Month: September 2010
Greasy car dealers? there's an app for that
If you're wondering just how much the used car salesman paid for that Chevrolet he's trying to flog you.. your iPhone could be able to tell you the answer. If it sounds like this app was made in Kansas that's because it was.. Car Tell Auction Prices for iPhone comes from a Kansas group who…
How chip-makers Qualcomm see the future: 1.5ghz chips, AR & health monitoring
They make the brains of some of the best phones on the market. You may not know the name but if you've used an Android phone or a tablet computer, then you have probably used a Qualcomm chip. Their Snapdragon chip is a powerhouse and it was the first 1GHz chip on a phone. CEO…
Google Instant knows what you want before you type it
Google have just released the most eager and hyperactive iteration of their search engine yet. It's called instant search and has just been released by Google to browsers all over the world. Type a letter and Google comes up with a whole set of results, type another letter and the page and the results change…
How chip-makers Qualcomm are jump-starting the Internet of Everything & why it will be big in 2011
Tech gurus have been promising us the Internet of Everything for a while - saying that the toaster will get hooked up to the wifi, that you'll be able to control the CD player from your phone and that you'll be able to geograpically locate your cat on Google Maps from a chip embedded in…
Samsung Galaxy Tab to go on Three in UK
iPad rival - the Samsung Galaxy Tab - showcased at IFA will go on sale with Three in the UK. The Galaxy Tab is a fast Android Tablet with the kitchen sink thrown in - flash support, front and back facing cameras all running on a very fast 1.2GHz chip. Our reviewer, Ashley actually preferred…
After The XX five other bands who should have thought a bit more about SEO
There was a hilarious moment last night on BBC Five Live when the female presenter (forget her name) said that the Mercury Prize winner hadn't yet been announced as on her screen it said it had gone to XX and they would be filling in the name of the winners later. Which got me thinking.…
Top Ten Web Comics – the ShinyShiny picks
by Saskia Leach Coffee, email, webcomics: for a couple of years my daily routine has been set in stone. There's no way I can concentrate on work if I don't know if Hazel really lost her job at the sex-store, or if there's a solid-gold lol waiting over at xkcd. So here's a ShinyShiny round-up…
Five Best Cases for new super-slim iPod Touch
by Saskia Leach Wafer-thin and still curved around the edges, the new iPod touch from Apple is a pretty luscious little gadget. It's in shops from now and as well as the new design, it features some bumped-up specs including more storage and the same high-res screen featured on the iPhone 4. It now has…
Ultimate iPhone diss: video explores the iPhone4 vs HTC Evo debate
Those Android fan boys sure know how to do a diss when they want to. This is a scathing parody of the fashion-conscious iPhone owner on his way to buy the iPhone 4, oblivious to reason and trapped in a master-slave relationship with Apple. The Android guy isn't really giving the most accurate review of…
App of the Week: TVCatchup streams British TV live to your iPhone
TV Catchup lets you stream UK TV live onto your iPhone. It's a mobile site that skims the fringes of legality and lets you watch most British TV channels live on your phone including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 at the same time as it broadcasts on TV. It's not really an app - it's…
