Month: January 2015
How Twitter was a force for good in 2014
Twitter may well have been overtaken by Instagram of late, but it's still an incredibly powerful internet tool. Nothing spreads news quite like it, so yes, we may now be four days into the new year, but it's worth casting our minds back to see what we can learn from the Twittersphere of 2014 -…
10 best hair and beauty Youtubers of 2014
[nextpage title="Next"] It's pretty safe to say that 2014 was the year of the hair & beauty Youtubers, what with Zoella getting her own range in Superdrug and then writing (not actually writing) an actual book. All we seemed to hear about was a new beauty blogger we needed to watch, who would tell us…
Five great wake-up lights & SAD lamps to cure your January blues
After the drinking, the food and the partying that comprised Christmas season (and let's be honest, it creeps in earlier and earlier every year), as well as the sociable celebrations which so often accompany the start of the New Year, it can feel a bit - well, flat getting back into a regular routine again.…
10 gadgets and accessories to get you organised for 2015
[nextpage title="Next"] Let's be honest, we all make new year's resolutions and then forget to keep them, whether that be to lose weight, cut out the alcohol or spend less money! Make 2015 different and check out this list, as we're talking cute calendars, delightful diaries and beautiful backpacks, and providing you with our 10…
Montblanc’s ‘e-Strap’ turns a regular watch into a smartwatch
Smartwatches are becoming more and more popular, and 2015 will only see that popularity grow. So what do you do if you already have an expensive timepiece you don't want to ditch for a rectangular mini-smartphone? That's where Montblanc's e-strap comes in. For the time being the e-Strap is only available for Montblanc's Timewalker Urban…
More leaked pictures show off what could be the Lumia 1330 phablet
Earlier this week we showed you pictures of what was supposedly the back of the Lumia 1330, a new Windows Phone phablet from the people at Microsoft. Now we have new images of what is claimed to be the device's shell, and it looks enormous. The new images surfaced on Chinese site Baidu, and show…
Samsung’s Milk VR wants to be the YouTube of virtual reality
YouTube has been a wonderful tool for creating and sharing videos with people all over the world, and now Samsung wants to take that idea and apply it to the world of virtual reality. That's why it's just launched Milk VR. Milk VR is an app that will host a selection of 360-degree virtual reality-compatible…
Apple’s being sued because iOS 8 takes up so much space
Apple isn't a stranger to being sued, but someone is trying their hand at it yet again. The problem this time is iOS 8 taking up so much storage space on iOS devices. According to the lawsuit, iOS 8 takes up a lot more space than previous iterations of the operating system, up to 23.1%…
9 gadgets for beauty addicts
[nextpage title="Next"] You know they love beauty... but you've bought them every Benefit gift set there is and their bedroom is already a lipstick graveyard? Go for gadgetry instead. Just like pretty much every other industry, technology in the beauty world has come on a long way in recent years, and there are some seriously…
Twitter’s new feature shows you the top tweets since you last logged in
We can't always be sitting at our phones/computers constantly refreshing Twitter, but every time you leave you might miss something good. To make sure you don't, Twitter has started rolling out a new recap feature to its mobile app called 'While You Were Away'. First spotted by TechCrunch, While You Were Away collects the top…
