The 18 fitness apps that will get you in shape for 2017 January 3, 2017 Long hours? Always travelling? We’ve picked the best apps for busy people so you can get fit anywhere and anytime Yoga Pocket Yoga £2.29, pocketyoga.com Let a soothing cartoon lady guide you through 27 sessions of varying difficulty. Pipe your own music through the app and log the calories you’ve burnt. Fitstar Yoga Free, fitstar.com/yoga Expert [...]
WhatsApp extends deadline by six months for stopping services on less popular devices January 3, 2017 Blackberry and Nokia phone users have been given a WhatsApp reprieve after previously been told the cross-platform app would stop working on phones at the end of 2016. In February last year, WhatsApp revealed plans to bin support for WhatsApp messenger on a number of devices and platforms that were either outdated or only a minority of [...]
Vinyl comeback led by David Bowie helps UK music to vintage 2016 January 3, 2017 The vinyl comeback, David Bowie and streaming helped 2016 become a vintage year for UK music consumption. Industry body the BPI counted a total of 123m album equivalent sales (AES) last year, a 1.5 per cent increase on 2015’s figures. This corresponded to an estimated retail value of £1bn. There were 45bn audio streams served in 2016, [...]
Move over Sherlock, your fridge could soon help solve crime January 2, 2017 Security experts are worried that the increasing number of devices connected to the internet are a gift to cyber criminals, but in a twist worthy of any good crime novel, these smart devices could actually help the police solve crimes. Detectives are being trained to inspect the digital footprints left behind at crime scenes on Internet of Things devices, the [...]
Have a more productive 2017 with these seven apps December 30, 2016 The end of the year is nearing and the internet is rife with resolutions. But having a better year in 2017 could be as easy as downloading a few apps. Take back control from your technology next year with these seven apps for productivity. Take your to do list to the next level Any.do syncs up [...]
Eight podcasts to make you better at your job December 28, 2016 There’s a podcast for everything, but not all programmes are created equal. Here are some of the best to download for your commute – and which could even make you better at your job. Planet Money A podcast about economics hardly sounds like it will set the world alight but this offering from America’s National [...]
Christmas Day online shopping will peak at this surprisingly late time for the post-millennial “Generation Z” December 25, 2016 Most people will be aiming to put their feet up after Christmas lunch today and zone out in front of the TV – but there's one group of people who will be driving a late-night shopping boom this evening. Not content with their new stash of presents, "Generation Z", the post-millennial cohort who were born in [...]
Nokia has sued Apple in Europe, Asia, and the US for infringing on its technology patents December 22, 2016 Nokia announced today it had filed a new set of lawsuits against Apple in Asia, Europe and the US for violating 40 technology patent suits in 11 countries. The Finland-based technology company originally said it was suing the iPhone maker yesterday, for infringing on 32 technology patents. Shares in the company were down nearly five per cent [...]
Yes, Icahn: Donald Trump appoints Carl Icahn as special adviser December 22, 2016 Donald Trump has appointed billionaire investor Carl Icahn as a special adviser on regulatory reform. Icahn, who gave his backing to Trump’s presidential bid in September 2015, “will be a leader in helping American entrepreneurs shed job-killing regulations that stifle economic growth”. Read more: Carl Icahn buys into Botox with Allergan stake, pushing up the [...]
Assassin’s Creed review: Confusing garbage even fans won’t forgive December 21, 2016 I am a cool and popular dude, so I have played pretty much all of the Assassin’s Creed games. From the first one, in which you play a man who runs around on rooftops stabbing popes, to the most recent one, in which you play a man who runs around on rooftops stabbing French aristocrats. [...]