6 Factors That Will Influence Your Choice of Nurse Practitioner Degree Program

Deciding to attend graduate school can sometimes take a lot of thought and planning, especially if you are a nurse facing lots of different career advancement opportunities. Becoming a nurse practitioner is one of the most popular career options for nurses right now, with very high demand, excellent rates of pay, and full practice authority…

ShinyShiny tech roundup: Apple warns of reduced iPhone 13 production

Apple's shares dropped on Tuesday following reports it could slash its iPhone 13 production targets due to the ongoing global computer chip shortage. The electronic giant had expected to make 90 million iPhones in the last quarter of 2021, reported Bloomberg. However, Apple was now having to tell its partners that the total will be lower…

Should I buy a Sky Glass TV? What are the Pros and Cons?

What are the pros and cons of Sky Glass? Image: Sky Last week, at an event in Greenwich, Sky launched its most innovative product to date: Sky Glass. A new range of QLED TVs, available in 43inch, 55inch and 65inch screen sizes, they enable you to watch satellite channels without a…

13 best Sporting Photos from CEWE Photo Awards

Image: Conny Muller, Essen, Germany To showcase our passion for sport across the globe, CEWE has released a collection of new images that celebrate all professional and amateur athletes as part of this year’s CEWE Photo Award, the world’s largest photo competition. The images range from snowboarders and cyclists to football…

What You Should Be Doing to Make Gadgets Last Longer

Technology can help you to do many things in life, but it can also be expensive. You can spend a lot of money on a smartphone or a laptop, and then it might only last a handful of years. If you want to avoid replacing your gadgets regularly, you need to take care of them…

ShinyShiny tech roundup: Young should take break from Instagram, warns Nick Clegg

  Instagram will encourage teenagers to take breaks after a series of damaging revelations about the social media app, Sir Nick Clegg has announced. Facebook’s PR and policy chief said Instagram would also nudge young users away from images that might harm their mental health and allow parents to supervise their children’s activity. “We can’t…

ShinyShiny tech roundup: Amazon opens 4-star store

Image: Amazon Amazon is expanding its presence on the High Street by opening its first non-food store in the UK. The shop, in the Bluewater shopping mall near Dartford, will sell around 2,000 of its most popular and best-rated products. It's called Amazon 4-star, because every item has been given more…

Sky Glass offers satellite TV without dish

At a glitzy event in London, attended by ShinyShiny, Sky announced the launch of Sky Glass - an Ultra HD  smart TV that can connect to a wide range of streaming services, including all the Sky channels of course.  Billed as a carbon-neutral TV, which uses 50% less energy than connecting to a conventional TV…

ShinyShiny tech roundup: Twitch reportedly victim of huge data leak

Game-streaming platform Twitch has reportedly been the victim of a leak divulging confidential company information and steamers' earnings. More than 100GB of data was posted online on Wednesday. The documents appear to show Twitch's top streamers each made millions of dollars from the Amazon-owned company in the past two years. Fortnite streamer BBG Calc told BBC…

ShinyShiny tech roundup: Facebook blames ‘faulty configuration change’ for outage

Facebook has blamed a "faulty configuration change" for an outage that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its apps and services, including Whatsapp and Instagram, for nearly six hours. The platforms crashed on Monday afternoon, with users unable to send or receive messages or refresh their news feeds. In a Facebook post after…