Year: 2012
PicMonkey for Christmas: Instagram-style photo editing gets festive
One of our favourite online photo editing sites, PicMonkey, has had a new, festive makeover for the Christmas season, allowing users to add all kinds of snowy, wintery and twee effects to their photos. Just like before, you upload a photo to PicMonkey or drag one from your desktop if you're feeling fancy. You can…
Pintofeed: This gadget looks after your pets so you don't have to
As much as you may love your little cat or puppy or hamster-y thing it can be a real pain in the ass to remember to feed them. But unfortunately, like most living things, they need those overpriced bone-shaped treats regularly. So that's why the Pintofeed is pretty revolutionary when it comes to household gadgets,…
The iPad jukebox, Mac PC style iPad case and more
Over at brother site Brandish they have been looking at retro gadgets. If the idea of an iPad case that looks like an old school Mac or a clock made from a record player sounds good then go here. Other good stuff includes The smartest iPhone cycle gadget so far? Wahoo's RFLKT The cheapest half-decent…
WIN OR FAIL? Facebook tests automatic photo upload feature
Facebook would love it if we didn't do anything all day but fool around on Facebook, it wants us to use it to talk to people (obviously), find things, organise things, celebrate birthdays and things oh and of course upload all our embarrassing photos. Well now the social network has started testing a new feature…
Anonymous continues its "cyberwar" against Israel
Over the past week, as situations continue to escalate between Israeli and Palestinian forces, 44 million hacking attempts have been made on some of Israel's top government and news websites. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told Reuters that only a handful of important websites were down for around ten minutes last week, but quickly returned to…
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE: 10 Mobile photography gadgets & accessories
Although cool lens dials or handy tripods may seem like strange Christmas presents when the rest of your family are handing out sweaters and chocolates, there are plenty of gadgets and accessories available at the moment that'd make perfect stocking fillers for mobile photography lovers. Whether you're buying for someone who's serious about their photography…
Electric Bikes, the sub-£100 gadget that's top of our Christmas list and the £60 tablet
Over at Shiny's brother site Brandish you'll find lots of news and features about gadgets, fashion, sports and more. Here is a selection of the site's most recent posts How to buy a vintage racing cycle - video which explains what you need to look for. Does a bit or rust matter? Should you keep…
Create your dream car with Peugeot and Pudsey for BBC Children in Need
Peugeot has been working closely with the BBC Children in Need team to raise money for the charity this year and has created a website called Pudsey's Dream Wheels. It allows you to build your ideal car and you can paint it different colours, add textures and a range of other cool features. The game…
Twitter makes a load of changes you may or may not even notice
Twitter, the micro-blogging platform we all love to hate, has made a number of updates to the way you search for content and discover new things overnight, that you may or may not even notice. One of the main updates has been to the way you search Twitter. Type something into the search bar and…
Tyra Banks' Smize Yourself! app will make you more attractive like her
If you've been lucky enough to avoid finding out what a "smize" is up until now, then let us enlighten you, it's a smile with your eyes. So not a cheesy, happy smile that a hot supermodel would ever be seen dead doing (eww, gross), just a subtle smile that leaves your mouth emotionless but…
