Social Media

Jan 15, 2010

Sony Bravia Internet Video brings social media to your 3D TV

Posted by admin in CES 2010, DLNA, Events, HDTV, Social Media, Sony, Video and TV, Wi-Fi

The new Sony Bravia Internet Video platform is Sony’s answer to the huge interest in Internet video that we’ve seen this year. Featuring 25 different applications from the likes of YouTube and Netflix, the Sony Bravia Internet Video system comes built into many of Sony’s shiny new HDTVs, which, together with Wi-Fi and 3D, provide [...]


Jan 12, 2010

ICD Vega Android tablet offers full HD for the kitchen

Posted by admin in CES 2010, Events, Portable Gadgets, Social Media

T-Mobile and ICD beat Apple to the punch at CES 2010 by showing off a new tablet. Developed by ICD, the ICD Vega is a 15″ tablet that’s described as a “portable family hub tablet”, which is not exactly a term that’s likely to catch on! Dodgy naming aside, the ICD Vega actually has some [...]


Jan 11, 2010

From Facebook to fish, the Kodak PlaySport pocket camcorder captures it all

Posted by admin in CES 2010, Cameras, Events, Facebook Gadget, Pictures, Social Media, YouTube Gadget

Kodak have put on an interesting demo of their new Kodak PlaySport pocket camcorder at CES 2010 – they’ve shoved it in a goldfish bowl! Obviously this is to show off the PlaySport’s waterproof abilities, as it will work happily in depths of 10 feet or less.


Jan 10, 2010

Samsung F-Series camcorders bring their own editing software to the party

Posted by admin in CES 2010, Camcorder, Events, Samsung, Social Media, Video and TV, YouTube Gadget

Samsung announced a series of new camcorders at CES 2010, each optimized to work seamlessly with YouTube. The Samsung SMX-F40, SMX-F43 and SMX-F44 camcorders do this via Samsung’s Intelli-studio 2.0 software, which lets you edit, play and upload videos from any PC. The interesting thing about Intelli-studio 2.0, though, is that all of the software [...]


Jan 9, 2010

Boxee Box Review – why your HDTV and you need this remarkable media center

Posted by admin in CES 2010, Events, Media Receiver, Social Media, Video and TV, Wi-Fi

Look around CES 2010 and you’ll see acres of HDTVs and Blu-ray playes, all showing off their flashy Internet TV features. YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and a billion other social media apps, all viewable on a shiny new $5,000 HDTV. But what if you don’t have $5,000? Or worse, what if you just spent $5,000 [...]


Jan 8, 2010

Want Twitter on your TV? Samsung have an app for that with their new HDTV app store

Posted by admin in CES 2010, Events, HDTV, Samsung, Social Media, Twitter Gadget, Video and TV

HDTVs capable of showing social media apps such as Facebook and Twitter are everywhere at CES 2010, but Samsung have gone one better. Not only have they been showing off a variety of HDTVs equipped with social media apps aplenty, they’ve also launched an app store for their range of HDTVs, Blu-ray players and home [...]


Jan 7, 2010

Panasonic DMP-B500 portable Blu-ray player lets you tweet from your remote

Posted by admin in CES 2010, Events, Facebook Gadget, Manufacturer, Panasonic, Portable Gadgets, Twitter Gadget, YouTube Gadget

Panasonic were showing off their new DMP-B500 and DMP-B100 portable Blu-Ray players at CES 2010, both of which feature high resolution screens (10.1″ and 8.9″ respectively) and Panasonic’s new VIERA CAST technology, which it uses across a variety of Blu-Ray players, home theatre systems and HDTVs. VIERA CAST (apparently the capitals are important!), will give [...]


Jan 6, 2010

Eye-Fi Pro X2 wireless SD card with endless memory

Posted by admin in CES 2010, Cameras, Events, Facebook Gadget, Flickr Gadget, Pictures, Social Media, Twitter Gadget, Wi-Fi, YouTube Gadget
Eye Fi Pro-X2

I didn’t mean for this series of CES 2010 posts to be so camera-heavy, but I couldn’t resist this. Eye-Fi have announced the new Eye-Fi Pro X2, an 8GB SD card with built-in WiFi. Quite how they managed to cram the WiFi gubbins into an SD card is beyond me, but what it gives you [...]


Jan 6, 2010

Samsung CL80: Super-social Wi-Fi camera gets the most from your memories

Posted by admin in Bluetooth, CES 2010, Cameras, DLNA, Events, Facebook Gadget, Flickr Gadget, Pictures, Samsung, Social Media, Technology, Wi-Fi, YouTube Gadget

Samsung have been showing off the Samsung CL80 camera at CES 2010, a camera so rich with features it makes mobile phones look barren! Samsung have managed to endow (for that really is the right word!) the CL80 not just with cracking camera optics and all sorts of image improvement trickery, but also a plethora [...]


Jan 6, 2010

Kodak SLICE, a sociable camera with a hint of radish

Posted by admin in CES 2010, Cameras, Events, Facebook Gadget, Flickr Gadget, Pictures, Social Media, YouTube Gadget

Kodak have announced the Kodak SLICE, a new sociable camera, at CES 2010. I say sociable, because the SLICE can automatically share your pics with a plethora of social media sites. The SLICE uses a Kodak Share button, which, when connected to a PC, will automatically upload your pics and videos to whichever service you [...]