Author: Ashley Norris
The Lytro – a unique camera – finally lands in the UK
It has been a long time coming but the Lytro camera finally arrives in the UK today going on sale in a variety of stores with prices starting at £399. So why is this a big deal? Well in case you missed the hype the Lytro, which has been in existence since 2011, offers users…
Samsung revives the Flip Phone – in the guise of the Galaxy Folder
Aaah mid noughties nostalgia. Remember when we all used to crave flip phones? Well it appears that we might do again, for Samsung is on course to launch an Android powered, Galaxy monikered touch screen phone as a flip! Samsung has already launched a pair of flips in its domestic market this year and now…
HTC to take on Samsung and Sony with HTC One Max Phablet
If you want any more evidence after this and this, that this is the summer of the really big phone, we have got some gossip about HTC. German phone site Mobile Geeks has suggested that the HTC One Max, which will be a rival for the Sony and Samsung big screen titans, will be out…
FT hints at issues with Apple's iWatch
There's an interesting snippet in the FT today which reports that Apple is in the midst of a hiring spree as it seeks to put together a team to build the company's much vaunted iWatch. It is reading between the lines but that does suggest that the iWatch is no way imminent and probably won't…
Leave it out Thom Yorke! Why musicians need to stop bashing Spotify!
If you were to tell me I had to lose every single website and app but could keep one (on my desert island apps interview) I would keep Spotify. I adore the music service and have been a subscriber since it first made its apps available. The way in which I can listen to music…
Scary stuff! What does your selfie say about you…
Let she who is without selfies cast the first moan! But if selfies could speak... what would they say? Classic pout "I'm a traditional gal. I don't deviate. like mild peri-peri on my Nando's, and Paul McCartney is my favourite Beatle." Extreme pout "By playing with the proportions of the conventional photographic pout, I am…
Nine Retro Gadgets that are actually rather cool
The jury really is out on most retro gadgets. Quite often they try a little too hard and come across as a pale pastiche of the products they are trying to imitate. Or they are so low-tech that they are almost useless in the modern world. Here are nine though that we think deserve the…
What not to do a with a 3D Printer! Funny video
Fancy a 3D printer? Well you can now pick one up from next to nothing, well £700, from Maplin and whisk up iPhone covers to you heart's content. Just don't do what this lot do with their one!
Your new favourite record company. How Kickstarter is igniting the vinyl revival
I imagine that when Kickstarter was first set up its founders imagined it being the vehicle by which all manner of high-tech projects got funded. From new computer games to off the wall gadgets and more. In fact even things like this amazing swimming pool. I am not too sure though that they ever considered…
'Image and specs' of BlackBerry's big screen A10 leaks
We have written about the A10, BlackBerry's upcoming big screen phone, a few times before and now it appears we have a picture of it. In typical leak style it is a low res grainy image, but if legit it does give us a few clues as to what we can expect from the upcoming…
