Month: April 2011
You'd better start paying for Spotify soon guys – free listening time halves
The noose has tightened around Spotify free users - who have now had their free listening allowance cut from 20 hours a month to 10. That, plus the service's limit of only 5 plays per song - ever - means, I imagine, that many Spotify users will be pushed to make the jump to the…
Sexy photos but how does Samsung Series 9 notebook compare to the MacBook Air?
Samsung are really hyping up the sex appeal of their latest laptop - the slender 16.3mm thick Series 9 notebook - by launching it in Mayfair with a bunch of celebrities and getting it photographed with a hottie in front of a plane. A hottie we believe is a cricket player called Alastair Cook. Comparison…
Getting a job on Facebook: Why people are recruiting on the social network..
The common wisdom is that Facebook can stop you getting a job - that the "I can down 8 pints and then do a handstand" group you started back in 2006, will rise out of the archives of the web and haunt you, warning off future employers and making you the laughing stock of the…
Bieber goes for Geek Chic – OMG
Only on special occasions do we choose to write about Justin Bieber: but this is one of them. So previously, he cut his hair - now, he's decided to wear glasses. GEEK glasses. After a sell-out tour in Italy this week, fashion house Dolce and Gabbanna held a party for the 17 year and instead…
Cupid's little helpers: Top 10 dating apps
There was a time when online dating was considered only as a last resort for the lonely hearts of the world, a reserve of the desperate and needy littered with the photos of loveless catowners. Over the past couple of years everything has changed. The stigma has fallen away, the success stories are rolling in…
Not a camera phone – it's a phone in a camera: Artefact reinvents the camera
Sounds like a wacky idea but there could be something in this concept camera by Seattle design company Artefact. With 5 and 8 megapixel cameras arriving in smartphones it's hard for camera-makers to carve themselves a niche particularly in the low and mid-range reaches of the camera market. Sure professionals will always want to shell…
Simplexo: An app that lets you search your computer with your phone
The words "federated search" may not have you jumping out of your chair with excitement, nor rushing to put down a tenner for a new web service. However, though you stay in your chair, do turn your mind for one second to Simplexo, the federated search engine. Maybe you'll like it, maybe you'll use it,…
Nokia X7 – 8MP camera, blinding flash and an OS called Anna
Nokia are staking out their belief in their own-brand Symbian operating system by installing it again in their latest smartphone release. Symbian - a Nokia-created rival to the Android and iPhone operating systems has come under a lot of criticism over the years for a clunky user interface, slow response times and ugly looks with…
No Mobile Signal on the Tube after all – London Underground shelves plans
A matter of weeks after Transport for London promised mobile signal in London's Tube networks, they have shelved the plans saying that they were too costly and difficult to execute... It's a sad day for those of us who dearly hoped we'd be able to send text messages while sitting on the Northern Line or…
A Pen for iPad: Wacom's Stylus
We've seen keyboards for iPad before, but now we've got a pen. Coming out in May, the Wacom Stylus for iPad uses Wacom's experience in making digitised pens for the design industry. You can just use your fingers of course, but if you want a stylus for handwriting, for precision drawing or just because you've…
