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…
Blue Badge Style: The ultimate lifestyle guide app for the less able
Blue Badge Style is an online lifestyle guide for the less able and it's just launched a mobile app too, allowing users to find the coolest venues when they're out and about. Many venues across London claim to be suitable for those with mobility issues, but when it comes to it there's just one small…
SAD FACE: 5 Cool US apps we can't get in the UK with Mint, Pandora & NextGuide
There are all kinds of pros to living in the UK over the US, like free healthcare, pubs and slighty less rampant mass consumerism (thanks to expat @teriTECHno for some of her top picks), but when it comes to apps we're really missing out on some gems over on this side of the pond. Here…
STUDY: Are over 40s really the most prolific scumbag sexters?
The media likes us to think that it's only over-sexed teens and Scarlet Johansson who send naughty texts, but according to recent research it's actually the over 40s who are the biggest scumbags when it comes to risque messages, dirty chats and naked photos. The study, commissioned by MobileInsurance.co.uk, found that 37% of those polled…
COD Black Ops II fastest selling game EVER, 8M copies in one day
The highly anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 computer game, crammed with all kinds of gory shoot-em-up scenarios, zombies and terrorism, sold more than eight million copies in the first 24 hours after it was released, making it the fastest selling game of all time. The latest Call of Duty release officially went on…
WIN OR FAIL? Jawbone re-launches its Up bracelet fitness gadget
There are so many different fitness apps and gadgets on the market at the moment that we're starting to get a bit sick and tired of tracking our steps, calories, snoozes, thoughts, breathing patterns... WE CAN'T HANDLE THE PRESSURE ANYMORE, OK? However, one of the first pioneers in this whole health tracking tech space was…
Facebook to trial Reddit-style ranked comments for pages
Today Facebook has shared news that it'll be testing a new feature over the next few weeks, which ranks comments on pages according to engagement, a little like how content is upvoted and downvoted on Reddit. A Facebook spokesperson said: "We are testing a new format for comments on Page posts. As part of this…
Will Universal and HP Connected Music partnership be worth your money?
At an exclusive event in Paris last week, which the Shiny Shiny team were lucky enough to be invited along to, HP announced that it'll be teaming up with Universal Music Group to launch a new service called HP Connected Music, offering customers access to a huge catalogue of tracks, exclusive events and the chance…
Snowglo is a UK-based social network, game AND review site rolled into one
When we see a new site, gadget or app described as "the next big thing" we usually run for the hills, but Snowglo, a social network, game and reviews site rolled into one, definitely looks interesting, full of incentives and uh... snowy. To get started with Snowglo you need to create a profile and from…
STUDY: A quarter of Brits Instagram all photos they share online
More than a quarter of posing, hipster, smartphone-owning Britons Instagram the photos they share online without fail, according to new research. The study, commissioned by MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, about attitudes to Instagram and mobile photography found that 24% of Brits with smartphones said all of the photos they take are cropped, turned into a silly little square,…