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.

Apple boasts 'best product pipeline' in 25 years. Really? So what are they?

Apple's SVP, Eddie Cue, made a bold statement about the tech giant's upcoming releases this week. "We've got the best product pipeline that I've seen in my 25 years at Apple," he told reporters at the Code Conference in California. A rather ambitious claim, right? Although Cue may have been on a wave of excitement…

Scribble Ink lets you draw with colours you find around you

If you're into design or just have an eye for colour, we bet you've spotted a shade while you've been out-and-about that you just wish you could replicate, whether it's a particularly bright flower, piece of street art or eye-popping door that you want to copy on your own. Well, the Scribble Ink is here…

Samsung unveils the Simband wearable health tracker

This week Samsung unveiled a new wearable health tracking device called the Simband. Designed to be worn around your wrist, the Simband can take all kinds of readings about your body from a relatively teeny tiny package. At a press event in San Francisco, Samsung also revealed details of Sami, short for Samsung Architecture Multimedia…

Apple iWatch likely to have a round face like Motorola's Moto 360

Rumours about Apple's long-awaited wearable, dubbed the iWatch, are rife this week as inside sources claim that it's likely to have a round face, much like Motorola's Moto 360 and traditional watch faces - particularly those aimed at women. According to Mac Rumors, the iWatch might also start being produced as early as July and…

Lomography's first instant camera uses real life filters

Lomography is a hugely popular online community of analogue photography fans, and this week the team behind the site launched its first instant camera. The Lomo'Instant Camera combines all of the things we love about 35mm Lomos, like attachable lenses, automatic and manual shooting settings, multiple exposures and wide-angle, portrait and fisheye options with the…

LG G3: 5 Reasons you should consider the new smartphone

This week, LG unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the slick, huge and great-looking G3. But with so many other new and highly impressive devices on the market, like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the HTC One M8, and many more on the way over the coming months, like the new iPhone, the Nokia X2 and…

Spotify hack only affects one unlucky user

Anyone using Spotify on their Android phone will have been prompted to upgrade the app today, because according to the US arm of the popular streaming platform, it's been hacked. But before you start changing your password and worrying about the safety of your guilty pleasures playlists, it seems only one person's data was compromised.…

ReKixx launches Emerge eco-friendly trainers

Back in 2012, US-based entrepreneur Gary Gagnon launched ReKixx on Kickstarter, a project to bring stylish, eco-friendly, landfill-free footwear to the globe. After raising more than $44,000 from this initial project, Gagnon is back with the Emerge sneakers. Just like the rest of the ReKixx range, the Emerge sneakers are eco-friendly, but this time round…

Veleza: a simple app to help you shop for skincare products

We know there are plenty of life-hacking, game-playing and selfie-sending apps on the market, but what about those dedicated to the world of beauty? Launched in the UK this week, Veleza is a free app created to take the stress away from buying, trialling and often failing to find the right products and is dedicated…