Month: November 2006
O2 launches Xda Orbit with built-in GPS
O2 has launched the Xda Orbit, the first O2 Xda with built-in GPS, along with camera, MP3 player, radio and Wi-Fi connectivity. Sat nav comes courtesy of CoPilot Live – just type in your destination on the 2.8 inch colour…
Website of the Day: Samsung NFL cheerleader explains HDTV
Well we don't usually link to corporate websites on Website of the Day, as they're usually quite dull, but I've included this one because it will either entice you, or irritate the cr@p out of you. It's Samsung USA's…
UK Apple Stores' one day Christmas shopping spectacle: December 1st
The seven UK Apple Stores — London (Brent Cross and Regent Street), Birmingham (Bullring), Kent (Bluewater), Manchester (Arndale Centre and Trafford Centre) and Sheffield (Meadowhall) — are holding a Christmas shopping event on Friday December 1st in order to help…
Vox Mobile: moblogging goes mainstream?
Those of us at Shiny who are keen users of Six Apart's Vox service have been waiting for this for a long time, but it's finally here. Vox – blogging meets social networking, basically – has always allowed users to…
A Year of Living Generously: online group seeking to do good to the planet
The website "A Year of Living Generously" started on a small scale in September 2004 when 100 people got together to try to be more generous and good to the environment for a whole year. The idea grew in popularity,…
Electronic Sports World Cup 2007 announced
The fifth edition of the Electronic Sports Wold Cup will take place between Thursday 5th and Sunday 8th July 2007 at the Expo Park in Paris, France. This major gaming event gathers the thousand best video games players in the…
Nokia reveals worldwide mobile gaming habits
Nokia have done some research into people who play games on their mobile phones. A diverse group of 1800 people from China, Germany, India, Spain, Thailand and the United States were asked about their gaming habits. 80% of those interviewed…
Mobile adult content market to grow to $3.3bn by 2011
Juniper Research suggests that demand from the well-developed European market will propel the mobile adult content market from its current level of $1.4bn to over $3.3bn by the year 2011. Here's a shock revelation: sex sells, and is pretty persistent….
Mobilesift.co.uk mobile comparison site launches
Another day, another comparison website launches. I really think someone ought to launch a website comparison comparison website, but there you go. The latest service to launch is MobileSift which allows you to find, compare and buy mobile phones online….
New tool aims to bypass web censorship
A new web tool developed by the University of Toronto claims to be able to bypass a country's censorship of certain web sites by acting as a proxy between people in a censored country and a computer in an uncensored…
