Have you ever been on a plane or tube, only to curse the fact that you don’t have that ‘great article’ to hand during downtime? clipDO, a forward-thinking startup, has created an innovative solution in the form of an application designed so that you can ‘clip’ news articles straight from the web to send directly to your Kindle e-reader. The beauty of this product...
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Solar power has become a lot more mainstream in the last few years, with innovations in technology and installations more commonplace than ever before. As well as being able to power homes and large buildings, solar panels can be used in their miniature form to power things like toys, mobile phones and even cars! Who can forget the solar powered calculator that everyone...
If your cooking’s gone off the boil lately, then it could be time to get your culinary mojo back. And what better way to get your creative juices flowing than with a brand new kitchen gadget? From top-of-the-range coffee makers to stainless steel pineapple corers, there’s something out there for all tastes and budgets. Our love affair with kitchen gadgets goes...
When the Nintendo Wii was released, game developers and fitness companies started to see the potential use of the gaming console for fitness and exercise related games. We have seen the Wii fit boost into popularity and companies have been developing new peripherals for the interactive game console. About two years ago, Big Ben Interactive teased us with its Cyberbike,...
Twitter has been on a bit of a buying spree of late, last week a deal was finalized between them and Tweetdeck and it’s been well documented that Twitter is discouraging new apps that could compromise their own in-house solutions. This week they are taking a different tact, according to TechCrunch a new native picture sharing service is on the cards. The service...
The Royal Wedding may have come and gone but YouTube is still abuzz with patriotic videos and re-runs of the famous couple’s special day. However, Pippa Middleton is the one that has grabbed the most post wedding attention and a comedic video has been posted on YouTube that shows off her famous asset that set tongues wagging all over the world last week. The video starts...
Facebook has added yet another button to their site today, the Facebook send joins the like and question button. Unlike some of the other features on the site the ‘send’ button allows users to share a link or resource with only selected friends – it’s like a reborn share button. Basically once you have found something you want to share you paste it in the...
Last week at the gadget show we witnessed the 80s, or at least an 80’s style case with a modern twist. This cheeky little gadget transforms your iPhone 3, 3gs or even iPhone 4 into an 80’s style ‘brick’ phone that allows full functionality and access to the phones touch screen. The team at Thumbs up say they have created a modern classic, a cross between today’s...
Facebook is no stranger to a little controversy after repeatedly being battered with privacy claims, hack attempts and censorship issues. This week’s story relates to the latter after a photograph of two actors kissing was deemed offensive and was removed by Facebook moderators. The user in question had uploaded the image of the Eastenders duo kissing and the Facebook...
The official network of the Carphone Warehouse, Talkmobile has released a variety of ‘unlimited data’ packages that run alongside their calls and text packages. The tariffs are being touted as unlimited with the slogan “Never pay for the internet”. Sounds pretty good to us. The deals are pretty competitively priced to with £12 getting you 200 minutes, 200 texts...