A Twitter bug locked users out of their accounts on mobiles

Anybody who uses the Twitter mobile app on a regular basis might have noticed that you were automatically logged out of the app at some point in the early hours of this morning. Even worse it then wouldn't let you log back in again. What does this mean? Thankfully you don't need to worry about…

Smartphone use is changing our brains, study says

According to new Swiss research, smartphone use is changing our brains. As Psych Central reports, a team of neuroscientists from the University of Zurich and the University of Fribourg wanted to find out whether using touchscreen smartphones affects the sensorimotor cortex in the brain, which correlates to finger movements. So they recruited 37 people for…

15 short, thought-provoking novels to read over the Christmas period

[nextpage title="Next"] Ah, Christmas – it’s the time of year when almost every one of us wants as much time off as we can wangle. If you’ve succeeded in eking out an extra few days of holiday and it’s been as relaxing as you’d hoped, you may have found yourself munching on mince pies, watching…

10 comfy and cosy outfits for a quiet New Year’s Eve in

[nextpage title="Next"] We've already provided all you party animals with our favourite sparkly outfits for an amazing New Year's Eve night out, but overpriced nightclub entry and drinks isn't to everyone's taste. Sometimes all you want to do to bring in the new year is snuggle up on the sofa and watch Jools Holland's Hootenanny…

10 sparkly outfits for New Year’s Eve

[nextpage title="Next"] At ShinyShiny, we love a good sparkly outfit - the name says it all really - and New Year's Eve is the perfect time to bring out your inner magpie, without anyone judging you for going OTT. From dresses to playsuits to co-ords, these are our favourite outfits with a bit of sequin…
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More replies, fewer photos of sky: my social media resolutions for 2015

Because these are slightly easier than giving up cheese. I will take one photo of the sky a week, maximum I daren't look it up for fear it's something ominous to do with climate change, but I SWEAR the sky is more beautiful these days than it used to be. Or perhaps I'm just more boring these…

10 hair and makeup tutorials for New Year’s Eve

It's the night your hair and face have been waiting for! Start 2015 as you mean to go on – coiffed and glittered, or just slumped in front of YouTube... [nextpage title="next"] 1. Kathleen Lights' gilded eyes Glitter on your eyes stops being sexy the moment it migrates to your chin, so take a few tips…

10 last-minute crowdpleasing gifts for the people you’ve inevitably forgotten

[nextpage title="Next"] You could be the sovereign monarch of organisation and do all your Christmas shopping in June, and there would still probably be one person who turns up with a gift you weren't expecting and sends you into a mad festive frenzy. But instead of panicking and wrapping up the nearest kitchen utensil to give whatshisname, try…
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6 New Year’s Eve outfits inspired by classic films

Still looking for the perfect New Year's Eve frock? Take your lead from one of these classic movie party outfits, and guarantee your night a happy ending. Probably. [nextpage title="next"] Sally – When Harry Met Sally In 1989, while Taylor Swift was being born, Meg Ryan was giving us unrealistic expectations about New Year's Eve.…

Calm down, our Kindles aren’t going to kill us

Sure, Christmas parties can be fun. But the introverted book-loving types among us know the best thing about this time of year is having the chance to go to bed early, crank the electric blanket up to 11, sip a hot chocolate, and cut a swathe through all the books that’ve piled up on our…