Phishing websites are tricky to spot, and often they look identical to the websites that they're mimicking in order to trick you into handing over your log-in details. Normally making sure you're doing everything on the correct website means you're safe, but recent eBay scams have changed all that. The new scam is that a…

Now that the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus have been released, we finally get to play with the devices for ourselves and determine whether or not what Apple told us was true. At the event Apple promised a great many different battery life statistics, many of which were remarkably average in comparison to…

This week the shinyshiny team will be exploring the exciting and fast-moving world of wearable tech. We'll be counting down the must-have activity trackers that won't cost you a fortune, give you an insight into the way wearables are enhancing our sporting abilities, medical procedures and mental wellbeing and exploring whether these always-on devices can even…

Now that the iPhone 6 has been released you can be sure that every tech or gadgets outlet that is able to get their hands on one will be publishing a review. No you could trawl through them all to see the difference of opinion, or you could read the review from The Onion that…

One of the nice things about the Apple Watch is that it can be used to authorise Apple Pay payments without ever having to take your phone out of your pocket. It seems that the competition doesn't think this is a bad idea either, because reports indicate that Samsung and PayPal have teamed up to…

Last week gave Londoners a chance to pay for their rail-borne transport with something other than an Oyster Card, they could use a contactless credit/debit card or (if they are EE customers using Android) they could use a smartphone. You might think, what does this mean for the Oyster Card? Will it eventually be discontinued?…

Let's be honest with ourselves for a minute. Gmail is incredibly popular, and Google+ is generally considered less favourable than the plague. Until recently new Gmail users have been forced to create a G+ account at the same time, having to delete it later if they decided they didn't want to use the service. Luckily…

Whenever we see a rumour we should always be sceptical, no matter how believable or amazing it might seem. A recent leak that claimed that they knew of an HTC headset that would rival Google Glass and could be controlled by thoughts is the perfect example of this, and why we should be wary about what we…

When Phones 4U went into administration some 5,596 staff members were potentially left without jobs for the immediate future. Fortunately a significant number of those jobs are to be saved from unlikely sources: Vodafone, EE, and Dixons Carphone. Vodafone also announced that it was taking over 140 of the closed retail outlets, saving 900 jobs.…

Computer scientists in the U.S have made a sensor that allows a robot to ‘feel’ where it needs to go, meaning it can pick up and plug in a USB cable. That might not sound like such a big deal (I did it myself just this morning), but it’s actually a breakthrough. Robots can be…