Month: January 2011
Google Places for iPhone – the location app lands
Google has jumped into the location-finding area with a bang - and an app - and it spells trouble for anyone else in that area. Using your location, Google Places lists venues near you complete with thumbnail pictures from Google Streetview and star ratings plus with reviews pulled from elsewhere on the internet. You can…
3D comes to video chat: Swinger webcam chatroom leads the way
We don't flinch from the seedier aspects of technology... and we always knew someone was going to take 3D TV to its natural conclusion: a 3D Swinger webcam chatroom. 3D isn't just for Disney moves about Yogi Bear, and almost inevitably it has been enlisted in the internet's insatiable appetite for naked webcam chats. Swingingheaven.co.uk…
Six Nokia apps to help you be a better person in 2011
Nokia have been through their app store and come up with six helpful little apps to guide you on your way to achieving those goals in 2011. Your phone might be your best friend in achieving the New You. Of course whether these wind up being helpful or not depends on just what your New…
Earbuds shine light in your ears to make you happy: Yes, this is a thing
So, if you thought what you needed to make you happy was a break in the Carribbean, a pay rise or a hunky romantically inclined new colleague, well, forget that - there's a much simpler way. We're talking about shining light into your brain through your ears. Yes of course we are. While you may…
RadioPaq Flex Sports Headphones could be what you need to keep pounding the treadmill
What you need to keep your New Year's exercise regimen on track this January isn't will-power of steel - it's just a pair of nice securely-fitting earbuds that will let you play 'Beat Again' loud enough and tunefully enough to keep you powering through an hour on the treadmill. Earbuds like the new Flex Sports…
The XBox is for Granny – why we're buying our grandparents games consoles
You'd have thought scented candles were more likely to have ended up in Granny's Xmas stocking than an Xbox or the Nintendo Wii, but it seems that 1 out of 10 of us either have bought our grandparents a gaming console or are thinking of doing it this year, according to research by www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk. Consoles…
TokyoFlash Console Watch: it's green, it's glowy and we want it
A slick green and black affair based on a gaming console, the TokyoFlash Kisai Console is a beautiful thing. It's another hit from my favourite Japanese watch-makers and in the TokyoFlash custom - it looks quite weird and it's hard to read the time. That's why we love them though. The Console design was generated…
A His n Hers Valentine's iPod Dock – the Red Dock has space for two
As well as being a rich shade of red, the Red Double Dock from Pioneer has space for two. Two iPods that is. That's why they're billing it as an ideal Valentine's present. The idea is you can both put your iPods on the dock and then play them SIMULTANEOUSLY. I know, I'm imagining Rihanna…
Ten best 8mm Vintage Camera combinations: what looks best on retro video iPhone app
It's like a Hipstamatic for iPhone video... and it makes your phone vids look the work of a Russian master from the 1920s. The app 8mm Vintage Camera offers a range of different lenses and films to colour your iPhone videos all shades of retro beautiful. (£1.19 on iTunes) It will make that snowy walk…
The VeriPhone: American network Verizon gets the iPhone but not for its super fast 4G network
US phone network Verizon have finally won the right to sell the iPhone on their network, after breaking the monopoly AT&T had on the device. They're flagging up their reliability as a contrast to competitors AT&T who have faced many complaints about lack of signal. But it won't work on Verizon's super fast LTE 4G…
