Online TV: You saw, we saw, SeeSaw?
March 3, 2010 by Hannah Braime · Leave a Comment
SeeSaw is a new online streaming service designed for UK audiences. Released in February, it brings together content from the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 so viewers have a wider selection of programmes all on the same website.
It’s a simple idea and this simplicity extends beyond the concept to its function. Although the service [...]
Codeorgan.com, site and sound
March 2, 2010 by Dominic Smith · Leave a Comment
This is a very weird and slightly wonderful online gadget-type-thing that you’re either going to love or hate with all of the passion in your hardened techie heart. To put it simply, Codeorgan is nothing more, and nothing less than an intriguing Flash application that turns any web page into music.
The site analyses the text [...]
Hands on with Google’s Buzz (kill)
February 20, 2010 by Hannah Braime · Leave a Comment
The idea sounds great: let people connect to those they’ve emailed using their Google account. Let them share Twitter updates, show pages they’ve visited, videos they’ve watched on YouTube and swap more online content than ever before.
Yes, it’s a lovely idea, but, in practise, it has proved to be a dramatic failure.
When Buzz was launched, [...]
5 free iPhone apps for a greener life!
February 19, 2010 by Naomi Mackay · Leave a Comment
Love Food Hate Waste
Did you know the average household in Scotland throws away £430 worth of food a year? That’s almost enough to buy an iPad with! So, whether you’re appalled at food waste, or just on an economy drive, the free app from the Scottish Love Food Hate Waste campaign is worth downloading (after [...]
Samsung announce Galaxy Portal with Layar
February 7, 2010 by Gabrielle Pickard · Leave a Comment
“Layar”, the Augmented Reality Browser”, boasts Samsung like we all know all about this intriguingly titled new browser already. When in reality most of us have never even heard of it, although that is perhaps a good sign in the cutthroat world of technology and the increasingly pressurized yearning for companies, particularly mobile phone companies, [...]
How does the new Firefox 3.6 match up?
January 27, 2010 by Hannah Braime · Leave a Comment
As Google enters the ring and Firefox releases a new update, we compare the most popular internet browsers available for download.
Firefox 3.6
Faster, safer and an all-round improved browsing experience: these are the promises made by Mozilla regarding Firefox’s latest release, version 3.6. As great as this sounds, some users might find the upgrade installation less [...]
Don’t get mad – get Virgin help?
January 11, 2010 by David Hillier · Leave a Comment
So runs the tagline for the new website set up by those thoughtful people at Virgin Digital Help. The site has been set up to tackle the problems facing the millions of Britons that depend on their digital gizmo’s for their work and play, but know absolutely naff all about them. A mere layman as [...]
HD video calling comes to Skype
January 6, 2010 by Shem Pennant · Leave a Comment
Skype is my Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) client of choice. Relatively stable with cross platform support, solid audio calling options and a less garish take on Instant Messaging (IM) than MSN Messenger, I have used Skype almost daily for 3 years.
However one area that I have been looking for improvement in is Video calling. [...]
Mewbox: Android’s answer to iTunes
December 21, 2009 by Will Hines · 1 Comment
D’Angelo’s quote says “Don’t reinvent the wheel, just realign it.”. Mewbox have stuck to this principle with their foray into the digital music market, unleashing the first mp3 store for Google’s fledgling mobile platform, Android.
As the first in its class, Mewbox has a lot to live up to. Fear not, however; with DRM-free mp3s, an [...]
Christmas tunes: MySpace vs Spotify
December 18, 2009 by Chris Cope · Leave a Comment
Ever since the swift introduction of Spotify, music listening habits have changed. It offered extensive online streaming for free, eclipsing the sometimes patchy Last.fm, and also gave the opportunity to compile and share playlists with your best of friends.
Now it’s the turn of MySpace to try and take on this audio behemoth. The social networking [...]
