Quirky little photo app Snapchat has become super popular over the past year or so (we wrote about it last September when it was called Picaboo), as it allows you to send "self-destructible" photo messages that the recipient can only view for a couple of seconds. Awh we hear what you're saying, maybe everyone uses…

Have you ever wondered whether all of your snarky tweets about X Factor and hilarious little quips about those working in social media could be collected into one place, so you can just sit there and browse through your own awesomeness? Well narcissists of the internet, that's now possible, as Twitter is introducing a way…

Top stories from Shiny Shiny and our pals Your ultimate tech Christmas guide Air Stewardesses behaving badly Great CCTV footage of people doing stupid things in stations Five aspirational cars from the 90s now going cheap-ish The most under rated British indie bands of the 90s Eight Christmas gifts for music lovers The phone of…

The health and fitness tech market is growing rapidly, from wearable tracking devices like the Fitbit to more obscure medical gadgets that could have a big impact on those living with disabilities. Each week we'll be bringing you a round-up of the best from Connected Health, our sister site that's dedicated to the world of…

This year we've been busy little elves, collecting together the top gadgets, accessories and cool things from the past 12 months that would make the best gifts for your loved ones. Whether you're looking for a cheap eReader (we'd go for the 6" Kindle), awesome new Android camera (Samsung Galaxy all the way) or a…

Yeah we know, we know, it's really annoying to always be describing one shiny new platform in relation to a couple of old ones, but from what we can tell so far, new open-blogging site Howwwl mixes together some of the best features of both Pinterest and Tumblr into an interesting anti-blogging package. Howwwl describes…

Over the past few months, since we all excitedly updated our iPhones to iOS 6, we've been collectively moaning about how rubbish Apple Maps is, blaming the tech giant for thinking it was smug enough to take on Google. We know lots of you have found yourselves lost and late because Apple's offering just isn't…

Today Flickr launched the new version of its iOS app and also added in some new functionality over at flickr.com too, in order to really prove it's taking this whole photo malarky seriously. The two key changes from flickr.com include a navigation bar designed to "make browsing Flickr faster and easier so you can quickly…