Month: November 2014
Our 10 favourite winter hats from the high street
[nextpage title="Next"] There's no denying it now - the cold has well and truly set in, and the evenings are getting darker. Hallowe'en is over, and street markets are starting to smell suspiciously like mulled wine, which can only mean the next milestone in the cultural calendar is near: Christmas! But before we get ahead of…
‘Spotify is not the enemy’ says Quincy Jones
Spotify has been getting an awful lot of press recently, what with Taylor Swift so very publicly ditching the service and dubbing music streaming as an 'experiment'. But the service has one powerful ally in the form of musician/producer Quincy Jones. In a response to Taylor Swift's controversial actions, Jones published a letter to fans…
20 things that happen when you start reviewing phones for a living
For the last few months, I've been writing ShinyShiny's phone reviews. It's a dream job, but changes your life in some weird and unpredictable ways. You get a Facebook message and a polyphonic orchestra of notification noises from multiple phones scares the living daylights out of you It was just my mum…
FFC papers reveal Apple branded Beats Solo2 headphones
Since it acquired the headphone company in May Apple doesn't appear to have done a great deal with Beats, There have been rumours, but nothing conclusive. That looks like it's about to change, however. New papers filed at the US FCC, spotted by 9to5Mac, indicate that a new version of Beats Solo2 headphones could be…
Apple finally has a tool to disconnect your number from iMessage
Anyone who's ever ditched their iPhone in favour of something else will know that the changeover period can end up with text messages being lost to the depths of iMessage purgatory, never to be seen again. No Apple has released a solution, and it's about time too. Apple now has a web tool to ensure…
Want a happier, longer life? Get a sense of purpose
Scientists have found that having a sense of purpose could help you live longer. Researchers from UCL, Princeton University, and Stony Brook University studied 9,050 English people with an average age of 65, surveying them about their physical and mental health and wellbeing. They adjusted the results for age, sex, socio-economic status, physical health, depression,…
Operating table for two? Inside Surgeon Simulator’s edible operation event in London
Last night, games manufacturer Bossa Studios hosted a gruesome dinner in a mock operating theatre in London to promote the iPhone release of their popular game, Surgeon Simulator. With a menu featuring offal and bone marrow, it wasn't for everyone, but we donned our scrubs and bravely went along. Even more…
The Hunger Games is being turned into a London stage show
We’ve all heard of The Hunger Games right? If you haven’t, then you’ve clearly been living under a rock, as it’s already sold 80 million copies around the world, and taken over $1.5 billion at the cinema box office. If that wasn’t enough,it’s now set to come to London in the form of a stage…
Mark Zuckerberg explains the need for a separate Facebook Messenger app
Facebook's decision to strip messenger out of its main mobile app was not met with much enthusiasm by an awful lot of people, and during a public Q&A Mark Zuckerberg actually explained why this happened. According to the Facebook CEO, the purpose of the Facebook app was for people to check their newsfeed. What actually…
Hipster, hippie or Kim Kardashian: what type of ancient phone user are you?
It's official: Kim Kardashian uses an ancient phone! Not two tin cans tied together with string, but pretty damn close – a Blackberry Bold, which they don't even sell anymore. So devoted to her favourite B'berry is Kim that she even buys spare handsets on eBay and hoards them for future use. 'I like to…
