We've covered a few iPhone apps that help you lose weight before, but this one is a little smarter than others. It aims to get between you and the chocolate gateau at the purchase point instead of later when it's sitting in your fridge, looking at you. App Quickka Calories incorporates a bar code reader…

Good news for British newspaper the Guardian whose foray into app territory seems to have paid off. In the month since releasing the Guardian iPhone app, it has been downloaded almost 70,000 times. Since it retails at £2.39, the 70,000 sales should have brought in approximately £167,000 for the newspaper. A bit of a win.…

A gadget that we didn't notice at CES - but should have cos it's really cool - is Crosley's portable turntable, letting you mix on the move. The Revolution runs on batteries, has a 3.5mm headphone jack and a USB out and is pretty small - well, we can't tell how small exactly, all we've…

While over 6million Christmas trees were sold in the UK in December '09, there was a roaring trade in virtual Christmas trees being done as well... Facebook game Pet Society, created by Playfish, sold 4.2million Christmas trees to Pet Society members. In the game players create, train and care for a pet and they can…

An interview with an anonymous Facebook employee on blogsite The Rumpus confirms that yes, Facebook knows exactly who you are stalking and when where you're clicking and yes it does store all that information. Permanently. It's a good read but sobering to know for definite just how much Facebooks knows and stores. The full interview…

Over 50% of customers in shops at Xmas 09 used their mobile in store to check up on the products they were buying. Customers would use their phone to compare prices, call up online coupons or check online reviews before making a purchase, according to a survey across 11 countries by Motorola. The actual percentage…