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.
Watch old and new London combined in this awesome spliced up video
Wonderful London 1924 & 2014 from Simon Smith on Vimeo. People from all over the globe visit London because it's just bursting with history, whether it's a cool piece of architecture up there, an interesting anecdote about the famous author who lived over there or a creepy tale of murder just right there where you're…
Netflix Roulette will solve all of your movie-streaming problems
It's the ultimate #firstworldproblem, you sit down with your family or friends or significant other to enjoy a Netflix binge and you just can't decide what to watch. Sometimes it causes actual physical pain to have to make a commitment to just one movie or TV…
QuickCamera launches your camera app with a wrist flick
The Moto X phone allows you to quickly open up the camera with a swift flick of your wrist. Very cool and secret agent-y, right? Well now the QuickCamera app brings this slick feature to any handset running Android 4.0 or above. The app gives you complete control of how sensitive the wrist flick of…
Is Facebook making a move into health and fitness apps?
For those not keen on forking out the cash for a dedicated activity tracking device, the Moves app is one of our favourites for monitoring your steps throughout the day. It seems we're not the only fans, as it's been downloaded more than 4 million times since its launch last year. In an interesting, but…
Microsoft unveils its first Nokia ad with help from The Kinks
Last week Microsoft announced that it had completed the acquisition of Nokia's Devices and Services business and today the company has launched its first Nokia ad on Youtube. Called 'Not Like Everyone Else', Microsoft enlisted the help of The Kinks as a soundtrack to highlight Nokia's expertise in design and its own Windows Phone platform.…
ShinyShiny's April Round-up: iPhone 6 rumours, The Gadget Show, Jawbone up24
It's been a whirlwind of a month here at ShinyShiny, so we've decided to collect together our favourite events, top reviews and most popular videos for a mammoth round-up. Keep an eye out for a lot of new and exciting changes to the site from next month. We can't wait! The Cricut Explore: a must-have…
The Cricut Explore: a must-have gadget for crafters and Pinterest addicts
Last week the ShinyShiny team were invited into what can only be described as a crafting heaven, a Pinterest-lover's paradise, a DIY-nut's dream, you get the picture. At the top of the Millbank Tower in London, the team behind Cricut had put on a particularly eye-pleasing event in order to showcase their latest product, the…
Instagram's Explore tab is now customised to YOU
In a small but very cool new tweak to its app, Instagram has tailored its Explore tab solely to you. When you click on 'Explore' now you'll no longer get the most popular photos on Instagram, i.e. tonnes of American teens pouting. Instead you'll see photos and videos that have been suggested for you, which…
Misfit Shine Review: An activity tracker for the fashion-conscious
So what's a Misfit Shine? Wearable gadgets built to track our daily activities, keep tabs on our workouts and monitor our sleep levels are becoming more and more popular. However, you only have to take a look at the most popular devices on the market from the likes of Fitbit and Withings to see they're…
Is Apple secretly trademarking 'iWatch' all over the globe?
It looks like we could be one step closer to Apple's big iWatch announcement, because according to sources the tech giant is pursuing the iWatch trademark in a handful of countries around the globe. According to reports from Cult of Mac and Consomac, it looks like Apple is using a shell company called Brightflash USA…
