A recent study has found that we're all a little bit too obsessed with owning the newest tech products, so much so that we'd even be willing to pay extra to get our hands on the latest gadgets before anyone else in the office. What a smug bunch we all are. As well as teaching…

There are plenty of photo sharing apps clogging up our little mobiles at the moment, but Via.me is a bit different because you're not restricted to just sharing your snaps, you can share snippets of audio, video AND regular photos too of course, all within a clean and simple mobile or web-based interface. Yep, we…

Popular virtual pin-board website Pinterest has updated its terms of services to address some of the big copyright issues that have caused some users to leave the site in recent months. Ever since Pinterest, the home of dreamy photos of meals and pretty people, became the 'next big thing' in social media late last year…

Rumours have been circulating for some time now that the Instagram team have been quietly working away at an Android version of their popular iPhone app. Android users then breathed a sigh of relief at SXSW earlier in the month when the app's co-founder, Kevin Systrom, revealed that the highly anticipated app is in fact…

The on-the-ball Facebook team has released a statement in response to claims that sneaky employers are asking potential employees for log-in details, which states the social network takes the matter very seriously and could turn to legal action in the future. It really comes as no surprise whatsoever that Facebook is a bit angry about…

Jux is further differentiating itself from other big blogging players by adding in StreetView posts with lovely panoramic images of our favourite locations. Here at Shiny Shiny we've long been fans of quirky blogging platform Jux, and it seems the team are trying to make their offering stand out even more from the competition by…

Among Google's current pending patents is a new kind of tech that'll listen into our calls and promote all kinds of stuff it thinks we might want at the time. Is that considerate and useful or just very, very scary? Google has a whole load of pending patents at any one time, so it's not…

So you update Facebook and Twitter on an hourly basis (OK half hourly), you send your location check-ins to Foursquare, you pose in your fanciest outfit for WIWT, you Instagram your food, tell Path everything and you track your workouts with Nike+. Can you REALLY fit another app into your day? Well yes, we think…