Month: June 2012
Pinterest adds Etsy, Soundcloud and Slideshare attribution
Last month Pinterest began to address some of the whiny criticism it's been facing since its launch by adding in automatic attribution for content from Flickr, Behance, Vimeo and YouTube. Now, according to the Pinterest blog (called Oh, How Pinteresting!) the platform will be adding these kinds of automatic citations to content that's been gathered…
Turn your Instagram photos into HUGE canvas prints
We whine about how it ruins real photography, people use it too much, the filters suck, blah, blah, blah, but I DARE you to not take a photo of that fancy cocktail or weird cat and upload it to Instagram... Ha, didn't think so. The Instagram trend isn't just taking over our Twitter feeds, but…
New Tumblr app with offline mode, high res images and Spotify support
Today Tumblr has released the latest version of its iOS application, complete with a host of changes to the main dashboard, quality of images, offline support and even Spotify integration. We've all been waiting for a revamped version of the popular app since CEO David Karp hinted about a "completely rebuilt" offering, but we didn't…
Case-Mate launches designer range of accessories on Amazon
It's no secret that we're big fans of Case-Mate's Barely There range here at Shiny Shiny and now the brand has collaborated with designers and launched a bunch of new cases that we just can't peel our eyes away from. You can check out the whole range of Case-Mate's designer cases over on Amazon (they're…
Top 10 festival apps: Camera+, Via.me & Glympse
Yeah we know, we know, you're sick and tired of reading festival survival guides and camping style tips. But you're in luck, we have no idea what colour feather earrings you should be wearing, whether Hunter wellies are still cool or how to set up a tent. We're app geeks and we're here to tell…
Over-sharing is the main reason everyone on Facebook hates you
As much as we all love that satisfying feeling when we unfriend that annoying/offensive/disgusting person from our Facebook friend list I'm sure we've all realised we've been the victim of a culling at some point too. Why me? WHY ME? We ask ourselves. Well, unless you did something particular offensive or stalkerish to the person…
Facebook reveals its fancy, spammy flow chart for offensive and naked things
Facebook has provided users with tools to report spammy, mean or disgustingly naked content on Facebook for some time now, but today the team revealed the fancy (and rather colourful) process they go through to work out just how offensive the content you've flagged up REALLY is. It's quite interesting to look at (even though…
OPINION: Will the Microsoft Surface tablet cause trouble for third-party hardware makers?
Yesterday Microsoft unveiled its Windows 8 tablet, the Microsoft Surface. It's certainly an impressive device, but Tech Digest's Gerald Lynch asks what Microsoft's latest venture means for the future of third-party hardware makers... Wow! "Microsoft in cool, exciting product launch shocker!" Microsoft's first foray into own-branded tablet hardware may have been a long time coming…
Acer launches Iconia A510 Olympic tablet with Eurosport Player
Today Acer has launched its new special-edition Olympic tablet, the Iconia A510, which comes with a pre-loaded Eurosport Player for sports fans to enjoy watching the action from the games in full HD. The device is running Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS, has 15 hours of battery life, powerful quad-core performance and can handle HD…
APP OF THE DAY: Discover remixes of your favourite tracks with WhoSampled
A new iOS app from London-based music startup WhoSampled takes a peek at your library of tunes and finds remixes, covers and samples related to your favourite tracks. Once you've downloaded the WhoSampled application you can tell it to scan your music collection or search for artists and tracks manually instead. After it's done its…
