Month: October 2014
5 fashion items for the Crazy Cat Lady in you
[nextpage title="Next"] So, someone at New Look thought it would be a great idea to make a clutch that looks exactly like a cat for Halloween. Yes, apparently cat clutches are now a thing, AND they’re £20. Cats are great and all (dogs are better), but we never thought people loved cats enough to buy…
Blast Theory’s Karen app is a life coach with a (creepy) difference
If you can't wait for the day when Spike Jonze's 'Her' becomes a reality (hey, who doesn't love high-waisted pants and forming attachments to artificial intelligence?) or you just want to see how insidious data mining can be, this futuristic app is for you. Called Karen, it's a life-coaching app, but it's a little different…
Hackers leak up to 200,000 personal Snapchat photos
Up to 200,000 explicit photos have been published online by hackers of the popular photo-sending app Snapchat. As reported by the Guardian, the hackers used a third-party app to get into Snapchat's system, tempting users to sign up for 'snapsaved.com', which would allow them to use a website version of the app on a computer or…
A ‘birthday suit’ morphsuit? Gimme a break
In the latest addition to their infamous collection, the recently rebranded MorphCostumes have teamed up with Faux Real Apparel to create their most ludicrous costume yet: the 'birthday suit'. In the embodiment of pure ridiculousness, the naked man morphsuit, complete with censored nether region, has arrived just in time for Hallowe'en. Great, that's my outfit sorted (not). According to Digital…
The week in hashtags: #WakeUpCall, #NHSstrike, #ThorneTravel, #GBBOfinal
#NHSstrike Today, thousands of NHS workers from across six different trade unions are striking in protest at the government's refusal to give all staff a one per cent pay rise. Messages of solidarity have spread across Twitter, with celebs including Sue Perkins, Rufus Hound and David Schneider all tweeting their support for the strikers. …
More of us now read ebooks on our mobile phones
Mobile phone reading is on the rise as increasing numbers of us use the devices to read ebooks on the go, a new study has found. According to the study by OnePoll for Publishing Technology, 43% of consumers have read an ebook, or part of an ebook, using a phone, with 59% of mobile book readers in…
Don’t panic, but the Internet of Things might murder you
Just when you thought your Law and Order binge-watching habit had prepared you for every possible eventuality, along comes a new way to die to worry about. (Happy Monday!) A US security firm called IID predicts that hackers will commit the first murder via the Internet of Things by the end of the year. And…
These concepts show what Apple Watch apps might look like
The Apple Watch may not be arriving until next year, but the developers are bound to be hard at work creating apps for the device. So far we don't really know what they'll look like, but these concepts give us a pretty good idea. The concepts show off redesigns for apps Uber, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest,…
Borrow my Doggy: would you look after someone else’s dog?
We've seen home-sharing, bicycle-borrowing, and now people can pawn off their pooches short-term. For £44.99 per year, busy dog-owners can sign up to online service Borrow my Doggy and have a corresponding dog-lover (who pays an annual fee of £9.99) look after their pet with a joyous combination 'walkies, playdays, sleepovers and happy holidays'. It's kind…
Microsoft created an Android Wear keyboard that uses handwriting
Smartwatches have come a long way, but when it comes to typing they're practically useless. You're either stuck with a tiny keyboard that can't do anything, or you have to rely on voice recognition which isn't exactly perfect in all scenarios. Microsoft has something it hopes will change that. The project comes out of Microsoft's…
