Month: September 2010
After the Next Tablet: Five Fashion Tablet Computers we would like to see…
I don't think I was the only one who was surprised to see that high street fashion brand Next released a tablet computer this morning. A new line of jeans, that I might have forseen, an Android tablet... no. Sad to say, it looks rather like a cheap, Android version of the iPad, like the…
Pictures & Video of Mini's first scooter: E Concept is a zippy all-electric treat
Mini has made its scooter debut at the Paris Motor Show 2010. with the e-concept range. Clearly aimed at young urbanites, the new range of electric scooters even boasts space on the handlebars to accommodate a smartphone, such as an iPhone. The iPhone bit is waterproof in case you're wondering. Various colours are available including…
Facebook's "How We Met" Feature and where it's gone…
Yesterday evening, someone mentioned Facebook's "how we met" feature to me. Remember it? When you added a new friend, Facebook would ask you how you knew that person... whether you lived together/met through a friend/"hooked up" like in the screengrab above. The feature was around in 2007 and probably started in 2006, if my memory…
Twitter No-No: scheduled tweets
Scheduling posts on a blog is quite normal - but scheduling tweets is a social no-no according to media commentator Steven Waddington and his Twitter followers. He doesn't mean auto-tweeting off an RSS when some new content is posted on your site (thankfully, we are so guilty of that) but when you prepare a "conversational"…
Fashion brand Next make an Android Tablet – uh?
In a surprising move, high street fashion brand Next have decided to launch an own-brand tablet computer based on the Android platform.... It's a 10.1" resistive touchscreen which will cost a reasonable £180. You'd expect them to do something fancy with the design what with them being a clothing brand and all, but it seems…
Paddlesworth offers up Fake Blogs and Facebook Profiles for entertainment: Is this the future and are we actually entertained?
Would you be taken in by a comedy Facebook account? The founders of the "world's first mixed-media collaborative novel" think you might be, and they think you might be amused by the experience. Paddlesworth Press is a spoof village news website - with a twist. Not only does the website take the name of the…
Bose launch first TV set – a pricey £6000 but you get a lot of woofers for your money
German audio-makers Bose revealed their first TV today, out in time for the Christmas shopping punters. With an LCD screen, 6 woofers, 7 element speakers and a "sound radiator" built in... they claim that their VideoWave is not just a TV but "an entirely new category of product". One thing it definitely is though, is…
Pain of keeping the CMS updated pushed Arrington to sell TechCrunch to AOL
Well, not exactly, but when tech guru and TechCruch founder Michael Arrington explained why he sold his blog TechCrunch to AOL, his biggest complaint wasn't the pounding hours, it was finding engineers to keep the back-end running. "The truth is I was tired. But I wasn't tired of writing, or speaking at events. I was…
Justin Bieber the doll – but is it as cute as the real thing?
The world's cutest boy in fully-manipulable plastic form? I think I will! Justin Bieber is now a plastic doll and his millions of fans all over the wide world will be hoping this little plastic hunk makes it into their stockings this Christmas. I sure am.... But does the doll really do justice to the…
Geomium: "we're not rivalling Facebook, but.." UK start-up promises to be the best location-based social network
"Facebook just wasn't made to be a location-based network." says Michael Ferguson, the CEO of UK startup Geomium. His company on the other hand has been built from the bottom up around the idea of an all-round location service. Another location-based app and social network? Yes. But here's why the Geomium team reckon they're going…
