Month: July 2010
Who do you write like? Web App matches you to the famous writer who has your style
Well, it's always flattering to be compared to a famous writer. And now there's a web app for that - copy a few paragraphs of something you've written into their little widget, it analyses your input and comes up with a flattering comparison to a famous writer. Aw shucks. Whatever stuff I put in, I…
Google's new bright idea: knowing what you want before you've searched for it, & why this is going to be embarrassing
You know the way family members will finish your sentences for you and know what you're about to say before the words have even left your lips? It's kind of annoying, kind of cute. Well, Google isn't a member of your familiy, but it will soon start doing the same thing with what you type…
Why did the Google's Nexus One Phone fail?
Rated as one of the best phones on the market, second only to iPhone according to some, the Google Phone, the own-brand Nexus One has been officially discontinued in the US. It's still available to buy, but Google have put in their last order to HTC, so the phone will only be available while only…
Five iPhone 4 bumper cases that fix the aerial and are nicer than the free Apple ones
Steve Jobs announced free bumper cases for all iPhone 4 users after sort of admitting a problem with the smartphone's aerial. Apple's cases. The Apple peace offerings are coloured silicon "bumpers" that grip around the edge of the phone and protect it from slight knocks. They correct the aerial problem because it means you don't…
London MurderMap shows deaths near you..
A nice way to wind up for the weekend... if you live in London, and want to know if anyone's been murdered near you, you can now find out on a nice easy-to-use Google Maps interface. Provided by MurderMap.co.uk it uses pins and a standard Google map to locate where murders happen, colour-coded by type…
Top Ten Weird Things Sold on eBay
By Jacob Burns eBay is the home of some of the internet's oddest stuff. Let's just say the Virgin Mary turns up in odd places. So we set our intern Jacob a task to find the strangest things ever sold on the site. Here's his list.
Staying up late faffing around on the internet is a sign of intelligence – knew it..
Are you one of those people who stays up till 2am of a weekday night tinkering with your FTP client, backing up your iPhone or just compulsively watching the Old Spice adverts on Youtube? Well, you're probably not very healthy, maybe you're single and suffer from eyestrain... but you could be more intelligent than those…
Gallery: Top Ten Weird iPhone 4 accessories
We've looked at the good accessories, the great accessories, and the must-haves and now it's time to look at the weird ones. After trawling the internet for some of the of the odder things people can do with iPhone 4.. we have come up with a Top Ten list of weird cases, accessories and skins…
[DUPLICATE] Day 3 headphone week — the Jabra Halo
Welcome to Shiny Shiny's headphone week 2010. Everyday for the next fortnight I'll be reviewing a different set of headphones eventually culminating in the definitive league of personal audio. Catchy right? Day 2: Jabra Halo Bluetooth stereo headphone with wired option, touch-sensitive buttons and dual microphone. Design "Well hellooooh," were the first words out of…
Day 3 headphone week — the Jabra Halo
Welcome to Shiny Shiny's headphone week 2010. Everyday for the next fortnight I'll be reviewing a different set of headphones eventually culminating in the definitive league of personal audio. Catchy right? Day 2: Jabra Halo Bluetooth stereo headphone with wired option, touch-sensitive buttons and dual microphone. Design "Well hellooooh," were the first words out of…
