Month: May 2010
Sky +HD boxes go arty: 3 limited edition footie designs out for the World Cup
Sky are celebrating the World Cup broadcasting in High Definition on their sports channels with the release of limited-edition high-design boxes. Where the Sky Box has always been useful, it has never been an interior design statement, so this takes it to a new level. Sky have comissioned three artists famous for their love of…
Married by a robot – Japanese couple do it a bit differently
So perhaps fewer people in the UK are religious these days, but while people might choose to get married in a registrar's office rather than a church, not many would want their nuptials presided over by a robot. In Japan, of course, it's different. A couple in Tokyo were married by a four-foot tall robot…
App to look out for: Converse makes iPhone a double-sided universal translator
Just a heads-up about a pretty exciting app coming out later this week, 21st May. Called Converse, it's a universal translator that splits the iPhone into a dual keyboard and lets you hold a conversation in two languages simultaneously. The idea is that you type your message in at one side of the iPhone in…
Review: Punch-Head the iPhone app is not one for the kids…
Punch Head is an app that does what it says on the tin. It lets you pick up a picture of someone's head and well, punch and kick it while it yelps and screams. Of course when we say punch and kick, we mean tap your iPhone screen to simulate the effect of punching someone.…
Eco-friendly iPhone cases? Yes, meet Proporta's Smart range
Case-makers ProPorta who cater to the more fine and serious end of the case market have released a new green range. It's named the Smart range and They've taken one of their top-sellers, a leather iPhone case with an aluminum screen protection plate and greened it up. That means replacing the leather with recycled leather,…
Facebook Virus pulls in victims with fake Obama and Clinton sex scandal video
Just a quick report on a virus that is said to be doing the rounds on Facebook. Called Koobface it supposedly uses a fake news video about an affair between Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton to make users click on the link. According to reports online users get a video about Barack Obama posted on…
Facebook's new Simple Events: the pros and cons
Facebook have changed the events page. You may have noticed the new widget on the homepage which gives you a quick 2 box interface for making events. It's a lot simpler than the old process and people are generally saying it's a good thing. Well - we had a little think about this yesterday evening,…
FacebookSearch – site searches public status updates and shows up embarrassing shares
A new search engine shows up just how much stuff people are making public on Facebook. FacebookSearch searches all the status updates on Facebook that are publically available - and that's a lot. Cobbled together by two software engineers, just to show people what information Facebook has, the search engine suggests you search for terms…
Poll: Privacy concerns & high profile exits -will you quit Facebook?
With some high-profile techies deleting their profiles and angry rumblings about privacy from the US senators and European data officials, Facebook have called a company-wided emergency meeting, according to the BBC. Facebook's sweeping changes announced last month about plans to share data with other websites via the Like button and the drive to make all…
Technology does make you happier – especially if you're poor or a woman
It's a common theme in articles that technology stresses us out: constantly beeping blackberries, information overload, update fatigue and the privileging of virtual life over real life etc etc. But a study by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT has found out that access to technology increases feelings of wellbeing. They analysed the results of…
