Lonely and living in London, then download StreetSpark on your mobile phone and start meeting new people while you are out and about. Whatever happened to good old fashioned online dating?
August 16, 2010
August 9, 2010
Conspiracy for Good with Tim Kring & Nokia
Saving lives and overthrowing evil corporations is no longer just a thrilling premise for television and film plots. Tim Kring, creator of TV show, Heroes is the mastermind behind Conspiracy for Good, which combines live street theatre and alternate reality gaming for social change. I got to go behind the scenes and speak with the Hollywood director about this real-life interactive treasure hunt in London.
Participants:
Tim Kring, Creator, Heroes
Kasey Farrar, Communications Manager, Nokia, Services
July 19, 2010
ZTE Racer
In April, I met with Chinese handset manufacturer ZTE to get a sneak peak at the company’s first Android phone in the UK – the ZTE Racer. However, since then, the phone has had a couple tweaks and its firmware has been updated from 1.6 to 2.1 Eclair. So is the Racer worth the £99 price tag? Watch the video!
June 29, 2010
Huawei S7 Android Tablet
A couple weeks back we pondered the sweet spot between mobile phones and the PC, particularly with the advent of the tablet category. We compared the 5-inch mid-tablet Dell Streak with the nearly 10-inch Apple iPad. Well, this week – we have a new contender that sits neatly in between at 7 inches. We take an exclusive sneak peak at Huawei’s new Android tablet, the S7.
June 22, 2010
Orange Power Wellies for Glastonbury (2012)
This time every year, campers and music lovers gear up for a summer of festivals. Anyone who has been – knows all too well – what happens at the end of the day…. your mobile phone runs out of juice and there’s no place to charge it. Well unless you get your hands on the Orange Power Wellies, a prototype rain boot that uses a power-generating sole to convert body heat into electrical current to charge your phone.
June 16, 2010
Android Serves an Ace
If you’re going to Wimbledon, the updated IBM Seer app for iPhone and Android mixes augmented reality, location-based video streams and real time data to offer you a more tech-enhanced tennis experience.
June 8, 2010
Dell Streak vs. Apple iPad
Remember when phones were enormous? Think 1980′s. As technology advanced, phones and personal computers became smaller, thinner and cheaper. Then something changed on the mobile side: phone screens grew larger. Now, as phones are getting larger and computers are getting smaller – are the two converging to the same point? And what’s the size of that happy medium? In this special video, I explore screen sizes and pin the 5 inch Android-powered Dell Streak against the nearly 10 inch iPad. Who will come out on top?
May 19, 2010
Smashing Mobiles
The latest smartphones are expensive and can be delicate. When my Nexus One suffered a cracked screen, after only ten hours of use, I decided to ask other Londoners about their broken phones and investigate what could be done about it.
May 10, 2010
The Ultimate Earphones
If you settle for the earphones that come with your music player or mobile phone, the quality is often so poor that everyone can hear your music except for you. In this Press/Play, I test out the Klipsch Image X10, Creative Labs Aurvana in-Ear 2 & Etymotic Hf2 on both London’s underground and buses to find the ultimate pair.
April 20, 2010
iPad or iFad?
I finally got my hands on the much-hyped tablet device to check out some iPad apps and speak with Future Workshops about whether it’s destined to be the third screen. Watch the video!
Tech journalist, mobile enthusiast and gadget girl. I host two shows on the interweb. 