Month: December 2014
Nostalgia overload: the best Christmas toy every year from 1985 to now
No matter when you were born, today's toys aren't a patch on the ones you had when you were a kid. Take a nostalgia-tinted trip through time with our rundown of the top toy every Christmas since '85. [nextpage title="next"] 1985: Transformers Transformers the cartoon launched in 1984, and was basically a giant advert to…
Nenx app review: Wolf of Wall Street for beginners
If, like me, you read about the teenager who allegedly made $72m on the stock market with his tutoring money (yes, he was lying, big surprise) and thought 'maybe I could do that with a bit of seed money,' listen up. Nenx is aimed squarely at you. It's an iPhone and Android app designed to…
BitLit offers discount eBooks if you own the paper version
Paper books or digital books? Both have their pros and cons, but getting the best of both could end up with you having to buy both versions separately. That's where BitLit comes in: it will offer you free or discounted digital versions of books you already own so you don't get shafted because you'd rather…
Microsoft will keep your OneDrive files forever
Microsoft has confirmed that any files uploaded to its OneDrive cloud storage service will remain there forever, unless the user decides otherwise. Speaking to TechRadar Pro on Twitter, Microsoft confirmed that even if your subscription expires, your files will not be deleted and users will still be able to access them. That being said, you…
Our favourite last-minute gift of 2014: a subscription to bacon
Subscription boxes have exploded this year (er, not literally) – you can subscribe to everything from the more traditional beauty products to geek goods, cheese, even tampons. But we've found one that beats them all: bacon. Cure & Simple are a UK-based company that offer a weekly, fornightly or monthly delivery of bacon, and you…
New leaks ‘confirm’ specs for the HTC Hima
We've heard a bit about the HTC Hima before, and the word in the rumour mill is that it will be the successor to the HTC One M8 and HTC's next flagship device. We've heard leaked specs, and now a new leak corroborates most of what we've heard so far. According to Upleaks the phone…
A new implant can replace medication and effectively ‘cure’ arthritis
A new electronic implant can block the pain of rheumatoid arthritis, offering hope to thousands of severely affected sufferers. According to Sky News, the device is implanted into the neck, working similarly to pacemakers. It sends electrical impulses to the nervous system, basically telling it just calm down. Researchers from the Academic Medical Centre in…
Does Samsung have its own payment system on the way?
Every company seems to have their own mobile payment system these days. Apple has Apple Pay, Google has Google Wallet, Amazon has Amazon Wallet, and so on. Now Samsung is reportedly trying to get in on that action by launching its own digital wallet next year. According to Re/code, Samsung is in talks with a…
Psychologists have studied what makes a good Christmas gift
If you still have to buy a last-minute Christmas gift or two, good news: researchers have studied what makes a good present. And maybe we shouldn’t judge those people who gave us a bread bin or a gadget from the pound shop too harshly: psychologists have so much to say on the topic they’ve just…
12 films you should definitely watch over the Christmas break
Christmas is a time for giving, eating, and spending time with your family. It's also the only time of year where it's acceptable to watch Christmas movies, which is a bit of a shame because some of them are really good. So get ready to hunker down on the sofa with a mince pie and…
