Originally appeared on ShinyShiny Naim has been around since the ‘70s, but the high-end audio company has only recently released its first wireless speaker, in the Mu-so. The wait was definitely worth it though, as this huge speaker is not only a beast in size, but it’s also a beast in its sound too, something you’d expect from a speaker …
10 best travel apps
So you’re going travelling, and you need to make sure everything is prepared before you go and that you have enough to make sure you can survive while you’re away from home. In the past you’d have to go around doing some serious research, printing out maps, or perhaps even just winging it when you arrive at your destination. Fortunately, …
Is it time to buy a 4G tablet?
4G has been around for a couple of years now, and you might be thinking that since 4G phones are all over the place it might be the time for getting your hands on a 4G tablet to enjoy the speedy mobile internet with? In the early days of 4G, it was rather expensive to get yourself some of that …
Five great budget digital radios for under £100
We’ve made a full-scale switch-over from analogue TV and over to digital, but radio has yet to make that jump. Digital radio is far from a pipe dream though, and it is more than possible to get yourself a digital-ready radio without spending a ridiculous amount of money. Here are five digital radios for you to get your hands on …
Five great budget smartphones for less than £150
As much as we all would all love to be able to, it’s just not possible to buy a new flagship every year or two for a variety of reasons. Flagships aren’t the only smartphones that are available to buy, and it is more than possible to get yourself rather a good phone without having to resort to selling your …
The ten Playstation games you should have on your Christmas list
Christmas is on its way, and with Christmas comes gifts. Any Playstation gamer out there will be looking at the games that they can stick on the lists that they hand out to their friends and relatives. But what are the best games that you can get on a Playstation console? Which ones should you be looking into? Here’s our …
The ten Xbox games you should have on your Christmas List
We’re roughly halfway through November at the moment, which means that everything is starting to gear up towards Christmas. Christmas is, of course, a time for giving and receiving gifts and what better gift to receive than a game for that shiny black box sitting under your TV? If you’re an Xbox gamer you will no doubt be wanting the …
Five budget fitness wearables for you to try
The wearable market has really kicked off in the past year or so, and the number of fitness wearables out there is rather large. Some are cheap and some are not so cheap. If you’re not paying attention you can end up with a tracker that costs a pretty penny, and if you want to grab yourself a gadget to …
Forget Spotify, try these five other great music services
Music is one of those things that has lasted trough the ages, and technology continues to adapt to make listening to music better than ever. From the record player, to the iPod, and now we no longer have to rely on physical music anymore since we can get it all from online streaming services. Spotify might be one of the most …
Mastercard is offering free contactless travel in London later this month
It’s been nearly two months since Transport for London began allowing payment for public transport using contactless card payments as well as the Oyster Card, and now Mastercard is offering free transport around the city if you have a contactless NFC-ready Mastercard. It’s called ‘Fare Free Fridays’ and the trial is happening on the 14th and 28th of November. On these …
You can play Playstation 1 games on an Android Wear smartwatch
The original Playstation is a good 20 years old at this point, and it makes sense that the games are capable of running on our smart devices with almost no problems. What is cool is that they can also be played on something as small as a smartwatch. EpicLPer, the same user who managed to get Windows 95 running on …
500 million people now use Facebook Messenger
When Facebook stripped messenger out of its mobile app in favour of a standalone offering it was not exactly welcomed by a large number of users. Well it seems that being forced into a new app has worked, because Facebook Messenger now has 500 million users. Back in April only 200 million people used the stand-alone app, but since Facebook’s …
Steve Wozniak thinks Apple should’ve made a larger smartphone years ago
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are the first time that Apple has really entered the business of large smartphones. Some people love that, and some people hate it. One surprising opinion came from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who thinks that Apple should’ve moved to larger screens three years ago. Speaking with CNNMoney, Wozniak said that he believes Apple would …
The new Firefox brings you web privacy at the click of a button
In the era of mass surveillance people are more and more concious about their privacy online, but the web browsers haven’t real caught up with the trend. Sure we’ve got things like Do Not Track and private browsing, but Mozilla isn’t happy and so the latest version of Firefox puts privacy at the forefront. The main point to note is …
According to Google the best phishing scams have a 45 per cent success rate
For a lot of people it seems as though phishing scams are fairly easy to see through. You get a badly worded email from a bank you don’t have an account with and it takes you to a website that is slightly wrong. Well as it turns out a lot of people fall for them, because the best phishing scams …
Facebook’s made it easier to unfollow friends
Everyone has at least one Facebook friend who does nothing more than post s string of nonsense, or baby pictures, or things you just generally don’t care about. Luckily Facebook is making it easier for you to expel those people from your News Feed for good. The new feature is called ‘News Feed Settings’, and it’ll show you the top …
Vodafone is going to boost poor 3G signal in rural areas
One of the problems with not living near a big city or town is that mobile signal has a tendency to be rather sketchy, and getting yourself a reliable data connection can be tricky. That’s why Vodafone is expanding 3G signal into rural areas. The network is investing £1 billion into its Rural Open Sure Programme that will boost the …
A Dropbox bug is wiping some user files
As useful as cloud storage is for making automatic backups of our files and data, it’s not a perfect system and should never be used as the only backup you have. This latest Dropbox bug is a very clear indicator of that. Dropbox has confirmed that there is a bug in older versions of its desktop software that’s affecting the …
Transport for London will introduce driverless Tube trains from 2020
The tube is always a nightmare in certain places, especially if you’re travelling at rush hour. To try and combat the congestion, and to deal with the problem of London’s growing population, TfL has revealed the new driverless tube trains that will start going into service from 2020. 250 of the new trains will go into service on the Bakerloo, Central, Piccadilly …
The Nexus 6 could be the most powerful Android phone yet
We’ve been hearing a lot about what the Nexus 6 might be including, and benchmark tests are proving to be a valuable source of information. One that’s been spotted recently, however, shows off that the Nexus 6 might end up being seriously powerful. More powerful than the likes of the LG G3 and the Galaxy S5 even. The benchmark site …