Month: April 2015
Plastic rockstars rejoice: Guitar Hero is coming back
My soul is happy but my fingers are sad to hear that there's a brand new Guitar Hero coming this year – Guitar Hero Live: Interesting acting there. It sounds like the game will be split into two parts: the classic-style Guitar Hero game, which will now have actual music videos in the background instead…
Our review of the Amazon Fire TV Stick – Amazon’s answer to Google Chromecast
The new Amazon Fire TV Stick costs £35, and is up against the likes of the £30 Google Chromecast and the £49.99 Roku Streaming Stick. Chromecast is dominating the market in the UK at the moment - so can the new Amazon Fire TV Stick compete? Well, firstly, it's pretty clear that Amazon know who their competitor…
Twitter shames Jon Ronson for deleted line in a book about… Twitter shaming
As we recently reported, 'The Psychopath Test' author Jon Ronson has written a new book about social media shaming, and what happens to the targets afterwards. Unfortunately for Jon, he's getting his own taste of that at the moment, as a controversial line from the galley (unfinished review copy) of 'So You've Been Publicly Shamed' was tweeted…
Death threats force Sue Perkins to leave Twitter after Top Gear rumour
As we recently reported, Sue Perkins was being lined up as the favourite to replace Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear, and sexist men weren't very happy about it. This morning, she posted a series of tweets explaining that she's still getting abuse, including death threats, and is leaving Twitter for a while: Sadly, this kind…
Cringe of the day: a Waitrose branch made an ‘Uptown Funk’ lipsync
There are lots of amazing YouTube videos set to Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' megahit Uptown Funk. Like this one, by a high school in Dallas: Or this one on a treadmill, by Carson Dean: But not this one, by the Bromley South branch of Waitrose: With 17,000 views at the time of writing, it's not awful…
A gold-plated Samsung Galaxy S6 is… not that much more expensive than a regular one
Vietnamese company Karalux specialise in gold-plating things, including roses, bits of cars, and tech. Having previously gold-plated an iPhone 6, they've now turned their attention to the newly-released Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Unlike the gold version available at Harrods, it's not just gold-coloured, but actually coated with 24K gold. The process sounds pretty involved:…
The Galaxy S6 ad we think Samsung should have made
We recently wrote about Samsung's video for the Galaxy S6, starring James Corden. As we commented at the time, he seemed like a curious choice of spokesman for a flagship phone - to which many people asked us what we'd do instead. We went away and thought about it, and here's the Galaxy S6 advert…
Free ice cream today! It’s Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day
Today (April the 14th) is that magical day of the year when Ben & Jerry's give out free ice cream to the masses because, essentially, they are the best people in the world. B&J's ice cream has got me through breakups, shakeups, and a 3-hour war film my ex wanted to watch, and today we…
Firebox introduces Instacube, a physical frame for your Instagram photos
There's a big market for ways to show off your digital photos in the real world (see Boomf, for example) - and Firebox have just introduced a new one to the UK: the Instacube. This wireless physical frame looks a fair bit like the Instagram logo (but not in a trademark-infringing way, we assume) and livestreams…
LG’s target consumer is begging to be made into a meme
The leaked LG G4 microsite contains this memorable image of the target consumer for LG's new flagship phone: We'll call him Rupert. Rupert has a beige jacket with the world's largest pockets, which he keeps in an armoire alongside his gilet and red trouser collection. His hair is artfully tousled, unlike his girlfriend Arabella's, which resembles…