Month: March 2015
kSafe is a smart safe that unlocks when you’ve reached your goals
If you don’t have any willpower, you could work on trying to motivate yourself, or you could buy a gadget that takes care of it for you, instead. That’s the idea behind kSafe, a smartphone-connected safe which launched on Kickstarter less than a week ago and has already smashed its $50,000 goal. To use it,…
HTC One M9 Dot View case review: 8-bit cool for the smartphone age
It's not enough to build an amazing phone these days. Specs, design and marketing will only get you so far - you need a gimmick. A show-off-in-the-pub factor. And for the HTC One M9 (reviewed here), as with the M8, it's the Dot View case. The rubberised case fits the phone perfectly, as you'd expect…
Awkward: HTC uses a photo of the One M8 on an ad for the M9
There's been a lot of discussion about how similar-looking the HTC One M8 and new One M9 are, with many users disappointed they didn't get something more distinctive this time around. And now it seems even HTC can't tell their new phone from the old one – at least judging by a promoted Facebook post spotted today by…
Zoella’s 9 best fashion moments
[nextpage="Next"] Zoe Sugg, or Zoella, as she's more commonly known, is extremely well-known for her YouTube videos. However, as she's nearly always sitting down in them, it's not often that we actually get to see how great her outfits are. We've found you 9 of Zoella's best looks, and we're desperate to recreate every one of…
How to undo sending a text, email or message
We've all been in a situation where we'd do or say anything to take back a message. Whether it was a text sent in anger, an email to the wrong person, or even a long drunken voicemail (à la Rachel Green). Not all types of messages can be taken back after they've been sent, but…
Ten of the most stylish women on TV
If you're looking for outfit inspiration, you could do a lot worse than checking out some of the most stylish women on TV, past and present. Here are ten of our faves: women who dress to suit their figures, their moods, and the image they want to convey – everything from rebelliousness to utter professionalism.…
Facebook’s been flying internet drones above the UK
Facebook's Internet.org project aims "to get 4.5 billion unconnected people on the internet" – to put the 'world-wide' back into the web, in other words. As part of that, Facebook's been working on a giant drone that sends internet signal from the sky to the ground. And as Mark Zuckerberg has now announced on (where else) his Facebook page, the…
5 of the coolest clocks in the world
The clocks go forward at 1am this Sunday (29th March), losing us an hour of precious, precious sleep. To take your mind off this disastrous news, we've rounded up 5 of the coolest clocks in the world. You'll be glad you don't have to manually reset some of these, trust us... [nextpage] 1. The clock…
5 super-handy makeup storage ideas
If you’ve ever done some research into storage ideas for your massive make-up collection, you’ll no doubt have come across the Ikea ALEX unit, which is a standalone, nine drawer unit that looks as if it were made for make-up. However, if you’re like me, you’d need at least three of these (try not to…
Snapchat trick: how to do multi-line captions on an iPhone
Reddit user 30dnuu discovered a way to make your Snapchat caption extend over more than one line, like this: Here's how to do it: 1. Open Notes 2. Insert a space, then press return, and keep doing that for however many lines you want (eg. space > return, space > return, space > return for 3…
