Month: December 2014
9 incredible films to inspire your travels this year
[nextpage title="Next"] There’s something undeniably refreshing about entering a new calendar year. Consciously or unconsciously, you may be looking to make a change in your life – and that change could involve travelling. Whether it’s hiking through the Welsh hills, a trip around Australia, an extended stay on a remote island you’ve dreamed of all…
Twitter has been experimenting with selling ad space in users’ ‘Following’ lists
Pretty much everything that is free is free because of advertising. It's one of the facts of life. It's been no secret that Twitter has been looking for more ways to earn ad revenue from its site, and it appears it's been experimenting with putting adverts into your 'Following 'lists. How do we know this?…
LG will debut ‘Art Slim’ TV panels at CES next week
The age of super-thin smartphones is already upon us, but we are also entering the age of super-thin TV screens. LG has announced two new TV screens that will be on display at CES next week, and they're both a similar thickness to some smartphones. LG is calling them 'Art Slim' televisions, and the two…
A man returned a stolen Android tablet because he didn’t know how to use it
Next time you're out wandering the shops looking for gadgets to pilfer for yourself, make sure you understand how they work, ok? One man in Sunderland actually returned a stolen Android tablet because he couldn't get it to work. Apparently Chris Hoonson saw the tablet in the Window of the Jonny Kennedy store and thought…
Could the HTC Hima be unveiled at CES?
We've been hearing quite a lot about the HTC Hima, the rumoured successor to the One M8, but most of those rumours indicate that the phone would be officially unveiled in March at MWC in Barcelona. Now a new leak suggests that we'll see the phone much sooner than that. In fact we could well…
Danes are the happiest people in the world, apparently
Sarah Lund might be surprised (and no doubt, unimpressed) to hear it, but Danish people are the happiest in the world. That’s according to the United Nations, which, as The Telegraph reports, has ranked the world’s countries according to factors like life expectancy and individual freedoms. All of the Scandinavian countries made the top 10,…
iTunes now offers two week refunds in the EU
Anyone buying from an EU country can now get refunds on anything bought from iTunes, the App Store, or iBooks, up to two weeks after they made the purchase -- no questions asked. 9to5Mac noted the updated terms and conditions regarding refunds, which read: Right of cancellation: If you choose to cancel your order, you…
The Bank of England will use Twitter and Facebook to set interest rates
The Bank of England has traditionally used past trends to monitor the state of the economy, setting interest rates accordingly. But now, as Engadget reports, it’s going to be using tools that are a little more up-to-date, factoring social media into its equations. A new team will start using the internet, specifically search terms, Twitter,…
Microsoft might ditch Internet Explorer in Windows 10
If you were to ask people what the worst internet browser is, chances are the answer will be Internet Explorer. Microsoft's browser has developed a reputation for being slow, buggy, and generally bad. That's probably why rumours have popped up indicating the company will ditch IE and replace it with an entirely new browser. ZDNet…
Zinc could help researchers detect breast cancer sooner
Researchers from Oxford University are looking into ways to detect breast cancer before there are any physical symptoms (like swelling or a lump). According to Smithsonian magazine, this would allow doctors to catch it before it spreads – meaning less invasive treatment and a much better chance of recovery for patients. In a small trial…
