They have a record of censorship, but Apple are taking it to the next level by trying to control what you film on your iPhone. Why? It's simple really - Apple sell you devices, but they also sell you music. They don't want you recording music on your phone that you could buy off them…

Facebook's rumoured deal with Spotify is part of a wider move into music by the social network that could do serious damage to rivals like Apple's iTunes. Facebook want to do more than just offer a music player for their site: a source told Gigaom that they hope to do with music what they have…

Slightly depressing statistic from Asymco - the market intelligence website - Apple has enough liquid assets to buy up all of its competitors in one fell swoop. Well - apart from Samsung. The figures look like this: Apple made $70billion in liquid profits in the second quarter of this year. That would give them enough…

How do you get 160 million views on Youtube with one single video, as Rebecca Black did with her mind-blowing, music-industry-redefining vid 'Friday'? Rebecca came from nowhere to being one of the most watched Youtube videos ever. She is only just shy of the top ten despite only being live for a few months. Rachel…

As you may have previously read we've been hard at work during the sunny spell a few weeks ago putting together our first iPad magazine, Technode. Technode is a free, quarterly digital technology magazine from the Shiny Shiny and Tech Digest editorial team and is available from the iTunes Store or as a web edition…

Facebook are releasing an iPad app in the next few weeks according to the New York Times. Facebook have held back from releasing an official iPad app over the past 16 months that the iPad has been out, meaning that lots of third party apps have jumped into the space. Apparently the app has existed…

It's beloved of businessmen and celebrities but looks like the iconic smartphone is losing ground. We've seen the buzz die off in the tech press for a while, but the impact is being felt in real world too. Blackberry posted the first quarterly fall in sales since 2005, saw shares drop by 15% and has…

We should see some Nokia smartphones running Windows 7.5 out on shelves before Christmas, Nokia reps said last night. And Nokia will be customising that Windows operating system by adding a few Nokia tweaks to the user experience. Despite a tight-lipped silence on the details, we have a hunch that Nokia will be importing successes…