We've all been so obsessed with making our photos look dreamy and vintage for the past year that most of us have forgotten just how sharp, accurate and professional mobile photography can be with the right apps, tools and knowledge...more
Most of us have probably come across 'typosquatting' sites a few times in the past, you hurriedly type in a URL, make a typo and find another site sat there, usually full of ads, porn and other bits and pieces...more
Today Facebook will begin offering a select number of celebrities and high profile users the chance to verify their accounts and use a pseudonym, according to TechCrunch. The Facebook team will be reaching out to those with a high number...more
Despite the fact Google's Ice Cream Sandwich is on less than 1% of Android devices at the moment, it seems the next version of Google's OS, called Jelly Bean (awh), could be launched in early summer according to reports on...more
Today popular music service Spotify made a quick announcement on its blog to launch a new Spotify Community area of its main site, called community.spotify.com/. The Spotify Community is a huge forum giving users a place to talk about...more
New stats published by Gartner today reveal that Google's mobile OS now accounts for more than half of the total smartphone market share. The smartphone market made a big jump in growth during Q4 2011, with a 47.3% year-on-year increase...more
We've seen features and reviews about a new to-do list app for the iPhone and iPad called Clear all over the web today, so decided to fill it full of our mundane morning tasks and find out what all...more
Chatty voice recognition assistant Siri may have accidentally said a little too much this time, according to a screenshot on 9to5Mac, which shows she plans on widening her language skills and learning Japanese. How clever. For a while now we've...more
To bring a bit of cute, retro fun to iPad gaming, ThinkGeek has this week unveiled its latest product, the iCade 8-Bitty controller. YES, it's only for the geekiest of gamers, but we're tired of jamming our hands onto...more
If you're hooked on Angry Birds 99% of the time, then the other 1% you spend stalking people on Facebook can now be taken up by the crazily addictive bird hurling game too. Rovio made the announcement for the...more
Yesterday Samsung revealed the Galaxy Tab 2, a tablet powered by Android Ice Cream Sandwich and the follow up to the company's original 7 inch tablet. Despite running on the latest build of Google's mobile OS, it doesn't differ too...more
Although it's not our social network of choice right now (sorry angry Google+ advocates who like to leave a LOT of comments), we are big fans of Google's social network here at Shiny Shiny and see it has a...more
OK, OK, that may be a little bit of an overreaction and we KNOW in many ways it's a ridiculous holiday. However, Google's doodle today is pretty damn cute and it's guaranteed to put a smile on your face...more
Even though it's February and the days are slowly getting longer, many of us are still finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning without pressing the snooze button for the 4,598,438th time. In order to make...more
Ahh Myspace. It was probably everyone's first social networking experience (hold on, does anyone else remember Faceparty?!), we followed local bands, we posed within an inch of our lives and added 5,543,399 friends a day. But then over the...more
Pop Hive: Episode 2 from Pop Hive on Vimeo. If you're struggling to find an entertainment website that really speaks to you, i.e. one that isn't full of TOWIE cellulite shots, cringeworthy reviews of chick flicks or juice diet tips,...more
Instagram lovers will be very happy to hear that their favourite photo app had yet another shiny new upgrade this weekend, which introduces a brand new filter, an interesting light feature called Lux that brightens up dark shots and an...more
We've heard a few people talking (or should we say seen them tweeting) about music sharing and discovery service This Is My Jam for a while now, but today the site has been opened up to all and allows...more
Last year Dulux and UNICEF teamed up to launch the Own a Colour initiative, which enabled anyone to choose a colour from a selection of 16.7 million, claim it and rename it anything they like in return for a...more
Following on from the launch of its new and improved TG-320 TOUGH camera last week, Olympus has unveiled two more rugged, durable and recently re-styled devices that have more of a high-end price tag, the TG-620 and the TG-820....more
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