At least 50 Shades richer: How EL James made £20million in 18 months

Yahoo! Finance UK Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP Eighteen months ago no one had heard of Londoner Erika Leonard – or EL James to use her pseudonym – but the woman who invented “mummy porn” is now raking in almost £1million a week. Yes, that’s £1million a week. So, how did she do it? Last month ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ became the best-selling book in Britain of all time. More astonishing is...

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Why One Direction are better than The Beatles

Mirror Ten reasons why the Fit Five are better than the Fab Four 1 THE Beatles have never been on X Factor. 2 THE Beatles might have produced a few alright songs, but they also foisted some right howlers on us, like that walrus rubbish. One Direction’s entire back catalogue is, unarguably, a totally perfect body of work. (OK, they’ve only released one single so far but it is REALLY GOOD.) 3...

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Toshiba 84-inch 4K television pictures and eyes-on

Pocket-lint The television market is now starting to roll out 4K, and we are seeing quite a few 4K devices make an appearance at IFA this year. Toshiba has gone big, updating its 55ZLT with a huge 84-inch version. This size really does make 4K look stunning because, despite being so big, most detail is retained. We got good look at the new 84-incher in its three different colour schemes - grey,...

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LG debuts 84-inch Ultra Definition 3D TV

T3 LG has been showing off the LG UD 3D TV at IFA this week - the world's first 84-inch 3D TV and perfect excuse to turn your front room into a multiplex. First revealed back at CES, the monster screen arrives with a whopping 4K resolution of 8 million pixels. The 3840 x 2160 display is four times the resolution of current Full HD TVs and LG has packed in its own Triple XD Engine and Resolution...

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Amazon Appstore launches in UK and Europe, Kindle Fire to follow surely

Pocket-lint Amazon Appstore, the retail giant's venue for Android applications, has now opened for business in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. It currently contains a mighty host of applications available for download to Android smartphones and tablets, including bestsellers such as Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Cut The Rope, but that's not the big story here. What is, perhaps,...

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LG's EA93 29-inch display features 21:9 aspect ratio

Engadget It's alive! We spotted a powered-off version of LG's latest monitor earlier in the week, but now it's loaded up with content and ready to make its formal debut. LG's gone big -- very big -- with some of the showings at its IFA booth. But in addition to the massive 84-inch UD 3D TV and the 55-inch OLED HD TV, it's also showcasing some more modest displays. The company announced its 21:9...

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Is LG producing an ultra thin display for iPhone 5?

T3 While Apple and Samsung are battling it out in court Apple appears to have turned to screen manufacturer rival LG for their iPhone 5 displays LG Display has begun mass production of a super thin 4-inch display, with much speculation that it will be for Apple’s next iPhone The new screen is reportedly 4 inches corner to corner, making it wider than the traditional 3.5-inch iPhone display...

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Netflix attracts 1 million UK members

The Telegraph Netflix is increasing its investment in exclusive content, including by funding new series of the cult comedy Arrested Development Netflix, the subscription video streaming service, said it had reached one million members in Britain and Ireland in record time. The £6-per-month service, which allows members to access a library of films and television programmes on computers, smartphones,...

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Escape the Madness of London at Richmond Park

Union Jack bicycle bell. Photo by Richmond Park Having lived in London all my life and knowing that this oasis ever existed took my breath away the first time I have been in this tremendously breathtaking park. I can be with the nature and see herds of deer wandering the park. The landscape offers a great day out for London citizens. The best place to go for a great run or cycle around the park. To...

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Apple is world's most valuable firm

Press Association Photo by The Verge Apple has become the world's most valuable company, ever. Its surging share price propelled its value to 621 billion dollars (£395 billion), beating the record for market capitalisation set by Microsoft in the heady days of the internet boom. Apple's shares have hit new highs recently because of optimism around what is believed to be the impending launch...

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Fun 3D TV game Apps - Diversion

I think for this one, it's better just start it off with a introduction video.  Description -The ultimate mobile game: 175 levels, 5 Worlds, 600 characters - one touch! Diversion is the ultimate mobile game: 175 levels, 5 Worlds, 600 characters - and only one touch! A big thank you to the over 2 million players who have downloaded and made Diversion so popular on Android!!! You guys rock!! Also, the game is now XPERIA PLAY optimized. Keep the great feedback coming - it really inspires...

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Fun 3D TV game Apps - Burn the city

Burn the city is one of the 3D games that will be available to play on LG's 3D smart cinema tvs. So far, only air penguin is released to be downloaded, but since LG announced the lists of games, so here I am reviewing the game. Although this is not yet available on my TV so I can't really say what's what but I'll sharing my impression on the game itself played with my iphone, so bare with me :) Description -...

