Month: June 2014
Apple iWatch will come in different sizes and have ten tracking sensors
Apple's iWatch is rumoured to be launched in October and this week WSJ has revealed some pretty interesting details about the highly-anticipated new wearable. According to WSJ's source, the Apple iWatch will be available in a range of different models and sizes. This is music to our ears here at shinyshiny because wearables are so…
Health and fitness apps are growing faster than all the others, according to new stats
As apps get smarter, quicker and more useful, it's no surprise the market is booming. However, brand new stats from Flurry Analytics prove that although the overall market is growing, the health & fitness app category is accelerating faster than any. A whole 87% faster, to be exact. According to detailed analysis from the team…
No UK launch. Smallish screen. Why Amazon may have missed trick with its Fire smartphone
It has been rumoured for years but last night Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos finally took the wraps of its debut smartphone - the Fire. Due to launch in the US in July - but no UK availability lined up yet - it takes an Android heart and layers all kinds of Amazon trickery on top…
Our 8 favourite phones with awesome cameras
Promotional Post for EE. Nowadays most smartphones on the market have a pretty decent camera built-in, but today we're taking a look at some of the more high-end devices that promise to bring professional grade photography straight to your handset.
INSIGHT – How 4G is about to transform your car
It’s not all about self-driving cars. Chris Price looks at developments in the automotive world which will turn your humble motor into a smart vehicle capable of doing everything from entertaining the kids to showing video footage of a victim’s injury to a paramedic. While automated cars, such as Google’s self-driving prototype (see below), understandably…
8 Rabbits that wouldn’t take any of Jeanette Winterson’s sh*t
Today, award-winning author and cute things serial killer the brains behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit caused a Twitter storm by going all Fatal Attraction on us and tweeting a pretty gratuitous shot of a skinned rabbit she was about to cook. Well, if we're being pedantic here it was kinda half in and half…
Need £100? Hidden Cash is coming to London this weekend!
We could all do with an extra £100 under our belts, couldn't we? So, we're excited for online treasure hunt Hidden Cash to come to London this weekend. If you haven't heard of Hidden Cash before, it uses Twitter to post clues as to the whereabouts of a number of envelopes containing £100, and has…
Best job ever? Carter’s Steam Fair needs a ghost!
Carter's Steam fair, which is a bit if a London institution, has an opening for what could be the best job ever - if you are the world's number one Scooby Doo fan that is. It is after an actor to play a ghost on its Ghost Train. So in return for your cash you…
As Facebook relaunches Slingshot, can it claw back Snapchat users?
Facebook is making its third attempt to claw back Snapchat users, with its release of Slingshot, but will anyone actually use it, or will it end up on the bottom of the scrap heap, like Poke and Paper? The app works by allowing users to send disappearing photo and video messages. Sound familiar? However, the…
Here’s what the 250 new emojis will look like and how Unicode thinks you should use them
Yesterday we shared some exciting news with you, news that soon our social media and messaging lives will experience a massive evolution with the introduction of 250 brand news emojis. After Unicode's official announcement that it'll soon be adding so many more colourful little icons to our chatting, flirting and passive aggressive messaging repertoire, we…
