~/Tech/::Page:: en-gb BABE v1 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:05:12 GMT 20 ~//Tech/christmas-apps.html There was a time when Christmas entertainment consisted of endless games of Monopoly, food coma-fuelled games of charades followed by falling asleep in front of Morcambe and Wise. Now we can all stare at our phones and iPads instead! Nothing says Christmas cheer quite like staring into a shiny black rectangle and tip-tapping on a glass screen. Jen Evans Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:30:23 GMT Tech 4527 ~//Tech/a-geeky-gift-guide-for-the-technically-inclined.html Shopping for the technical, the digital savvy and the geeky can get quite complicated. Mostly because it's hard for a mere mortal to understand their gift list, and secondly because everything they want is so bloody expensive. (No, I cannot afford to buy you that £4,000 remote controlled helicopter. I'm sorry.) Cate Sevilla Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:00:18 GMT Tech 4510 ~//Tech/christmassy-tech-led-christmas-cards.html Last week I went to a curiously named crafting event called ‘Bling My Card’, which promised to teach a group of craft enthusiasts to make their own LED Christmas cards. Brighton technologist Natalia Buckley guided us through the process, while we listened eagerly, drank mulled wine and munched mince pies. Amy Rutter Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:30:37 GMT Tech 4488 ~//Tech/geeked-magazine-and-the-power-of-social-media.html I am a busy woman. I say that without the slightest hint of arrogance or self-pity, it is simply my truth. In addition to being a part of the BitchBuzz team, I am also completing (please Baby Jeebus, please!) my PhD in the Study of Religions; I work part-time at the student bar in my uni; I’m in a committed relationship; and I’m the Managing Editor and PR for a new quarterly publication, GEEKED Magazine. Samantha Langsdale Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:35:53 GMT Tech 4486 ~//Tech/how-facebook-has-changed-how-we-communicate2.html Almost everyone is on Facebook these days – it's always a surprise to meet someone who has resisted the temptation to join. It has over a billion active users and despite it first having been invented for college students, it isn't just younger generations using it anymore. It has completely transformed how we communicate, and we use it more than ever now due to smartph... Emily Bruce Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:00:20 GMT Tech 4480 ~//Tech/fitness-freak-the-fantastic-new-fitness-start.html The tech start-up world can be a bit of a dreary place. A place full of over-excited men wearing glasses they don't need, getting hundreds of thousands of pounds to fund an idea that will surely crash and burn. And this is precisely why Shara Tochia and her new start-up Fitness Freak are a breath of fresh air.  Cate Sevilla Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:30:54 GMT Tech 4460 ~//Tech/futuristic-sci-fi-gadgets-that-should-be-real.html Have you ever watched something on TV or in a film and thought “how awesome would it be if that gadget actually existed?” Whether it’s to save time, effort or get rid of nagging boyfriends, these futuristic gadgets would make our lives a hell of a lot easier... Amy Rutter Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:30:31 GMT Tech 4431 ~//Tech/the-very-best-old-video-games.html Maybe it's the fact I'm on maternity leave and have time to kill using a laptop one-handed while propping up a sleeping baby with the other. Maybe I just fancied reliving my teenage years, but last week I found myself digging out my Myst: The Collection boxset. After some effort messing around with various settings in order to get it working, I was exploring Myst island again, ... Hannah Mudge Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:00:30 GMT Tech 4419 ~//Tech/best-blog-ever-u-ok-hun-hugs.html If you spend too much time on the internet, little things start to piss you off. Like, y'know, shameless attention seekers posting passive aggressive or cryptic statuses on social media. Stuff like: "2day I found out who my tru friends r!!!!!!" Jen Evans Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:30:50 GMT Tech 4417 ~//Tech/use-social-media-to-find-your-dream-job.html No longer is job hunting about checking the listings in the local paper. More and more employers are using social networks in the recruitment process – whether that’s directly hiring using social media platforms or simply doing some research into applicants. It’s a tough market and you need to make yourself visible and accessible. Amy Rutter Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:30:52 GMT Tech 4392 ~//Tech/learn-to-code-with-the-code-first-girls.html There are a lot of people who like to talk about getting more women in technology, but don't exactly do anything to help the situation. In an effort to actually help get more women involved in tech, Entrepreneur First  have created the brilliant Code First: Girls coding progr... Cate Sevilla Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:00:02 GMT Tech 4386 ~//Tech/a-commuters-guide-to-podcasts.html I am a commuter. Every weekday I travel one hour by train to my job in the city. I’ve learned a couple things about myself from commuting. One being that I am not a patient person and two; I cannot sit on a train for an hour with nothing to do. I love to read, but sometimes I’m just not in the mood. When it has been a particularly stressful day, not even music cannot lift my spirits.  