Author: Hayley Minn
Staff Writer
Hayley covers news, which tech accessories you should buy, smart shopping updates and, with a passion for and background in entertainment, keeps you abreast of what celebrities are getting up to on Twitter and Instagram. As a perpetual singleton, she is always looking for new ways to date in London, whether that be through apps or events.
Pure announces new Bluetooth speaker, the Voca
Pure has announced the latest addition to its wireless audio line with Voca, a fully portable and rechargeable Bluetooth speaker. The Voca enables users to stream music wherever they go, whether around the home, or out and about, and, according to Pure, the small speaker has been hand tuned by Pure’s audio engineers to produce…
The new 2015 Ford Mondeo and its rather clever tech
As we mentioned last week Ford is set to launch the all-new Mondeo in 2015, but they offered shinyshiny a sneak preview in Malaga late last month. Needless to say the car is a lovely, smooth drive, but, as you'd expect, it is the technology that interests me most. Here then are my four favourite bits of tech from…
The new Ford Mondeo will arrive by the end of the year
Ford has announced the all-new Mondeo will be arriving in showrooms by the end of the year, and, as well as having a very eco-friendly engine, will be packed with tech. The new Mondeo looks almost the same as the current model, but it’s four centimetres lower, meaning it has a much sleeker profile. It’s…
When shinyshiny visited O2’s haunted house
With Halloween just around the corner, O2 has created a haunted house experience like no other, run entirely using smart tech. We were (un)lucky enough to experience the terrifying house, located on Jack the Ripper’s old East London stomping ground, last night - the results of which can be seen in the video above. Without…
Could Case Hut become the Net-A-Porter for phone cases?
With the success of websites like Net-A-Porter and ASOS, it was only a matter of time before a one-stop-shop for stylish mobile phone accessories came along, and Case Hut is just that. While Case Hut’s range isn’t massive yet, the site stocks some gorgeous cases for tablets and phones from the likes of C by…
OK Go’s newest video is filmed in one take with a drone. And it’s brilliant!
OK Go, the band known for their incredibly inventive music videos, has unveiled another amazing one for their upcoming single ‘I Won’t Let You Down’. And, this time, it’s filmed in one take, using a drone! The five-minute long clip features everything from dancers twirling umbrellas to unicycles, along with hundreds of extras. At first,…
B&O Play enters the Bluetooth speaker market with the BeoPlay A2
B&O PLAY has today unveiled its first ever Bluetooth speaker, the BeoPlay A2, and at a much more affordable price than its usual speakers too (although still pretty expensive). The BeoPlay A2 is also the world’s first omni-directional sound solution for a flat speaker, which, according to B&O, ensures that everyone listening can enjoy equally…
16 of the best ankle boots
[nextpage title="Next"] Having gone through a period of denial, going out wearing sandals in rain, which has led to us getting a cold, we’ve finally accepted that it’s autumn, and, as well as a coat, we’re going to need a new pair of boots, specifically of the ankle variety. It’s good to get your hands…
O2 launching tech-enabled haunted house for Halloween
O2 is jumping on the Halloween bandwagon this month, in what seems a very cool way. The service provider is opening a haunted house entirely created and controlled by everyday smart tech, in the spookiest area of London - Jack the Ripper’s old stomping ground. According to O2, visitors will be ‘shaking in their boots’,…
Headphones with light-up cat ears have been created. What a time to be alive
We seem to have been talking a lot about cats recently on shinyshiny, what with clutches that look like cats and hilarious viral videos of cats, but these cat ear Axent Wear headphones are too bizarre to not have featured. Started by two UC Berkeley alumni, the idea, for these headphones that have cat ears…
