I’ve been a member of the ebuzzing community for over half a year now and when they approached me yesterday asking me to write a little about ebuzzing and a brand I’d like to see on the ebuzzing platform, well, how could I refuse?So, ebuzzing.co.uk is part of the Wikio group which is probably most … Read more →
Hopefully you didn’t miss that awesome time lapse video I posted yesterday. Either way, here’s another cool video I wanted to share with you. It’s not time lapse but it uses the tilt shift effect to make the world look miniature. I’ve played around with the effect on photos before but never thought about using … Read more →
… you’re part of the press. Because, in the mindset of the Kuwaiti government, only journalists should be able to carry a DSLR in public. Well, that’s just FUBAR‘ed, if you ask me! The Next Web blogger, Ahmad F Al-Shagra, believes the ban is because most people of Kuwait don’t want their pictures taken by … Read more →
Some time lapse videos are boring, most are decent – and then there’s a few that’s just plain freakin’ awesome, like this one. I love everything about this time lapse video, the soundtrack, the footage, the editing, the colors, the mood. It’s an amazing piece of work, this modern portrait of the American Southwest. I … Read more →
A year ago we wrote about a new European Union cookie law which would require user consent before placing cookies on a computer. A month later we wrote how the cookie law crumbled as it wasn’t carried into effect yet because of issues with the original wording of the Act. In this case, a cookie … Read more →
The swedish music streaming company, Spotify, just released their financial results for 2009 which shows a loss of £16.66 million, around $26 million. Sales, administration and distribution accounts for about £27.7 million but Spotify couldn’t get their revenue above £11.3 million for the year. Music Ally estimates that Spotify had 7 million users across Europe … Read more →
Now that photography has gone digital, we often forget how important it is to have hard copies of our images. Remember the nostalgia you used to experience by looking through photo albums or scrapbooks? How about photo-themed craft projects? Remember, if you print out your pictures instead of leaving them on the computer, you’ll still … Read more →
The readySTEADY is one of those little “why didn’t I think of that?”-devices that’s very simple but can do a really good job. What readySTEADY does, is it helps you to stabilize your video recordings – if your camera is something like a Flip, Vado, Kodak Playsport, Sony Webbie or just about any other small … Read more →
Problem: Suspect e-mails and attachments Most people are aware of the dangers of opening e-mail attachments from unknown senders; a security risk that received a lot of press when e-mailing became ever more essential to our day to day lives. Opening an e-mail attachment sometimes involves running executable code that could be used to install … Read more →
Ever seen a Mac vs PC discussion thread online? Or iPhone vs Android? Or Nikon vs Canon? You get the idea. Some people just don’t see what else is in the world and will – no matter the cost – defend their own choice of product over any of the competition. What many people seem … Read more →
This photo was actually shot Sunday, so depending on what part of the world you live in, Sunday is this week – but that’s a minor technicality. The point is, the photo I’ve decided for this week’s Photo of the Week, is this one… Chillin’ in the sea This one was shot at around 5pm … Read more →
As rumored yesterday, Facebook would be announcing a new web based “e-mail” service soon – and now they have. They call it Facebook Messages. Actually, it’s not really like the e-mail we know and use every day. Here’s how Facebook put it on their blog: We are also providing an @facebook.com email address to every … Read more →
There’s a ton of RSS readers out there for iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad. RSS Beacon is somewhat just yet another RSS reader, but it has a few tricks up its sleeve. First of all, it has the social element, such as sharing to Twitter, e-mail etc., like most readers do nowadays, but … Read more →
Christmas is closing in on us, but according to the stores and malls it kinda looks like it’s Christmas already. It’s amazing how they manage to make everything look Christmassy sooner and sooner almost every year. Anywho, what’s a tech blog without a top 10 list of some of the greatest gadgets that most of … Read more →
Technology is deemed a very good thing for us. It makes our lives easier and better. That is why Open Planet Ideas, in conjunction with Sony and WWF, is inviting you to help create a clean and green environment for the present and future generations with the use of existing technologies. If you have a … Read more →
Facebook has been working secretly on a project known as Project Titan which the public first heard something about in February. According to TechCrunch, Facebook will announce the project on Monday. But TechCrunch knows more than that – they claim that according to reliable sources, Facebook is about to launch a webmail client, a “Gmail … Read more →