55-inch OLED TV, Muppets to save Google+
Naturally, Christmas Days wasn't a groundbreaking day of tech news, but among the stories making the headlines this year were a new version of Swype and LG's plans to launch a 55-inch OLED TV.
55-inch OLED LG TV official for CES
LG will unleash the world's largest OLED panel at the CES expo in Las Vegas in early January. The company had promised to launch a huge OLED telly by the middle of 2012, but this will be the first chance we get to clasp our eyes on this technological wonder. The prototype device will be "thinner than a pen" at just 5.5mm.
Action Movie FX app blows everything out of the water
Movie producer and viral marketing god J.J. Abrams has unleashed his first app for iOS devices, which allows you to call in missile strikes on your least favourite places, or drop cars on the heads of your enemies. The Action Movie FX app for iPhone lets you add movie-grade special effects to videos shot on your phone, leaving absolute carnage in your wake.