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.
5 fashion items for the Crazy Cat Lady in you
[nextpage title="Next"] So, someone at New Look thought it would be a great idea to make a clutch that looks exactly like a cat for Halloween. Yes, apparently cat clutches are now a thing, AND they’re £20. Cats are great and all (dogs are better), but we never thought people loved cats enough to buy…
shinyshiny speaks to YourInterest’s Ekaterina Lengefeld on running a start-up in a male-dominated industry #InspiringWomenWeek
It seems everywhere you turn at the moment, there’s a new dating app or website coming out, hoping to be as big as Tinder, but, with so many people, especially lonely Londoners, focusing on finding dates rather than friends, Tech City entrepreneur Ekaterina Lengefeld has created the anti-dating website, YourInterest. YourInterest is a social networking…
shinyshiny speaks to Clippet’s Grace Regan on changing the news industry and running a company aged 23 #InspiringWomenWeek
As part of Inspiring Women Week here on shinyshiny, we caught up with the editor of audio news app Clippet, Grace Regan. Now, don't be surprised if you haven't heard of Grace. She's very new to the industry, with this being her first job out of university, but don't let that put you off -…
Tesco Hudl 2 review – A budget £129 tablet that’s more than value for money
Tesco is set to release the Hudl 2 later this week, and we’ve managed to get our hands on one in advance. The new model of Tesco’s budget £129 tablet is bigger, faster, has a higher-resolution screen and is, if anything, even more of a bargain than its predecessor. The exterior 7/10 The first thing you…
9 gadgets and apps for your working holiday
[nextpage title="Next"] It’s not often that you’re asked to go abroad for work (or it might be, who knows?), but when it does happen, there’s always a worry, even in this increasingly mobile age, of whether you’ll be able to keep connected with your team back here in the UK. There’s no need to worry…
Our 20 favourite winter coats
[nextpage title="Next"] As the sky’s getting greyer, and the temperature’s beginning to drop, it’s starting to feel more and more like the time to get searching for the ultimate winter coat - a pretty daunting task, seeing as there are just so many out there right now (and we sort of want every single one…
11 cases for your iPhone 6: Case-Mate, Casetify, Incipio
If you’re now one of the lucky people to have a shiny new iPhone 6, you’re going to want to protect it from anything and everything, seeing as those babies don’t come cheap, and they’re not smash-proof (or bend-proof, by the looks of things)! We gave you a taste of some of the iPhone…
Will Clippet be the future of news?
Clippet has released an app this week aiming to revolutionise the way young people find out their daily news. The app delivers 20 news stories a day in ‘clippets’ of less than 60 seconds each, 10 at 7am, and 10 at 5.30pm, breaking the news down into bite-size chunks, so that they’re easily understandable, and…
6 designers making the wearables market more fashion-forward #WearablesWeek
We’ve been talking about wearables for a while now, and one of the main issues that always seems to crop up is how ugly some can be, and usually the ones with all the best tech crammed in them. Smartwatches and fitness trackers are going to be worn constantly, so why shouldn’t they look good,…
Reviveaphone saved the world’s first iPhone 6 after it was dropped into a pitcher of beer!
Everyone knows that iPhones and liquid just don't get on, and, considering rain killed my iPhone 5c recently, leaving me phoneless for about a month, as it's the one thing that Apple won't fix for free, I, along with everyone else, I'm sure, was really hoping the iPhone 6 would be waterproof. Unfortunately, it's not,…
