friends

Real Life: Make friends online with Meetup.com

Crave Making new friends can be hard, particularly if you live in a big city where trying to strike up a conversation with a stranger will make people think you're a) begging, b) clinically insane or c) about to mug them.

Tags: travel, interest, city, friends

23 June 2006, 9:21

Photos: At home with Google and friends

Crave Offices are usually very dreary places filled with boring furniture and discontent -- but it all depends on who you work for. Last year we took some pictures of Google's UK office and you loved it, so a year later we've gone back to Victoria, in...

14 May 2008, 10:20

Nikon launches Coolpix P5100, S51c, L15 and friends

Crave Nikon treated us to lunch on the South Bank last week, and gave us a chance to fondle the ten new Coolpix compacts announced recently. It's a tough job, but some poor schmuck's got to do it. So say hello to the L11, L14, L15, S200, S51, S51c, S510...

17 September 2007, 15:42

Photos: Hands-on with the Casio Exilim EX-F1 and friends

Crave Casio has announced no fewer than five new Exilim digital cameras: four compacts and one behemoth. Who can say how legend will remember the beast pictured here; Casio calls it the Exilim EX-F1. The EX-F1 packs a high-speed CMOS sensor, high-speed...

8 January 2008, 5:18

Roberts solarDAB: Pray the Sun keeps his hat on

Crave As the Earth's population gets more and more obsessed with making friends with trees, being nicer to clouds and refraining from weeing in rivers, the consumer electronics industry has been making some shrub-friendly innovations.

Tags: roberts, radio, powered, socket

2 July 2008, 10:27

Crave Talk: Why do all our gadgets break?

Crave Those among you suffering from seasonal affective disorder-induced nostalgia may find yourselves dragging old friends back into the dim winter light this month. While the latter is an exciting way of regaining contact with friends you've neglected...

Tags: consumer, upgrade, mobile phones, technical

28 November 2006, 12:16

Top Ten Tech Totty

Crave LG KG810 This, dear friends, is the most seductive mobile phone we've ever set eyes on. Its 7-megapixel lens will ensure your pictures are sharp and clear, but its body will ensure that all your friends know you have good taste.

28 November 2006, 15:45

Photos: The Samsung Pixon, an 8-megapixel monster

Crave Despite what you may have heard, LG and Samsung are the best of friends. There's even smile detection so you don't miss your family and friends' rare grins during this glum time -- it might not beat the credit crunch blues, but it'll catch the odd...

4 November 2008, 11:02

Crave Podcast Episode 33: Fed up with Facebook?

Crave Is Facebook driving us all to become mute, social recluses, or is it the best way to keep in contact with friends and organise parties? Other treats in this week's podcast include news that students have created sensual phones that 'tingle' when...

18 May 2007, 15:43

Crave Podcast Episode 33: Fed up with Facebook?

Crave Is Facebook driving us all to become mute, social recluses, or is it the best way to keep in contact with friends and organise parties? Other treats in this week's podcast include news that students have created sensual phones that 'tingle' when...

Tags: friends, podcast, santa rosa, students

18 May 2007, 14:43

Spotify: Pure music-streaming win

Crave From there, you can send a link to friends who can listen to the music, and add their own tracks. We've also fallen in love with the ability to share playlists with friends. Yesterday, through what seems to be random happenstance, everyone on...

Tags: wait, account, clicking, listen

4 December 2008, 11:38

Nokia N97: Back once again with the messaging master

Crave Via GPS you can let friends know where you are or send them geo-tagged pictures. Unlike the iPhone 3G, which doesn't feature a Qwerty keypad, tapping out long messages, browsing the Web or chatting to friends over IM should be easy.

Tags: nokia, gps, friends, messaging

2 December 2008, 9:41

Photos: Hands-on with the Motorola International 7500

Crave The 7500 can even receive SMS text messages, which are fantastic for staying in touch with friends. Text messages are a fun way to keep in touch with friends. Luckily we're now living in a world where you can get a phone in your pocket with minimal...

6 November 2008, 11:24

50 most bizarre social networks

Crave Bacn and zombies are turning people against the bigger networks, and anyone looking to downsize can look around for a network of friends that reflects their specific interests. A place for friends -- and pets

16 June 2008, 13:24

Games for Windows Live: You've got to admit it's getting better

Crave For now, you can use the GFW Live service to socialise and find people to play with from your Windows or Xbox Live friends lists. If you're annoyed by it, you can simply opt out and find your friends and game patches through traditional channels.

Tags: gaming, xbox, tracking, downloadable

14 November 2008, 10:21