Month: September 2014
You can add items to your Amazon Wish List by tweeting
Earlier this year Amazon revealed that by using the hashtag #AmazonBasket, you'd be able to add items to your Amazon shopping cart directly from Twitter. Now that is being expanded with the #AmazonWishList hashtag which lets you add items to your Wish List with a single tweet. All you have to do is ensure that…
The BlackBerry Passport has been officially revealed
We knew the BlackBerry passport was coming, in fact we knew almost everything about it thanks to the tireless work of the online rumour mill. Now after many long months, we finally get to see the device officially shown off to the world by BlackBerry itself. The phone comes with a 4.5-inch 1440 x 1440…
Tesco has teased the Hudl 2, announces October 3rd event
Tesco may have given up on its plans to release a Hudl smartphone, but that doesn't mean the Hudl tablet is dead. Quite the contrary, in fact. The Hudl has done remarkably well because it wasn't absolutely terrible, and now it seems Tesco is going to be unveiling an updated version of the tablet on…
Could wearable tech help us to improve our mental health? #WearablesWeek
Over the past few years we’ve watched the tech market become saturated by wearable health-tracking gadgets designed to provide us with more visibility about the way we move, what we eat and how we go about our day-to-day lives. However, many of us know that being truly healthy both inside and out requires much more…
Will Clippet be the future of news?
Clippet has released an app this week aiming to revolutionise the way young people find out their daily news. The app delivers 20 news stories a day in ‘clippets’ of less than 60 seconds each, 10 at 7am, and 10 at 5.30pm, breaking the news down into bite-size chunks, so that they’re easily understandable, and…
6 designers making the wearables market more fashion-forward #WearablesWeek
We’ve been talking about wearables for a while now, and one of the main issues that always seems to crop up is how ugly some can be, and usually the ones with all the best tech crammed in them. Smartwatches and fitness trackers are going to be worn constantly, so why shouldn’t they look good,…
Reviveaphone saved the world’s first iPhone 6 after it was dropped into a pitcher of beer!
Everyone knows that iPhones and liquid just don't get on, and, considering rain killed my iPhone 5c recently, leaving me phoneless for about a month, as it's the one thing that Apple won't fix for free, I, along with everyone else, I'm sure, was really hoping the iPhone 6 would be waterproof. Unfortunately, it's not,…
Microsoft has officially unveiled it’s own streaming stick
Whether it's Roku, Chromecast, or something else entirely, the device-to-TV streaming industry is booming. Unlike Apple who seem to be ignoring their own hardware, Microsoft isn't going to let this slip it by. The company yesterday announced its own streaming stick, known only as the 'Wireless Display Adaptor'. That's a bit of a clunky name,…
Could making payments be the next big thing for wearables? #WearablesWeek
With all the hype around how we are going to be using our mobile phones for making payments thanks to NFC (Near Field Communications) technology, it seems the obvious may have been slightly overlooked. Sure it may be marginally more convenient using our phones to make payments on the tube or in a shop than…
Amazon launches Kindle Unlimited, an all-you-can-read e-book subscription service
When you've got services like Spotify and Netflix that give you access to as much entertainment as you want for a small subscription fee, it can often make you wonder why there isn't really the same service for books. People love to read, so why can't they access as much content as they like in…