Should you go and watch Jurassic World?

Jurassic World, the 4th film in Stephen Spielberg’s dinosaurs-gone-wild franchise, came out in cinemas yesterday. The film is set years after the original, in a future where Jurassic Park is a fully functioning mega-zoo and humans have more or less managed to stop dinosaurs from eating people sitting on the …

12/06/2015

Chris Smith

Movies

The Surprisingly Easy App of the Week: Waze

Every Thursday, we bring you an app that’ll make your life surprisingly easy. This week, it’s the turn of Waze, a community traffic app that promises to make your commute easier. What is it? Waze is a traffic app that provides user-sourced real time traffic and road information updates. The …

11/06/2015

Chris Smith

App of the Week

Why you should be excited about Android M

We’ve been banging on a lot about Apple recently (mainly because of WWDC) but we haven’t forgotten about Android. On the contrary, in fact; we’re very, very excited about the newest Android update, M. In this post, we’re going to list a few of our favourite features from the brand …

11/06/2015

Chris Smith

Tech

Apple Music, iOS 9 and more: The best of Appleâ€™s WWDC 2015 so far!

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference kicked off last night. Let’s get straight to the big news! Apple Music Apple’s streaming service, rumoured since they acquired Beats for $3 billion last year, is finally here. The service is essentially Apple’s version of Spotify, with a huge library of tracks available to …

09/06/2015

Chris Smith

Tech

The 5 stages of playing any online game

The days of playing a game by yourself are dead. Thanks to the internet, gamers across the globe are regularly facing off against each other, setting off a chain of uncontrollable and inevitable reactions. We’ve documented the whole harrowing experience below. Whether you’re a FIFA addict or a dedicated Call …

09/06/2015

Chris Smith

Games

13 artists and bands you need to see live before you (or they) die

Muse Lasers! Explosions! Flying band members! Muse’s live show is every bit as ridiculous as their live albums, with Matt Bellamy strutting around like an alien-obsessed Freddie Mercury and over-the-top renditions of their entire back catalogue. The good news is that Muse should be around for a while yet, and …

08/06/2015

Chris Smith

Music

How to declutter in 5 days

Decluttering is daunting. All that stuff and so little time: how are you supposed to deal with it all? Well, it’s surprisingly easy. In fact, you get can your home into shape in just 5 days – and you only have to spend a couple of hours decluttering each day! …

05/06/2015

Chris Smith

Decluttering

The Surprisingly Easy App of the Week: Google Photos

Every Thursday, we bring you an app that’ll make your life easier. This week, it’s Photos, a photo storage and management app from a little company called Google. What is it? Google Photos is a photo storage and management app. It takes the photos (and videos) on your phone, uploads …

04/06/2015

Chris Smith

App of the Week

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