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.
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Glance is a smart accessory for your own watch or jewellery

So many big tech brands and smaller start-ups are busy dreaming up smartwatch-style devices that'll alert us about everything that's going on on our mobiles from our wrists. But Kiwi Wearables is turning that process on its head, by creating an accessory that'll provide us with the same experience, but will slot under our own…
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New iPhone 6 photos show 4.7 inch and 5.5 inch models

A brand new set of leaked iPhone 6 photos have found their way onto Twitter and, if they're reliable, they confirm what we've all been guessing: Apple is going big with its next iPhone and bringing out both a 4.7 inch model and a 5.5 inch model in silver and gold. Earlier in the week,…

Headspace V2: How an app could improve the health & happiness of the world

Ask your friends, your colleagues and your family whether having apps constantly at their fingertips has massively benefitted their lives and even the most sceptical are bound to say "hell yes." From communicating with people all over the globe, to finding directions when you’re lost, to navigating your way through a busy work schedule, to…

Fitness app PumpUp will keep you motivated with photo sharing features

Search for #fitfam in Instagram's Discovery tab and the photo app will tell you there are more than nine and a half MILLION photos with that tag, solely dedicated to people documenting weight loss goals, flexing their muscles, sharing juice recipes and, let's face it, showing off about their achievements. It doesn't just stop there, have…

H&M mixes fashion with music, but does it make shopping more fun?

Anyone with a minor online shopping addiction will know that H&M's website is pretty easy to navigate. It stays true to its brand with minimal styling, big images and a few cool features - like being able to try your clothing selections onto models with weird-looking faces. But now the Swedish clothing company wants to…

Edyn is all about the connected garden, not the home

As more and more people connect their homes up to the internet of things, it's no surprise that our gardening activities are set to get even smarter too. The Edyn smart garden system has just been launched as a Kickstarter project and its sensor, app and valve work together to monitor everything about your soil…

Apps to make shopping easier: Amazon, Clear, Ebay and Addison Lee

Here at shinyshiny we're all about the apps, gadgets and services that'll enrich our lives and make day-to-day tasks a little more fun. So here's our pick of apps to make shopping less of a headache and more of a breeze, whether you like to grab vintage gems, online bargains or you're an old-school high…

Game of Thrones: Here's how the Mountain vs Viper episode should have ended

SPOILER ALERT Game of Thrones fans were all shook to their very core at the beginning of this week, when a character we'd grown to know, love and genuinely root for experienced a particularly gory and unexpected end. Well, if you're still feeling a little scarred and hurt by what happened, then we're here to…

Spot the wearable in Apple's new iPhone ad

Apple may not have lifted the lid on its highly-anticipated iWatch, but that doesn't mean it can't shout about all of the other great wearable fitness tracking devices on the market already. In a new iPhone ad created for US TV, Apple features a whole range of fitness trackers that you can already buy that…