Picaboo: How to send naughty photos without getting caught

This week a number of sneaky publications published some rather NSFW photos (allegedly) of the lovely Scarlett Johansson. Now it's not been confirmed yet how they got their hands on the images, with some suggesting her phone had been hacked and others claiming the lucky recipient passed them on. However, regardless of how Scarlett's personal…

Pinterest: Is it just full of crafts, cookies and kittens?

Pinterest is a useful photo bookmarking tool that allows you to "pin" content to a number of different boards. We've written about it a few times before and it featured in our list of the top curation and visual inspiration networks with the likes of We Heart It and Visualize Us, which in many ways…

Kuchi-Paku polar bear singing iPhone speaker

Every Christmas there's a gimmicky toy that everyone loves to hate, remember when far too many people had that odd talking fish on their walls a few years back? Yeah, that. Well this year (yes, we know it's still months away) the big toy trend seems to be putting our mobiles to good use, with…

Posterous gets a makeover with Spaces and takes on Facebook & Google+

Is it just me, or are all of our favourite online services getting a bit of a makeover at the moment? Posterous is the latest online platform to go all Gok Wan on us, with a minimalistic design and a brand new way of sharing content, which is much more akin to the likes of…

Thumbs Up's iPhone powered Dancing Cat speaker – quite!

As some clever northern bard once said. 'There's more to life than watching cat videos on YouTube... but not much more.' And if you agree with him you are about to set eyes on your ultimate Christmas present. For UK based gadgeteers Thumbs Up have unveiled - wait for it - the Dancing Cat Speaker.…

Windows 8: What is it and why should we care?

What is it? Windows 8 is the next version of the Microsoft Windows operating system (yes Apple fans, that does still exist) which launches to developers this week. Why should we care? Because Windows 8 is expected to offer a range of new and exciting features that we're sure everyone will welcome with open arms,…

YouTube adds video editing with Lomo, Sepia and Comic Book filters

YouTube is now allowing its users to edit videos that have already been uploaded, so you can add that dreamy vintage hue that Hipstamatic and Instagram made so popular to pretty much EVERYTHING. The new editing tools allow you to make a few important little tweaks, such as rotating your video and stabilising the footage.…

Facebook promises to stop spamming us all

This morning I opened up an email from Facebook which was addressed to me personally. How lovely. It explained that from now on the social network will aim to cut down on how many email notifications it sends out, which for all of those who complain about spam 24/7 will be a welcome piece of…