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Amazon Introduce Kindle Fire HD

Yesterday Amazon introduced the Kindle Fire HD. Featuring an array qualities including 1920×1200 resolution, a laminated touch sensor (cuts down on glare) and two antennas to create more dependable Wi-Fi performance (41% faster than iPad). The device also sports a front-facing HD camera, HDMI out and Bluetooth to name but a few (via High Snobiety)...

Available in two versions: one with an 8.9 inch display and one with a 7-inch display both include Dolby Digital Plus sound. Alongside this, the Kindle Fire software has been improved with a new interface, email client, custom Facebook and Skype app all built-in. 

Source: High Snobiety

For more info head HERE.

Double Interpretation Illustrations by Fabio D'Alitlia

Check out some fun illustrations Italian artist Fabio D'Alitlia has created, as they play with your perceptions and make you double-take every time. Simple design, done so well (via YinnYang)...

Source: YinnYang

For more head HERE.

Win a Trip to Chicago & a £250 Gift Card

To celebrate the release of the awesome gangster film Lawless (7th Sept), you and a friend could be jetting off to Chicago, where you’ll stay in a 4* hotel in the heart of Chicago, with some of the world’s best bars, clubs, shops and scenery on your doorstep. Not only this you'll get a £250 Topman shopping spree with our Chicago in store Stylist service...

For your chance to win this amazing prize head HERE.

Red Bull's F1 Car Races Round New York

With David Coulthard behind the wheel, one of Red Bull's F1 race cars was put through its paces around the streets of New York, in promotion for the Grand Prix of America next year. Check out the video below where he gets up to 190mph going through the Lincoln Tunnel... (via Hypebeast)

Source: Hypebeast

The Instagram Socialmatic Camera - Now in Black

Remember the much anticipated Socialmatic Camera by ADR Studio? We first discussed the Instagram Socialmatic Camera concept back in May (spotted on High Snobiety), it resulted in such high demand, that ADR Design actually went out to look for a production partner. They found one and expect to produce the first prototype very soon, with an official product launch to follow mid 2013. With this news they also present an updated design of the Socialmatic Camera, this time in a slick balck finish...

Source: High Snobiety

We'll keep you posted about the project because we can't wait to see it in action!

Winners of the National Geographic 2012 Traveler Photo Contest

Take a look at some awe-inspiring photographs taken by the winners of the National Geographic 2012 Traveler Photo Contest. Which image is your favourite?

 

Source: Big Picture

To see the rest of the winners head HERE.

General Store (Covent Garden) Sample Sale

In London anytime this week? Come by our General Store Sample Sale starting tomorrow at 8am. We have some great items up to 75% off including Topman main range, LTD, vintage and designer brands!

Follow @TMGeneralStore for more info.

General Store, 36-38 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9LH

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Kanye West's Dancers Start a Flash Mob in Flight

Check out this really cool 'Runaway' flash mob we spotted over on High Snobiety done by Kanye West's dancers from his Australian tour! Pretty awesome right?

Source: High Snobiety

How Many Fake Followers Do Your Favourite Music Artists Have?

One of the biggest problems for social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook is the amount of fake accounts. Earlier this month, Facebook revealed that out of its 955 million users, 83 million of them are fake. So, what about Twitter? The social network hasn't revealed any numbers, but a new website aims to answer that question on its own (via Complex)...

Named the Status People Fake Follower Check, the site endeavors to show you how many fake followers - bots, duplicate accounts - Twitter users have. With this Complex decided to do this for some of their favourite artists, check out the results below...

Jay-Z

 

Drake

Lil Wayne

Kanye West

 

Eminem

Source: Complex

The New London Taxi

When you think of London what is one of the first things that springs to mind? Most of the time it will be the iconic black cab which for years has been the same. Now Nissan have won the license to produce taxis for both the London and New York market things are set to change (Auto Car)...

Nissan have produced the NV200 which is 50% more economical than the average cab saving a cabbie roughly £1,000 a year on fuel. Set to go on sale next year at a price of £28,000 do you think your London cabbie will want to convert?

Source: Auto Car