Month: February 2011
Review: Confession – Catholic endorsed iPhone app reminds you that contraception is a sin
There's something particularly grating about being told by an iPhone app that you shouldn't be using contraception or birth control and that having sex without intending to make a new life is a sin. Getting this ancient and let's face it - misogynist - philosophy about sins on a nice smooth user interface on your…
Four reasons why the world's biggest phone maker is in crisis: Crunch time for Nokia
It sells more phones than anyone else, but Nokia, the Finnish phone-making giant is in trouble, according to their new CEO Stephen Elop in a memo leaked to Engadget. Though they retain the title of biggest phone makers in the world, they haven't adapted to the market changes wrought by apps, smartphones and the rise…
Zuckerberg gets restraining order on Facebook stalker, who wanted Zuck to help him with a problem
It's common that rich, famous people get stalkers who follow them around asking them for money, so it's not surprising Mark Zuckerberg has got one, though it's a bit ironic the guy is stalking him through Facebook. However it's the real life stalking from Mr Pradeep Manukonda, 31, that's causing the problem and has landed…
Shiny Poll: Are online courses as good as the real thing?
An opinion piece in the New York Times suggests that online uni courses just aren't as good as the real thing. In this age of soaring tuition fees, getting your tutoring for cheap over your wifi connection seems a sensible option to be considering, saving you thousands of pounds each year. Have you tried one?…
Love.co.uk offers, yes, LOVE – plus some personalised dating tips
Been leaving the search for true love a little late again this year? Well, maybe this handy little website will help you. Yes, it is a new dating website. YES IT IS. Optimistically named Love.co.uk (I suppose half-heartedshag.co.uk wouldn't have the same positive associations) it promises to help you find love, soon. Launching on V-day,…
Nintendo 3DS will launch March 25 with games from virtual pet care to beat'em ups
Nintendo promise a game to please everybody on the launch of their new 3D gaming console - the Nintendo 3DS - on March 25th. There'll be 13 full 3D games on offer from the start including Nintendogs and Streetfighter, from Ubisoft. Full list of the games: Pilotwings resort Nintendogs (x3 editions) Super Streetfighter Pro Evolution…
How Brits are taking their technology to bed
It seems us Brits really are happiest getting into bed with a Blackberry or choosing to snuggle up with a smartphone. Perhaps heartening news coming up to Valentines Day - forget the boyfriend/girfriend, just buy an iPad. That's what we all want deep down. Anyway according to some research by vouchercodes.co.uk > 62% of us…
Why is there no British Huffington Post?
With founders Arianna Huffington and Jim Lehrer pocketing $315m between them, after the buyout from AOL last night, people are suddenly interested again in the possibility of making money from blogs. The liberal political Huffington Post with its emphasis on aggregated news, comment and celebrity bloggers has established itself very quickly since its foundation in…
BBC iPlayer hits the iPad Thursday
According to a tweet picked up by TNW, BBC iPlayer will finally get an iPad edition on Thursday. This will bring really lush premium content to a lovely screen. Of course, it's a minority of Brits that have iPads but we're likely to see a spike in adoption when the new one comes out at…
HuffPo joins Engadget and TechCrunch: Bought out by new blogmasters AOL
AOL shelled out $315 million for the web start-up yesterday and it means they now control the biggest voices in online journalism - Techcrunch and Engadget which dominate tech world and now liberal online paper the Huffington Post. It makes AOL one of the biggest content providers on the web - not only has it…