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Our friends at Roku are indulging in a bit of Christmas fun with their Stuff Your Stocking promotion. It's a straightforward draw to win goodies such as a 40″ Hisense Roku TV, Roku 3 and Roku Streaming Stick (HDMI Version) along with subscriptions to Sky NowTV, Netflix and Rdio. The exact prizes vary from country and the competition is open to residents
There are many products and brands that claim to be iconic but there aren't that many with the design credentials to back up the claim. The British lighting design company Anglepoise easily falls into the iconic category with the smooth multi-angle balance mechanism from the 1930s embodied in the 1227. I've always wanted an Anglepoise lamp and when a Type
Steam has launched the beta for Steam Broadcasting. I think it is clear that this will put Steam in direct competition with Twitch for both viewers and streamers of video gaming content. Steam Broadcasting is currently in beta. As of December 2, 2014, people can watch their friends play video games on Steam “with the click of a button”. The
Continuing the Christmas theme, Smashing Magazine have a bunch of unique festive wallpapers for your desktop and other backgrounds needs. Part of their regular monthly programme, the December wallpapers function as calendars too, with dates embedded in the wallpaper, which is pretty handy anyway - no need to start up an app to check the date. All the heavy lifting
Twitter has begun rolling out changes that are intended to make your Twitter experience safer. It has become very clear that Twitter needed to make improvements that would prevent people from continually harassing other Twitter users. The new changes include improvements to the “block” feature and an easier way to report harassment and abuse. Twitter posted a blog that described
The in-house inventor at London's Science Museum, Mark Champkins, has created this fantastic lampshade that opens like a flower when the light is turned on. The lampshade is made of polypropylene petals and six bi-metallic strips which open up the flower when heated by the light bulb. The flower shade takes about 5 minutes to open up from closed. It's an
So what did you score for Cyber Monday. I found a couple of deals late in the afternoon today but nothing that was earth shattering. Lots of tech and I share with you a program update and about a special show I am going to produce when they put solar on my roof. I have started my 10 day Transformation
The Girl Scouts have made it even easier for you to buy your favorite kinds of Girl Scout cookies. They have launched something called Digital Cookie. he majority of the 112 Girl Scout councils nationwide are participating in the Digital Cookie 2014 - 2015 cookie season. More are expected to join by the end of 2015 (when Digital Cookie 2.0
The Christmas season is officially underway with today's opening of the first door on the Advent calendar. To help get festive, Manuela Langella and Smashing Magazine have produced a great set of Christmas-themed icons for holiday projects. They'll look fantastic on desktops, websites, cards and invites, and are great fun for children too - your creative ability is the only
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