Category: Feeling good
Will the Sony SmartBand shake up the wearable fitness market?
The Sony SmartBand SWR10 fitness tracker launched in the US this week and some industry commentators are suggesting it could blow the rest of the wearable competition out of the water. The device was first announced at CES 2014, but up until this week we've heard a relatively small amount about its specs or availability.…
Cute overload #1: Red squirrels born in Essex
We all cooed with excitement at how cute these baby red squirrels, born in Barleylands Farm, in Billericay last week, are. The kittens of the bushy-tailed rodents, which arrived at the park in July last year, are incredibly cute, and will be released into the wild when they are old enough. Usually squirrels can only…
New bike could help kids learn to ride in an afternoon
A crowdfunding campaign for a new bike that apparently helps children learn to ride in a single afternoon has launched on Kickstarter. As a child, there are few things more satisfying than finally wheeling down the road with the wind in your hair and your stabilisers in the bin. The Jyrobike has been designed to…
Three-person IVF babies are closer to becoming a reality
It used to be strictly a two-person activity, but according to a new scientific review, three people will be able to have a baby in around two years' time - if the procedure is made legal. It would be used to prevent mitochondrial diseases, which are passed from mothers to children. Mitochondria are tiny organisms…
Why Apple gluing the smart home together with HomeKit isn't so dumb
As Apple unveils its latest smart home initiative, we look at how we could all soon be using our iPhones to bark instructions to our home. While those expecting a raft of new Apple gadgets, such as the iWatch, may have been left disappointed, for fans of home automation there was much more to cheer…
Misfit Shine's Bloom necklace wearable accessory comes to the UK
We're big fans of wearable activity trackers here at shinyshiny, and although we felt the Misfit Shine was outperformed by the Jawbone Up 24 in our battle of the wearables, it ticks all of the boxes when it comes to style and versatility. Well, it looks like the Shine is about to become even more…
Giant Betfair octopus stranded at Oxford Circus, Twitter melt down ensued
Yep, you read that right. This morning a giant octopus was stranded right in the centre of Oxford Circus in central London. No one is quite sure why the polystyrene beast from the deep ended up stuck in the middle of the busy junction, but according to TfL it's now out of the way and…
Health and HealthKit: Apple unveils its fitness tracking, mobile health app
At the WWDC 2014 developer conference on Monday, Apple's senior vice president Craig Federighi unveiled the tech giant's highly-anticipated mobile health offerings: the Health app and the HealthKit toolkit. Federighi explained that Apple doesn't want to reinvent the wheel - it knows there are some awesome health and fitness tracking apps and devices out there…
Want to be a celebrity? First, let me take a phonie!
We've had selfies, we've had belfies, and we've even had shelfies, but now there's a new craze on the web in the form of phonies. Social media photographer Dan Rubin coined the term to describe when a member of the public holds up their phone with a picture of a celebrity's face to make it…
Gangnam Style is the first YouTube video to pass 2 billion views
Chances are infectious K-pop single Gangnam Style will be etched onto all of our eardrums for the rest of eternity (we're still including it for you above anyway), but that doesn't mean it isn't still clocking up its YouTube views at a phenomenal rate. Today the tune by South Korean entertainer Psy became the first…
