WhatsApp Annoyance!

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Are you part of a group chat? We’re assuming that the answer to that question is a yes. The group chat is the place where banter is thrown around and no one is safe, nights out are a nightmare to organise and, as with most group chats we’re sure, if left alone you return to hundreds of messages!

So to combat the constant bleeping and flashing of your phone, you mute the chat. Simple solution! Right?
Well WhatsApp have become that annoying little brother who just WON’T leave you alone. It’s introduced you an ‘@’ feature to highlight a specific message where a user wants to signal a user.

Of course our friends will just use this feature to annoy us and not how its meant to be!

To Download WhatsApp please click here!
To Listen to Dev talking about this WhatsApp Feature please click here! 

Twitter’s New App!

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Twitter are gearing up to steal Facebook’s live-video thunder and has launched a brand new app for your Apple Tv, Amazon Fire Tv and Xbox One! The app offers a lot of content for its users, of course live streaming content video from Periscope but also short clips from Vine. So you’re not far away from that latest meme!

This signals the move that Twitter is undergoing to get into the streaming atmosphere – it’s getting life underway in a big way with the streaming of the first of 10 big NFL games for all of our American listeners. Not only that but you can check out your timeline as you watch your live-streamed games!

To download Twitter please click here!

To hear the guys talking about it on the most recent podcast please click here! 

Say more on Twitter!

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News that is like music to Producer Bill’s ears – Twitter now allows for more characters for Tweets!! YAY!

Don’t fret they aren’t going to be doing the crazy 10,000 character limit that was thrown around at the start of the year. It’s just characters are going to be freed up! Now no longer will Photo’s, Videos, Gifs, Polls and Quote Tweets will count towards the magical 140 characters.

So go crazy out there guys!

To download Twitter please click here!

To hear the guys talking about it on the most recent podcast please click here! 

Waze GPS and Navigation

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Ever been late to work and thought, if only I knew that there was traffic, BEFORE I left the house? Or I wish I knew that the road works where THERE before I left the house?! Well now you don’t have to worry anymore! (Well, if you have people that are using this app as well as you that is) Waze is a community based gps and traffic app that is based around people around you notifying others of real time traffic and road information, saving every one a whole heap of money, time and petrol!

By using this app you can get to your destination a lot lot quicker due to your friendly neighbourhood drivers letting you know to avoid certain areas because of traffic jams or road works. Not only that but as our roads are always changing there is also map editors who work improve, update and upgrade Waze’s maps. to reflect whats happening in your area to keep as relevant as possible.

If you wasn’t sold as of yet, Waze also offers real time updates on petrol prices so you’ll always be aware of the most cheapest car juice around.

To download Waze please see the links below:

Apple

Android

To hear the guys thoughts on Waze, please click here!

Record Breaking Batman Cosplay!

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Batman, Arkham version, Our favourite Comic Book Character has been brought to life in the form of a WORLD RECORD BREAKING COSPLAY SUIT.

Basically it is a bad ass Batman Suit, that blows all other Batman cosplay suits out of the water. Its so good it even could rival the movies. It has been entered into  Guinness World Record books for the most functional gadgets on a cosplay costume. It 23 working gadgets, including smoke spray, fire ball sprays, a bat signal torch, magnetic bat boomerangs, GPS! Bat claw – you name it he has it. Julian Checkley, sorry Batman is the don that made the suit that is based on the Arkham games. Julian is a Special Effects master by trade and spent 3 months making it. But I have done enough talking. Just watch the video above in awe.

If that isn’t enough, check this video out! 

Hear the guys talking about it episode 55 by clicking here!

Kill A Bit: KeySmart

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This device is a lil funky gadget designed to smartly store your keys, and WE LOVE IT. The swiss style key holder can fit up to 100 keys on it and much like in a swiss army knife are tucked away neatly in a compact and versatile holder. Just flick out the one that you want and flick it back when you are done, you can even hold up to 2 usb slots available from KeySmarts site and a loop to hold your car keys, because we don’t leave anyone out here at How To Kill An Hour!

 

Hear the guys talking about it episode 55 by clicking here!

Kill A Bit: Hocus

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We at How To Kill An Hour don’t mind doing things that make us think and rattle that grey matter in our heads that we call brains, much like our frequent trips to escape rooms. Marcus has found an app that makes us think about more than what we are having for dinner that evening. Hocus is an app that does just that. On the face of it the app is very minimal, yet polished, there is a puzzle in the middle of the screen which has had us tearing our hair out with its crazy puzzle design. With dozens upon dozens of levels I’m sure we’d have pulled our hair out by the end of the month or missed our train stop and have been late for work more than 3 times. Hocus is one of those games which you hate, but you just can’t put down. If you dare to take on the Hocus puzzler, check below for the download link to the iOS app store!

To hear Marcus Bronzy’s thoughts on the app please click here!

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Funny Call App

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Here at How To Kill An Hour  we are partial to a prank or two and Marcus Bronzy recently decided to prank us all and downloaded an app called Funny Call by VoiceMod. It is a voice changer app that requires no external hardware or for you to get a new SIM card. Just basically download the app and then you are good to go! Modify your voice and make fun calls on the fly changing to various different voices to fool your friends and family. Anything from a Robot, an emoji, even sound as if you’re possessed and many more. If that doesn’t tickle your fancy you can purchase some of the premium voices which include a spaceman or a zombie! Have some fun and  check below for the download link to the iOS  app store!

Hear Marcus Bronzy talking about it episode 53 by clicking here!

You can download it for apple devices by clicking here.

Dildo Hoverboard!

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@WhoIsTheBaldGuy is back at it again! From the guy who brought you the Dildo Drone and the Dildo Selfie Stick it’s basically a hoverboard (*cough* *Cough* Segway *Cough* *Cough*) with a rotating dildo attachment. There’s nothing much else to say really apart from watch the video and then to hear the guys thoughts on it!

PowerWall by Tesla

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Here at How To Kill An Hour we came across this really cool new product from Tesla called the Powerwall What the Powerwall basically is, is a massive battery for your home. It’s automated and compact so it’s not an eye sore and is super easy to install. The Powerwall is really cool in that it charges using the electricity that is generated from solar panels or when utility rates are low and powers your home in the evening instead of the grid. It’s so powerful you can even go off the grid entirely! Saving yourself a few bucks in the process, all from the power of the SUN! It also acts as a back-up so if there is a power-cut you will know nothing about it because the Powerwall kicks in and allows you to keep on playing that COD marathon!