Posted by Calvin Robinson on September 28, 2010 ·
Nokia N8 is all about entertainment. You can browse the whole web and watch flash videos online, store your favourite HD movies on the 16GB internal memory or on a microSD card (up to 32GB), and even enjoy on-demand Web TV, on your mobile phone! The exclusively customised BBC iPlayer app lets you catch up on your favourite BBC shows, and you can access TV channels online, from CNN to Paramount, and [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on June 4, 2010 ·
Because we can’t all have The Knowledge, Nokia have made Sat Nav free for everyone
Nokia’s new navigation optimised phones include Ovi Maps with free voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation, and an in-car holder for an even better and easier navigation experience. We have even added an in-car charger for selected models so that your phone is fully charged when you get to your destination. All [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on May 28, 2010 ·
With today’s launch on the iPad in the UK, we thought we’d save you the trouble of looking around for the right accessories. We’ve had the pleasure of trying our some of the nicest accessories available for the device and here are our thoughts;
Advanced Screen Protector – they may have been nice to have on the iPhone to avoid pocket-scratches, but these things are an absolute [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on May 19, 2010 ·
It’s not often that we find a technology company with such terrible service that we feel the need to advertise it to our reader-base, but on this occasion, we saw a serious need to expose the terrible practises that are at bay.
This personal story below is printed as-is from a personal blog and is not the opinion of Sporkings.com. No, our opinion of Overclockers is much lower than this;
It all [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on May 18, 2010 ·
Calvin Robinson, Editor of Sporkings.com discusses Facebook Privacy Policy issues on Channel 4 News in the UK:
We previously wrote an article instructing users on the steps necessary to delete a Facebook account;
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Whether you have concerns about Facebook’s privacy policies, or you simply don’t want to keep a profile on the website anymore, Facebook make it extremely [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on May 10, 2010 ·
Oopsy!
We’ve seen some bugs in our time, but this one puts the cherry on the cake. A new exploit discovered in Twitter’s system is the ultimate ego sweller. By simply typing “accept [username]” into Twitter’s homepage, you can automatically force people to follow you, without them even knowing it.
Try it for yourself, tweet “accept Sporkings” and we’ll [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on May 10, 2010 ·
It’s become a familiar cycle now. Apple launch an exciting new product, it hits the US market first, leaving the rest of the World waiting around for a month (or two, in this case). When the product finally reaches UK shores, we suffer what has become known as the ‘Apple Tax’. This is a price-bump which is often argued to be a result of VAT or exchange rates, a myth we proved [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on May 4, 2010 ·
Sporkings is receiving an ever growing number of visitors from Smartphone users lately, so we thought it was about time we gave you Smartphone owners more attention. We’ve been very busy as of late, testing out a range of mobile accessories from chargers to cases.
First up is the ‘Proporta USB Turbocharger 3400 World Pack‘. Now, in all honesty, this has to be my personal favourite [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on May 4, 2010 ·
Whether you have concerns about Facebook’s privacy policies, or you simply don’t want to keep a profile on the website anymore, Facebook make it extremely difficult to actually close your account. If you follow the ‘Help’ section of Facebook, you’ll eventually be led to ‘Deactivate’ your account – which basically means your data is still on [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on April 30, 2010 ·
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Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer of Adobe has responded to Steve Jobs‘ article which ironically claimed that Adobe do not develop open platforms. Narayen spends most of the interview plugging Creative Suite 5, but he does address a few of the points raised by Jobs’ and claims this has “nothing to do with technology”. This is in an [...]