Google Listen If you just want a solid podcast player then try Google Listen. The app integrates with Google Reader to make podcast administration easy. Just add a show’s RSS feed to the “Listen Subscriptions” category in Reader and new episodes will appear in the app, ready for you to stream or download. Price: Free Click here to view this gallery. Whether you’re... 

One of the caveats to having an onscreen joystick on your smartphone is that it usually blocks up a good portion of the screen. While it’s not much of a problem on a tablet, on smaller devices such as the 3.5″ iPhone, it can be quite frustrating not being able to see some parts of the action while playing. Well, a research group at Keio University has managed to come up with a solution... 

Photos and video can be even more personal than a handwritten card. That’s why Hallmark has just acquired SpiritClips, an online video production and streaming service that also makes personalized digital greeting cards. It looks like Hallmark customers will soon be able to create and send e-cards by uploading their own photos or choosing from video content created by SpiritClips. Hallmark already... 

This week on 7DiG we discuss the Latin for ring, look at gaming tech that’s older than at least one of our team and eye up John Adam’s wife. Our favourite moment is finding out that EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13’s back cover asks you to ‘Swing like a pro with Kinect’ – which given Tiger’s recent ‘troubles’ is probably a whole other game.... 

While Malls have been around in CityVille for some time now, they only really help you save space in your land and little else. That is, if you want to collect your profits from these businesses, you’ll still need to spend one energy per individual business within your Mall, and you’ll still need to use mass quantities of Goods to put them back in operation. Making this situation a bit... 

1. Personal Killer Whale Submarine Price: $100,000 What does it do?: If you won the lottery, why not jump into a 17-foot watercraft that resembles a killer whale? The submarine can travel underwater at 25 miles per hour or hydroplane on the water’s surface at 50 mph. The watercraft fits two people who can enjoy the watery view through the glass top or by watching an LCD screen that... 

NASA has recently come up with a rocket sled that replicates “the forces a supersonic spacecraft would experience prior to landing.” And if you’re wondering why on earth would NASA want a contraption like that? It can be used to test inflatable and parachute decelerators. With the results from these experiments, NASA can then “increase landed payload masses, improve landing... 

Here we go again: the rumors of Google branching out into the tablet space have been floating around for what seems like ages now, and the Wall Street Journal has jumped into the fray. They cite the usual handful of unnamed sources, who this time say that Google is planning to open up their own online store a la Amazon to sell Android tablets. Not just any Android tablets, mind you — co-branded...