Let Youtube be the DJ – music discovery service launched
Youtube gets into music recommendation with a Last.fm style project called the Youtube Music Discovery Project. They launched it quietly - it's still a Test Tube project rather than something you can access on the main site. Go to www.youtube.com/disco to try it out. Type a band name or genre into the search box and…
Amazon bring apps to the Kindle
Amazon is planning to bring apps onto its Kindle e-reader. The retail site and Kindle-makers have just opened an app-making developer kit for its device, and apps should be arriving on the e-reader sometime later this year. Kindle apps, I'm gonna call them Kapps would we imagine do a range of things based around the…
Sony Ericsson's smooth new camera phone: the Vivaz
Sony Ericsson's new Kurara phone will have a whopping 8 mega-pixel camera. This trendy new Sony Ericsson Symbian phone is all about the photos and the video and follows the Satio in SE's communications and media portfolio. Called the Vivaz, the camera has continuous autofocus video shooting with image stabilization, face detection, and captures the…
milBook – the Army's version of Facebook..
The American Army have recently created a social networking site that they describe as a military version of Facebook. Called milBook, I doubt the site means you can "machete" your friends instead of "poking" them, but it does mean that security is higher (these results will definitely not be coming up in google) and it…
Apps on earphones? where can't they go?
Smartphones are the obvious location for apps, they've got loads between them but, they're not the only places. Obviously laptops and desktop computers have had apps or widgets for ages, whether they're calculators or a Spotify launcher. Apps are creeping into TVs - new sets from places like Samsung and LG come with Facebook and…
How gadget helps deaf people to hear with their skin
A gadget could help deaf people to "hear" sounds with their skin. The device called the Monitor works by converting sound into vibrations. It is aimed at individuals who are deaf and blind or severely hearing impaired and should help them to perceive and recognise sounds. The Monitor was developed by an engineering researcher in…
Micro hair straightners from Cloud Nine
Do you get caught out by fly-a-way hairs or weird curly bits midway through the day? At a time when your bedroom and the implements need to sort it out are far away? Catering to this disastrous scenario, manufacturers Cloud Nine have brought out minature hair straighteners that fit in your handbag. At 6 inches…
Finding inner peace on Youtube
Youtube is a valuable addition to the office biscuit break - 2 minute bursts of shows like Inbetweeners or Mitchell&Webb or otters holding hands do wonders for your mood and productivity, in my opinion. I've recently diversified my biscuit-break watching habits to include Buddhist relaxation videos, well, one or two. More effective than a grimy…
Genio Slide is new addition to Samsung's for youngsters range
Another nifty Samsung aimed at the youth market, the Genio Slide has a slide-out qwerty keyboard and touch screen, mixing the features of the Genio Touch with the Genio Qwerty. Nice features for the target audience of teens and youngsters include full compatibilty with the BBC's iPlayer so users can watch TV programmes on the…
Shiny Poll: How much would you pay for the Apple Tablet?
Until Apple's wunder-toy comes out, pretty much everything that can possibly be written about the Tablet has been written, short of "If the Tablet were a human what would its favourite pizza be?" and I'm sure a blog somewhere has covered that. So we thought we'd ask you what you think about one of the…
