Google teases us with Project Ara modular smartphone details

Remember Project Ara? It's Google's big plan to create a modular smartphone, which would allow people to pick and choose exactly how their mobile phone would look and operate based on a series of blocks, or modules. Well the Google team has released a new video all about Project Ara and the people behind it,…

3Doodler: World's first 3D printing pen hits Maplin

Big Shiny Shiny fans will remember that last year we covered the 3Doodler, the world's first 3D-printing pen that had just launched a Kickstarter project. Well it turned into one helluva success story, because fast-forward 14 months and the 3Doodler is being sold exclusively in Maplin. The 3Doodler allows you to draw anything you like…

Vine copies Instagram and adds private messaging feature

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][text_output]Today Vine has taken a leaf out of Instagram's book and has added a private messaging feature into its popular video-looping app. But the big question is: will anyone use it? A post on the Vine blog today by Jason Toff, the app's Product Manager, reveals that Vine users can now send each other…

Is James Franco an Instagram creeper or just doing PR for Palo Alto?

Yesterday the internet was ablaze with a particularly scandalous social media scandal. Everyone's favourite art-y, hispter-y type James Franco allegedly sent a bunch of private Instagram messages and texts to a 17-year-old girl from Scotland asking her to meet up with him. The girl, named Lucy Clode, was apparently staying in New York with her…

This Game of Thrones season 3 emoji recap is ridiculous but spot on

If you're keen to catch up on Game of Thrones ahead of the season four premiere at the weekend you could go back through every episode of guts and gore, check out HBO's interactive online guide to the epic TV show, actually read George R.R. Martin's books or just watch this Game of Phones recap…

This iPhone lens wallet is a must-have for iPhoneographers

PhotoJoJo, the go-to site for the best camera accessories and quirky photography gadgets, now sells an iPhone Lens Wallet, which is a must-have for Instagram fans and those who are a little obsessed with iPhoneography (and not to mention all of the tiny bits and pieces that come along with it). You can buy the…

TomTom launches new fitness watch for serious runners

This week TomTom has launched a new GPS watch aimed at runners who really want to improve their fitness and get an insight into a whole range of stats about their performance. The Runner Cardio has a built-in heart rate monitor, which makes it one of the most state of the art fitness devices -…

Amazon unveils streaming and gaming set top box, Fire TV

Amazon has unveiled its play for your front room at a press conference today with a set top box that plugs into your TV and runs an open Android OS, called Fire TV. The device is a little black box, which looks similar to Apple TV, and allows users to stream more than 200,000 TV…

HBO launches interactive Game of Thrones guide ahead of season 4

Any good GoT fan will know that the fourth season of the hit TV saga airs this weekend and to celebrate HBO has launched an interactive online guide designed to get us all up-to-date with what's been happening in Westeros (and not to mention even further afield). The site over at viewers-guide.hbo.com allows you to…

Pluto.tv wants to be your one-stop-shop for cool viral videos

It's hard to keep up with the latest music videos, the must-see trailers of the day, the cat video your mate really wants you to watch and the latest viral ad that has everyone on Twitter up in arms. Well luckily for you Pluto.tv is here and it wants to be your go-to for every…