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Boxetti – rather funky AV furniture from Latvia
The designer's name is Rolands Landsbergs and he has worked with several big consumer electronics brands including Sony and Samsung. Each system is handmade and is designed to be a mixture of functionality, advanced technologies and the contemporary aesthetics of minimalism.
Twitter about to secure another $100 million of funding
According to WSJ that makes Twitter worth a nice round $1 billion. Not bad for a company that hasn't yet made any money or indeed said how it intends to make money. For reference sake Facebook, which has around 300 million users, is apparently worth around $15 billion
The 10 most stupid things you can do online
Anna at Shiny Shiny has written a cracking post outlining the 10 most stupid things you can do online. Ok, so I haven't indulged in cyber-bullying, but there's at least a couple that I may have inadvertently partaken in….
Apple announces new iPod Touch, nano with video camera, 160 Gig iPod classic and new shuffles
Here's the quick and dirty lowdown on today's iPod news iPod Touch – New top-end 64 Gig model, new 32 Gig model and price drop for the 8 Gig. Faster processors and OpenGL ES 2.0. UK prices are £149 for…
Spotify's app for the iPhone and Android on sale now
Announcing the launch on a blog post Spotify's Andres Sehr said "The mobile apps will allow you to take the entire Spotify catalogue and put it in your pocket. You can use our 'offline mode' to make playlists available at all times, even when no connection is available, perfect for that ride on the tube or long flight across the Atlantic."
Ereaders go mainstream – the COOL-ER now on sale in Argos
So ereaders area a niche product that only appeal to serious techies and Amazon obessives right?
Why the future of blogging has to be via smartphones
Malik believes that we are all creating a lot more content (images, tweets, video etc) these days – whether it be through smartphones, Flips or notebooks. Those tweets, images and emails tell the story our lives and some commentators now call this lifestreaming. That content is then categorised and stored in one of two ways.
Sexting and sexy snaps on social networks
I haven't been able to move this week for news about 'sexting'. I must confess that I was only vaguely familiar with the term, thinking it had been made up by a journalist for publicity purposes and wasn't a real problem. How wrong I was. Now I read that teenagers in the US and Australia have killed themselves when their boyfriends/girlfriends have emailed/MMSed 'compromising' pictures to school mates/parents, usually after they've split up. But in a worrying twist it now seems that so-called compromising pictures posted on social networks are being used as evidence in court to mitigate in cases of sex crime.
Dell planning on a range of mobile phones
We’ve seen picture evidence and heard word of Dells plans to move into smartphones before but, today, at an analyst conference, the president of the company’s consumer division confirmed their interest.
Ronald Garriques talked of opportunities to develop a range of 3G-based handsets with screen sizes between 4-12″. So, that’s from very big, to laptop. Already thought they did the top end of that?
Dell was widely thought to have developed a smartphone in the past that was rejected by operators in Europe and the US but now Mr Garriques has said that they’re happy to work with the top three of four in the world to come up with something that meets their needs. Doubtless more dribs and drabs on this one until the photos of phones next to stationary begin.
(via Cellualr News)
Gadget Show Live 2009 – DAB and Wi-Fi radio
Ok, so a couple of months ago I was muttering about the possible death of consumer electronics citing companies going under, gadgets getting commodotised and innovation being lavished on apps and widgets rather than hardware. Well after today I am…
