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Six Years Ago, Apple Unveiled The iPhone!

In 2007, on the Wednesday of this week, Apple changed the mobile phone market forever! It was on this very week that the late Steve Jobs was on stage at the Moscone Center in San Francisco to deliver the Macworld keynote. This particular keynote introduced us to something called the iPhone. To honour the unveiling of this very product, click here to watch the full iPhone keynote

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New Snugpak website is now live!

We are delighted to announce that the brand new Snugpak website has now gone live. The Yorkshire-based company are one of the few remaining high quality sleeping bag and insulated clothing manufacturers in Europe. Snugpak wanted a site that matched the companies reputation as well as allow for the company to progress and fulfill its ambitions online. The new website allows visitors clear navigation to find the products they want. This therefore makes shopping easy for the user, meaning for a very happy customer and a delighted client. Click here to read more

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Google Maps Tops App Store In Every Country The new Google Maps app has been much anticipated since it's removal in the recent iOS software update. However, not even Google could have predicted that the app was going to be so missed that it instantly conquered the App store free download chart in every country it was available in. To read more, click here

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Man of Steel Trailer A few days ago, Warner Bros Pictures released the second trailer for "Man of Steel, an attempt to re-create the Superman franchise. Similar to The Dark Knight Trilogy, they hope to finally make Superman cool again. It has been a long time coming since we had a decent Superman film, but we have high hopes for this one. To read more, click here

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Twitter Put's A Filter On It Twitter takes Instagram eradication to the next step by introducing its own photo filters. Last week, Twitter removed Instagram images from profiles, which caused disruption for its users. In a blog post, Twitter said:"Every day, millions of people come to Twitter to connect with the things they care about and find out what’s happening around the world. As one of the most compelling forms of self-expression, photos have long been an important part of these experiences. "Starting today, you’ll be able to edit and refine your photos, right from Twitter. The latest versions of Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android introduce a few new ways to enhance the images you tweet. We’re grateful to our partner, Aviary, for powering our filters and effects."

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Kickstarter UK Raises 2 Million In A Month

Kickstarter UK may only been up and running for little over a month now but with sensation has already proved a success with over 2 million raised so far. A sensation in the US, Kickstarter decided to branch over to these shores to help fund projects here in the United Kingdom. A breakdown of the successful first month, works out to £48 in pledges a minute. Over 400 projects have launched on the site, 30 have already been successfully funded with many more are on their way. Projects have launched from all across the UK, including Belfast, Brighton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Hull, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, York, and many other places in between. In a blog post, the company said: "Projects from UK creators are finding support from local backers and being discovered by people all around the world. We're thrilled by their success. Thanks to the hard work of creators and the support of their enthusiastic backers, an amazing array of new creative works are already coming to life. Congratulations to all of them, and cheers!"

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Official Partner of the Keighley Business Awards 2013

Puddle Digital is pleased to announce that it is one of the partners of the first ever Keighley Business Awards. The Awards were created to recognise the outstanding achievements made by businesses from Keighley and District. In association with the Keighley Town Centre Association, Puddle and all the individuals and companies involved are passionate about Keighley and District businesses and truly want them to be recognised and rewarded in their own right. Along with being a partner of the event, Puddle also created the website for the Keighley Business Awards and was heavily involved with the planning process of the event. The inaugural Keighley Business Awards will take place on the 22nd March 2013. The Keighley Business Awards will be held at Octagon Live, in Riddlesden, and include a formal black tie dinner, along with local live entertainment: a night to shine! To find out more information on how you can nominate, apply to be a judge and sponsor the first ever Keighley Business Awards, please click here to visit the official website

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Chameleon Clock App

Turn your iPhone or iPad into an interesting clock with the 'Chameleon Clock' app. Now we all know both iOS devices have a clock function but you could never really use it as an actually bedside or desk clock, until now.

Click here to read more!

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Wii U Launches in UK Nintendo's Wii U has finally launched in the UK and the other Europe countries. The Wii U was released in the United States about 2 weeks ago, with the console still proving to be quite popular despite some developers feeling puzzled with the system. Wii U sees the addition of a Gaming Pad, which we have chosen to highlight in today's post.

To read more, click here

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Skrillex Pays Homage To 8-Bit In His Own Video Game

Music artist and DJ Skrillex has released his first venture into the gaming world with "Skrillex Quest" Skrillex teamed up with developer Jason Oda, who has a history of making browser-based games, to create a cool tribute to 8-bit classic games but with a dubstep and dance tunes soundtrack. To read more, click here

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Man Makes Real-Life Transformer A man has created a fully functional small-scale version of a Transformer. Many people have attempted to create a huge Transformer but out of all of them, big or small, this is by far one of the most impressive. To read more, click here

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Stella Artois' Festive Facebook App Campaign

Beer giant Stella Artois has released a Facebook app for their Christmas campaign, which sends Carole (actress Alice Eve) and her band of carolers to your foot door. Obviously, we are talking virtually sending them to the door, but Stella Artois’ app uses Google Street View and other mapping APIs to make each short film personal to you or the person you are sending it to. Click here to find out more

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Play Catch With A Disney Robot

Disney is known for bringing a child's imagination to life though film, cartoons, games and theme parks but it seems the company is no longer satisfied by just this. A video released by its research hub shows Disney is working on a new robot which can not only catch a ball but throw its back and juggle with a human. The video above shows the robot in action as well as how it all works. Disney have ventured into this project to increase the interaction between robot and child, meaning these robots will probably be venturing into a theme park very soon.

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Probably The Best LEGO Game Ever As we all eagerly await "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" to hit the cinemas, LEGO have helped recall the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the only way they can. After what LEGO did for the Star Wars films, Lord of the Rings and the leading toy blocks company seem like the perfect fit for a video game. To read more, click here

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Dream of Pixels - The New Tetris? Hailed as one of the next 'addictive' mobile games, Dreams of Pixels takes the old school Tetris and turns it upside down, literally! The game, which was launched on iOS last week, is similar to the classic game but is also its exact opposite. Instead of dropping blocks in place, you take them away. Read more, click here

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Nintendo Wii U Madness In US The Nintendo Wii has been in US retailers for a few days now and from the launch video, everyone seemed pretty thrilled about it. We still have to wait for the 30th November to try it for ourselves, unless you are near one of the lucky GAME stores that the Wii U is currently traveling around the country visiting. To read more, click here

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5,000 Mile Walk Through Asia With The Help Of Google Maps A man equipped with an Android phone has walked 5,000 miles through Asia with the help of Google Maps. US Marine Sgt. Winston Fiore completed this journey to raise money and awareness for the International Children’s Surgical Foundation, which is a charity that provides free facial-reconstructive surgery for children with cleft palates in developing countries. Fiore walked across Brunei, China, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. The walk is known as the Smile Trek, you can learn how to contribute funds for cleft surgery for many children at http://smiletrek.org