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.
London Heathrow's Terminal 5 to be rebranded as 'Terminal Samsung Galaxy S5'
In a ludicrously extravagant marketing push for its flagship device, Samsung is totally taking over Heathrow's Terminal 5 for two weeks. According to The Next Web, on Monday 19th May Samsung will be adding tonnes of signage, digital screens and every other kind of promotional tool you can imagine to ensure everyone travelling in and…
Photo urges people to leave burning building before live-tweeting it
Had to post this around the office. Just in case... pic.twitter.com/wXiIOkdZv4— Tosca Musk (@ToscaMusk) May 16, 2014 It's a little worrying how many of us reach for our phones in inappropriate and downright dangerous situations, so worrying in fact that it looks like we'll all start to be warned to put our phones away and…
Morrissey tweets for the first time, Twitter reacts sarcastically
Singer and antagonist Morrissey joined Twitter way back in 2009, but (fortunately for us) he's never taken to the micro-blogging platform to share his often controversial views about vegetarianism, Chinese people and the correlation between extinct rhinos and Beyonce's handbags. Well, until now. Yesterday, Morrissey (tweeting as @itsmorrissey) broke his silence and sent two rather…
Pinterest: Why promoted pins won't destroy the user experience
Over the past seven months, Pinterest has been "experimenting" with promoted pins, but will its news plans to step up its monetisation game have too much of a negative impact on the experience of its users? Four years after its launch and Pinterest is still a firm favourite for content curation, visual inspiration and, of…
Google Glass is now available to the public, but will anyone buy it?
Today Google has launched its highly-anticipated eyewear device, Google Glass, to the masses. But how many will cough up the cash for the controversial new wearable? If you weren't one of the "chosen ones" (officially known as Explorers) to trial Glass early AND didn't get up in time for the exclusive 24 hour sale, then…
Light therapy glasses could cure seasonal affective disorder
As much as we all prefer sunny days to gloomy ones, Seasonal Affective Disorder (or SAD) affects millions of people all over the globe, leaving them feeling lethargic and down during the winter months, which can even lead to full blown depression. Although some of those who suffer from SAD are given medication, the most…