Month: November 2010
Yes that doodle on your iPad could be Art, David Hockney says so
British artist David Hockney is like well into Apple, and he's gone so far as to say iPads are better than paper and canvas in several ways... Hockney uses his iPad to knock a few little drawings (he uses the Brushes app) and he finds there are several advantages: - sharing. You can't post a…
Poll: Facebook's "See Friendship" function – do we like it?
Facebook's new "see friendship" feature whipped out over the weekend replaces the old wall-to-wall and using some stalkery magic creates a page that looks something like the one above. Kind of like a magazine of your friendship or some cheesy yearbook page. It puts a picture of the two of you at the top, it…
Before Curing your Back Problem, Surgeons will Practise on an iPad
No - the iPad doesn't have the same musculo-skeletal structure as you... (anatomically it probably resembles a flat turtle more than anything else) but it can be a useful tool for doctors and orthopaedic surgeons. App-makers Clinically Relevant Technologies are all over making medical apps and they've just released one to help medical students understand…
Dead Drops – The Offline P2P File-Sharing Network
This week it seems everyone on twitter has been talking about the great new project by Aram Bartholl - Dead Drops. 'Dead Drops' is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public spaces. In other words Bartholl has been "injecting" USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs so that anyone in the…
Gallery: Top Ten Knitted Gadgets – like normal gadgets but cuddlier
Jumpers, I understand. But knitting gameboys, iPhones and kettles...? What is that impulse in the human breast that makes people knit woollen versions of things that aren't meant to be made of wool..? I don't know what it is, but it's the sort of thing that keeps Etsy going. We've hunted out 10 knitted gadgets…
Top Ten Apps for Windows 7 Phone – yes they have apps! and some of them are good
Launched this month, with a sexy live tile design and smooth user interface, the new Windows 7 phones look like Microsoft technology that people will actually want to buy. The user interface is pretty, the handsets are nice - five available in the UK - but what about the apps? Faced with the competition from…
Mobile Providers Announce Pricing For The Samsung Galaxy Tab
Today the Samsung Galaxy Tab is officially launched across the UK. A few months ago we had a sneak peak at the device which you can check out here. We completely fell for device from its striking LCD display, built in camera, phone capabilities and the reader. Now with the device available in the UK,…
