Month: December 2010
Weight Watchers Launches iPhone App To Keep You On Track This Christmas
Weight Watchers has launched a new iPhone app just in time for all those holiday parties and dinners. The new app helps users to follow the Weight Watchers weight loss plan, by monitoring what they eat and drink as well as calculate ProPoints (the different values given to food and drink on the plan) while…
New Hyundai Equus car comes with a free iPad… as a user manual
We'd like to call this a free iPad, but you need to purchase a £30,000 car to get the benefit of the deal. Hyundai are giving away a free iPad with their new Equus 2011 which debuted at the Los Angeles SEMA car show. It's pretty swish though, check on it below... The iPad contains…
Has Facebook finally introduced 'who's looking at your profile'? + UPDATE: Facebook respond
Facebook revamped profiles earlier this week, and launched a bunch of new features, but one of the most surprising things hasn't even been announced - a feature that lets you know who has been clicking on your profile. Okay, I'm basing this on personal observation, but bear with me. There has been a "friends" box…
The Windows 7 phone system and how you can win one of six LG Optimus 7 phones
Here at Shiny Shiny we are big fans of the LG Optimus 7 phone, its unique features and innovative Windows® Phone 7 operating system. So we are really excited to be able to four of the phones as competition prizes to Shiny Shiny readers. We have made entering the competition very simple. All you need…
Twin Video Camera captures what's behind the camera too..
iWoot have just released a new camera that does two- way captures: it records what's behind and in front of it. iWoot say it is unique and that the mini camcorder is ideal for video bloggers. It doesn't record two streams of video, but it does let you switch between sides seamlessly. They say: "The…
Yota Space – how technology is changing art
It boasts some beautiful buildings, possibly the best art gallery in Europe and has gifted the world some of its most infamous politicians and writers. But these days St Petersburg is also becoming known for its art and technology scenes too. The city is the birthplace of Yota, a Russian network which delivers incredibly quick…
Twitter, the wine-makers…
We knew Twitter weren't too sure what direction they want to go next, but wine-making seems like a curve-ball. However they've been there, they've done that and there is now a Twitter wine. It's called Fledgling and you can enter in an auction to win it along with some face-time with Twitter founder Biz Stone.…
Wikileak Wars: Facebook supports them, Twitter is shaky, hackers take down Swiss bank that refused them
The big players in the online world are being forced to take sides on Wikileaks, after the US government has leant on companies from PayPal to Amazon to drop their services to the Wikileaks website. Amazon have withdrawn use of their servers from Wikileaks, PayPal have cancelled the Wikileaks account, and the DNS server has…
One phone, two numbers: LG develop the two number phone
LG have been working on a phone that can have two numbers - a work and a personal one - in the same handset. The two accounts will be able to work in complete isolation from each other meaning that one can be monitored and secured by the office, while the other can be private.…
CitySocializing Secures £1m In New Funding
Moving to a new city is never easy. You have to make new friends, figure out where all the best places to eat and hang out are, in addition to a whole host of other things. As someone who has spent half their life moving, I am well versed in the challenges faced, which is…