Month: June 2014
Is this cooling vest the start of heat-controlled fashion?
Cool fashion just got literal - and dressing like an astronaut just got stylish. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced a limited edition "cooling underwear vest" will go on sale this year, which could be the start of a heat-controlling fashion trend. Utilising the same technology as its space suits, the vest reduces…
Giant Betfair octopus stranded at Oxford Circus, Twitter melt down ensued
Yep, you read that right. This morning a giant octopus was stranded right in the centre of Oxford Circus in central London. No one is quite sure why the polystyrene beast from the deep ended up stuck in the middle of the busy junction, but according to TfL it's now out of the way and…
Game of Thrones actor takes to Instagram after shocking episode airs in the UK
SPOILER ALERT Last night, Game of Thrones fans in the UK were finally able to catch up with episode eight of the latest season, The Mountain and the Viper, which caused a Twitter meltdown over in the US when it was aired a day earlier. We won't give too much away, but if you haven't…
Google Glass: Diane von Furstenberg makes the geeky wearable more stylish
In a bid to steer its Glass eyewear away from the realms of geeky wearable and into a must-have mainstream fashion accessory, Google has teamed up with designer Diane Von Fursternberg to dream up the "DVF | Made for Glass" collection. According to sources, the collection will be available from Net-A-Porter on the 23rd of…
20 best tweets about Apple's #WWDC2014 news: iOS 8, HealthKit, OS X Yosemite
This evening Apple's WWDC 2014 developers' conference kicked off, meaning there were a whole host of exciting announcements made about the tech giant's new features and operating systems. But, as usual, reading tweets about the event was probably more entertaining than watching the actual event itself, so here's our pick of the most informative, inspiring…
Health and HealthKit: Apple unveils its fitness tracking, mobile health app
At the WWDC 2014 developer conference on Monday, Apple's senior vice president Craig Federighi unveiled the tech giant's highly-anticipated mobile health offerings: the Health app and the HealthKit toolkit. Federighi explained that Apple doesn't want to reinvent the wheel - it knows there are some awesome health and fitness tracking apps and devices out there…
Apple will let you use your Mac to accept iPhone calls
At Apple's WWDC 2014 developers' conference on Monday, the team unveiled a whole host of new features for OS X Yosemite, its new operating system for your MacBook. But what's the feature we're most excited about? Continuity. Continuity will allow your iPhone, iPad and your Mac to work together and talk to each other seamlessly,…
Apple OS X Yosemite will drastically change the look of your MacBook
On Monday at Apple's WWDC developers conference, Craig Federighi showed off OS X Yosemite, its new operating system with a flat, clean design for your MacBook. Here are some of the top features of Yosemite that'll drastically change the look of your MacBook, as well as the way you use it: 1. Translucent windows, so…
Samsung Galaxy Tab S images leaked – what do you think?
Photos of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Tab S line have leaked online ahead of the company's official introduction of the new line up on June 12th. Press pictures of the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, which first appeared on @evleaks, show a thin, light tablet that looks very similar to the existing Galaxy Tab 10.1, although of…
Is fear of your mobile not working an illness now?
Palms sweating, heart pounding, feeling nauseous and jittery? Yes, it's possible you have stomach flu. But maybe you're coming down with a more modern ailment: nomophobia. Or as it's more commonly known, the fear of not being able to use your mobile phone (whether because of poor reception, a dead battery, or because you don't…
