Every month, around the 18th, I start to get anxious. I know that, around that time, I will be receiving the shipping confirmation email for Geek Insider’s Loot Crate subscription box. Should I track it and know exactly when it is going to get here? Maybe, but that ruins the surprise. Should I immediately delete the…
Some technological innovations are particularly suited to certain businesses. Buying a car has become very much an online practice and online gambling has become prevalent, but the focus of this article will be how the net has revolutionised buying a house. Many people endlessly view houses via apps on their phones, so much so that…
The benefits of Smartphone photography are that you can take nearly as many pictures as you want, you can see the photos instantly after they are taken and the process of editing has never been easier or more accessible. However, one of the great things that the digital age of photography has replaced is the…
Many of the popular card games, like Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh, were turned into video games. This opened them up to even bigger markets that were staunchly opposite to card collectors. Digital cards could be traded between players (once the internet became available on game systems), new cards could be added, and rules could be modified…
“You’re on your way! You have read 5 of 30 books.” so says my Goodreads 2014 Reading Challenge button. March is about to bid adieu to us and I’m only 17% done. Can buttons look sad? Because mine does. I was staring at the iris purple button a minute ago and I swear, if Rory…
Spring is finally here, and the folks here at Geek Insider have been talking a lot about dropping a few pounds lately. Earlier this week we reviewed popular weight-loss app Lose It!, and our fans clamored for us to try out another fitness app that has taken the tech-oriented weight-loss world by storm, My Fitness…
Morning Glory Why is there no official soundtrack? Someone make a Spotify playlist for this. Stat. Rachel McAdams plays Becky Fuller, a driven and the new executive producer of DayBreak, a failing station in New York City. Because of this, she decides to rope in a top-notch news anchor, who disagrees of co-hosting a morning show…
There is no doubt smartphones have changed the world. The rise of the smartphone has led to one in five people across the world owning a device, and hundreds of thousands of applications available for us to download. From improving our sporting prowess, to shopping for groceries, we can just about do anything on our…
According to a representative at GameSpot EA has secured the sequel rights for Titanfall, Respawn Entertainments first-person shooter. The decision to secure the sequel depended on the performance of the original. It is evident that Titanfall has done very well and even went as far to boost sales of the Xbox One console. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIsj3jWxagc]…
Tuesday, June 3rd marks the release date for WildStar Online. This upcoming WoW competitor, became available for pre-order today from NC Soft and other digital retialers – most notably the UK based retailer Green Man Gaming. This week, GMG has a 20% off near site-wide coupon code running which qualifies on WildStar, marking down the…
There are many reasons that you would want to have the ability to control your house’s lighting with your Smartphone. Maybe you want to program them to turn off automatically, to save money on the electric bill. Perhaps safety is your concern and you want to be able to keep the lights on at night,…
Back when touchscreens first out, I constantly overheard my friends complaining about them; saying how annoying, unreliable, and frustrating they were. Some even swore they would never buy a phone with a touchscreen again. Seven years later, smartphones have mostly replaced the dumb ones, and I couldn’t pay any of those friends to go back…
Do you know how much your mobile phone is worth? The chances are that you don’t. A huge percentage of us now get our phones ‘free’ when we sign a 24-month contract, meaning that technically our phones are worth the monthly fee. As is the case with all technology, the price of smartphones is now…
Every time a book is adapted into a movie, I hear people complaining that the book was way better than the movie, that the director changed the story too much, or that they left out important details. Sometimes this is true: there have been many disastrous attempts at translating beloved novels into films that have…
Ever been watching a movie or TV show and been able to predict exactly what the characters would say and do before they say and do them? The bad news is you’re not psychic, and the other bad news is that whatever you’re watching has fallen into the trap of using well-worn clichés in place…