Month: November 2010
VIDEO REVIEW: Philips Energy Light promises to make you happy
Nothing like a large flat lightbulb in the office that replicates the light of the sun and diffuses energy and happiness eh? Making you happy may seem like a big ask from a lightbulb, but that's what the Philips Original Energy Light promises to do. We sat in a dark room and tried it out...…
The Twitter Joke Trial: What Does It Mean For Freedom Of Speech
The biggest debate online today has undoubtedly been around the twitter joke trial, and what the outcomes mean for free speech online. For those who aren't familiar with the case, the whole thing started when Paul Chambers, a 27-year-old accountant jokingly tweeted that he was going to blow up Robin Hood airport, near Doncaster, if…
Jawbone's CEO Demonstrates The New Jambox Speaker
Yesterday we had a chance to sit down with Jawbone CEO Hosain Rahman, to talk about their latest product the Jambox. While the Jambox is being labeled as the world's first intelligent wireless speaker, one thing is for sure this little device packs big sound. Get a first glimpse of the Jambox in action before…
Bella Girl App: when apps regress feminism
Not many apps make me face-palm, and I have seen a lot of them in what you might call the "fart" genre. This one does though, and it gets our occasional prize for A Piece of Technology That Regresses Feminism. In many ways, the Bella Girl Beauty app is just an average beauty app, helping…
Cage Against the Machine: will John Cage's 4 min Silence hit Christmas Number One
Well the geeks and the anarchists are back this year, proving that though digital activism may be silly, it is certainly not dead. Last year, Rage Against the Machine toppled the X-Factor winner from the Christmas Number One spot in the music charts enraging Simon Cowell and delighting most other people. Of course it didn't…
Gaydar Dating becomes an app, but will it unseat Grindr?
Pioneering gay dating site Gaydar has finally released an app for iPhone and it has leapt into the top forty social networking apps on iTunes in 48hrs. The dating network for men launched in 1999 and has 6 million members worldwide. However, it may be too late into the dating app arena to unseat its…
Making a CV stand out in this digital age
The jobs market has changed a lot in recent years: a) it's worse and b) much of it is done online. So many of the old rules about making a good CV have gone out the window. Of course, the best thing is to have lots of great experience written up succintly, but there a…
Firefox add-on will stop you Facebooking Drunk
You know those drunken late-night Facebook updates which you only discover at 3pm the next day when it's Too Late? Well you can stop yourself doing them now. Or at least, slow yourself down, allowing a little reason to seep into your alcohol-fuddled brain. FireFox browser add-on - Social Media Sobriety - is aimed at…
Google Quick View will make Website Design more Important…
Rolled out to the UK today, Google Quick View lets you see a glimpse of a webpage before you click on it. It's just a little tweak to the Google search results page, but some web gurus are saying it could have a serious impact. Particularly in the area of web design. Previously, factors like…
Is there really a connection between Texting and Sex?
In one of my favourite technology scare stories of recent months, a US doctor has suggested that teenagers who text more than 120 times a day are more likely to have sex and drink alcohol. Scott Frank told a US conference yesterday that heavy texting and use of social media was linked to risky behaviour.…
