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• One option for Fitbit’s survival

  By Shaun on March 4, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The fitness-tracker maker has had a good run but has failed in its efforts to innovate soon enough and diversify quickly enough into new, emerging markets. While Fitbit has cobbled together an impressive array of companies that could help change… Read More ›

• An ‘aged to perfection’ Rolex 6542 GMT

  By Shaun on March 4, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This photo shows a Rolex 6542 GMT which has aged in such a way that would be impossible to fake. It just caught my eye because of the way the patina contrasts with the Pepsi bezel and the subtle age-related marks…. Read More ›

• Fitness Trackers Don’t Help You Lose Weight

  By Shaun on March 3, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  If you love your Fitbit, prepare yourself. This story might bring you down. A study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found that fitness trackers don’t help you lose weight. Instead, they may impede your efforts…. Read More ›

• The Story of ‘Cool’

  By Shaun on March 3, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s hep, it’s groovy, it’s outta sight. It’s the word “cool.” Unlike those other words, it doesn’t sound dated at all. Slang hardly ever manages that trick. How did “cool” stay cool?

• Luciano Bluetooth Speaker

  By Shaun on March 3, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Luciano is a Bluetooth speaker designed by Paolo Cappello for NEWBLACK®. Ceramics and electronics, two contrasting elements, come together in a work of art that is the expression of purity of sound, subtlety of form, and the excellence of Italian… Read More ›

• Fossil Q Crewmaster review

  By Shaun on March 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  A hybrid watch on paper sounds like the perfect solution for those who prefer a traditional looking watch, but who also want notifications and fitness tracking as extras. For many men in particular a watch is the only jewellery they… Read More ›

• iOS 12 concept

  By Shaun on March 2, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Some interesting ideas I guess, but some more ambition would be nice. Then again, concepts rarely come to the real world.

• TheParallaxView: why would you not download this?

  By Shaun on March 2, 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  Novelty maybe, but so so impressive. Available soon (hopefully) on the iOS App Store.

• The dream of just a screen

  By Shaun on March 1, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Every now and then I catch myself using the iPhone X and realising just how impressive a device it is. When I look back to the early iPhone, the Palm Treo and even the Psions, the iPhone X is a… Read More ›

• Casio goes ‘Full Metal’

  By Shaun on March 1, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Steel, or any metal for that matter, is the least G-Shocky material I can think of and that is one of the two reasons that makes these two watches get on my “want” list. The first G-Shock, technically, was what… Read More ›