Have you ever been sceptical of whether you're getting wrongly charged at a garage, because of your gender? Do you worry you're having to fork out more because you're a 'naïve' woman? MyCarGossip aims to stop this from happening, by helping women find female-friendly, reliable and trustworthy garages, dealerships and other car services. Focused on…

Mobile phones have changed a lot in the last few years: they’re now faster and thinner (and wider) than ever, with sharp graphics and increased storage capacity... and screens that could shatter at a second’s notice. The fact that late-90s devices have had a recent resurgence has even been credited in part to the fact…

Ask your friends, your colleagues and your family whether having apps constantly at their fingertips has massively benefitted their lives and even the most sceptical are bound to say "hell yes." From communicating with people all over the globe, to finding directions when you’re lost, to navigating your way through a busy work schedule, to…

Last night Samsung showed off its Galaxy Tab S tablet at a launch event in New York, and the specs are very similar to what we expected. The device will come in two sizes, 8.4 inch and 10.5 inch, both 6.6mm thick and available in white or bronze. It has a 2560 x 1600 pixel Super…

Scared to switch off in case you slip off the social radar? You’re not alone – and that’s the main problem. Social media fatigue is nothing new. No sooner had we picked our first username than people started heralding the beginning of the backlash. Just like TV and video games before it, and probably flick…

Are you tired of meeting other people wearing the same perfume as you, and want to change your fragrance up a bit? Selfridges has created a Fragrance Lab where you can create your own individual scent, with the help of experts. Starting off in a doctor's waiting-room-style reception in Selfridges' Wonder Room, you answer a…

Hi, I'm Becca! I'm the Editor of shinyshiny and over the past few months our team has been working on a big project. A project to transform a site that looked a bit dated and content that felt a little stale into a digital destination specially created to provide our readers with a modern and…

Poor Windows Phone users. For years they’ve been itching to share photos of their quirky weddings and instructions for hand-sewn bunting or seven-layered rainbow cakes they’re definitely probably possibly going to make. But they’ve been forced to do it all from their computers or not at all, while iPhone and Android users were happily pinning…

Amazon has rolled out a new music streaming service on its US site this morning. Called Prime Music, it adds to Amazon Prime’s $99 a year subscription service for two-day delivery. Amazon Prime already included access to 40,000 films and TV shows and a Kindle lending library of 500,000 books. Now subscribers will also be…