Month: December 2014
All hail the outstanding value product of 2014 the ASUS ZenFone 5 4G #ShinyShinyAwards
So which was the best value tech product of the whole year? Well, the winner was a device that completely ticked all of our boxes. We were on the lookout for a product that retails at a very competitive price and yet still manages to perform at a top level, giving high-end devices with similar…
DoingSomething wins the Matchmaker of the Year #ShinyShinyAwards
ShinyShiny readers voted for DoingSomething for its completely unique and fun approach to online dating, as well as the fact that, as a membership-only website, it's much less creep-friendly than the free ones. Then there are the incredible dating events that DoingSomething holds, like Giant Twister and Sleepover at The Shard. The website works around…
The Philips Hue is your Everyday Tech Genius of 2014 #ShinyShinyAwards
Our Everyday Tech Genius award was voted for by you, our dear readers. And from day one there was only ever going to be one winner. The truth is, the Philips innovative Hue lighting system leapt into the lead from the very beginning and ended up with many more votes than its nearest rivals. Bravo…
Why high street hero Hubbub is the winner of our Retail Innovation Award #ShinyShinyAwards
In an era where we can buy every single one of our Christmas presents without leaving the sofa, bricks-and-mortar retailers are suffering. Particularly under threat are those lovely little independent shops, the butchers and bakers and candlestickmakers that bring life to your neighbourhood – but not chops to your door. Until now. Connecting greengrocers, fishmongers, butchers, bakeries, cake…
findSimilar by Cortexica is our fashion innovation of the year #ShinyShinyAwards
This year was the year that we finally stopped chasing women down streets to ask where they got their dress from, and started letting technology do the legwork instead. Using top-notch visual recognition technology, the brilliant findSimilar by Cortexica wins our fashion innovation award for styling itself as the original 'Shazam for clothes', and actually being pretty…
Five minutes with the Galaxy Note Edge
This week, we got our hands on the not-yet-released Samsung Galaxy Note Edge. Here's a quick 5-minute tour of what it can do. The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge is released in the UK on 17th December. It comes in black and white, with the white colourway exclusive to Carphone Warehouse. Preorder it here.
Is this the first image of the second Google Glass?
Google Glass's popularity has been waning recently, and that £1,000 price tag certainly doesn't help things. Google doesn't seem to be giving up on future of face computers, having released a patent that could show us what the next iteration of the headset might look like. There are a few notable changes to see, the…
More Fire Phones are coming says Amazon CEO
The Fire Phone has not done well, but Amazon doesn't seem to be deterred by the phone's poor sales and reception. Not only has he likened it to the first Kindle, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has confirmed that more Fire Phones are on the way. In fact during the Business Insider's conference in New York…
A Chinese company claims Apple copied the iPhone 6’s design from one of its phones
Isn't this a funny case of role reversal. Normally when design infringement is related to Apple it's because somebody has taken its design for their own purposes. In this case Digione is claiming that Apple took the design from the 100 + V6 and used it for the iPhone 6. Just looking at the the phone…
Indiegogo is testing insurance for backers of failed campaigns
Crowdfunding is a risky business, and unlike going down to the high street to buy something you have almost no protection against con artists and receiving a product that ended up being completely different to what was originally promised. Indiegogo is starting to do something about that. The crowdfunding site is now testing insurance for…