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An immaculately brewed coffee provides a perfect start for the day, rejuvenating one’s vigor and vigilance. However, everyday getting up to the same dull coffee machine that creates your brew …
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Original post Shopping Apps – Shop Till You Drop on your Smartphone! published on Digitpedia which writes about cool gadgets and electricals to buy.
Given the nature of our hectic lives, shopping apps have the potential to make the traditional high street rush a lot calmer. The ideas behind them are simple, often clever, and indeed in some cases, useful. Check them out.
Amazon Shopping App
The Amazon Shopping App is as you have probably deduced is Amazon.co.uk on your phone. Compatible with all phones that have a WAP browser, the app incorporates all the better qualities of the website, namely trustworthy reviews and wishlists. In addition you can place orders (naturally) and cancel them if you change your mind(handy). iPhone and iPod users receive an additional benefit via the product matching service: Take a picture of something you want to buy and the app will try to match the product with something for sale on Amazon.co.uk(Nice).
Red Laser for iPhone
Red Laser is not just a weapon used in Star Trek, but is also a useful shopping App. It is in essence a barcode reader, and though making the lives of Tesco’s staff easier does not seem like a huge benefit to the average shopper as discovering prices in most shops is straight forward, comparing the price to other retailers both on and offline is invaluable to see if you are getting the best price. This App is a bargain hunters dream. See the video.
Frugalytics for Blackberry
The idea behind this app, is that you search for a product and find the best price. Not as sophisticated as Red Laser as you select the product from drop down lists, it does sneak into the usefulness category however, as you do not have to have the product in front of you to use it.
Ebay App
If you are worried that you may miss the chance to outbid your arch enemy for that trinket then worry no more. The ebay app for smartphones can help you stay at the head of your game by allowing mobile bidding and searching. The chances are that what you are buying is cheaper elsewhere but we both know that winning the bid is the important factor, and nothing else matters. Available for most smartphones. Video clip:
Happy shopping everyone, especially at Christmas!
While reading my mails, I came across this email stating that, Nokia is to discontiue it’s Ovi Files services effective October 01, 2010.
So it’s time to uninstall the Ovi Files Connector from your PC. Since Ovi Files only creates a ‘Online Mirror’ of your files on your computer, therefore all your files will be intaced on your hard drive as it is.
Living in the fast lane, one doesn’t realize the importance of family and friends until he or she retires to bed at the end of a hectic day. It is …
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Original post The Backward Future of Computer Design published on Digitpedia which writes about cool gadgets and electricals to buy.
Retro will have to raise its head in computer design at some point, so let’s have a look at the iMacs and netbooks of the future.
Computer manufacturers are always finding new ways to make things smaller, sleeker and more minimal. However, take a look at history in automobile design, fashion and, er, lots of other areas and you’ll see that retro always overtakes the efforts of designers to produce fresh ideas.
So stop looking at all those fancy ultra-thin laptops for sale now in order to predict the future of computer design. Let’s have a look at what our grandkids’ computers will really look like. The retro backlash starts here…
Dirty Mac
Look at this for old Apple design! That mouse is cuter than Mickey and Jerry put together and those mushy, grubby keys just look so inviting.
Twiki’s Mom
Forget the swanky desktops of today, this ADM 3A, first seen in 1975, is just lovely. I don’t think Pininfarina was involved in the design process but he’d have been pleased with those curves.
Dial Me In
Buttons that look like sweets, flip switches and twitching needle dials will all feature highly in the future.
A Lot of Brass
OK maybe we’ve gone too far back here but you still want it in your house, right?
Sesame Tweet
Laptops should be too embarrassing to take down to Starbucks for a coffee. This one screams, “leave me at home! Go talk to real people!”
Rise of the Machines
It’s healthy for a computer to look like it hates you and wants to chase you, firing laser guns and billowing noxious smoke from huge vents.
Terminal Velocity
Yes, a computer should also look part furniture, part gymnastic bench. All future designs will be in teak condition!
Clam Hell
Still serviceable, but this is where things started to go wrong: Slim, portable and getting a little too trendy.
Picture sources: Flickr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Thanks to you all!
Here’s one for fans of the classics. Enter the Steampunk Optimus Prime that combines the leader of the Autobots with some amazing Steampunk Art.
This Steampunk remodelling of the famous leader of the Autobots is a very detailed design, made by the Encline Design team. What’s more, the design is reflective …
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There are times when you are casually flipping a channel or reading a comic book when – BAM– you suddenly feel the need to know every detail in the story line and the history behind every character and every object. Alongside this need, there would also be a need to …
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Walyou Random Roundup for August 28, 2010 includes Dark Matter, Super Mario Bros, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Matrix, X-Ray Art, PS3 Controller Caps, Eminem Parody, Pacman, Halo and much more. We hope you enjoy this week’s roundup and have a great weekend!
1. Dude Gets Hit By Bicyclist (I Am Bored)
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In order to celebrate the launch of the up-and-coming NERF N-STRIKE STAMPEDE ECS Blaster on September 9, 2010, we have teamed up with NERF to give one NERF Stampede to …
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I know it has probably been awhile, but remember all the way back in Terminator 2 when that big company that was going to create Skynet and inadvertently put humanity on the brink of extinction had that piece of the old terminator?
You know, the old hand that they ended up …
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