Flickr takes on Instagram with app, real time sharing and filters

Today Yahoo revealed its first Android Flickr application, with plenty of sharing options and... here's the exciting part... lots of Instagram-like filters. The new photo application features an activity stream so that you can view recent photos from your friends in real time and browse through all of their past sets and collections, as well…

KEY FACTS: Amazon's Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire

This afternoon, Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the brand's highly anticipated tablet, the Kindle Fire to the world along with the interesting Kindle Touch and a new cheap Kindle. We'll look at each in a bit more depth later, but here are a few of the key facts about each device and how much they're…

Alan Sugar holds a book signing… on Twitter

Straight talking entrepreneur Alan Sugar held a book signing today, which is fairly standard for a guy who stars in a reality TV show and loves writing about himself. But this book signing was different because it took place on Twitter. I know what you're thinking, a book signing isn't a book signing if BOOKS…

Review: Wacom's clever new Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch tablet CTH-670

Wacom is well known for its clever tablet and pen solutions, which aim to make all kinds of activities, from sketching to game development to image editing as easy and intuitive as possible. The brand creates different kinds of interactive pen displays for specialist industries, the Cintiq range for animators and designers and we can't…

Will Buyapowa's co-buying platform change how we shop online?

A new buying platform called Buyapowa launches in the UK today, but unlike group buying favourites Groupon and Living Social, Buyapowa offers its users heavily discounted prices the more people who sign up. It's called co-buying and it means that the more people who opt in to buy a product, the cheaper it becomes for…

The best monochrome photo apps for the iPhone: Monophix, Monochromia and Spica

There are options within most of our favourite photo apps that turn mobile images into monochrome masterpieces, try the Inkwell filter when you're using Instagram or Mono and 1962 if you're a fan of Camerabag. However, if you LOVE monochrome images and you're not interested in other filters the more popular photos apps have to…

Three inspiring app ideas from Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2011

Vodafone announced the winners and runners up of its Mobile Clicks 2011 competition this month, which aims to reward three start-ups at the forefront of mobile innovation who have all developed pretty impressive applications. Although competitions like this take place all of the time, with the winning app being a great stepping stone for businesses…

How to get a better night's sleep with the Zeo Sleep Manager

According to recent statistics, people just aren't getting enough sleep, whether it's our crazy lifestyles, too much social networking or non-stop worrying, it seems our tired little heads are really paying the price. The important thing is, getting good quality sleep every night doesn't just make you feel more refreshed the next day, it also…

Now we have Facebook Music, how about a 'Dislike' button, or some other options

The jury is very much out on Facebook's music offering - this comes after conducting a scientific search of social media reponses from two other people. While everyone seems to love the Spotify link up, some people seem to have issues about people sharing what they are listening to in their timeline. Personally I am…

Which country spends the most time on Faceook?

Facebook may be more important than food or going to the toilet here in the UK, but it's fascinating to learn that those in other countries love it even more than we do and others don't use it at all. But which country spends the most time stalking photos and thinking of quirky status updates?…