Orange launch their app store too
This must be launch-an-app-store week. Orange actually opened their app store a little while ago, but perhaps the launch of Samsung's new app store (bada) yesterday got them into the launching spirit, and they consequently launched it again officially yesterday. The Orange store has more than 5000 apps, games and ringtones to download - some…
Shiny Video: Sugru – all purpose hacking goo
Jane from Sugru came down, brought some goo, some stuff she'd goo-hacked and told us about how she invented this all-purpose fixit silicon gel. We wrote a little story on Sugru last week, outlining the basics, but this gives a little more background on the goo. Sugru has taken off with a bang, the company…
Turquoise gadgets: get with the "it colour" of 2010
Ladies and Gentlemen, the colour of 2010 will be turquoise. According to Pantone - the paint company (and self-styled global authority on colour) who chose it, turquoise is "an inviting, luminous hue ... combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green." Apparently, "turquoise evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a…
The transforming laptop cooling table
Like that super robo transformer machine out of Power Rangers, its legs flick in and out, and it provides a useful service to humanity. Unlike that transformer machine in Power Rangers, however, the SL-888 it is real and it is a laptop cooling table. The creation of Japanese company Hanwha, this is a laptop cooling…
Class and cute combine in Hello Kitty MP3 player
Hello Kitty gets a black and gilt makeover in one of the most stylish mp3 players I have seen a while. This cat gets around. Where most personal media players look like small mobile phones or packets of chewing gum, this stands out as something at once cute and classy. I'm almost sorry to tell…
Now the Rubik's cube is a Wii accessory too
So many everyday items are becoming Wii accessories that I'll barely bat an eyelid when someone informs me that you can buy Wii-compatible cats. The latest addition to the roster of Wii accessories is the Rubik's cube. Now available in Europe, this brain-teasing WiiWare is available with a series of games from Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy.…
Samsung opens its own app platform – Bada
Phone-makers Samsung have launched into making phone software as well as handsets and released a new platform for apps that will run on their phones. It's called Bada and it's a rival to Apple's app store. Samsung say: "Samsung bada (meaning Ocean in Korean) is a driving force in accomplishing Samsung's vision of a 'smartphone…
Google Goggles app lets Android phones search with an image
Google have announced a new app for Android phones which lets you search with a picture instead of a word. Take a photo with your Android phone and the search engine scans it and then finds similar images for you, which it displays in standard image search way. For example: snap a shot of Big…
Google search goes Real-Time
Google has just taken its search engine real-time. Searches will now turn up the most recent news to within seconds of the search. The real-time stream of data will be shown within Google's normal results page, and will be taken from over a billion sites including Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. "Information is being created at…
Tattoo your phone: O2 offer free tattoos to new and upgrading customers
Amy Winehouse has them. So does Angelina Jolie... so could your phone. We're talking about tattoos. O2 are offering free phone tattoos for new and upgrading customers in their London and Manchester stores over the next few months and there's a wide selection on offer. Visit site here to see the full amount. Pick your…
