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  • Stepping away a little

    It’s likely that the content on Lost In Mobile will continue to dwindle over the next few weeks as I have more pressing issues to manage.  I’m not going to step away completely, but with work and freelance writing as… Read More ›

  • Mobile companies overcharging customers after contracts end

    Vodafone, EE and Three are continuing to charge customers for the mobile phones they buy as part of a contract, even after the cost of the handset has been paid off, research suggests. Citizens Advice found that customers who do… Read More ›

  • Selling Mattresses

    I couldn’t know it then, but the outcome of that battle would influence the purchase decisions of many thousands, if not millions, of people seeking a good night’s sleep. It would also reveal just how thoroughly the internet and the… Read More ›

  • Pholio

    Pholio is your personal photo and video archive. Once connected, it collects all of your digital photos and videos together – wherever they are saved – and automatically indexes them on the Pholio device. Pholio uses the latest visual recognition… Read More ›

  • 3D LED Lamps

    This is the R2-D2 edition of the Top Rated LEDMiracle 3D Illusion lamp. These lamps use energy efficient LED which don’t produce heat – so are completely safe around kids. They are a 2D perspex wireframe lamp that give the… Read More ›

  • Our culture is becoming always on

    On the subject of information overload– I suspect part of it is the immediacy of new information, whether that information is world events or text or email. And the need/desire to keep up means that there is less time for… Read More ›

  • Fossil shifting to smart watches

    Speaking to press – including Trusted Reviews – and key industry players, McKelvey said: “15% of our business is wearables. In the next three to four years, half of our business will have connectivity. We’re just getting started, we’re scaling… Read More ›

  • Trouble in Toy Town

    “You have to be particularly inept to make a toy store boring, but Toys R Us managed it,” comments Neil Saunders at GlobalData. “Their shops have very little ‘pester-power’ because very few children demand to be dragged around aisles and… Read More ›

  • Time to LEGO?

    The family-run company’s friendly image is hard to maintain when announcing more than 1,000 layoffs, but Lego expressed humility at the need to let workers go. “We are very sorry to make changes which may interfere with the lives of… Read More ›

  • Concrete jewellery

    Each piece is handmade using custom molds and a jewelry grade concrete recipe. The pendants are hand sanded and finished with a waterproofing sealant. Each piece measures approximately 0.5″. The pendants are strung on a thin steel wire cable. The… Read More ›