Anyone who has attempted to search for an app without knowing it’s name will know it can be tricky to find exactly what you’re looking for. That’s where Quixey comes in. A shiny new start-up company, based in California and providing a functional search engine for apps,  Quixey aims to address the common failings in adopting [...]

The untimely death of Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple who died last week at the age of 56 has left people throughout the world saddened, but hopefully inspired by the story of his career. To use a quote that has been circling around the internet in the last week: ‘Bill Gates put a PC [...]

While we were reading about ‘Buchanan Quarter’, a new retail development at the top of Glasgow’s Buchanan Street where retailers such as Forever21, Gap and Paperchase are opening flagship stores we got to thinking about impressive flagship stores across the world and how they are becoming almost tourist attrations in themselves. The idea of a [...]

A new wave of apps have hit iPhone and Android that are aimed at helping blind and visually impaired people. Knowing what food is inside a packet or details about the post which has just arrived on your doormat are everyday things that most people take for granted. Blind people have traditionally sought this kind [...]

Whilst on the hunt for a “Friday Fun” blog post for everyone’s perusal…I came across this advert for Cycle Safety UK starring British Olympic medallist James Cracknell. It’s definitely one of the most thought provoking adverts of its kind that we’ve have seen in some time. On the 20th July 2010 James suffered a near [...]

Over the last while we’ve noticed the beginnings of a buzz surrounding Storify, a social media curation tool aimed at both professional journalists and those who are simply interested in social media and current news. The tool moved into the public beta testing phase on the 25th of April this year. Some have gone as [...]

French car manufacturer Citroen teamed up with UK based Candyspace to develop an innovative digital media campaign that uses gaming and location based apps to launch the DS4. The mobile marketing and multi platform competition, DS4 Seekers is essentially a massive game of hide and seek where players hide a virtual DS4s in the streets [...]

Reports from the USA suggest that facebook is doing more than just keeping people connected…it’s helping police to fight crime! Local police across America have started using Facebook to post information on local cases and to ask the public for help. Feedback from officers suggests that Facebook users really are helping them to catch the [...]

The fair city of Edinburgh is this week playing host to TED Global 2011. An annual conference renowned for showcasing cutting-edge technologies. TED Global is a grand affair, with around 850 attendees from 70 countries and tickets costing nearly £4,000. Spread over 4 days, with over 50 speakers and performers this years theme is “The [...]

Here’s a little something to get you ready for the weekend! Follow the instructions on this Carlsberg ad, and you can use a piece of paper to open a bottle of Carlsberg. Useful for those beer shaped emergencies! The ad was originally printed in Menzo, a Dutch men’s magazine. For those of us not residing [...]