8 Cool iPad sleeves and accessories to carry your tablet in style
Friday, 18 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- We've noticed that more and more lucky iPad owners are throwing caution (and their cases) to the wind and using only a smart cover, screen protector or NOTHING to protect their lovely tablets. This kind of behaviour may be a...
FINALLY: Facebook IPO shares at $38, company valued at $104 billion
Friday, 18 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- After what seems like a lifetime of speculation, Facebook will FINALLY begin trading tomorrow morning at $38 (that's ?24) per share, in what is set to be the biggest IPO from a web company in history. Friday's listing will...
Beauty Clinic Gadgets
Friday, 18 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- Sponsored post - In association with Ellipse The world's getting more and more technical, but it can be difficult to know just what technology is out there for certain purposes - such as cosmetic beauty procedures. We're not talking about...
Twitter offers users Do No Track support, but what does that mean?
Friday, 18 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- Yesterday it was revealed that Twitter will be honouring requests from users who no longer want their data tracked and recorded, unlike the big boys Facebook and Google. This week Twitter announced (shockingly in a tweet) that it's signed up...
HACKERS BEWARE: UK man who hacked Facebook account given 12 month prison sentence
Thursday, 17 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- A UK man has been sentenced to twelve months in prison after hacking into someone else's private Facebook account. Although details about the case are rather sketchy, we can't help but wonder what this means for future hacking incidents and...
Doctor uses Kinect imaging on the operating table
Thursday, 17 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- The last place you'd expect to see a Kinect is on an operating table, but the device could be the ideal way for doctors to consult medical images during complicated procedures. Last week a surgeon at the Guy's and St...
Scientists create robotic arm you can control with your mind
Thursday, 17 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- Researchers at Brown University in the US have created a robotic arm designed to help disabled people carry out basic tasks. Now we know what you're thinking, that's been done before. A lot. But this new device is unique...
APP OF THE DAY: Explore Leonardo da Vinci's famous sketches with new Anatomy app
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- The Queen's Gallery in London is currently exhibiting a number of fascinating anatomical sketches by Leonardo da Vinci, some of which have never even been displayed before (like, EVER). In order to make the collection more accessible to his...
It's official, Brits have given up on Draw Something
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- The popular Pictionary / Words With Friends hybrid Draw Something amassed more than 50 million users in a matter of weeks and a large proportion of our lives in March were spent trying to think of the funniest ways to...
Creepy, faceless robot baby will make you feel better on long distance calls
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- This is the Hugvie, a creepy, colourful little robot baby that's designed to make you feel more of a connection with those you talk to on the phone. The Hugvie is a robot/cuddly toy hybrid developed by the Osaka University...
You can stand under my Ella-Ella LED Umbrella eh eh eh
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- British summertime just isn't the same without rain, puddles, mud and more rain. Luckily we've already got our eyes on our number one summer saviour for festivals, washed out barbecues and picnics, the cheesy, flashy and kinda sci-fi Ella-Ella...
Will the new and improved Happy Rabbit be "the iPhone of sex toys"?
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- Lovehoney has given the classic Rabbit vibrator a revamp, making the new device sleeker, quieter and more powerful than ever. But does it look good enough to display in your room? We're not quite so sure... The Happy Rabbit...
Top 5 apps for combining your mobile photos: Diptic, PicFrame & PhotoShake!
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- There are oh so many photo apps out there for editing your mobile snaps, but there's definitely a trend amongst avid Instagrammers at the moment to not just be content with the one, but to combine lots and lots of...
WTF: Researchers find gadgets work just as well under our skin
Monday, 14 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- Researchers are currently devising a way to gauge out a bit of our arms to replace all of that unnecessary muscle and flesh with our favourite gadgets. You know, to make life that little bit easier. A few months ago...
FACEBOOK: Woman takes legal action after trolls set up fake abusive account
Monday, 14 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- A British woman is set to take legal action against Facebook after online trolls set up a fake account in her name and began sending abusive messages to young girls. The internet may be full of wonderful and magical things,...
Jux introduces new commenting system, watch out Tumblr
Friday, 11 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- This week Jux, the dark horse of the blogging world, has rolled out a new commenting system to its users. Big, bold blogging platform Jux may still be in its infancy, but since we first wrote about its potential...
RUMOUR: Is Apple set to drop our beloved Google Maps in iOS 6?
Friday, 11 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- Online rumours are suggesting that iOS 6 will come with Apple's own built-in Maps application, so does that mean the slow death of Google Maps, an app that we've all come to love and hate in equal measures? As...
Facebook could start charging attention seeking users
Friday, 11 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- Facebook could be trialling a new feature that'll give attention seeking users the chance to part with their pennies in order to make their status updates even more prominent. Oh we just can't wait. Everyone has at least one...
Adobe launches Creative Cloud with 20GB of added online storage and web apps
Friday, 11 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- If you're already collected together the pennies to upgrade to CS6, then why not give Adobe's newest subscription-based cloud service a whirl too. Today Adobe has begun rolling out its new Creative Cloud, a supplementary service that can be...
moreBeaute2: The ultimate photo app for posers and Photoshop junkies
Thursday, 10 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- If you enjoy taking photos of your face and then editing them beyond recognition, then moreBeaute could be your new favourite app. Quick and easy-to-use photo application moreBeaute makes your skin look smooth and glowing, a bit like a...
Instacanvas: Turn your Instagram photos into wall art and make a profit
Thursday, 10 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- There are a range of different services that promise to turn your Instagram snaps into stickers, calendars and t-shirts, so we're not surprised to see a new company has popped up that lets you turn them into big, beautiful...
Facebook introduces its own shiny new app store, the App Center
Thursday, 10 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- Facebook finally announced that it will be introducing a shiny new app store soon, called the App Center. In the next few weeks the Facebook team will be launching its own App Center on the web and within the...
8 Things we wish people didn't insist on live tweeting: Proposals, sex and surgery
Wednesday, 9 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- As we're sat writing this article a brain surgery is being live tweeted for all the world to follow over @houstonhospital. Yes it's fascinating and awesome if you're a medical geek, but aren't there just some things that we...
Now there's a handy scale to prove we're all addicted to Facebook
Wednesday, 9 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- We don't need some kind of fancy research to tell us we spend far too much time on Facebook, our incessant checking of the news feed and daily stalking of everyone we've EVER met proves that. But, if you did...
Kinect is being used to detect signs of autism in children
Tuesday, 8 May 2012 SHINYSHINY -- Kinect motion sensors are being used by a school in Minneapolis to identify the early signs of autism in young children. Over the past few years we've seen the Kinect's innovative technology being hacked in countless ways, whether it's to...
