Mobile World Congress 2013 – the key phones from Nokia, Huawei and ASUS
So, most of the serious stuff has finished now the Mobile World Congress. Sure the exhibition goes on for a few more days but all major announcements have been made. So what has MWC 2013 taught us 1 That the line between phone and tablet is really starting to blur. Fancy a phone with a…
Fancy watching your Facebook feed as a daily TV show!? Social Studios has the app
Now this is a really smart idea. Over the past few years there have been countless ways to see the info from your Facebook feed in different formats. Flipboard,the magazine style version of your feed for the iPad is one that comes to mind and is still massively popular. Now here's a Facebook app that…
BAI BAI GUYZ: Becca says farewell to Shiny Shiny :(:(:(
Well Shiny Shiny readers, today is a big ol' rollercoaster of emotions for me as I'm stepping down as Editor of the website to pursue a new writing job. It's been a great year and a half and working at Shiny Shiny HQ has meant I've got to meet loads of great people and do…
WIN: Spidey-senses suit pretty much just turns you into a superhero
Anyone who says they wouldn't rather be a superhero than a regular, boring human being is just really rubbish and/or lying. But fortunately researchers are currently developing a new suit that'll mean you actually have some superhero powers when you try to dress up as your favourite character, rather than just being a Kick Ass-style…
Google reveals Chromebook Pixel, awesome touchscreen to rival Apple
After weeks of speculation and rumoured leaks, Google has revealed its next shiny, new Chromebook, the Chromebook Pixel, a high resolution notebook device running on the Chrome operating system. Tech Digest reports, that with a 12.85" touchscreen, the Pixel is much bigger than Chromebook's from other Google partners and its 2560x1700, 239ppi display and anodized…
FACEBOOK FAIL: Message from police about son's death goes to mother's other inbox
We all know that Facebook's "Other" inbox is just a bit stupid. It allows random people to get in touch with you, but then when they do it doesn't alert you, it just files the messages away and more often than not they go unnoticed for a LONG time. It would be much more beneficial…
Twitter wants you to keep your tweets short and sweet
It's a change that many of us probably wouldn't have noticed, but soon Twitter intends to shorten its already super short tweets when you add a link into them. According to the Twitter Developer blog, the micro-blogging platform will soon start bumping up its shortened URLs by a few characters, meaning avid Twitter users will…
Apple iWatch update, Play Station 4 details and London's fashionistas
The hottest stories from Shiny Shiny and our pals Mitch Winehouse at the Brits - and his Amy jacket How The Champions League hoardings trolled Arsenal London's fashionistas -and how they brightened up Fashion Week Has Arsene Wenger too much faith in mediocre players? 12 photos of Bobby Robson in his prime Football Boots we…
Flickr iOS app gets even slicker with new features and update
Yahoo has been making all kinds of awesome changes to its Flickr app in recent months and today it's unveiled another new upgrade, incorporating better tagging and notification features, faster uploading and much more. Today's latest update means that users can easily save photos from their photo stream directly to their camera roll, upload their…
Apple files patent for what could be the new iWatch device
The tech world has been speculating about the details of Apple's iWatch device for what feels like years, but today The Verge and Apple Insider published details about one of the company's latest patents, which details a new kind of wearable device. Back in August Apple filed a patent with the US Patent & Trademark…
