Opinion: Is Designer Reproduction Furniture Good or Bad?
The reproduction furniture market has significantly grown in the past 10 years, with more and more specialised companies popping up online to sell designer variations. As more consumers are able to purchase these iconic and timeless designs, what are your thoughts on the reproduction furniture market? Why is replica furniture an important part of interior…
ShinyShiny tech roundup: Apple dealt blow in Epic Games trial
Apple faces losing billions of dollars in sales after a US judge ruled that the tech titan must allow developers to bypass controversial fees on its App Store. The company was told to lift a rule that forces apps to use Apple’s own payments system, which charges fees of up to 30pc, amid growing opposition…
ShinyShiny tech roundup: Could Facebook smart sunglasses be used for secret recording?
Facebook has come under pressure over its video-recording sunglasses after tests of the eyewear found that people struggled to see a warning light informing them they were being filmed. The social network has attempted to succeed where both Google and Snapchat have so far failed in convincing people to don the high-tech glasses, which can record…
Forgetting bin day biggest mistake when setting up home, survey reports
As summer draws to a close, many young people will be leaving home for the first time, to start the next chapter of their lives. A survey of 2,000 UK adults who have left home revealed the embarrassing mistakes they made when they first set up on their own. A fifth were left red-faced after…
Adding A Touch Of Class To Each Outfit
Looking good is feeling good, but there are multiple ways to look good in the first place. So, as most people say, fashion is there to have fun with rather than thinking it’s some kind of super-serious art you must perfect in order to be worthwhile. After all, would the most innovative fashion designers be…
Navigate around dog poo with the new Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner
Robotic vacuum cleaner company iRobot has announced a new model. Powered by what the company calls iRobot Genius 3.0, and featuring PrecisionVision Navigation, the Roomba j7+ is designed to get smarter with each use. The robot learns how best to navigate your floors, remembering specific rooms and certain furniture, to clean where it’s most needed.…
ShinyShiny tech roundup: Perfect electric car revealed on EV day
Image: AutoExpress The perfect electric car for 2021 will boast the charging speed of the Porsche Taycan, the practicality of a Citroen e-Berlingo, the interior of a BMW i3 and the range of a Mercedes EQS. These qualities, and more, have been combined to create the Autovia EV-21, revealed today, on World EV Day. Autovia, publisher of…
Snapchat launches feature for remembering birthdays
Snapchat has launched a new feature to make it fun and easy to remember and celebrate your Snapchat friends' birthdays! The Birthdays Mini pulls together a list of all your friends who have allowed their birthday to be seen on Snapchat (instructions on how below), so you can see all the upcoming and recent birthdays,…
ShinyShiny tech roundup: Twitter testing bigger pictures
Twitter is testing new changes to how photos and videos appear on its apps, closer to how images appear on other services such as Instagram. The new feature will expand visual media embedded in tweets to fill the whole width of a mobile phone's screen. Currently, images are indented next to a user's profile photo…
ShinyShiny tech roundup: App users spending more time on TikTok than YouTube
App users in the UK and US are spending more time on TikTok than on YouTube, a new report suggests. Data from app monitoring firm App Annie indicates that average time per user spent on the apps is higher for TikTok, indicating high levels of engagement. App Annie characterised TikTok as having "upended the streaming…
