Author: Becca Caddy

Becca is passionate about health, fitness and wellbeing. She’s particularly interested in wearable technology, how our mobiles can help us to get fitter and ways to introduce mindfulness and meditation into our busy working lives. As a northerner living in London, she loves exploring the city, going to the cinema at every possible opportunity and Instagramming everything that crosses her path.

Google working on a more subtle, less ridiculous version of Glass

After years of ridicule and 'glasshole' comments, it looks like Google is making an effort to ensure its Glass wearable looks a little more subtle and a little less ridiculous in the future by packing its all important tech within the device itself. According to Gizmodo, Google has filed a new patent that includes the photo above.…

Snapchat could soon make money from disappearing news

Snapchat has well and truly changed our mobile habits for good with its ephemeral messaging app. But the big question everyone's asking now is: how will it make any money? Although your cat selfies and witty one-liners may be fun for you and your mates, they don't really present the team behind the app with…

Brazilian judge has had enough of Secret’s secrets, calls for ban from Apple

The anonymous gossip app Secret has caused a lot of controversy over the past few months with many suggesting it's leading to harassment, bullying and lots of bitchy gossip. We didn't really expect anything less from an app seemingly built to nurture harassment, bullying and lots of bitchy gossip, but it looks like a Brazilian judge has…

Uber may soon run your errands for you with ‘corner store’ service

Uber has nearly conquered the globe with its super efficient, super easy on-demand taxi app and now it wants to make our lives even easier by helping us run all of our errands as well as helping us to get from A to B when we're tired, lazy or in a rush. According to The Next Web,…

Fitbit Flex Review: A light-weight, well-rounded & oh-so comfy fitness tracker

So what's a Fitbit Flex? My first ever wearable fitness tracking device was the Fitbit Ultra way back in 2012 (I reviewed it on one of shinyshiny's past projects, Connected Health), so you could say I have a soft spot for the brand and its range of subtle, colourful fitness gadgets. Needless to say, Fitbit's…

Watch CGI transform a model’s face in this mesmerising video

Many of you will probably have seen some amazing displays of CGI and projection mapping on YouTube or even in the flesh (here are some great examples if you're none the wiser). But most of these are on the sides of iconic buildings or store fronts. What about if you took this clever tech to our…

10 Ways to make your Instagram photos more awesome

We've all been taking photos of mundane things, squeezing them into awkward square frames and furiously filtering them for a good few years now. So, we don't blame you for getting a bit bored of the same stuff (and by stuff we mean cats, hashtags, burgers you definitely didn't eat and of course a healthy dose…