Month: June 2011
Why Apple wants to censor what you film on your iPhone
They have a record of censorship, but Apple are taking it to the next level by trying to control what you film on your iPhone. Why? It's simple really - Apple sell you devices, but they also sell you music. They don't want you recording music on your phone that you could buy off them…
Facebook's deal with Spotify is a definite as social network moves into Music
Facebook's rumoured deal with Spotify is part of a wider move into music by the social network that could do serious damage to rivals like Apple's iTunes. Facebook want to do more than just offer a music player for their site: a source told Gigaom that they hope to do with music what they have…
J.K Rowling's new mystery website: 10 things it could possibly be
Harry Potter author, JK Rowling has released a mystery website that currently consists of a holding page with two owls on it. Clicking on the site takes you to a youtube page where a sprawling video featuring the same two owls and timer counting down to the day JK Rowling will make an announcement about…
Apple could buy out the rest of the whole phone industry, WITH CASH
Slightly depressing statistic from Asymco - the market intelligence website - Apple has enough liquid assets to buy up all of its competitors in one fell swoop. Well - apart from Samsung. The figures look like this: Apple made $70billion in liquid profits in the second quarter of this year. That would give them enough…
Ten Tips for Making a Hit YouTube Video: What we learned from Rebecca Black's Friday
How do you get 160 million views on Youtube with one single video, as Rebecca Black did with her mind-blowing, music-industry-redefining vid 'Friday'? Rebecca came from nowhere to being one of the most watched Youtube videos ever. She is only just shy of the top ten despite only being live for a few months. Rachel…
Our new digital magazine – experience Technode on your iPad now
As you may have previously read we've been hard at work during the sunny spell a few weeks ago putting together our first iPad magazine, Technode. Technode is a free, quarterly digital technology magazine from the Shiny Shiny and Tech Digest editorial team and is available from the iTunes Store or as a web edition…
Facebook finally do an official iPad app – out in the next few weeks
Facebook are releasing an iPad app in the next few weeks according to the New York Times. Facebook have held back from releasing an official iPad app over the past 16 months that the iPad has been out, meaning that lots of third party apps have jumped into the space. Apparently the app has existed…
Blackberry loses ground: Sales fall for first time since 2005
It's beloved of businessmen and celebrities but looks like the iconic smartphone is losing ground. We've seen the buzz die off in the tech press for a while, but the impact is being felt in real world too. Blackberry posted the first quarterly fall in sales since 2005, saw shares drop by 15% and has…
Nokia Windows phones will be out before Christmas and we're expecting some extra tweaks and a QWERTY keyboard
We should see some Nokia smartphones running Windows 7.5 out on shelves before Christmas, Nokia reps said last night. And Nokia will be customising that Windows operating system by adding a few Nokia tweaks to the user experience. Despite a tight-lipped silence on the details, we have a hunch that Nokia will be importing successes…
Rebecca Black's Friday disappears – just before Friday! but you can see it here
Don't hyper-ventilate, you can still see Rebecca Black's 'Friday' video on the internet but not on Youtube, where it has been taken down. The 16-year-old singer-school-girl and her people have removed the hit video that amassed well over a 150million views on the site. She filed a copyright claim to the runaway hit song, and…