Month: April 2013
Nike+ Fuelband update so you can share your sweaty pics
Want another way to brag about how busy you have been exercising? Well there's an update to the Nike+ FuelBand app will let you add photos of your workouts through the app to share with Facebook friends, with location tags and exercise achievements all attached. The update also means you can customise your networking photo…
BlackBerry out of top ten smartphone brands by sales says analyst
So who are the top ten smartphone manufacturers in the world? Samsung check, Apple check. Coolpad? Who? Well the Chinese maker has just delivered its Q1 sales figures and according to this analyst has moved into the world's top ten smartphone brands replacing - get this - BlackBerry. Apparently Coolpad's sales are 6.8 million, way…
What is WhatsApp and does it really have more users than Twitter?
It is one of the hottest things in mobile. Its owners claims that it has more users than Twitter. And it might be about to revolutionise how we use mobile phones. So how come so few people have heard of WhatsApp? Ok, so you might be a hardcore user, but for many people the announcement…
Quilted protection for your iPad – Barbour now does cases
The (accidental?!) reinvention of the Barbour brand from one that's forever associated with hunting, shooting, fishing brigade to one that even the coolest Shoreditch hipsters can wear is one of the most bizarre transformations of the past few years. And if you can't quite get enough of quilted stuff then now you can give your…
Samsung does an Apple – S4 shortages because phone is too popular
You really couldn't make this one up. Samsung have done an Apple. Several times in the past Apple have had supply issues with their new launches (especially in the UK) blaming the popularity of the device for the lack of on sale units.. Now in classic Apple style Samsung has said that they expect the…
Is BlackBerry's next phone a big screen (Phablet) slider?
So BlackBerry needs a big touch screen phablet to keep up with its rivals. But its hardcore fans love that keyboard and want it on board too. Now it could add a keyboard to a big five inch screen, but that phone would not exactly be pocketable. So what should BlackBerry do? Well how about…
The Shiny Shiny guide to Retro Desk Lamps
We spend more time at our desks these days than ever before, and desk space are fast becoming essential 'zones' to be planned within our homes. However how much time do we spend actually styling our desk space as we do endlessly for other areas of our homes? Essential office furniture - like a good…
Forget QWERTY – boffins says you can type much faster with KALQ
A group of researchers at the University of St Andrews, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Montana Tech, are calling time on the QWERTY keyboard for touch screen devices. They say that the QWERTY layout is ill-suited for tablets and other touchscreen devices. They claim that you will be able to type 34 per…
Two thirds of Britons have used a phone or a tablet in the bath…
Ever used Facetime on your iPhone when in the bath? Thought not. Someone is though according to some research from a UK online bathroom retailer. Apparently as many as two thirds of us are happy to use our prized and pricey gadgets in the bath and not just receiving phone calls either. The report by…
BBC iPlayer Radio for Android launches
About time too. The BBC has announced this morning that it is bring its excellent iPlayer Radio app - which iPhone owners have had access too for a while now - to Android devices. The player is now available in the Google Play store and will shortly be in the Amazon app store to enable…
