10 badly-reviewed movies that made a fortune at the box office

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is released today, nearly 6 years after the original. As you might recall, the first Paul Blart wasn’t particularly well-received; it currently has 33% on Rotten Tomatoes. So why is a sequel being released? Simple: money! Despite its poor reviews, Paul Blart made around £124 …

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17/04/2015
Chris Smith
Mobile Phone

The Surprisingly Easy App of the Week: Runkeeper

The weather has picked up, which means there’s no excuse not to go for a run. That’s why we’ve chosen this week’s app, which makes running on a regular basis even easier! What is it? Runkeeper is hardly a hidden secret; it’s one of the most popular running apps around, …

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16/04/2015
Chris Smith
Drone

5 Gadgets That Will Become Essential Over The Next 10 Years

10 years ago, Facebook had just launched and the iPhone didn’t even exist. Can you imagine a world without them now? Tech companies don’t rest on their laurels, though; they keep looking forward. Here are 5 technologies that’ll change the world over the next 10 years! Personal Drones Drones were …

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13/04/2015
Chris Smith
Ad Screengrab

All of our History Channel Ads in One Place!

If you’re a fan of Storage Wars, Pawn Stars or American Pickers, you may have caught our latest ads on the History Channel. We’re delighted to sponsor all of their buying and selling programmes, and thought we’d chip in with our own eccentric duo of sellers. So, without further ado, …

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10/04/2015
Chris Smith
Mobile Phone

The Surprisingly App of the Week: Hotel My Phone

Every Thursday, we bring you an app that’ll make your life easier. This week, its the turn of Hotel My Phone – an app that’ll help you survive when your phone dies (or you leave it at home”¦). What is it? Hotel My Phone lets you ”˜check into’ a friend’s …

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09/04/2015
Chris Smith
Headphones

00s one-hit wonders: where are they now?

The 2000s gave us many great things: social media, smartphones, Breaking Bad, Kanye West and relatively few dodgy haircuts. The greatest legacy of the decade known as the noughties, however, was the novelty one-hit wonder single. Forget the 80s; the 00s gave us a ridiculous number of terrible songs that …

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09/04/2015
Chris Smith