Wednesday 29 June 2011

Google's Latest Attempt To Take On Facebook

Once again the mighty Google is taking on Facebook in the world of Social Networking - the failure of its previous attempt (Google Buzz) hasn't stopped the company trying again to completely dominate the internet.

Not satisfied with being (in my opinion) the greatest Search Engine in the world along with having created Google Maps & Google Earth they are still trying to take over the world of Social Networking as well!

What they want you to do is buy a Google Chrome OS laptop, use the Google Chrome web browser to browse to the Google Search engine and use Google Earth and then Google Street View to do what ever you need to do on the web.

They're taking over the Internet!

Is it good or bad that they have all this dominance? I'm still undecided on the matter so will just have to wait and see what happens in the future.

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Jane Norman Now In Administration

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Retail chain Jane Norman is now in administration. 1,600 people are employed by the company that has gotten in to cash flow difficulties which has left the board no choice but to call in the administrators.

Monday 20 June 2011

Sponsor A Child With Plan UK

For just a few pence each day you could make such a huge difference to a child's life. If you're interested in Sponsoring a child then click on one of the links below to go to Plan UK's website.

Plan have pioneered child sponsorship over 70 years ago and today they have around 1,000,000 sponsors.

So why not make a difference and sponsor a child today?

Saturday 18 June 2011

Read Me Daily by Binatone - eBook Reader Review

If you're looking for a cheap eBook reader then the Binatone Read Me Daily could be right up your street.

Selling at around £69.99 this has got to be one of the cheapest devices on the market right now. With a reading time of around 6-9 hours and an internal memory of 2GB it's suitable for most literature buffs out there!

It has a handy bookmark option so you can continue where you left off and the 7inch TFT display is ample to with the text on and is pretty much the size of a typical novel's page.

You can also play your MP3 files on this handy little device along with MP4 & H.264 videos - don't worry about filling up the internal memory, it has a memory card where you can add up to 32GB more space!

As an eBook reader it works very well with .mobi (Amazon) and .epub (Waterstones) files but if you're looking for something to read PDF files on then this is probably not the device for you as the 7" screen is just too small in my opinion (and this goes for all 7" devices by the way) - you'd be better off with a 10inch Elonex tablet or and iPad/iPad2.

Overall I would give this great little device a score of 7 out of 10 and would recommend it to anyone looking for a great value for money eBook reader.

Thursday 16 June 2011

Wunderlist Review

wunderlist_logo_iconLooking for a simple, effective and easy to use To-Do list that you can use both on your Smart Phone and your Computer?

Then why not have a look at Wunderlist?

It's simple, easy to use and works very well! Whilst at work when I remember things I need to do, I simply open the app on my iPhone and quickly add things to my to-do lists. Then when I get home and log on to my computer I can review the list there and tick off the items as I complete them one-by-one!

And best of all, it's FREE!!

www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist

Wednesday 15 June 2011

FourSquare Account Now Deleted

foursquarelogoAfter 2 months, 14 badges and 25 mayorships i still dont see the point of FourSquare - absolutely no benefit to me whatsoever so i have just deleted my account.

One less thing to update!

Friday 3 June 2011

Hardcore Apple Fanboy Sells Organ

Apple_LogoIt seems that some Apple fans will go to extreme lengths to get their hands on the latest shiny piece of Apple technology.

A 17yr old in China sold his kidney and brought a laptop and an iPad2 with the proceeds - he got caught by his parents when his mum noticed the shiny new gadgets and the red scar on his body.

After his parents quizzed him, he soon confessed to what he had done.

There's a lack of organs available for transplant in China which has been a boom for the illegal black-market organ trade.