Month: May 2012
Adobe launches Creative Cloud with 20GB of added online storage and web apps
If you're already collected together the pennies to upgrade to CS6, then why not give Adobe's newest subscription-based cloud service a whirl too. Today Adobe has begun rolling out its new Creative Cloud, a supplementary service that can be used alongside CS6, which a statement from the brand describes as, "a hub for making, sharing…
moreBeaute2: The ultimate photo app for posers and Photoshop junkies
If you enjoy taking photos of your face and then editing them beyond recognition, then moreBeaute could be your new favourite app. Quick and easy-to-use photo application moreBeaute makes your skin look smooth and glowing, a bit like a Barbie or a cherub. To make your face Mattel-like, simply take a photo using the app,…
Instacanvas: Turn your Instagram photos into wall art and make a profit
There are a range of different services that promise to turn your Instagram snaps into stickers, calendars and t-shirts, so we're not surprised to see a new company has popped up that lets you turn them into big, beautiful works of art too. Every week there seems to be a new company piggy-backing on the…
Facebook introduces its own shiny new app store, the App Center
Facebook finally announced that it will be introducing a shiny new app store soon, called the App Center. In the next few weeks the Facebook team will be launching its own App Center on the web and within the iOS and Android versions of its mobile app, according to The Facebook Developer Blog. It's about…
8 Things we wish people didn't insist on live tweeting: Proposals, sex and surgery
As we're sat writing this article a brain surgery is being live tweeted for all the world to follow over @houstonhospital. Yes it's fascinating and awesome if you're a medical geek, but aren't there just some things that we should stop sharing already? Ahh Twitter, haven't you enabled us to do a range of lovely,…
Now there's a handy scale to prove we're all addicted to Facebook
We don't need some kind of fancy research to tell us we spend far too much time on Facebook, our incessant checking of the news feed and daily stalking of everyone we've EVER met proves that. But, if you did want to find out whether you're an actual addict, then the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale…
The Kinect is being used to detect signs of autism in children
Kinect motion sensors are being used by a school in Minneapolis to identify the early signs of autism in young children. Over the past few years we've seen the Kinect's innovative technology being hacked in countless ways, whether it's to make your room a touchscreen, talk to your pet when you're away, create a robot…
10 Ways to make your Instagram photos more awesome
If you feel that your snaps of cakes and cats just don't look as good as they used to, try following some of our simple tips to make your Instagram photos a little bit more awesome. When we all first started using Instagram last year, like crazed, filter-obsessed zombies, uploading photos of trees and tea…
Samsung Galaxy S3 UK networks, plans and the best deals
It's the day after the highly-anticipated launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3 and already we've had a hands-on demonstration of the handset, we know what its basic specs are and why it might well be an iPhone killer. The phone has a UK release date of the 30th of May, but now we all just…
HANDS-ON: A quick peek at the Samsung Galaxy S3
Samsung's new Galaxy S3 handset is here and we went along to the official launch event with Tech Digest to get some hands-on time with the fancy new smartphone. Here's our quick demo video, which shows off the Galaxy S3's 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display, ridiculously clever (and slightly creepy) facial recognition picture tagging…
