Month: February 2013
Literary pretensions for your iPad – the George Orwell 1984 case
Well this was always going to happen, The trend for putting Kindles in classic book jacket style cases has now crept over to the iPad and you can now house your Apple tablet in a suitably retro 1984 by George Orwell cover. And if wrapping your iPad in Doublespeak doesn't appeal then there's also Origin…
Intriguing ad shows how the Apple iWatch could use holograms
It is not only the 200 or so engineers that Tim Cook has got on the case who are imagining what an Apple iWatch might look like and function. There are plenty of mocks ups - some of which are pretty good - and now here comes an intriguing iWatch ad. It is set in…
Apple CEO Tim Cook hints at 'new products' – the iWatch?
Interesting stuff over night as Apple CEO Tim Cook faced investors and business journos poring over the company's latest financial figures at its annual shareholder meeting. The CEO is facing a mini revolt from investors who aren't keen on the fact he is taking a 51% rise in his base salary. Details here. So no…
A round up of big screen mobiles – (coughs Phablets) on sale in the UK
The hottest trend in mobile phones at the moment is... screen size. It seems you can keep your fancy features like voice control and image editing, what people really want is a large screen to watch video, surf the web and play games. The trend that was started by Samsung with its Galaxy Note phone…
The best Samsung Galaxy Note 2 cases
There's no denying that the Samsung Galaxy Note handsets - you can call them Phablets if you must - have been one of the biggest things in tech in the last two years. What started as a bit of an experiment by Samsung has turned the mobile phone industry upside down and accelerated the shift…
Mobile World Congress 2013 – the key phones from Nokia, Huawei and ASUS
So, most of the serious stuff has finished now the Mobile World Congress. Sure the exhibition goes on for a few more days but all major announcements have been made. So what has MWC 2013 taught us 1 That the line between phone and tablet is really starting to blur. Fancy a phone with a…
Fancy watching your Facebook feed as a daily TV show!? Social Studios has the app
Now this is a really smart idea. Over the past few years there have been countless ways to see the info from your Facebook feed in different formats. Flipboard,the magazine style version of your feed for the iPad is one that comes to mind and is still massively popular. Now here's a Facebook app that…
BAI BAI GUYZ: Becca says farewell to Shiny Shiny :(:(:(
Well Shiny Shiny readers, today is a big ol' rollercoaster of emotions for me as I'm stepping down as Editor of the website to pursue a new writing job. It's been a great year and a half and working at Shiny Shiny HQ has meant I've got to meet loads of great people and do…
WIN: Spidey-senses suit pretty much just turns you into a superhero
Anyone who says they wouldn't rather be a superhero than a regular, boring human being is just really rubbish and/or lying. But fortunately researchers are currently developing a new suit that'll mean you actually have some superhero powers when you try to dress up as your favourite character, rather than just being a Kick Ass-style…
Google reveals Chromebook Pixel, awesome touchscreen to rival Apple
After weeks of speculation and rumoured leaks, Google has revealed its next shiny, new Chromebook, the Chromebook Pixel, a high resolution notebook device running on the Chrome operating system. Tech Digest reports, that with a 12.85" touchscreen, the Pixel is much bigger than Chromebook's from other Google partners and its 2560x1700, 239ppi display and anodized…
