EyeClock: the timepiece that looks at you
By Natalie Davies Mummy the clock is looking at me! No, really, it is. But it's hard not to love this cute eye-clock from Firebox. While the paranoid among you may find it a little disturbing to be watched by disembodied eyes nestled on the bedside table, the sleek design and "party pupils" can't fail…
Google Buzz and Google Wave: what's the difference and why do we need both
Google launched Wave back in October and Buzz last night. What's the difference? Do we need both? Where Wave was launched to a big build-up, an official live preview in front of a gasping crowd and a painfully slow trickle invite system; Google has slipped Buzz out very quickly and all gmail users will get…
Google Buzz: it's a knock at Facebook and if I have to look at another stream of status updates I'm going to start grinding my teeth again
Google's new social networking site Buzz launched last night and bills itself as the best way to "share interesting stuff". On Google's official blog they claim that Buzz will be a way of "organizing the social information on the web" and "finding relevance in the noise". So is this a generous contribution to information flow…
Facebook data mine reveals treasures through social graphs
People doing interesting things with data gets me all hot and bothered. So reading about a man who is planning to make all the publically available data from Facebook into giant graphs got me quite excited. Pete Warden, is interested on using social graph analysis to help solve world problems. His graphs use information from…
Things you can try on online: glasses and eye-makeup
The spectacle industry has taken to augmented reality like a duck to water. They have cottoned to the fact that a little AR camera-work helps replicate the vital stage of letting people try on glasses. Silhouette, the makers of rimless spectacles have developed a web page and an iPhone app Silhouette Virtual Mirror that lets…
Foursquare partners up with more big media brands: Debenhams, Domino's Pizza, Zagat and Warner Bros
A few more reasons why FourSquare will be this year's Twitter: it's just signed a couple of deals with some serious media brandnames. Discussing the potential of the site yesterday, we mentioned the location-based social game's partnership with Bravo TV (visit places seen on Bravo TV programmes and collect special Brando badges). Now looks like…
Say I love you with a virtual animal, Pet Society do Valentine's day..
If flirting on Facebook is easier than flirting in person, surely flirting via cuddly animals on a Facebook app should be easiest of all - no? That's what Pet Society are claiming anyway as we face the final few days before Valentine's Day. They suggest getting your furry Pet Society avatar to kiss to your…
SD card reader for iPhone: an accessory with smart software and a bunch of extra storage
iPhones and iPod Touches don't have SD memory slots and it gets annoying sometimes, it's hard to fit pictures, vidoes and music on 16gb. But a hardware makers zoomMediaPlus have just created an iPhone accessory - the zoomlt - that plugs into your iPhone's base and lets you slot an SD card in. This means…
AA do a Best of Britain iPhone app
It won't pick you up from the side of the road and lovingly restore your pooped car engine, but the British Automobile Association (AA) have released an iPhone app. Focussing more on the guidebook side of the business rather than the car repair side, The AA's Best of Britain app gives detailed descriptions of holiday…
Three fashion pieces inspired by Google…
If Google made t-shirts, is this what they'd look like? Well they might do, three fashion pieces inspired by Google are currently on limited sale in the the Google store. The pieces are by young designers who are finalists in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition sponsored by the search engine. The t-shirt above is by…
