The Surprisingly Easy App of the Week: Mint

Every Wednesday, we bring you an app that’ll make your life easier. We’re focusing on money this week with Mint, an app that promises to help you keep on top of your finances. What is it? Mint is a personal finance app that allows you to keep track of what …

16/07/2014

Chris Smith

App of the Week

4 Surprising Early Versions of World Famous Tech

The design geniuses at Apple, Google and countless other tech giants make it easy to come up with globally successful tech products that change our lives forever. But there’s nothing easy about it. Every gadget you use, from your computer to your smartphone, is the result of years of intense …

15/07/2014

Chris Smith

Tech

The Surprisingly Easy Guide to…Morrisseyâ€™s New Album

Can you hear that faint sound of moaning in the distance? You’re not going mad. It’s just Morrissey’s new album, which comes out today. World Peace Is None of Your Business is the 10th album from Manchester’s moodiest man and a lot of people are very excited about it. So, …

15/07/2014

Chris Smith

5 Cult TV Shows You Need To Check Out (Part Two)

There’s so much good stuff on TV nowadays that you could probably waste your entire life deciding what to watch. Don’t bother: just check out our monthly guide to cult TV shows. Firefly ”˜Cowboys in space’ sounds like the kind of idea a lazy screenwriter would come up with before …

14/07/2014

Chris Smith

TV

The Surprisingly Easy Guide to Enjoying French Movies (on Bastille Day)

It’s Bastille Day, a day in which the world joins together to celebrate everything French and the beginning of the French Revolution (but mainly the French stuff). But how can you show some love to our friends across the channel on this fine day? It’s simple, mon frÃ¨res et ma …

14/07/2014

Chris Smith

Movies

Microsoft are paying Xbox 360 owners to upgrade to the Xbox One

Own an Xbox 360 but not sure whether to upgrade to the Xbox One? Well, Microsoft are about to make you an offer you can’t refuse. According to Destructoid, 360 owners in the US are receiving a message offering them $75 of credit with the purchase of an Xbox One. …

11/07/2014

Chris Smith

We Probably Wonâ€™t Be Recieving Many Copies of Robin Thickeâ€™s New Album…

What a difference a year makes. After releasing the nearly-inescapable Blurred Lines last year, Robin Thicke’s latest album Paula has flopped dramatically. According to The Guardian, Paula has sold 530 copies in the UK and entered the album chart at #200. Thicke’s last album, Blurred Lines, peaked at #1. The …

11/07/2014

Chris Smith

Friday Playlist: Germany vs. Argentina

Germany and Argentina lock horns in the final of a certain major footballing tournament this weekend, and your guess is as good as ours as to who will come out on top (it’ll be Germany ”“ but feel free to mock us if we’re wrong!). But forget about football: who …

11/07/2014

Chris Smith

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