Nintendo's Wii U controller will have special NFC powers

A lot of exciting Nintendo news has been revealed this week, as well as giving us all some of the details about the Nintendo Network online community features, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata confirmed new capabilities were being added to the tablet-like controller of the upcoming Wii U console. At the top of the list of…

Stitchtagram's Instagram pillows: More stuff you don't need

We love Instagram here at Shiny Shiny, we love writing about it, talking about it and sharing our silly snaps with our followers. But how far is too far when it comes to Instagram merchandise? Well, we think decorating your house with retro shots of food is about as much as we can take. New…

Twitter to censor users' tweets: What does this mean?

Ever since it was first launched back in 2006 (THAT long ago!?) Twitter has been open and free for all of its users, regardless of of any issues of censorship or local problems in their home countries. Well this week Twitter has announced that in the future that may no longer be the case, and…

Win! A Timex Health Tracker watch

A new year usually starts with great intentions of watching your calories, changing to healthier diet and exercising more. Yet for many those resolutions are shelved by the time February comes around as you just didn't have the right tools to keep you motivated. This is where the Timex Health Tracker comes into the picture.…

RUMOUR: Will Apple finally release the iPhone 5 this summer?

We were all secretly hoping for it to be revealed last year, but could it really be that the iPhone 5 is set to launch this summer? We have no idea at all, but there's an interesting new iPhone-related rumour doing the rounds this week that's believed to have originated from a Foxconn manufacturing plant…

FBI plans to monitor activity on social networks

It really comes as no surprise that the FBI is looking to monitor social networks even more closely than it (presumably) already does. However, up until now there's been no official evidence as to what its online activities are, other than being wary of Second Life of course. Well, until now. According to New Scientist,…

Android powered i'm watch: the ultimate geek chic accessory of the future?

There have been rumours circulating about the innovative Android-powered watch designs from i'm watch since last summer. But, at CES earlier in the month they were officially unveiled to the world and even those sceptical about a slick smart phone / watch hybrid have been left pretty impressed. Dubbed "the world's first smart watch", these…

Now you can Hangout with Obama on Google+

If you signed up for Google+ some time last year and haven't logged back in since, you might not know that all kinds of exciting things are going on in the world of Circles and Hangouts. The Google+ activity that's caught our eye the most recently has been by The White House, which now has…

New Vimeo: Site redesign puts the focus on video content

Popular video sharing community Vimeo announced plans for a new redesign yesterday, which will not only put more focus on the all-important video content, giving users a player that's two times the size of the original, but will also see improved navigation options and a range of new discovering and social sharing features too. Although…

NeverLikedItAnyway.com is eBay for the heartbroken

I'm sure most of us have been in a relationship that's come to an end and have had to make the painful (yet sometimes liberating) decision to throw away those old teddy bears, cards and other cutesy keepsakes. But what if you were planning on getting married and have much more big and expensive items…