I first heard about podcasts through a fellow commuting friend and ... Cailin Szczesiul Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:15:00 GMT Tech 4382 ~//Tech/awesome-internet-dads-the-daddy-daughter-meme.html   I am an Internet addict. This is not simply because of my obsession with mind-alteringly cute photos of otters, or purely because of my desire to romp around on the Twitter playground. I rely on the magic of the web for research, for communicating with my international family, and for news. Samantha Langsdale Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:00:53 GMT Tech 4379 ~//Tech/when-apple-versus-android-gets-personal.html I’d never pegged myself as one of those obnoxious Apple nerds. Fair enough, the whole "Apple Ecosystem" thrives in my home habitat,  but I was never one to get preachy about it. Then it happened: I found myself taking genuine offence at someone for daring to suggest that Android might be better. Jen Evans Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:30:19 GMT Tech 4339 ~//Tech/why-virgin-tv-anywhere-is-a-must-for-tv-lovers.html Technology is advancing and upgrading at an incredibly fast rate. Our smartphones are upgraded on a yearly, if not monthly basis. Our computers are becoming smaller, lighter, faster, stronger all the time, and apps that can make some aspect of our lives easier are coming out every single day. One piece of technology that hasn’t really changed that much in the last couple of years is our television service.  While our actual televisions are changing and becoming larger... Cate Sevilla Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:00:19 GMT Tech 4227 ~//Tech/wonderbra-decoder-app-for-women-or-pervs.html Despite the crass marketing of shops like Anne Summers and Fredericks of Hollywood, there are lingerie shops and brands who try to make their lingerie actually appeal to women. It's not a matter of being wholesome or prim and proper - it's simply marketing the garments and the shops they're being sold in feel beautiful, and first and foremost, for those who will actually be wearing it Cate Sevilla Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:00:52 GMT Tech 4210 ~//Tech/women-of-the-internet-keep-it-together3.html It has come to my attention that the plot has been lost. Our bold “online revolution” is about to implode, leaving nothing but a pile of smouldering Pinterest boards featuring inspirational quotes and crumbling mounds of “honest” blogposts about crash dieting. We were given the building blocks for a virtual feminist utopia then tainted it with pictures of evil miniature donuts and (obviously patriarchal) puppies making silly faces. Why have we allowed the... Jen Evans Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:00:11 GMT Tech 4214 ~//Tech/changing-the-way-we-talk-about-women-in-tech.html While perusing my inbox and my Flipboard cover stories yesterday, my attention was directed to two different pieces of seemingly conflicted information about women in technology. The first piece of information was from Jemima Kiss in The Guardian, who had written an article with the headline: “Why are so few women working in technology Cate Sevilla Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:25:41 GMT Tech 4208 ~//Tech/facebook-privacy-and-the-art-of-being-a-bitch6.html As my Twitter timeline filled up with news and indignation regarding Facebook’s alleged privacy leak, I shamefully opened up my Facebook profile and scrolled down through the years. Questions filled my head: did I say something mean about someone’s hair back in 2008? Did I slag off someone’s boyfriend in 2009? Did I describe someone as “the human equivalent of a beige cardigan, on... Jen Evans Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:00:00 GMT Tech 4164 ~//Tech/french-dating-site-displays-men-for-sale.html I know times can be tough for the single girl looking to settle down, but I’m not sure literally displaying available men in for sale boxes is the answer. A French online dating site called ‘Adopte Un Mec’ (That’s ‘Adopt a Guy’ for those a little rusty with their French) has found a novel way of bringing love-seekers together: by launching a travelling shop that showc... Rachel Clark Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:30:56 GMT Tech 4151  ~/Tech/::Page:: en-gb BABE v1 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:05:12 GMT 20 ~//Tech/christmas-apps.html There was a time when Christmas entertainment consisted of endless games of Monopoly, food coma-fuelled games of charades followed by falling asleep in front of Morcambe and Wise. Now we can all stare at our phones and iPads instead! Nothing says Christmas cheer quite like staring into a shiny black rectangle and tip-tapping on a glass screen. Jen Evans Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:30:23 GMT Tech 4527 ~//Tech/a-geeky-gift-guide-for-the-technically-inclined.html Shopping for the technical, the digital savvy and the geeky can get quite complicated. Mostly because it's hard for a mere mortal to understand their gift list, and secondly because everything they want is so bloody expensive. (No, I cannot afford to buy you that £4,000 remote controlled helicopter. I'm sorry.) Cate Sevilla Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:00:18 GMT Tech 4510 ~//Tech/christmassy-tech-led-christmas-cards.html Last week I went to a curiously named crafting event called ‘Bling My Card’, which promised to teach a group of craft enthusiasts to make their own LED Christmas cards. Brighton technologist Natalia Buckley guided us through the process, while we listened eagerly, drank mulled wine and munched mince pies. Amy Rutter Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:30:37 GMT Tech 4488 ~//Tech/geeked-magazine-and-the-power-of-social-media.html I am a busy woman. I say that without the slightest hint of arrogance or self-pity, it is simply my truth. In addition to being a part of the BitchBuzz team, I am also completing (please Baby Jeebus, please!) my PhD in the Study of Religions; I work part-time at the student bar in my uni; I’m in a committed relationship; and I’m the Managing Editor and PR for a new quarterly publication, GEEKED Magazine. Samantha Langsdale Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:35:53 GMT Tech 4486 ~//Tech/how-facebook-has-changed-how-we-communicate2.html Almost everyone is on Facebook these days – it's always a surprise to meet someone who has resisted the temptation to join. It has over a billion active users and despite it first having been invented for college students, it isn't just younger generations using it anymore. It has completely transformed how we communicate, and we use it more than ever now due to smartph... Emily Bruce Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:00:20 GMT Tech 4480 ~//Tech/fitness-freak-the-fantastic-new-fitness-start.html The tech start-up world can be a bit of a dreary place. A place full of over-excited men wearing glasses they don't need, getting hundreds of thousands of pounds to fund an idea that will surely crash and burn. And this is precisely why Shara Tochia and her new start-up Fitness Freak are a breath of fresh air.  Cate Sevilla Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:30:54 GMT Tech 4460 ~//Tech/futuristic-sci-fi-gadgets-that-should-be-real.html Have you ever watched something on TV or in a film and thought “how awesome would it be if that gadget actually existed?” Whether it’s to save time, effort or get rid of nagging boyfriends, these futuristic gadgets would make our lives a hell of a lot easier... Amy Rutter Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:30:31 GMT Tech 4431 ~//Tech/the-very-best-old-video-games.html Maybe it's the fact I'm on maternity leave and have time to kill using a laptop one-handed while propping up a sleeping baby with the other. Maybe I just fancied reliving my teenage years, but last week I found myself digging out my Myst: The Collection boxset. After some effort messing around with various settings in order to get it working, I was exploring Myst island again, ... Hannah Mudge Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:00:30 GMT Tech 4419 ~//Tech/best-blog-ever-u-ok-hun-hugs.html If you spend too much time on the internet, little things start to piss you off. Like, y'know, shameless attention seekers posting passive aggressive or cryptic statuses on social media. Stuff like: "2day I found out who my tru friends r!!!!!!" Jen Evans Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:30:50 GMT Tech 4417 ~//Tech/use-social-media-to-find-your-dream-job.html No longer is job hunting about checking the listings in the local paper. More and more employers are using social networks in the recruitment process – whether that’s directly hiring using social media platforms or simply doing some research into applicants. It’s a tough market and you need to make yourself visible and accessible. Amy Rutter Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:30:52 GMT Tech 4392 ~//Tech/learn-to-code-with-the-code-first-girls.html There are a lot of people who like to talk about getting more women in technology, but don't exactly do anything to help the situation. In an effort to actually help get more women involved in tech, Entrepreneur First  have created the brilliant Code First: Girls coding progr... Cate Sevilla Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:00:02 GMT Tech 4386 ~//Tech/a-commuters-guide-to-podcasts.html I am a commuter. Every weekday I travel one hour by train to my job in the city. I’ve learned a couple things about myself from commuting. One being that I am not a patient person and two; I cannot sit on a train for an hour with nothing to do. I love to read, but sometimes I’m just not in the mood. When it has been a particularly stressful day, not even music cannot lift my spirits.  