There are already loads of apps designed to make cooking, baking and experimenting in the kitchen easier than ever, so it's about time we had more gadgets that sync up with our apps in case we make a mistake. Drop is an iPad-connected scale and app combo that works with you to follow a recipe…

There's not long to go now until Mother's Day here in the UK (it's Sunday the 30th of March you terrible human being), so we've collected together some last-minute gift ideas for those in a panic about what to buy. We know that not all mums are the flower-loving kind, but these Ted Baker cases…

After launching its new Chromecast streaming dongle in the UK last week, Google has also unveiled a new app called Photowall, which turns a your TV into, you guessed it, a big wall of photos. Chromecast users will be able to send their photos to their screens via an iOS app and an Android version…

South Korean-based LG Electronics has launched its first foray into the connected lighting marketplace with its Smart Lamp. The new smart lighting product is a direct competitor to Philips' awesome (yet kinda pointless) Hue bulb and allows users to control a range of different features directly from their iOS or Android device. You can set…

We're not usually the type of people to get excited by a kettle - unless it's a smart kettle that can do a bunch of other cool things, of course - but Swan's latest range of kitchen appliances looks great. Designed to have a much more retro-like feel than any of its previous products, the…

Apple's iTunes Store, Netflix, Amazon and Tesco's Blinkbox will soon have a new rival. According to reports today Sky is planning to launch a new service that will enable customers to download and keep movie titles from its Sky Store. Up until now they have only been able to download them and keep them for…

This week the Shiny Shiny team were invited along to the Ideal Home Show at Earl's Court Exhibition Centre in London. After hours getting lost in the maze of smart tech products, treehouses that looked like huge spiders and a sickeningly pink health and beauty section, we've managed to pick out just five things we…

Systems that allow us to control the temperature of our homes from our phones have been gaining popularity over the past year and are no longer just fun toys for uber techy types, so it's no surprise we're seeing a whole load of new and exciting innovations in this space. At Gadget Show Live in…

As a kid I threw my mum's engagement ring between the cracks in some floorboards and it was never seen again. You could say I was an awful kid, or that I was just curious and wanted to get my hands on special things. Either way, a Sammy Screamer attached to my mum's jewellery box…

Have you ever sat watching your TV and thought "this is great... but it'd be better if the TV was inexplicably curved"? Me neither - but that doesn't seem to have stopped all of the big TV manufacturers, who at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, taking place in Las Vegas decided that "curved" was the…