that distribute official NYC Condoms. The…
The USB Aquarium: Plug some fish into your laptop
It's received wisdom that electronic devices and water do not mix. If you've ever got any of that stuff on your laptop or dropped your iPhone in a latte - you'll know what I mean. However Brando are always striding forward where other gadget-makers are afraid to go - see the usb handwarmer shaped like…
Shiny Poll: Mobile signal comes to the London Underground – are you in favour?
The escalators may not always work - but your mobile phone soon will. Travellers on the London Underground will get mobile phone signal by 2012 thanks to an initiative by Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. Huawei are putting in a systyem worth £100 million which should be up and running by the time of the 2012…
Six ways that TV should use social media
Anyone on Twitter will have noticed that it goes ballistic when a big TV show is airing. In the UK that could be Xfactor, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding or even just a particularly strange interview on the news. The show's hashtag will shoot up the Twitter Trending column and lively online commentary and discussion…
A girl called Facebook: Egyptians name daughter after social network
It's normal to name children after national heroes, so I guess it's no surprise that an Egyptian man has named his daughter - Facebook. "Facebook" Jamal Ibrahim is the full name of the girl born last week. Facebook was the platform on which the revolution of #Jan25 was sparked and organised, and many Egyptians are…