Author Archives: Dave Barros

Diesel brings Facebook to life in its stores with Diesel Cam

One has to admire that anyone went through the effort of constructing such an innovative contraption, but the Diesel Cam’s ‘mirror on the wall’ appears to be the first of its kind.

What’s with Apple banning satirical Tiger Woods app?

Tiger Woods app iconFor readers who go crosseyed at the huge paragraphs of text in our newspapers, the editorial cartoon is the page we turn to for a little comic relief – literally. Read more on What’s with Apple banning satirical Tiger Woods app?…

LOLCats inspires LOLCleggz: I can haz ur vote?

LOL Clegg iz awesum

“Fank you, fank you!” Nick Clegg might say. If he was a feline. In the midst of all the negativity and mud flinging in the political press, there’s a small community of people satirising the general election with a basic Photoshop skills and deliberately misspelled captions (maybe that should be ‘capshunzz?’). Read more on LOLCats inspires LOLCleggz: I can haz ur vote?…

iPad developers innovate with iPhone controlled games

Brilliant! You find something that adds to iPad’s cool credentials and there isn’t a news release to be found, just this teaser clip to make you yearn for an iPad.

It looks like app developers are really starting to ramp up what they can do with the iPad. A lot of apps I’ve played with allow little room for the iPad’s tilt sensors, apart from basic screen rotation, but it’s starting to trickle through as game developers have a go. Read more on iPad developers innovate with iPhone controlled games…

Forget the fail whale meet Twitter’s Win penguin

When Dale Larson asked Twitter’s illustrator Yiying Lu to come up with “the opposite of the Fail Whale” for their wedding invites, she came up with the concept of the “Win Penguin:”. Read more on Forget the fail whale meet Twitter’s Win penguin…

Future of Twitter is in a Tokyo Flash all in the wrist

Good news for Twitter lovers everywhere who will no longer have to dig out their phone to check for updates they will simply be able to glance at their wrist.

Tokyo Flash, the procurer’s of futuristic binary watches, have unveiled one of their latest concepts on their blog. Cleverly codenamed ‘Instant Trend’ their latest idea is to incorporate news feeds direct to your watch making it ideal for real time updates from services like Twitter.
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