Month: October 2011
5 Alternatives to Siri assistant for iPhone and Android: Vlingo, Speaktoit and Dragon Go!
Apple's new all-singing, all-dancing, voice activated, personal assistant feature Siri is arguably the best thing about the new iPhone 4S. And it's not just Apple that wants us to think that, even though we haven't had any hands-on time with Siri just yet, early reviews suggest it DOES live up to the hype and all…
Jux updates its blogging platform: Now looks even better AND works faster
One of the Shiny team's favourite new blogging platforms, Jux, has had a revamp today, which means the site now doesn't just make our blogs look better, but content also loads much faster too. We've written about our love for Jux a few times in the past, we made it fight Tumblr (it won!) AND…
Facebook traffic rises as users learn to live with the changes
Last month when Facebook made all kinds of changes, like the news ticker and important stories and announced even more, like gestures and timelines, some people were excited but lots of others got VERY angry. Every time Facebook tweaks it increasingly popular platform we expect its users to get a little bit frustrated, but this…
Apple opens up the iCloud site ahead of big iOS 5 launch
According to most of the online tech press today iOS 5 could well be launching in the next few hours, but in the mean time Apple has launched its official iCloud website. You can currently log-in with your Apple details, but the only thing you're able to do at the moment is locate your phone…
4 Colourful audio accessories to liven up your home
We know that the best products often don't look that bright, colourful or fancy from the outside, but as we're moving into winter we think it's ESSENTIAL that you brighten up your life a little with some colourful technology. Here's our pick of four of our favourite new audio products that look bright and colourful…
RIM speaks out over ongoing BlackBerry outages
Many BlackBerry users experienced problems with their email, web browsing and messaging services for a little while on Monday, then everything looked OK just hours later. RIM made a small announcement that things were back to normal and people breathed a sigh of relief. But yesterday BlackBerry users were struck with even more outages which…
REVIEW: The Facebook app for the iPad
Facebook finally released its official iPad application earlier in the week and so far users seem to be pretty impressed with what it has to offer, such as a focus on chatting, a new slick sidebar and big 'swipe-y' photos. In the excitement many people also seem to have overlooked the fact that all of…
What happened to Chatroulette? Four interesting uses with The Last Exorcism and Ben Folds
Yesterday we wrote about Sean Parker's latest venture, Airtime, a new kind of social network / chatting platform that will allow people to meet through random videos. Sound familiar? Well yes, that's because Sean and his business partner Shawn have admitted they've taken inspiration from Chatroulette, although Airtime will still be pretty different. Everyone knows…
Week in digital #3: brands and bands on Instagram, iPhone4S, Burberry UK #1 on Facebook
This week sees the launch of the iPhone4S, but no iPhone5, Apple's "visionary" Steve Jobs dies, Burberry is UK's most successful brand on Facebook, more bands and brands use Instagram, Facebook Pages reveals translation tool and much more. New Facebook metric means brands cannot rest on their 'Likes' laurels As part of its recent changes…
iPad 2 Horn Stand: Simple sound amplification without a speaker
Our little minds were blown away when we heard about the phone in a glass trick to act as a make-shift speaker. Yes the sound is a bit tinny, but put your phone in a big glass, play music and it's a LOT louder. Ahh simple things. Well, this iPad 2 stand from Thumbs Up!…
