Month: July 2014
Will the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 include a retina scanner?
If this new teaser from Samsung is anything to go by, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 may include a retina scanner. SO futuristic! A tweet from the official Samsung Exynos account included this picture of a generic handset with an eye and detection reticule around the iris, which is more than a strong nod to the…
First Birchbox store uses Artificial Intelligence and iPads to make beauty shopping better
It seems we've all become a little, OK, a LOT, obsessed with online shopping. There's something about the ease, the choice and the lack of 'end-it-all-now' changing room queuing dilemmas that make it so much more appealing than the real thing. But when it comes to beauty products, e-commerce often just doesn't cut it. If…
The World Cup broke loads of social media records!
Were you watching the match last night? The World Cup Final broke records on Facebook and Twitter last night, for social media usage. Facebook revealed that 88 million people left more than 280 million posts, comments and likes about the Germany vs Argentina game, surpassing the previous record of 245 million interactions, held by the…
Could eating more solve our jet lag woes?
I’m sorry to break it to you, but if you want to get over jet lag on your summer holiday this year, it looks like you’re going to have to eat more. I know: it’s devastating news. But you’ll just have to force yourself to reach for another slice of chocolate cake so you can…
13 lies we tell ourselves about online shopping
1) Lie: I have nothing to wear Truth: I have at least 74 dresses that I COULD wear, but I've worn them all once this year, so everyone’s already seen me wearing it on Facebook. Really, I just need something different to wear for a new profile picture. 2) Lie: My wardrobe could really use…
Spotify reveals the top 10 wedding first dance songs
Wedding days come with a lot of dilemmas. It might not be as tricky as finding the right dress, working out how to keep warring relatives away from each other for the length of the ceremony, or walking away from the whole shebang for less than £10,000, but picking a song for your first dance…
INSIGHT – My vision for the future of fashion: smart tights, boob-specific tops, non-creasing clothes
Following on from the news that Cher’s computerised wardrobe from Clueless is now a real thing, here are a few more visions of fashion future that I’d like to see become a reality in my lifetime (or from my cryogenic freezer, at least)… In the future, every garment will come with an exact copy, virtually…
Texts from a doctor cut binge drinking by half
First we found out that texting improves spelling and grammar, now it turns out it could save your liver, too. According to a new study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, young adults whose history of binge drinking landed them in the emergency room cut their alcohol intake by as much as 50% after receiving…
A microchip could diagnose diabetes
Last week we brought you news of microchip contraception, this week it’s microchip diagnosis. While this one doesn’t go under your skin, it does want your blood. But only so it can assess your health. Researchers from Stanford University have developed a chip that can both diagnose diabetes and detect people who are at risk…
On the agender: five places with gender imbalances for World Population Day
Today is World Population Day, a United Nations event set out to raise global awareness of our rapidly growing population. Since there was significant public interest on the same date in 1989 - dubbed 'Five Billion Day' as it was the date that roughly marked when the global population hit five billion - it's been observed every year.…
