App of the Week 20th August 2013

It’s a problem which has faced wine connoisseurs for years, by the time you’ve finished the third bottle of wine of an evening, chances are you may have a hard time remembering exactly what it was, but just know that it was delicious.  You could always make a note of what that top vino was…

App of the Week 14th August 2013

Apps being launched to promote a new film release isn’t a new thing by any stretch.  These promotional tools generally come in the form of a half baked game though, some kind of tag on to an existing game brand, think Temple Run: Brave.  To celebrate the launch of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa however, Baby…

App of the Week 6th August 2013

This week we’re looking at Quip – the latest productivity app to come to the market.  The app has been released by former Facebook CTO, Bret Taylor and by the looks of it is trying to compete with the likes of Google Docs and Office 365.

Android Fragmentation is Ever Expanding

In a report published by OpenSignal.com, it has emerged that Android fragmentation has increased almost threefold in comparison to this time last year. The report took into consideration devices, manufacturers, operating systems and screen sizes, all of which are showing more diversity than in previous years.

App of the Week 29th July 2013

The original Djay app was launched three years ago and has become one of the most successful music apps in the world.  Apple have featured it in their adverts and millions of people have downloaded it worldwide, Steve Jobs even used it during a conference in 2011 to show off the ability of the iPad…

Google Launch Nexus 7, Android 4.3 and Chromecast

Last night Google help a surprise announcement with it’s head of Android hosting the event.  As far as everyone could tell (after a few handy leaks), it was going to be the launch of the Nexus 7 tablet with Android 4.3 as the operating system – which it was.  Google however, also announced their latest…

App of the Week 23rd July 2013

IFTTT (pronounced like shift) was launched in 2010 with the intention of making more services on the web automated.  The acronym stands for ‘If This Then That’ and works by creating logic statements (so called recipes) that will do something, when something else happens.  It’s a really nifty way of connecting, otherwise completely unconnected, online…

App of the Week 16th July 2013

A slight change from our usual app of the week, the Tile app hasn’t actually been launched yet.  It’s not going to be fully launched for another 4-6 months actually, however it deserves a mention in our App of the Week section because of the amount of hype that surrounds it.  In one of the…

Five Years of the App Store

Five years ago today Apple decided to launch something called the ‘App Store’ for iPhones.  The idea being that people could download pieces of software for their iPhone called ‘apps’ which would let them do things that they previously couldn’t do on their phone.  Who knew on the 9th of July 2008 that Apple were…