Katherine Prescott

Katherine Prescott

Blogger at PriceRunner

A trained journalist and experienced blogger, Katherine Prescott only recently fell in love with technology thanks to the creation of better consumer products that don’t require a computer science degree to use.

She has a consumer’s cash-savvy eye for everything from smartphones and tablets to interesting tech trends and great gift ideas.

Articles by Katherine Prescott

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  Bored of Snapchat? Try Snapcat!

  There have been winners and losers in the internet revolution, but cats have to be one of the runaway success stories. Not since Ancient Egyptian times have humans lavished so much love and attention on their feline friends, flooding the web with cute cat photos and turning more than a ...

  18 June 2013
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  Holidaymakers rejoice! EU roaming charges to come to an end next year

  We’ve all been there; we arrive home after a week in the sun, only to get the shock of our life when we open up our phone bill. Modern-day human beings are incapable of functioning without a mobile phone and regular access to the internet – that’s a scientific fact ...

  14 June 2013
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  Top three portable chargers

  With festival season now underway, earlier this week we brought you the top ten essential items that no festival-goer should be without. One of those items was a portable charger, an ingenious invention that is probably top of more than a few people’s essential items list, ahead of ...

  11 June 2013
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  UK now a nation of tech-savvy super geeks, apparently

  Do you feel like you know your Raspberry Pi from your Ice Cream Sandwich? Your Playbook from your Notebook? If so, you’re not alone in the UK; according to new research, more and more of us are classing ourselves as ‘tech savvy’.

  6 June 2013
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  Four games we want buried forever

  A Canadian film studio has said it’s been given permission to dig up a landfill site to try and find an old Atari game that was buried there in the ‘80s. It sounds like the start to a madcap scheme you’d see a dodgy ‘80s movie, but Fuel Entertainment says it wants ...

  5 June 2013
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  Always forget your passwords? Get an electronic tattoo!

  The age-old problem of forgetting or losing our passwords, or having them stolen, is a rather hot topic in the tech world at the moment. Humans, it seems, are a rather forgetful race that can’t seem to remember a few simple secret words and numbers. So tech firms have been falling ...

  3 June 2013
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  The three best online music streaming services

  Google IO, the annual developer-focused event thrown by the tech giant each year, took place earlier this month. It was the usual mix of intriguing rumours, techie discussions and some very exciting announcements. In amongst the hubbub this year was the launch of Google Play Music ...

  23 May 2013
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  Top three Windows Phone apps

  Nokia has just unveiled its latest flagship handset, the Lumia 925, a revamped and improved version of the Lumia 920. Boasting a semi-aluminium body and a very impressive camera, the 925 is another impressive turn from the Finnish mobile giant still struggling in the smartphone ...

  15 May 2013
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  Report says the geeks will inherit the Earth, or at least the online economy

  We’ve never been ones to judge here at Pricerunner, and we’ve long been champions of the geeks and gamers of this world. From unveiling the smartphones most likely to help you find love, to shouting about a new app which helps you turn that love physical, we’ve been a ...

  9 May 2013
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  Ever wondered what your cat gets up to? Try a ‘cat nav’ device

  As any cat owner will tell you, our feline friends like to lead pretty mysterious lives – coming and going at all hours, not telling us where they’ve been. If curiosity over your cat’s life outside of your house is just too much to bear, one cat lover has come up with an ...

  7 May 2013