As a new year begins, we're all inevitably making promises to ourselves, myself included, about our health, our wallets and finally getting around to doing that thing we've been meaning to do for ages.Here are my top apps for keeping on top of your new year's resolutions!Health and FitnessMyFitnessPalIf getting in shape is a major goal of yours in 2012, the MyFitnessPal app is available on Andr...
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28 Dec 2011 14:00 GMT
Always the troublemaker, social networking giant Facebook is making waves this week with its announcement that starting in 2012, it's “sponsored stories” ads will begin to show up in your newsfeed. When you simply “like” the page of a company, product or brand, Facebook can use your name to advertise that product to your friends and your network. Also, if you've talked about said company in a status update, that particu...
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26 Dec 2011 16:30 GMT
One of the best gadgets I’ve had the pleasure of testing out this year has been the HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio on Three. It’s a mouthful to say and a bit awkward to hold - but the phone is undeniably slick. I’d even go so far to say it’s one of the best phones out there for music geeks , as you simply cannot go wrong with Beats....
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23 Dec 2011 15:00 GMT
There will be a lot of Little Monsters feeling less than festive this morning, after an online phishing scam fooled over 100,000 Lady Gaga fans.Posts on the singer’s Twitter and Facebook pages offered fans a chance to win a “Lady Gaga Edition iPad”. They were then asked to click on a link ...
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20 Dec 2011 15:02 GMT
As a gadget loving girl & web designer, I'm often the first person to adopt new technologies & social media channels. I jump onboard and never look back. I love how open, connected and awesome our world has become as a result of the ever-changing web & our mobile devices. I can't imagine my life without having everything I need or want at my fingertips. It's easy to communicate, it's easy to network, and it's also easy to get completely overwhelmed...or addicted.
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19 Dec 2011 14:03 GMT
With news that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has taken to Facebook to try to address the skepticism of its citizens (with the predictable results: a few thousand apparent likes and more than four times that number of skeptical comments), one might be inclined to think that here's a good indication of the importance of social media. The titular head of the authoritaria...
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15 Dec 2011 12:18 GMT
As I've said countless times before, we need more women in technology. (Wait! Don’t go!) We need more female entrepreneurs, we need more women working at start-ups and companies for many, many reasons.
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14 Dec 2011 14:19 GMT
Christmas is upon us, which means many of us will be headed back to our older relatives homes for a visit, right? Now, perhaps your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles or loved ones have their finger on the pulse when it comes to the internet, gadgets & mobiles. In which case, this article might be a bit irrelevant to you, my friend. This is for folks who've got parents or relatives like mine: they're desperately behind the times when it comes to everything tech. My mum still cons...
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13 Dec 2011 12:30 GMT
Christmas and the holiday season are the perfect times to get everyone else to buy your techy, slightly more expensive geek gifts for you. Am I right?If you love nothing more than spending Christmas morning charging, reading the directions for and setting up a shiny new gadget, I’ve got a handful of perfect things to add to your wish list, or to buy for the geeky lady in your life.
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05 Dec 2011 13:00 GMT
Everyone loves Angry Birds. From the young to the old, the first few bars of the theme tune make everyone happy and the act of thrusting hot-tempered birds through wood, glass and cement in effort to knock over egg-stealing pigs thrills the masses. Who knew. Angry Birds is everywhere - even space - and Rovio have expanded their winged empire from plush toys and ke...
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30 Nov 2011 16:00 GMT