Skip to content
Saturday, May 17, 2025

wirefresh

A snappy new tech blog

  • home
  • mobiles
  • computing
  • photography
  • android
  • iphone
  • audio
  • portable
  • reviews
web

A day in the life of the internet: a feast of stats in a pretty graphic

Thursday, Dec 10, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by Lee J.

Click on for an amazing infographic showing what a monstrous beast the Internet is, with 210 billion emails, 3 million Flickr images and 43 million gigabytes (on phones) sent on …

A day in the life of the internet: a feast of stats in a pretty graphic Read More
Apple / iPhone / mobiles

Tesco reveal iPhone pricing plans, available Dec 14th

Thursday, Dec 10, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Being able to pick up a smartphone with your Baked Beans and Cornflakes still seems a bit weird to us, but Tesco shoppers will soon be able to lob an …

Tesco reveal iPhone pricing plans, available Dec 14th Read More
Apple / iPhone / mobile apps

HootSuite iPhone Twitter app welcomes compulsive Twitterers

Thursday, Dec 10, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by mike s

Aimed at hardcore users, the ludicrously named HootSuite for the iPhone offers a ton of power features for folks who simply can’t stop a-Twittering. Unlike other iPhone Twitter apps (and …

HootSuite iPhone Twitter app welcomes compulsive Twitterers Read More
computing / web

Americans consume 34 gigabytes of information per day: study

Thursday, Dec 10, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by Pete Railton

A study has found that Americans spend around 11.8 hours a day consuming information in one way or another, and that collectively adds up to 34 gigabytes and 100,000 words …

Americans consume 34 gigabytes of information per day: study Read More
hardware / stuff

Hard drive survives six months at the bottom of the ocean

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

You would have thought that the prospects of getting any usable data from a hard disk that has spent six months on the seabed would be precisely zero, but a …

Hard drive survives six months at the bottom of the ocean Read More
Google

Google launch Living Stories – a new way to read news

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 - by mike s

Ever keen to come up with new ways to present newspaper content online, Google has conjured up a new experimental project called, Living News. It’s currently only using content from …

Google launch Living Stories – a new way to read news Read More
Android / Blackberry / mobile apps / mobiles / Symbian / Windows Mobile

Orange rolls out multi-platform App Store

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 - by Lee J.

Telecoms firm Orange has launched its vrey own App Shop, which is available now for over-the-air downloads to around one million customers in the UK and France. The App Shop …

Orange rolls out multi-platform App Store Read More
broadcasting

Hook up Humax Freesat with your BBC iPlayer: video

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Humax Freesat have just served up a short video showing its users how they can grab a chunk of BBC iPlayer goodness through their Freesat equipment. The beta update should …

Hook up Humax Freesat with your BBC iPlayer: video Read More
Apple / Google / software

Google Chrome browser gets Mac beta release

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by mike s

Google Chrome is finally available for shimmying onto shiny Macs with a long overdue beta release of the browser for Mac users. It’s been a mighty long wait for Apple …

Google Chrome browser gets Mac beta release Read More
gaming

The evolution of Nintendo’s game controllers, 1985-2006

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Long term Nintendo fans will know the sometimes weird and wonderful shapes that the controllers have taken over the years, starting from a clunky’n’chunky rectangular number in 1985. Skip forward …

The evolution of Nintendo’s game controllers, 1985-2006 Read More
mobiles / Palm

Palm Pre scoops multiple “Best of 2009” awards

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 - by mike s

Tech websites and magazines have been busy compiling their ‘Best of 2009’ lists, and the Palm Pre has been making an appearance in many of them. US technology print mag …

Palm Pre scoops multiple “Best of 2009” awards Read More
stuff / transport

Trance DJs try the ultimate blag – in space

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 - by Lee J.

Trance bands are always banging on about ‘taking you higher’, but a UK outfit are looking to go higher than any other fluoro-donning, repetitive-beat churning  DJs have ever been before, …

Trance DJs try the ultimate blag – in space Read More
Android / Google / mobile apps

Google Goggles: mobile searches by camera

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Google are slamming out the treats in a veritably festive flurry at the moment with an exciting new application called Google Goggles being released for the Android mobile platform. The …

Google Goggles: mobile searches by camera Read More
Google / web

Google adds live Twitter and blog updates to searches

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by mike s

Google has announced a new search service that serves up a dynamic stream of real-time content from across the web, incorporating near-instant updates from web pages and social networking partners. …

Google adds live Twitter and blog updates to searches Read More
audio

Vinyl refuses to die as turntable sales soar

Monday, Dec 7, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by Tony Fletcher - 7 Comments.

If you listen to the experts, vinyl should be residing in a technology graveyard somewhere, snuggling up next to 8 track cartridges, Amiga computers and Betamax videos, but it’s proving …

Vinyl refuses to die as turntable sales soar Read More

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 194 195 196 … 219 Next

Categories

Recent posts

  • FastStone Capture 10 – simply the best, fastest and most powerful screen capture tool for Windows
  • Edit.Photo: our new favourite browser based image editor for Chromebooks – and it’s totally free
  • Be wary of Huawei’s appalling warranties on their Nano memory cards
  • Radio Garden lets you spin a globe and listen to radio stations all over the world, from Alaska to Aberdare
  • Wacom introduce affordable graphics tablet for Chromebook users

Recent Comments

  • Tom on Review – CITIZEN JR3060-59F Men’s Skyhawk Titanium Eco-Drive Flight Chronograph Watch
  • Mike Brewer on Aix Weather Widget – our new favourite Android widget
  • anon on Drobo-FS – great NAS drive, fiddly apps and a hideously unfriendly media server
  • M D Bennie on Humax promises fix for PVR-9150T, PVR-9300T and PVR-9200T PVR issues
  • Clkiscool on Fabulously over-engineered motorised Smart Trash Can from Japan guarantees a slam dunk every time
Copyright © 2025 wirefresh.
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: HitMag Pro by ThemezHut.