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Fun 3D TV game Apps - Air Penguin

Since some of you guys asked me to review playable 3D game apps on 3D/smart tv, I'm thinking about doing a series of reviews on 3D games. The first thing that came to my mind was, of course, air penguin. This particular game was originally made in Korea and became popular in so many countries, including the U.S and U.K. It was on the most popular apps list for really long, and LG decided to make this...

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Picture Perfect- How to calibrate

I was browsing through avforums and found this amazing video tutorial that shows how to adjust the colour setting to meet the perfect picture quality. It doesn't only adjust colour, but it also goes into details- colour temperature, colour gamut& gamma controls and so on. Even though it says they are 'basic steps', it helped me a lot to improve my LG TV's picture quality. After the calibration it shows more vivid colour with better tones. If there's anyone having trouble with picture quality,...

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Tesco trials interactive virtual store at Gatwick Airport, for holidaymakers to pre-order groceries

Pocket-lint After successful trials in South Korea, where similar digital vending machines are now permanently installed in subway stations, Tesco has brought its interactive virtual store concept to the UK. At the moment, it is just in the testing phase, to see if the British public warm to the concept as much as its Korean counterparts, so is currently based solely in Gatwick Airport's North...

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Should the World Be Scared of Huawei?

The Economist via Gizmodo UK Image credit: Aleksandar Mijatovic/Shutterstock China’s Huawei is growing fast, quickly rising to a strong position in the mobile market. But as it pushes abroad, it’s facing a lot of skepticism from other governments and from direct competitors, in part because of its ties to its the country’s People’s Liberation Army. But are those legitimate fears, or are western...

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London 2012: Egypt Olympic team get 'fake' Nike kit

BBC Members of Egypt's Olympic team have been given fake Nike gear, a synchronised swimmer has alleged. Yomna Khallaf said her workout bags had a big Nike logo in the front but the zippers had an Adidas branding on them. The Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC) secretary general, Motaz Sonbol, said they were shocked to find that the gear was not "directly from Nike". Nike said it was "concerned"...

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Usain Bolt vs. 116 years of Olympic sprinters

The Verge The New York Times has published an incredible series of visualizations, using 3D models to compare today's top sprinters, swimmers, and long jumpers with athletes from every Olympic Games since 1896. The standout is a video analyzing Usain Bolt's blistering 9.63-second performance in the 100m dash last night, showing just how far ahead he is, not only of the current crop, but also...

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Bolt powers to Olympic 100m gold

BBC Usain Bolt wins Olympic 100m gold at London 2012 Usain Bolt defended his men's 100m title in stunning style at London 2012, winning Sunday's final in an Olympic record time of 9.63 seconds. The Jamaican, who holds the world record, finished ahead of countryman Yohan Blake and American Justin Gatlin. Seven of the eight finalists ran under 10 seconds in what was the fastest Olympic 100m...

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iPhone 5 screens built, September launch still looking good

Reuters Japan's Sharp Corp. will start shipping screens destined for a new Apple iPhone that is widely expected to be released in October ahead of the pre-Christmas shopping season. "Shipments will start in August," Sharp's new president, Takashi Okuda, said at a press briefing in Tokyo on Thursday after the company released its latest quarterly earnings. He declined to give a more specific...

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Kuratas: Japanese 13ft super-robot controlled by an iPhone - video

The Guardian A Japanese electronics company unveils its £900,000 robot which weighs four tonnes and is 13ft tall. The robot can be controlled by an iPhone and is fitted with a futuristic weapons system, including a gun capable of shooting 6,000 BB bullets a minute, set to fire when the pilot smiles via The Guardi...

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Apple considered ditching the iPhone

Pocket-lint Before the original iPhone was released, Apple and Steve Jobs were close to scrapping the whole idea altogether. There were numerous technical issues which the design team didn't think they could overcome, so the company considered shelving the project. The revelation came during a speech by Sir Jony Ive, senior vice-president of Industrial Design at Apple, to a British Business...

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The Hobbit 3D Glasses You’d Pay Extra Not To Wear

Gizmodo Peter Jackson’s decision to shoot The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at 48 fps and in 3D raised a lot of eyebrows among Lord Of the Rings fans. But not the Tolkien marketing machine who saw an opportunity to cook up these tacky Hobbit-themed 3D glasses for the film’s release. But while most moviegoers will probably opt for the 2D experience, there will most certainly be some extremely...

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Dropbox details security breach that caused spam attack

BBC Dropbox allows users to save files to the cloud and then access them from different devices Online storage service Dropbox has given details of a security breach that led to many of its members receiving unsolicited emails. A stolen password had been used to access an employee's accounts allowing a "project document" containing user emails addresses to be copied, it said. The US company...

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