Year: 2012
Connected Health: This week in health and fitness tech
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…
REVIEW: Fitbit Zip makes fitness adorable, but is it really useful?
Fitbit's original Fitness Tracker was one of the first gadgets of its kind to give regular people (not sickeningly fit athletes) a way of tracking their activity throughout the day. Fast forward to today and there are all kinds of monitoring and fitness tracking devices on the market, so in response to the slew of…
RunPee: Run, pee then get back to the movie without missing the best bits
We've all done it. You're sat in the cinema watching that film you've been waiting to see for months and think you can run to the toilet super quick without missing the best bits. Then you return and two people have been killed, there's a weird talking dog running the show and one guy's an…
FFS WORLD: It's OK girlies, your lady-friendly laptop has arrived
On the whole we're actually not THAT offended by female-friendly tech. Sure it's a bit condescending, insulting and nauseating at times, but at the end of the day some people like their sparkly pink bags and belts and stuff, so why deny them a laptop to match? However, Fujitsu's latest offering just takes the "girly…
10 Kickstarter success stories: Lunatik and TikTok, Ouya, Pebble and Joulies
At the beginning of October super popular and cool crowd-funding website Kickstarter announced that it'd be opening its doors to UK-based projects for the first time. So as we all sit and wait until we can add our incredible ideas on the 31st of October, let's take a look back at some of the most…
iPad Mini rivals: 7 inch tablet round-up with Google Nexus, Kindle Fire, Galaxy Tab
At Apple's highly anticipated event in San Jose today, the tech giant unveiled what we've all been expecting for what feels like decades, the teeny tiny (OK so 7.9 inch) iPad we also all knew would be called the iPad Mini. At the event, Phil Schiller was keen to point out that the tablet "isn't…
iPad Mini and 4th generation iPad pre order date revealed for 26 October
With all the excitement from the California Theater in San Jose, CA, where Apple has announcing the much anticipated iPad Mini and the (perhaps less welcome?) fourth generation iPad, we're sure you're dying to know when you can get your hands on one. Well, both are up for pre order on 26 October, with the…
Apple announces its 4th gen iPad with A6X chip, HD FaceTime, Lightning
Just before the Apple team lifted the lid on the highly anticipated iPad Mini we've all been waiting for, the 4th generation iPad was unveiled. Yep, a new full-sized iPad too. The 4th generation device includes the new Lightning connector (no surprises there then), a HD version of its front facing camera and FaceTime and…
Apple updates the Mac Mini with two new models
At Apple's highly anticipated "iPad Mini" (we're not certain yet...) launch event in San Jose the company has just announced two new updates to its Mac Mini, both packing Intel i5 and i7 processors that'll start at $599 in the US. According to the Apple team the base model will feature a 2.5Ghz dualcore i5…
Apple announces new iBooks 3.0 with continuous scrolling, iCloud and sharing
Apple's highly anticipated event at the California Theater in San Jose is set to unveil a new iPad and a new line of Macs, but first the team shared details of iBooks 3.0. According to Tim Cook, there are more than 1.5 million books in the iBooks store and there have been 400 million downloaded…