Vinyl sales continue to surge in the UK
I bought a GOP Memphis Turntable at Christmas to listen to my old LP’s. The plan was to record them to SD Card and then import them into iTunes and …
Instagram’s big bet on video doesn’t stop at 60 seconds
Detailed article over on Engadget regarding the challenges that Instagram faced extending the 15 second video (which they only recently introduced) to the 60 second clip option. Solution lay in …
Google’s calendar reminders are coming to the web
Good news for those of us that use Google Reminders (main thing I like is they just automatically role forward if you don’t get them done so no time spent …
EyeForcer wants to force your kids to sit up straight
Another glasses related post from CES via Engadget which makes a lot of sense! Being 6ft 4ins and short sighted I have spent the majority of my life stooping: driving, …
Carl Zeiss thinks it can make smart glasses you’ll want to wear
Two inherent problems with ‘wearable technology’ as far as I am concerned: 1) it basically only does what something else is already doing for you (so has limited if any …
Garmin bike headset warns about traffic behind you
Any technology that combines Garmin with bikes is going to grab my attention so no surprise that the announcement of the Varia Vision over on the Engadget Site caught my …
Google Calendar gets reminders to keep track of your tasks
Thanks to Engadget for pointing me in the direction of this Official GMail Blog post Our calendars should help us make the most of our time — scheduling meetings at …
Instagram brings ‘3D Touch’-like functionality to Android
Err if you say so! I have never really ‘got’ Instagram although we do have an account for our AlStrays Re-Homing & Transport activities. I have never really had (or …
Twitter no longer crops the photos in your Timeline
Funny how the obvious can take so long to register with some companies!? A small change, but one that’s welcome all the same. Starting today Twitter.com will no longer crop …
Facebook’s Security Check comes to Android
been catching up on some long over due technology posts over on the Engadget Site and thought this worth a shout out in case people had missed it. Facebook’s account …
Wearable Buyers Guide
Engadget have a good a guide looking at seven of the latest wearable’s that may be of interest. ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Sharp’s night vision camera records color even in total darkness
Sharp recently unveiled an infrared security camera that captures color 720p video, even in absolute darkness. The trick is an imaging sensor that uses near-infrared for illumination; unlike virtually every …
iHeartRadio and Rdio are ready for CarPlay
Yet more evidence over on the Engadget Site that online radio is gaining momentum, with the removal (in theory) of a big stumbling block: how to listen to it in …
Broadcasters want phones to come with a ‘hybrid’ radio format
Having spent a little time over the summer looking at Internet Radio I was interested in this article on Engadget You may think that radio is dying in an era …
LifeBeam’s heart-rate monitoring cycling helmet is ready for your commute
OK this is SERIOUSLY tempting! The LifeBeam Helmet comes with a better sensor that cribs tech from the company’s military aerospace systems that are used to monitor fighter pilots and …
Belgian brewery to reduce truck use with underground beer pipeline
Excellent idea! They need to do this in the UK. Think of ways of using the existing road and rail infrastructures less rather than wasting yet more money putting sticking …
Cars may soon know when you’re on the phone behind the wheel
A team from Santa Catarina State University in Brazil have developed an in-car hardware/software combo that can detect when you’re on the phone and behind the wheel. A tiny camera …
AllCast will let you mirror any Android phone’s screen on your PC
AllCast has let almost any Android device send photos and videos to the Chrome desktop browser for a while, but mirroring your screen has been a pain; if you didn’t …
Twitter tries sharing your favorite tweets with others
Twitter has started putting your favorites and following activity in your followers’ timelines, whether or not you’re mentioned — if you really like an article, others may know right away. …
Your smartphone can now tell you if you have a heart condition
Some dangerous heart problems can exist without any symptoms whatsoever, like “atrial fibrillation” (A-fib) a type of abnormal cardiac rhythm that affects one in four people. A visit to your …
Bluetooth Bangle
Smartwear is certainly the current trend, and the smart bangle is the latest attempt to get you to part with your hard earned. Elemoon is a large, LED-laden bracelet that …
Bluetooth Padlock
I like the look (and idea) of the Noke smart padlock from Fuz Designs which you unlock by first getting near it with an assigned iOS or Android device (with …
Apple will reportedly announce its next iPhone on September 9th
Not much to add to the title really. Always lots of rumours around new Apple products but engadget claim their source is kosher. Once upon a time I would have …
AllCast now sends your phone’s media to anything with a Chrome browser
The new AllCast Receiver for Chrome lets you send photos, videos and your device screen to anything with a Chrome web browser on the local network. So if you want …
Facebook will no longer share all of your activity by default
Facebook are scaling back the amount of automatically-posted content that shows up in the News Feed and will give preference to those items in its regularly updated rundown, which means …
Securely wipe your hard drive
Some time back there was an ad for software that would erase hard disks with the method approved by the U.S. government by writing 0s and 1s on the drive …
iPhone 3GS exploit confirmed, jailbreak and unlock coming ‘soon’
And so it continues. Geohot has returned with some help from hacking buddies chronic, posixninja, and pod2g with news that the same “24kpwn” exploit used to cracked open the iPod …
Garmin 7×5 series devices bricked by firmware update?
A sizable number of reports have cropped up today indicating that there’s some seriously wrong with Garmin’s 7×5 series GPS units, with a firmware update seemingly the likely culprit. ShareTweetShare0 …
BT-1 Bluetooth webcam for Mac finally ship
Those waiting on the edge of their seats since January to get their hands on Ecamm’s BT-1 wireless, Bluetooth-enabled webcam for OS X. Sure, 640 x 480 / 15fps H.264 …
Apple iPhone 3G S trouble roundup
No new gadget is immune to growing pains — especially when it’s tied to a manufacturing and distribution campaign on the scale of the iPhone 3G S. Statistically, it’s just …
iPhone 3G S and Pre head-to-head benchmarks: iPhone wins
Now that we know the iPhone 3G S and the Palm Pre share extremely similar 65nm ARM Cortex A8-based internals, it’s time to break out the stopwatches and see how …
How to tether your iPhone running OS 3.0 without jailbreaking, for free
Think I will have a look at this a bit later as current attepts to Tether iPhone haven’t been that great. If you have done this let me know how …
Windows 7 licensing situation a “disaster” for businesses?
Doom and gloom warnings about a new Microsoft operating system from some corners sure aren’t anything new, but it looks like a particular licensing issue with Windows 7 could well …
iPhone 3G running OS 3.0 unlocked, ultrasn0w release coming Frida
The iPhone Dev-Team (no relation) have been teasing us for a little bit now with what they’ve been saying is an iPhone OS 3.0-compatible version of yellowsn0w, and tonight in …
Google updates Maps through the Android Market
Google has updated its Maps app for Android — perhaps the most vital, central app in the platform outside of the dialer itself — and fortunately for G1, Dream, and …
AT&T’s iPhone 3G S pre-orders already sold out
Bad news for folks hoping a pre-order would save them from that yearly camp out in front of their local Apple Store: iPhone 3G S pre-orders have sold out, and …