Category: Fun

Is The Guardian turning into Buzzfeed? Pics of sleeping dogs is the future

I only ask because the website unveiled its Guardian Witness project this week. It is a section in the website where readers can share their images and videos to help supplement the stories produced by Guardian journos. So far so good. It works with the paper giving the reader assignments - so you can send…

John Lewis offers free six months broadband with your gadget

I'd always thought that one day soon hardware manufacturers would be giving their gadgets away with deals for broadband or subscriptions to services. Now it appears that I have got it wrong and the deals are the other way round. Retailer John Lewis has announced that if you buy an internet enabled product from the…

Are LG about to out-Samsung their rival and deliver flexible displays?

One of the big developments in smartphone technology over the next few years is likely to be the introduction of flexible displays. Not that they will enable us to have smartphones that bend - not until they patent flexible internal components anyhow. But it will mean that displays will be a lot less breakable than…

Why Buzzfeed UK, which launches today, is bloody brilliant

In case you haven't yet heard the news Buzzfeed, that American site so beloved of people who like kittens behaving badly, has launched a UK edition today. Now, UK flavoured versions of US sites haven't always gone down well over here. The Huffington Post UK got a bit of a pasting when it first arrived…

O2 brings LG's Optimus L5II and L3II to the UK

LG took the wraps off its LG's Optimus L5II and L3II smartphones just before the MWC in Barcelona In February. Since then we have been waiting for a UK network to confirm whether they are taking the phones, and now it seem that O2 has got there first. It will offer the Optimus L5II and…

Apple iWatch update, Play Station 4 details and London's fashionistas

The hottest stories from Shiny Shiny and our pals Mitch Winehouse at the Brits - and his Amy jacket How The Champions League hoardings trolled Arsenal London's fashionistas -and how they brightened up Fashion Week Has Arsene Wenger too much faith in mediocre players? 12 photos of Bobby Robson in his prime Football Boots we…

10 Coffee machines & milk frothers for the best caffeine hit

There are lots of coffee machines on the market today and we've collected together some of our favourites, whether it's because they're all singing, all dancing and can do pretty much anything with a coffee bean, cheap and cheerful or bright and good-looking for your kitchen. We've also added in a couple of milk frothers…

Dyson reinvents the tap to dry your hands too

Gone are the days of the engineers at Dyson HQ only making colourful vacuum cleaners, as the brand today revealed it's reinvented the way the humble tap works by adding in new technology to allow you to dry your hands from the same spot. The new Airblade Tap system follows in the footsteps of Dyson's…

WE HEART THIS: LED pins light up when jobs need to be done

We're always looking for new ways to get jobs done more efficiently and force our lazy little brains into being as productive as possible, which is why we love these LED pins, because they light up when the job they're pinning needs to be completed. Designed by Kim Sung Min, It's Time to Read Me…