I first heard about podcasts through a fellow commuting friend and ... Cailin Szczesiul Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:15:00 GMT Tech 4382 ~//Tech/awesome-internet-dads-the-daddy-daughter-meme.html   I am an Internet addict. This is not simply because of my obsession with mind-alteringly cute photos of otters, or purely because of my desire to romp around on the Twitter playground. I rely on the magic of the web for research, for communicating with my international family, and for news. Samantha Langsdale Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:00:53 GMT Tech 4379 ~//Tech/when-apple-versus-android-gets-personal.html I’d never pegged myself as one of those obnoxious Apple nerds. Fair enough, the whole "Apple Ecosystem" thrives in my home habitat,  but I was never one to get preachy about it. Then it happened: I found myself taking genuine offence at someone for daring to suggest that Android might be better. Jen Evans Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:30:19 GMT Tech 4339 ~//Tech/why-virgin-tv-anywhere-is-a-must-for-tv-lovers.html Technology is advancing and upgrading at an incredibly fast rate. Our smartphones are upgraded on a yearly, if not monthly basis. Our computers are becoming smaller, lighter, faster, stronger all the time, and apps that can make some aspect of our lives easier are coming out every single day. One piece of technology that hasn’t really changed that much in the last couple of years is our television service.  While our actual televisions are changing and becoming larger... Cate Sevilla Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:00:19 GMT Tech 4227 ~//Tech/wonderbra-decoder-app-for-women-or-pervs.html Despite the crass marketing of shops like Anne Summers and Fredericks of Hollywood, there are lingerie shops and brands who try to make their lingerie actually appeal to women. It's not a matter of being wholesome or prim and proper - it's simply marketing the garments and the shops they're being sold in feel beautiful, and first and foremost, for those who will actually be wearing it Cate Sevilla Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:00:52 GMT Tech 4210 ~//Tech/women-of-the-internet-keep-it-together3.html It has come to my attention that the plot has been lost. Our bold “online revolution” is about to implode, leaving nothing but a pile of smouldering Pinterest boards featuring inspirational quotes and crumbling mounds of “honest” blogposts about crash dieting. We were given the building blocks for a virtual feminist utopia then tainted it with pictures of evil miniature donuts and (obviously patriarchal) puppies making silly faces. Why have we allowed the... Jen Evans Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:00:11 GMT Tech 4214 ~//Tech/changing-the-way-we-talk-about-women-in-tech.html While perusing my inbox and my Flipboard cover stories yesterday, my attention was directed to two different pieces of seemingly conflicted information about women in technology. The first piece of information was from Jemima Kiss in The Guardian, who had written an article with the headline: “Why are so few women working in technology Cate Sevilla Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:25:41 GMT Tech 4208 ~//Tech/facebook-privacy-and-the-art-of-being-a-bitch6.html As my Twitter timeline filled up with news and indignation regarding Facebook’s alleged privacy leak, I shamefully opened up my Facebook profile and scrolled down through the years. Questions filled my head: did I say something mean about someone’s hair back in 2008? Did I slag off someone’s boyfriend in 2009? Did I describe someone as “the human equivalent of a beige cardigan, on... Jen Evans Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:00:00 GMT Tech 4164 ~//Tech/french-dating-site-displays-men-for-sale.html I know times can be tough for the single girl looking to settle down, but I’m not sure literally displaying available men in for sale boxes is the answer. A French online dating site called ‘Adopte Un Mec’ (That’s ‘Adopt a Guy’ for those a little rusty with their French) has found a novel way of bringing love-seekers together: by launching a travelling shop that showc... Rachel Clark Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:30:56 GMT Tech 4151