When you think of skateboarding a few names come to mind. But usually people think of Tony Hawk. The guy is one of the most iconic people in the industry and has conquered many of the fields that he enters. From being the first person ever to smash the 900,...
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When was the last time you were out with friends and family and managed not to look at your phone even once? Most of us will probably not be able to remember. It does raise the issue of whether technology is making us all anti-social, a point that street photographer...
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After months and months of speculating, the new Star Wars movie finally has a title! And, honestly, it’s nothing like what I expected, and looking at various websites, it’s nothing like what anyone expected. Are you ready for it? Here it is: Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I didn’t realize...
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FitBit is preparing three devices this year, the Charge, Charge HR and Surge. The Charge is a upgrade to the FitBit Force announced last year, which got in the news due to complaints of skin irritation. The FitBit Surge looks to be the companyâs first smartwatch, after three years of...
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It’s now 13 years since the first iPod was launched, and whether it’s on our Apple device, our phone or our MP3 player, most of us now have a portable music library we carry around with us. When MP3 players first came out people scoffed at the idea of customers...
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A couple of years back, in 2012 Tim Cook apologized for Apple Maps, he promised to do everything possible in order to make the app better. The fiasco was a huge blinder for the firm, but things have been looking up for a while now, with new improvements and this latest effort...
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There are lots of ‘read-it-later’ services that are available on the Internet but Pocket is one of the best there is. It has changed a lot since the Instapaper-esq functions of the original service, to now encompass a broader range of tools. A key feature of Pocket is the way that you...
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Will.i.am has been showing off his smart-band/smartwatch, named Puls, at conventions and live talk-shows for the past month, revealing a few of the upcoming features on the new device – developed in partnership with UK firm 7digital. People keep saying this is a smartwatch, but the design of Puls references...
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Will.i.am cannot stop hopping into the tech circle, with his camera accessory for the iPhone 5 and job as Director for âCreative Innovationâ at Intel, he is trying to make headway with the tech fans, but his first product flopped. The Black Eyed Peas front-runner is back, this time with...
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Have you ever inadvertently deleted a file or folder that you really needed and just couldn’t figure out a way to recover it? Everyone should have at least one form of backup utility on their Mac, whether that be a Time Machine connected to a NAS drive or a DVD...
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Have you read Steve Jobsâ biography? Many have! Many people are eagerly anticipating the new biopic that is currently in production. However, the untitled biopic based on Steve Jobsâ life, has lost its lead actor, Leonardo DiCaprio. Directed by Danny Boyle, the biopic will be based on Walter Isaacsonâs biography...
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Hiut Denim has become a new place to check out touch screen displays. The denim retailer has just transformed one of their shop windows into a display, which doubles as an informative touch screen. The process has been accomplished using conductive ink that was painted onto the window. The Hiut...
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Even though Batman V. Superman isn’t being released in movie theaters until March of 2016, that’s not stopping it from generating more and more popularity and curiosity every day. First, it was that picture of Ben Affleck as Batman that the internet world immediately dubbed #sadbatman. He did look a little...
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MSN might still be a messenger service for a lot of people, but Microsoft is trying to move the brand away from the 1995 online service and into a new era of news and social aggregation, in a new bid to keep the brand alive. The re-branding of MSN looks...
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Social networks have created ways to connect with people all around the world, to reconnect with people that you havenât spoken to in years and to find new people on the Internet, but most people use social networks, like Facebook, to keep in contact with close friends, who only live...
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In case you were not aware, Gracenote is the firm behind providing the metadata for your media. The firm has just expanded their reign by buying rival Baseline for $50M to enhance their movie & TV data service presence. For those who provide the metadata for movies and TV shows (cast list, plot...
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Apple has some major explaining to do after it emerged that nude photos of A-list celebrities were published on 4chan, the anonymous image-sharing site. A total of 101 celebrities were targeted by the hacker who allegedly broke into their iCloud accounts and stole the images. One such celebrity was Jennifer...
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Secret is a new hit US mobile app, based on the idea of
Twitter and Instagram, without the profile, name or any identity. This allows users on Secret to expose different âsecretsâ that they would otherwise never speak about on the Internet. Like most cases with anonymity, Secret has become...
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