Angry Birds is one of the most downloaded free apps, and for a long time I avoided playing it like the plague.Everyone was talking about it, and I just couldn't be bothered. And now, of course, after trying it, I'm addicted. Maybe it's the stupid little noises they make. Maybe it's how infuriating those damn pigs are. Or maybe it's because I'm a simple being that's easily amused. Perhaps we'll never know.
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31 Jan 2011 15:00 GMT
Popular UK show Come Dine With Me is a hit among all age groups but will its mobile app be up to scratch?Come Dine With Me is a sort of game show in which five random members of the public hold dinner parties for one another. They then go on to bitch incessantly about the host in the taxi home and give their efforts a mark out of ten, the one with the highest s...
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28 Jan 2011 13:00 GMT
"A brand's Twitter account should serve a a purpose" so the over-blown saying goes. This is often supported by complex-looking Powerpoint presentations involving in-depth audience research and competitor reviews.
Whether it's a fashion brands' dilemma over whether they want to become yet another culture hub (yes, probably) or whether they'll form a curation or creation strategy within the 140 character babble, as long as brand's Twitter account is not endless sales promotion...
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25 Jan 2011 16:45 GMT
Last week a series of tweets about a shooting in central London sparked panic among those in the capital even though it later turned out to be a rumour. This is just the latest case of speculations, outlandish claims and general misconceptions spreading like wildfire online…
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25 Jan 2011 10:10 GMT
Technology and fitness are a match made in heaven. From the Wii Fit, to Xbox Kinect, and now to fitness apps for your mobile phone such as Runkeeper and Nike+ - we're no longer tied to gym equipment to let us know how many calories we're burning, or how fast our pace is.
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24 Jan 2011 13:00 GMT
Countless new apps are launched everyday, so the mobile enthusiasts amongst you are bound to find those that are fun, useful or informative. However, some others have got me a little worried, particularly about the people who make them and most importantly the users who go on to pay actual money for them…
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21 Jan 2011 13:00 GMT
Wallets are no longer safe! Not even those with ones with little clasps or big zips, or even the fancypants ones that look like a giant bag. If a world of wishlists and shopping baskets in the online world of ASOS wasn't enough, they're coming to a Facebook app near you.
A shadow of the former site, As Seen On Screen, providing a mixture of good and more dubious clothes as spotted on celebrities, the site has transformed itself to become a serious fashion retailer.&n...
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20 Jan 2011 15:00 GMT
We could all use a little time away from technology, right?
Colleagues of mine forwarded a link on Facebook today to a piece by William Major at the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled "Thoreau's Cellphone Experiment." In it Major tells of offering an extra credit project to his students: giving up their cell phones to him for five whole days, th...
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20 Jan 2011 13:00 GMT
The geek bandwagon has been rolling for some time now - there's even an educational infographic on the matter. Everyone seems keen to prove themselves slightly more niche than the next person - which closely resembles massive conversations of "Look, my iPhone 4!" "Oh ho, well I have an Android which I can customise in some capacity!", neither of which are particularly niche. M...
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18 Jan 2011 18:00 GMT
Bing’s latest web TV campaign shows users it’s a fun search engine that doesn’t take itself too seriously. But how long can you handle the main character’s strange speech impediment for?
Microsoft’s search engine Bing has always been a little unconventional when it comes to advertising. Last year, a series of TV ads were launched to show just how much the public are suffering from “information ov...
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18 Jan 2011 10:19 GMT