Never have we had a more appealing prize for our fortnightly Shooting Challenge. Simply snap a photo of some summer sun (if you can find some!) and grab your chance to win a case of passionfruit Rekorderlig cider; £300 of ASOS vouchers, and a Lomography Diana Mini camera. [Shooting Challenge] Read More >>

As far as unlimited SIM tariffs go, Three's One Plan has always been pointed to as the best, however Virgin Media's managed to eclipse it today with its VIP package, which for £31 a month (or £26 if you're an existing customer) you get unlimited calls, texts, data, and for the first time for any network, free access to 0800 numbers. Read More >>

We're blushing with pride this week at Giz -- our clandestine copper columnist Matt Delito, writing for us since October 2011, published his first book yesterday. Confessions of a Police Constable (from £2.99 over on Amazon) contains some of Delito's more remarkable stories from his years working for the Metropolitan Police, and for the next hour's AMA, the five best questions asked of him will win you a signed copy of his book. Read More >>

I have a problem, and not only is it proving costly, it's also diminishing my appreciation of the one thing I love above everything else -- music. I just can't seem to use a pair of in-ear headphones without breaking them. Read More >>

Number-crunchers, clamp your eyes around our figures for March, right here and right now. Compared to February, we saw some interesting changes -- hello, Rockmelt users! Check out last month's stats below. Read More >>

If you'd rather actually SPEAK to your friends instead of dropping a link to an appropriate GIF on their wall, then download Skype. I mean, use Facebook Messenger for iOS, which from today brings a feature our Amurrrican friends have been testing for the past couple of months. Read More >>

On show from this week, the Design Museum's Designs of the Year 2013 features some of the more creative creations across the fields of architecture, digital, furniture, graphics, product, transport and fashion; nominated by a roll-call of judges (including Griff Rhys Jones). Many of the 90 products and architectural feats we've covered in the past, but here below are some of my personal highlights: Read More >>

Many designers cite Charles and Ray Eames as the motivational hook into the field in which they toil, but HTC's Associate Vice President of User Experience Drew Bamford pays respect to his design heroes by ensuring the architectural frame of the products he's working with are as comfortable to use as one of the Eames's padded lounge chairs. Read More >>

It's a rare day when a company as big as Canon invites us into its design studio (well, sends us a bunch of amazing sketches and renders), showing the design process behind one of its most radical designs to date. Though you may disagree with me that making the PowerShot N higher and narrower actually constitutes as being "radical," the thinking displayed by Canon's Product Designer Miyabi Orihashi certainly breaks from the norm. Read More >>

It's a common fact that the CEOs usually get all the headlines and limelight. Look at all your favourite companies, and I bet in most cases you can only name the big guys at the top, rather than those toiling behind the scenes, making the products and services we use and love. This week, in association with Dell, we're celebrating those unsung heroes with their very own week...welcome to The Dreamers. Read More >>

Digging into the data this site accumulates makes for fascinating reading; so much so, that we thought we'd start sharing some of these details with you in a monthly specs-sheet. Did you know, for example, that 49 per cent of our mobile users view Giz UK through iPhones? Or that Chrome is by far and away the most popular browser, with 48 per cent? Read More >>

EE's CEO Olaf Swantee has shared some interesting stats at MWC today, which certainly make me feel better for not using my full 8GB each month. According to EE, 25 per cent of their 4G traffic comes from customers watching videos, with 11 per cent of those being YouTube videos. More stats to nibble on, below. Read More >>

As expected, March 14th is the date Galaxy S fans will have to circle in their Filofaxes, for Samsung has confirmed that'll be the date for a New York event, by sending out invites this morning. Presumably it'll be the Galaxy S IV announcement, but maybe it'll just be a 7.8-inch Note? Sorry, I won't tease. Read More >>

Along with a couple of low-end phones we won't bore you about, Nokia showed off the Lumia 520 and 720 at MWC today. That smaller-numbered device is actually Nokia's cheapest Windows Phone 8 offering, with the 720 being slightly higher up on the food chain, somewhere between the 620 and 820. Read More >>

Huawei could add a waffle-maker to its Ascend P2, and I doubt even that would be enough to pull people over to its side of the phone stores. Unlike the Ascend D2 unveiled at CES, there's no 3,000mAh battery lurking here (you'll have to "make do" with a 2420 one), but there's a CAT 4LTE chipset, meaning 4G speeds can reach 150Mbps (the iPhone 5 and S3 LTE only have CAT 3, FYI). Read More >>