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View wonderful art with every browser tab thanks to Google's new Chrome extension
Google / web

View wonderful art with every browser tab with the Google Art Project Chrome extension

Thursday, Mar 12, 2015Thursday, Mar 12, 2015 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

We rather liked Google’s Earth View experiment which reveals stunning satellite images from Google Maps every time you open a new tab on Chrome, but we think we like the Google Art Project even …

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Olympus Stylus SH-2 - a neat, retro styled travel compact with 24x zoom
photography

Olympus Stylus SH-2 – a neat, retro styled travel compact with 24x zoom

Wednesday, Mar 11, 2015 - by Lee J.

Olympus certainly played their part in the current trend for retro-styled cameras, with the success of their OM-D EM-5 proving that the public just love those 1960s lines.

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Google takes its Contacts interface out of the Stone Age, check out the new preview here
Google / web

Google takes its Contacts interface out of the Stone Age, check out the new preview here

Wednesday, Mar 4, 2015 - by mike s

It’s long been one of the ugliest interfaces we’ve had to look at every day, but Google have finally despatched a designer in the direction of their Google Contacts web app …

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Nikon D7200 prosumer DSLR packs 24.2MP sensor and improved low light performance
photography

Nikon D7200 prosumer DSLR packs 24.2MP sensor and improved low light performance

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2015 - by mike s

Nikon’s new D7200 has been announced and it offers a suite of  fairly minor improvements to an already rather impressive prosumer dSLR.

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Pebble Time adds colour e-paper and week-long battery life
Android / gadgets / iPhone / portable

Pebble Time adds colour e-paper and week-long battery life – and Kickstarter goes wild

Tuesday, Feb 24, 2015 - by mike s

Kickstarter kings Pebble have launched their latest and greatest e-paper smartwatch, the Pebble Time with orders already going through the roof on the pledge site.

Pebble Time adds colour e-paper and week-long battery life – and Kickstarter goes wild Read More
Meet the nimble, kick-resisting robot of the future called Spot from the Boston Dynamic team
computing / transport

Meet the nimble, kick-resisting robot of the future called Spot from the Boston Dynamic team

Monday, Feb 9, 2015 - by mike s

We’ve been darkly fascinated by the robotic developments from the Boston Dynamic boffins, with their videos of Big Dog being sufficient to spawn several nightmares.

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HTC release cringe-inducing, rival-mocking corporate rap video with credibility stripped PM Dawn
mobiles / stuff

HTC release cringe-inducing, rival-mocking corporate rap video with credibility stripped PM Dawn

Tuesday, Feb 3, 2015 - by mike s - 1 Comment

In a way you’ve got to feel sorry for HTC. Despite making award winning phones that reviewers (including us) have drooled over, they never seem to generate as much public …

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IK Multimedia announces iRig Mic Studio, a compact, large-diaphragm digital microphone
Android / audio / broadcasting / hardware / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

IK Multimedia announces iRig Mic Studio, a compact, large-diaphragm digital microphone

Thursday, Jan 22, 2015 - by mike s - 1 Comment

IK Multimedia has unveiled its new iRig Mic Studio, an ‘ultra-portable’ large-diaphragm digital condenser microphone for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC and Android devices.

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The most popular passwords of last year are unbelievably easy to crack
web

The most popular passwords of last year are unbelievably easy to crack

Tuesday, Jan 20, 2015 - by Lee J.

Every year, SplashData takes a look at the millions of stolen passwords made public throughout the twelve months, and puts them together in order of popularity. And boy oh boy are …

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Panasonic GF7 caters for self obsessed photographers with flipping 'selfie' LCD screen
photography

Panasonic GF7 caters for self obsessed photographers with flipping ‘selfie’ LCD screen

Tuesday, Jan 20, 2015 - by Tony Fletcher

  Panasonic have announced their compact GF7  Micro Four Thirds camera featuring a 16-megapixel Four Thirds sensor, Full HD / 50p video recording capabilities, built-in Wi-Fi and a tiltable 3″ …

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Add tons of storage to your Android phone with the SanDisk Dual USB Drive 3.0
Android / computing / mobiles / portable

Swiftly add a shedload of storage to your Android phone with the SanDisk Dual USB Drive 3.0

Wednesday, Jan 7, 2015 - by Lee J.

Add a half ton of storage to your Android device in an instant with the new SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0, a USB flash drive that comes with both a micro-USB …

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Ultimate Ears' UE Megaboom - bigger and bassier than a regular Boom
audio / gadgets / portable

Ultimate Ears’ UE Megaboom – bigger and bassier than a regular Boom

Monday, Jan 5, 2015 - by Tony Fletcher

We’re big fans of the Ultimate Ears Boom Bluetooth speaker and it’s something that gets fired up in the office every day – but now Logitech is tempting us with a …

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Withings Activité Pop - a $150 fitness-tracking watch that looks wonderful
gadgets / portable

Withings Activité Pop – a £120 fitness-tracking watch that looks wonderful

Monday, Jan 5, 2015Monday, Jan 5, 2015 - by mike s

With most activity trackers taking the form of ugly slabs of plastic, the £320 Withings Activité proved a glorious exception, although the hefty price tag put it out of reach of many. In …

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Google publishes a bumper list of Must-Have Android apps
Android / Google / mobile apps / mobiles

Google publishes a bumper list of Must-Have Android apps

Monday, Dec 29, 2014 - by mike s

Google has created a list of what it feels are the ‘Must Have’ Apps for 2014, and it’s quite a lengthy one, totalling 127 apps.

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Pointless but wonderful: an ever-changing hex colour clock
web

Pointless but wonderful: an ever-changing clock powered by hex colour code

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2014Tuesday, Dec 16, 2014 - by mike s

Some of the best things on the web are, frankly pretty useless, but it’s often their very pointlessness that makes them so compelling.

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