InstaCover: Instagram your Facebook cover photo

InstaCover allows you to pick Instagram snaps and transform them into a vintage collage for your Facebook cover photo. Since all of our Facebook profiles magically transformed into lovely timelines we've been playing around trying to get our cover photos just right. We've seen plenty of clever and creative covers over the past few months…

Is MTV's new artist hub a bit too much like Myspace?

MTV is set to launch a new hub called Artists.MTV, but will it really help musicians connect with fans, or is it just a Myspace rip-off? Last week, the MTV blog revealed plans that the network is set to launch a new project called Artists.MTV. From what we can tell, it's set to be a…

New iPad 3: 10 Best retina display apps to get you started

The new iPad/iPad 3/third generation iPad is here, we don't really care what it's officially called, we just want to know what to do on it to please our eyes. The new tablet from Apple boasts a 2048 x 1536 Retina Display and we've collected together 10 apps that have been given a super high…

UPDATED: New iPad 3 Tech Digest's best UK network deals

It's nearly time. By 8am tomorrow the first die-hard Apple fan will be lovingly clutching his/her first New iPad (3rd generation) after high-fiving all the insanely enthusiastic Apple employees. But amidst the excitement, shouting and crazy queues, you're going to need to know which data plan to opt for and Tech Digest's editor, Gerald Lynch,…

ARGH: Pinterest gets its first makeover with new profile design

Pinterest profiles have all received a fancy new redesign, but are dedicated fans and typography geeks happy with the new layout and slightly different use of fonts? Today Pinterest has received its first big makeover since it became the number one online destination for pretty photos and holiday day-dreaming. Earlier in the week Pinterest's CEO…

STUDY: Londoners are apprehensive about tube Wi-Fi plans

Yesterday the mayor of London announced plans to introduce Wi-Fi service to parts of the underground in time for the Olympics this summer. Some super connected Londoners have been excited by the news, but many others are a little more wary about what the plans could mean for them. According to a statement released by…

Songster: Music creation AND social gaming within Facebook

Everyday we see new websites, apps and online tools specially built to allow regular people with little experience to try their hand at music creation, whether it's a basic app designed for kids or a much more advanced programme for genuine wannabes. Well now a basic but addictive form of music creation has come to…

Anonymous-OS: Hacker group releases its own operating system

The infamous hacking collective Anonymous this morning released its own operating system, dubbed Anonymous OS. The new OS is available to download via Sourceforge and there it's been described as "an ubuntu-based distribution and created for educational purposes, to checking the security of web pages." According to a Tumblr blog dedicated to the shiny new…

APP OF THE DAY: Bounce stops you missing all of the things

If you're a bit disorganised, there are plenty of calendar apps, to-do list apps, reminder apps and alarm clock apps to sort your life out a little. But, Bounce kinda combines everything together (your location, appointments, traffic info and all kinds of other data) to make sure you're always in the right place at the…

10 Top tips for saving your phone's battery life on-the-go

We've all been there, you're on your way to an important meeting and don't know where you're going, or you're catching up with a friend and said you'd text them with details about where to meet and THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD HAS HAPPENED. Your phone battery's died. Cue crying, hyper-ventilating and roadside tantrums.…