Tag: Shopping
Gadget Helpline: The perfect gift for technophobic mums this Mother's Day
Are you the technological whizz-kid of your household? Know your component cable from your HDMI, or have reached a zen-like level of interconnectivity between all of your social networks so that half the world knows what you're doing at any…
Android home phone from DSP : Smartphone features in a landline phone
Think your retro rotary phone sets you apart from the pack? Get with the times and think again – this Android based landline phone from DSP is what all the cool kids will be using to prank call from in…
23% of Britons use the net to take a sneak peek at their Christmas presents
A recent survey of 1,000 people conducted by web analytic specialists Webtrends has revealed that one-in-four of us will take a sneaky peek at what our partners have bought for us online this Christmas. No present-shaking guessing games for us…
Postabon app helps shoppers find hot local deals
Geo-aware, real-time data and social networking have been big buzz words this year, so it's nice to see an app throwing all of those features together into one mix. The Postabon app is a location-aware shopping service that allows…
£100 Christmas budget for a third of Brits
Of the 1,400 people surveyed, 39% were looking to spend less this year, with 50% doing the majority of their shopping online in order to dig out the best bargains. Voucher Hub also claim that a third of Brits will be spending no more than £100 on presents this year, with another third placing simple grocery vouchers at the top of their Christmas lists.
Bargain of the Week: Pentax Optio S12 digital camera
Welcome to Bargain of the Week, where I’ll take a look around the web for the best tech/gadget bargain I can find, and report back to you.
This week, you can get hold of the rather nice Pentax Optio S12 compact digital camera for a penny shy of seventy quid, thanks to it being half price at Amazon.co.uk…
Woolworths could live on… online
Break out the cheap party poppers and raise a “Worth It” champagne glass to the news that Woolworths may resurrect itself online.
While its recent demise has seen the shop space sold off, the Shop Direct Group has taken on the company and could be about to turn it into an online retailer.
The old Woolworths already offered online purchasing, but the new scheme would see it more able to compete with the likes of Amazon which sells goods exclusively online…
Sony UK sort of cuts price of PlayStation3 – starts offering £40 discount on 40GB model
If you really, really must have a PlayStation3 right now, you might want to buy yourself one via Sony’s online shop SonyStyle.co.uk – as it’s currently offering a £40 discount on its cheapest model.
The deal takes the RRP of the Blu-ray-playing “entry level” 40GB machine down to an almost reasonable £249 including free delivery, with a nearly tempting…
Nine out of ten kids want videogames for Christmas
If there was ever doubt that gaming had become well and truly mainstream, it must now be officially extinguished. Nine out of ten kids aged between eight and eleven want something game-related for Christmas – a game, console, or peripheral of some sort…
Zeer – going all web 2.0 on your shopping list's ass
Eggs. Flour. Milk. Teabags. Oranges. Ice cream. Organic Sunflower Seeds. Are you tired of the same old shopping lists? Me neither – I just tend to buy frozen pizza, cider, and supernoodles on my weekly shop, and I don’t need a list for that. If I had a wee bit more concern over my diet, however, I’d sign right up for Zeer…
