I recently bought a new camera for my wife. We have a Sony H9 bridge camera, but it just doesn’t fit in her purse. She has a 5 megapixel Samsung camera phone that just doesn’t cut it. So I went on the hunt for something compact. Actually, ultra-compact in this case. I chose Pixmania as my start point because they offer a reasonable amount of information on each camera. But what do you do when get down to two or three...

A while back I got very excited when Googlemonster decided to do Turn-By-Turn navigation free for Android phones. It is still only available to the USA, whilst all XDA and ROM genius modders keep trying to get it working outside there. In fact, the news was big, it really, really hurt Garmin and TomTom. However, Nokia fans can delight. They have just announced OVI Maps 3.3 and it is free covering 70 countries. Ah, so, Googlemonster...

You’ve all used memory keys right? . . So tell me what is it you use them for? . . No doubt at some stage you carry some personal, sensitive or important data with you! Whether these are personal files, business files or just general files, one thing will always be certain, you like your privacy. Let me put it into perspective for you, you have all your business records and transactions stored on your memory key, even financial...

Whether making your own lens hood to create custom bokeh, breathing like a sniper to get a blur-free photo, or angling your body to look the best in pictures, we shared some great photography hacks this year. Software and Photoshop tricks are great, but they’re a poor substitution for doing things in-camera. Over the last year we shared a variety of hacks for taking better photos, looking better in photos, and ways to get...

Want to join the polyglot set but don’t have the time for foreign language immersion, world travel, or academic courses? One Minute Languages offers basic instructions in a dozen languages for English speakers including German, Russian and Japanese that will help get you started. The short lessons are released weekly as a podcast you can subscribe to via iTunes, or you can just visit the site to play back archived tips in...

Windows Mobile and Symbian users don’t ever have to worry about getting lost or having to remember their favorite places again. Google recently announced that Google Maps has been upgraded to version 3.3 for Windows Mobile and Symbian. The upgrade now allows you mark your favorite items with a star and keep those synced between your computer and phone. As soon as you upgrade on your WinMo or Symbian device, Google will ask if you...