Month: September 2011
This week in social media: Twitter galleries, Beyonce's baby bump and Man City in social push
This week sees use of social media among US adults soar, Twitter launches User Galleries to tempt people to use Twitter.com, Facebook ditches Places and adds location to updates, Manchester City in a digital and social media push, Beyonce's baby bump break Twitter record and 10 cool Facebook brand pages. Adult use of social media…
Blogger no longer looks like rubbish vintage wallpaper
As if Google hasn't launched, changed and tweaked enough stuff over the past few months, its blogging platform, Blogger, has now had a shiny new revamp. Everything looks much more neat and sparse than before and luckily that gross grey/brown sludge colour, which looks a bit like wallpaper from the 70s is long gone, replaced…
IFA 2011 – Ford adds MyKey restriction technology to its cars
Car manufacturer Ford will be revealing a new kind of technology for its European vehicles called MyKey at IFA in Berlin today. MyKey will allow car owners to program a special key for their vehicles, which then enables them to activate a number of restrictions, such as top speeds and audio volume. The technology has…
IFA 2011 – Samsung launches its robotic hoover the Navibot S
Wow. Samsung really has been busy. Today at IFA, the tech giant has launched its new robotic cleaning device, the Navibot S. The smart little robot promises to give you hands-free, automated cleaning just like the older model, the Navibot, but with more advanced technology and all kinds of new functionality. When Anna reviewed the…
IFA 2011 – Improv Electronics to launch new eWriter
At IFA tonight, Improv Electronics is set to launch its new eWriter, officially named the Boogie Board Rip LCD Writing Tablet. No, it's not some kind of crazy dance machine, but the latest device to join Improv Electronics' range of eWriters. It's similar to all of Improv's other Boogie Board eWriters, but the Rip part…
Samsung's Galaxy Note comes with a pen for sketching and more
And one last biggie from Samsung at IFA - the Galaxy Note. It is quite clearly a smartphone but it does boast a 5.3 inch display, so it could almost be a baby tablet. It isn't the first gadget to sport this sized screen, you might remember the similarly specced Dell Streak from last year.…
IFA 2011 – Samsung unveils MV800 MultiView camera with flip-up screen
Along with its new mobile phone and tablet offerings, Samsung has just unveiled the new MV800 Multiview camera at IFA 2011 in Berlin. The MV800 has been designed to capture the perfect image. I know what you're thinking, EVERY camera wants you to capture the perfect image, right? But, the MV800 is tailored to make…
IFA 2011 – Native Union launches Play – Quirky little to-do list gadget
Amidst all of the new Samsung products being announced at IFA this morning comes a bit of a quirkier device from Native Union. The Play is an interesting mix of a high quality video camera, audio recorder and a 2.4 inch colour LCD screen. The brand suggests it would be brilliant for to-do lists and…
IFA 2011 – Samsung debuts the GALAXY WiFi 3.6 – a mobile phone that doesn't have a SIM card
Also new from Samsung is this rather curious new product - the GALAXY WiFi 3.6. It is odd because it looks like a mobile phone (it has a 3.6inch screen), has mobile type features and even lets you make voice and phone calls, but it doesn't actually have a SIM slot and just uses Wi-Fi…
How to get the most out of Instagram
More than 150 million photos have now been shared to Instagram, so it's safe to say that although the filters can seem a bit gimmicky at times, the quick and easy photo sharing app and its dedicated community are here to stay. But, if you find yourself just uploading photos, applying a quick filter and…
