Month: April 2011
God on the Go: Top 10 religious apps
With Easter nearly upon us and our thoughts turning towards higher things - God in Heaven, the resurrection of Christ, those little chocolatey bunnies - we thought it was time for us to have a look for God in the app store. What apps will make you a better Catholic? A better Muslim? The findings…
Putting you in the game: The Wrap 920 VR video eyewear from Vuzix offers surround gaming
The new Wrap 920 video eyewear from Vuzix promises to take the game off the screen and fill the room around you with it. If you want a really immersive gaming experience then this new video eyewear is something you should check out. Okay so you'll hardly forget that you're in the sitting room, but…
Technode Mag: Coming soon
Shiny Media will very soon be launching Technode, a new quarterly magazine. What is Technode? - It is a new quarterly technology magazine from the team behind Shiny Shiny and Tech Digest. It will be available from April.. How is it available? - It will be available for free in the following versions 1 iPad…
The Quiz where you are allowed to use Google… GoogleADay
Pub Quizzes have been killed by the smartphone. Those trivia questions about boxing champions in the 70s are now just a search term and a click away and though you can ban competitors from checking their iPhones you can't really stalk around a pub ripping them out of the hands of your clients... So, Google…
Friends Aloud: New app reads your Facebook comments out loud to you
Fed up having to read your Facebook messages? Would you prefer it if they were whispered in your ear by the pleasant voice of a young woman? There's an app for that. Friends Aloud is an app for iPhone that will read out your news feed posts and comments to you, saving you the hassle…
Photoshop for tablets: Five things you need to know about Adobe 5.5
Adobe the makers of creative software from Photoshop to Soundbooth have announced some major changes today with the launch of Adobe Creative Suite 5.5. The new suite of creative tools will make it easier to design for tablets and will let you use tablets to do the creative work that you'd have previously need to…
Why it's become impossible to leave Facebook
I think I want to leave Facebook. It's been brewing for a while, but I have been using it less and less for the past year and now I don't think I really need it anymore. Why on earth, I hear you ask, would you want to leave Facebook - it's so much fun! It's…
Up for action: The oldest working TV in Britain, maybe even the world
It would look great in Sherlock Holmes' stuffed home, this TV. 75 years old, what is the oldest working TV in Britain and possibly even the world, could now be yours. The Marconiphone 702 TV is thought to be the result of secret research into military radars - it now goes to auction on 19th…
Facebook eyes up Hollywood film distribution
Film distribution could be on the cards as Facebook's next venture, according to one of its primary investors. The investor, venture capital group Accel, has been investing heavily into Hollywood film studios, according to TechRadar, and it is their hope Facebook could become a force to be reckoned with in the film distribution arena. Film…
Modern retro: A digital rotary telephone for the 21st century
Say hello to the SagemCom Sixty - an old-school rotary telephone with a modern twist. The biggest difference is probably the digital display - no more waiting for the dial to spin back as you're dialling. The body of the phone is also gone, making it smaller and lighter, and the cable cord has been…
