My vinyl copy of Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica is a treasured thing – all four unlistenable sides of it – and it’s there in my will as part of the motley collection of recordings I’ve amassed over the years. If I get hit by a bus today, m…
My vinyl copy of Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica is a treasured thing – all four unlistenable sides of it – and it’s there in my will as part of the motley collection of recordings I’ve amassed over the years. If I get hit by a bus today, m…
1. Samsung 16GB MicroSDHC memory card
For those of us who find some delight and diversion in the curious world of social media, the impulse to share has become pretty strong. Our thoughts, our observations, the sights and sounds we experience – they’re all subconsciously assessed for th…
Jake Gillum loved his bike. So when it was stolen in Portland, Oregon earlier this month he was determined to get it back. He spent days online searching for his carbon-fibre racer in what seemed like a hopeless quest, until he found it for sale in Se…
Toys that connect to iPads are being tipped as one of the “must have” gifts for children this Christmas as studies show rocketing numbers play games on their parents’ tablets.
With newspaper sales struggling, bookshops closing as purchases begin to migrate to e-readers and many morning reads taking place on smartphones and tablets, it seems counter-intuitive that one of the most anticipated hardware releases of the year so …
There are more than four million articles in English on Wikipedia, not to mention the entries in 270-odd other languages. In spite of its almost infinite reach, however, the site’s conscientious volunteer editors still argue over the inclusion of cert…
1. SlingPlayer App
Twenty years ago, mobile phones were big, heavy and had batteries that lasted only a few hours. Most phones couldn’t text, let alone tweet or email. And you couldn’t tap on a glass screen to complete a status update on a social media site (though …
1. Twelve South HoverBar