Month: August 2011
Have the Riots and Libya undermined your faith in Twitter as a credible news source?
So as of 10pm last night Colonel Gaddafi had been shot by his own people. As well as being arrested by foreign forces, holed up in a hotel in the north of Tripoli and having absconded and left the country. When it comes to the truth you take your pick. All of the above were…
Is Topshop the most digitally savvy fashion brand?
Well I am sure ASOS probably wouldn't agree but Topshop always appears to be doing something very interesting in the digital space. Its latest wheeze is to team up with the location-based SCVNGR app to create a social gaming app where winners get real Topshop prizes. Topshop are offering a 20% discount and the chance…
With the market stalling: Where next for 3D technology?
Having just reviewed the LG Optimus 3D - a phone with stereoscopic 3D cameras and a 3D screen I got to thinking about 3D technology. About two years ago, the 3D film Avatar came out, made millions at the box office and got everybody going crazy for adding in an extra dimension. And not just…
Review: The LG Optimus 3D – nice phone but our poor little eyes can't deal with the third dimension
I'll say it straight out - I'm not convinced by 3D cameras or 3D screens. I liked watching Avatar and of course 3D cameras were involved there, but outside several select films in the cinema I find the technology to be more hype than performance. More ow than wow. My eyes are naturally squinty and…
How to survive Nuclear Holocaust with Your iPhone: iRad app tells you when to run
Don't go waving your iPhone at nuclear power reactors or anything, but there's now an iPhone app that lets you measure radioactivity. Intended for civilian use in the case of a nuclear reactor meltdown (nice eh?) iRad app can tell you when YOU ARE IN DANGER AND NEED TO RUN. It won't protect you from…
Most Default Avatars are Men: Why that matters
The great web sociologist Danah Boyd just wrote a blog post about user interface design and how it affects the social norms on a site. It's really interesting, you should read it. It got me thinking about one way we subtly set the social norms on the sites we create. And that's default avatars. You…
The great Harry Potter rip-off
One of the saddest things in our society at the moment, and it has some pretty serious competition, is the way that large movie franchises are oblivious to the fact we are in the midst of austere times and continue to fleece parents. Buy anything for a small child that has appeared in a film…
Post the holiday pictures afterwards – But don't tell Facebook you're about to go on Holiday
Let your friends know you're not going to their houseparty next week, sure, but don't tell all of Facebook you're going on holiday for two weeks. It's one piece of guidance in a list of Ten Facebook Nos on AllFacebook and we're inclined to agree with them. First of all - we assume you have…
Three delivers the UK's first HSPA + (4G Lite) Mi-Fi – the Huawei E586 MiFi
Here in the UK we are still waiting for the arrival of 4G. That's mobile broadband so quick that it can outpace your home Internet connection. They have it in Russia, they have it in the US, but we are unlikely to get 4G or LTE as it is called until 2015. Never mind though…
The teddy bears are all right: Social game Me to You My Place gets own website
We wrote about cutesy social game Me to You My Place back in December and thought it was time we revisited it to see how it has done. Created by the gift card company behind the twee characters Tatty Puppy and the My Blue Nose Friends, you might have thought it strange that they so…
