Author: Becca Caddy
Becca is passionate about health, fitness and wellbeing. She’s particularly interested in wearable technology, how our mobiles can help us to get fitter and ways to introduce mindfulness and meditation into our busy working lives. As a northerner living in London, she loves exploring the city, going to the cinema at every possible opportunity and Instagramming everything that crosses her path.
Rise and shine: 10 Coffee appliances we love
Ahh coffee, one minute it's bad for us and making us hallucinate, the next it's a miracle cure for everything from Alzheimer's to baldness. But whether you're a self confessed Starbucks addict or an "only the finest" coffee connoisseur, there's no denying how amazing the stuff is. Watch this lovely piece of coffee propaganda if…
BREAKING: Sitting down no longer cool
The latest trend over on the other side of the pond is to stop sitting at your desk to work and instead stand awkwardly next to it, according to the The Wall Street Journal. Big tech giants like Google and Facebook already have hundreds of employees ditching their big, comfy, ergonomic office chairs in favour…
IFA 2011 – Acer to launch teeny tiny Aspire S3 Ultrabook
Many large tech brands are creating laptops that are thinner, slimmer and lighter than ever before, from Apple's MacBook Air to Toshiba's Portege Z830 series. Now Acer has announced that it will be launching its own offering onto the super slim, small and lightweight laptop market at IFA this week. Acer's new model, the Aspire…
IFA 2011 – LG announces the PenTouch stylus-enabled TV
If you're a big stylus fan then you're in luck. Not only can you get the little guys in all shapes, sizes and colours nowadays for your phone, tablet or computer, but you can also use one to control your TV too. LG has unveiled a range of plasma HDTVs that allow you to use…
IFA 2011 – HTC to launch Titan and Radar handsets
HTC has announced its two new Windows phones called Titan and Radar at IFA this week. Both handsets are pretty powerful and their names could very well have been taken from the hit 90s TV show, Gladiators. The smart phones will be HTC's first to run on Mango OS and both have very very big…
Blogger no longer looks like rubbish vintage wallpaper
As if Google hasn't launched, changed and tweaked enough stuff over the past few months, its blogging platform, Blogger, has now had a shiny new revamp. Everything looks much more neat and sparse than before and luckily that gross grey/brown sludge colour, which looks a bit like wallpaper from the 70s is long gone, replaced…
IFA 2011 – Ford adds MyKey restriction technology to its cars
Car manufacturer Ford will be revealing a new kind of technology for its European vehicles called MyKey at IFA in Berlin today. MyKey will allow car owners to program a special key for their vehicles, which then enables them to activate a number of restrictions, such as top speeds and audio volume. The technology has…
IFA 2011 – Samsung launches its robotic hoover the Navibot S
Wow. Samsung really has been busy. Today at IFA, the tech giant has launched its new robotic cleaning device, the Navibot S. The smart little robot promises to give you hands-free, automated cleaning just like the older model, the Navibot, but with more advanced technology and all kinds of new functionality. When Anna reviewed the…
IFA 2011 – Improv Electronics to launch new eWriter
At IFA tonight, Improv Electronics is set to launch its new eWriter, officially named the Boogie Board Rip LCD Writing Tablet. No, it's not some kind of crazy dance machine, but the latest device to join Improv Electronics' range of eWriters. It's similar to all of Improv's other Boogie Board eWriters, but the Rip part…
IFA 2011 – Samsung unveils MV800 MultiView camera with flip-up screen
Along with its new mobile phone and tablet offerings, Samsung has just unveiled the new MV800 Multiview camera at IFA 2011 in Berlin. The MV800 has been designed to capture the perfect image. I know what you're thinking, EVERY camera wants you to capture the perfect image, right? But, the MV800 is tailored to make…
