Month: July 2012

The top 5 running apps for your iPhone: Zombies, Nike+ & Garmin

The Olympics are on TV, making everyone feel energetic and totally into sport and it's not raining (much) outside, so there's never been a better time to get off your settee, move away from your computer, put some trainers on and get running, outside, where the human beings are. Of course we can't give you…

FACEBOOK: Photos get a revamp and look like a pretentious Tumblr theme

Facebook has taken a leaf out of Pinterest and Tumblr's book and will be rolling out a brand new look for photos over the next few weeks, which it claims will be "more beautiful" and "make viewing photos more enjoyable". The changes will mean that your photos no longer neatly sit side-by-side one another below…

Top celebrities on Pinterest [Part 2]: Obama, Paris Hilton & Yoko Ono

Some people choose to avoid the crazy ramblings of celebrities online like the plague, whereas others seem to have made it their sole purpose in life to get re-tweeted by Justin Bieber. If you fall into the second camp you'll probably already be stalking/following your favourite celebrities on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and any other place…

London 2012: Olympic attendees urged to tone down their tweeting

Even though most people loved the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony on Friday, a number of whiny Twitter users have already begun complaining about the BBC's coverage of events. However, it seems that recent broadcasting problems could well be because people have been tweeting a little bit too much. Yes, really. If you were watching…

Pearltrees: Pinterest/Evernote hybrid comes to the iPhone

Lovely, another app that's a bit like this one with a hint of that one. Today we're checking out Pearltrees, it's existed on the web for some time, but now the Pinterest/Evernote hybrid has come to the iPhone packed full of new ways to share and gather content and lots of quirky terminology, including collecting…

OLYMPICS: 12 to follow on Twitter during London 2012

After last night's spectacular opening ceremony even the most cynical characters are now excited about the Olympics (or at least they should be!). There are all kinds of ways you can keep up with the games, just check out Tech Digest's round-up of websites, TVs, apps and set top boxes, but for behind-the-scenes insight, ranting…

London 2012 Olympics apps, gadgets and accessories triathlon [PART FIVE]

As a nation we've collectively whined about the London 2012 Olympics now for what feels like decades, but whether you're still throwing a tantrum about the fact you couldn't get tickets or have a mild anxiety attack every time TFL sends you one of those handy (read really goddam annoying) update emails, they're happening. There's…

Flock: Share all of the photos from that party in one place

The creators of clever content sharing service Bump have brought us a new app called Flock, which collects together all of your friends' photos from a particular event and drags them into one handy place. We've all got our favourite photo apps, our favourite filters and our favourite ways to share images with our social…

Free O2 Wi-Fi hotspots open for all in London's top shopping destinations

Londoners get a few extra free Wi-Fi hotspots today, courtesy of O2. The network will be opening select hotspots around the capital to all mobile web surfers, regardless of their network affiliations. Visitors to Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden Leicester Square, Oxford Street and Regent Street amongst other areas will be able to connect to O2's…