Month: March 2012
STUDY: You're most likely to lose your phone in Manchester than ANYWHERE ELSE
A study that aimed to find out where we're most likely to lose our phones across the globe has discovered that Manchester is the ultimate breeding ground for forgetful mobile owners. We're not sure whether this says something about crime rates, memory in the area, or just that you can have a REALLY good time…
Facebook: Now you can turn annoying people into Acquaintances instead
Facebook obviously doesn't REALLY want you to unfriend that sleazy guy from uni or the annoying mate of yours who does nothing but complain about being pregnant, so instead the social network will now suggest these people be your 'Acquaintances' instead. Every now and then (usually when we're hungover and can't face moving) we all…
Alec Baldwin mobilises Twitter army to silence an angry troll and IT WORKED
Everyone's favourite Baldwin (who's alter ego is the incredible Jack Donaghy) has mobilised his Twitter followers to get rid of an online troll. But was that REALLY the right thing to do in retrospect Jack? Despite the fact there's far too much Bieber-related content online, the single most annoying thing about the interwebz has got…
UK Budget 2012 reveals £100 million investment in broadband
As part of the UK's 2012 Budget announcements today, Chancellor George Osbourne has revealed that ten cities will be benefitting from more than £100 million worth of investment in super-fast broadband. Dubbed the "super-connected cities", Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Manchester and Newcastle will all see improvements made to their broadband infrastructure.…
Hipstamatic and Instagram team up for even more retro photo fun
Instagram and Hipstamatic have come together to form a friendly partnership all about taking great photos, applying cool filters and bringing their two dedicated communities together in a haze of dreamy, retro goodness. For a long time Instagram and Hipstamatic have been considered rivals, with a range of similar retro filters, borders and sharing features,…
WTF: OverShareMe makes your stupid Google searches public
New Chrome extension OverShareMe sends your Google searches out into the big wide world, but although they make for hilarious reading, WHY WOULD YOU EVER DO THAT? Even though many of us would never admit it, we ALL Google stupid, obvious and embarrassing stuff on an hourly basis. It's OK, it's human and as normal…
APP OF THE DAY: Trakr is a simple way to track anything and everything
Here at Shiny Shiny we love discovering new apps that make us more productive, track what we get up to during the day and help us to win at life just that little bit more. So, we were very happy to get our hands on the super simple activity tracking app called Trakr, which allows…
STUDY: A third of Brits don't watch live TV anymore
Ahh, remember when you were a kid, sat at home with your family watching The Generation Game just because that's all that was on? We just all seemed to accept the fact TV was rubbish and cheesy, didn't we? Well now we have SO much choice, with thousands of channels, on-demand services, streaming sites and…
PROCRASTINATION: New(ish) games to waste away your afternoon
The Pictionary / Words With Friends hybrid Draw Something has exploded over the past six weeks with more than 30 million (yes, million) of us using our chubby little fingers to scribble rubbish pictures of Lady Gaga, dandruff and iPads. So, we thought it'd be a good time to collect together a few more of…
WTF: Nokia seeks patent for tattoo that lets you know someone's calling
Nokia has allegedly made a new application for a patent that would see tattoos alerting people that they're getting calls. Yes, really. Tattoos, good. Nokia, good. Phone calls, good. But all three combined?! Hmm we're not quite so sure. According to Dvice, Nokia has applied for a patent that would see people have demagnetised ink…
