Shiny Shiny and Tech Digest are GUINNESS WORLD RECORD BREAKERS! WOO!

A few weeks ago Shiny Shiny and our sister site Tech Digest went along to the Liverpool Street Station and played around with the world's largest NES game controller. We were competing to beat a world Tetris record and really really tried our bestest. But, as it was our first time using the huge NES…

WTF: Women only know how to use household gadgets

This morning we came across a study that claimed women check their phones first thing in the morning and don't look at their partners enough (so what?!), and now this afternoon we've found some more female-slamming research, which claims women know plenty about household gadgets and very little about any other kind of tech. Charming.…

Sky launches a range of fancy new products for 2012

Today Sky has announced a whole range of brand new products to see in 2012 that have been introduced by the company to give customers more choice when it comes to what they watch and where they watch it. Here's a rundown of all the new, good stuff we're pretty excited about: The launch of…

Are women more obsessed with their phones than men?

I think we're all probably well aware that we check our phones far too much, when was the last time you went for a meal and the people you were with didn't all put their phones on the table in front of them?! Exactly. But is there really a difference between the amount of time…

Juxtagr.am: Is Jux & Instagram link up a match made in photo heaven?

We've written about our love for blogging platform Jux a few times in the past, but have often felt it needs just a little bit more work before it's going to replace the likes of Tumblr and even Wordpress further down the line. So, it's pretty exciting that Jux has this week announced it'll be…

Sony set to launch CyberShot WX70 and WX50 cameras this Spring

A range of new, colourful and shiny cameras from Sony are reportedly heading our way in March. Part of the brand's CyberShot offering, the WX70 and WX50 models are slim, pocketable cameras and friendly for beginners who are a little intimidated by getting into photography. Both models share many measures, they measure 92.2 x 52.0…

Twitter: Why you should NEVER joke about destroying America online

We know that social networks are closely monitored by authorities and that innocent tweets have been misconstrued as threats more than once in the past. Just take a look at the case of Paul Chambers, who was convicted for tweeting about blowing up Robin Hood airport back in 2010. So although it may seem insanely…

Facebook: What would happen if you printed out the social network?

No, it's never going to happen, but printing supplier Cartridge Save has decided to combine the two things it loves, Facebook and printing stuff, to try and work out what it would look like, how much it would cost and how long it would take to read to print out every update, drunken photo and…

Zombies, Run!: New game terrorises you into getting fit

There are lots of mobile apps on the market designed to keep us motivated, track our runs and spur us on to beat that personal best time. We're big fans of Nike+ GPS because it's so simple to use, the interface is intuitive and the GPS tracking really accurately records your runs. However, if you…

Google: Who does the search engine think YOU are?

Over the past few days you may have seen a few people tweet random stuff about who Google thinks they are "It thinks I'm a man!", "It thinks I like cats!" or "It thinks I'm 70!". Don't worry, Google hasn't suddenly taken human form and started hurling abuse at your mates, instead they've accessed the…