According to a new survey from online site, brandchannel, Apple romped home to victory in its first Brandjunkies Awards to discover the brand with the most global impact. Out of 2,000 professionals and students surveyed across 107 countries, the Apple brand topped six categories including ‘most inspiring brand’ and ‘the one they couldn’t live without’. […]
Month: April 2008
Nomophobia Sweeping The UK. Huh?
It seems that there’s a new phobia sweeping the UK and it’s called nomophobia. Nomo, short for ‘no mobile’, is apparently reaching danger levels in the UK and half of you tend to panic when you can’t use your mobile phone. Is this still April Fools Day? In a YouGov survey of over 2,000 people […]
Yamaha was the first company to plough the new trend for surround sound bars and the company is expected to release a new one this May. Targeted at those that want a simple, clean, wire-free – albeit pseudo-surround – system in their living room, the YSP-600 will cost around £500, is 1080p compatible and sports […]
Social networking sites like Facebook, Bebo and MySpace may soon have to carry a ‘999’ emergency link to improve the safety of kids online. In a 73-page draft of a report due to be published on Friday by Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, the sites will have to carry ads for the emergency services so that […]
I realise most men seem to think that all women want is flowers and chocolate – and diamonds [that one is true] – but there is a third option: gadgets. Women love them these days as much, if not more, than us so what better way of showing your love and affection than by getting […]
The Gizmodo Award for this year’s best April Fool’s IT product – apart from the spiritual lifestyle coach for the iPhone – is the Dynamo Kinetic Keyboard. Not only does it look like one of the coolest keyboards ever made, it also powers your PC based on how fast your little fingers can type. That’s […]
Sling TV To Your Smartphones
Sling Media, makers of the great Slingbox remote TV devices, has announced SlingPlayer Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS to allow Slingbox owners with smartphones to access their TV no matter where they are. The company has also revealed that that its existing SlingPlayer Mobile for S60 on Symbian OS will soon support Nokia’s N95 […]
I realise that today is April’s Fools so all ‘proposed’ technology developments will be taken with an extra helping of salt, starting with Apple’s plans to turn the iPhone into a fitness companion. According to AppleInsider, Apple has lodged patents for a digital fitness companion system for use on the iPhone that would turn it […]
The game, Tetris, drove me nuts. It was gaming cocaine. I wasn’t very good but I still couldn’t stop. I was glad to see the back of it, which is why I can’t really decide if I like these TT Tetris chairs. Shaped like some Tetris pieces, the design is quite contemporary and, like the […]
PSP To Get Blu-ray Movie Ports
Sony has confirmed that owners of the PSP will be able to transfer copies of their Blu-ray movies to the device later this year. The company is working on a technology called Portable Copy that will allow PS3 owners to transfer Blu-ray movies – a standard def version only – to their PSPs. Still, it […]