WWDC 2015 What to Expect

WWDC 2015, What to Expect

We did a write up a couple of weeks back about Google’s developer conference IO, well on Monday it’s the turn of Apple to hold their annual WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC 2015).  As we did with Goole IO, here’s a look at what you might expect to see from the Apple event in San Francisco…

Google IO 2015 Predictions

Google IO 2015 Predictions

It’s the time of the year for development conferences again, Google are holding their annual Google IO 2015 next week, then Apple will be holding their WWDC shortly afterwards.  We can only assume the Apple one is following the Google one so quickly to steal some thunder, but let’s take a look at what’s expected…

Five Years of the iPad

Five Years of the iPad

Five years ago this week, Apple launched the very first iPad.  It was launched as the device that would revolutionise computing by removing the need for a keyboard, providing the ease of use of an iPhone and provide many of the features of a laptop.  At launch a lot of people slated it for just…

Facebook Plan to Turn Messenger Into a Platform

Facebook Plan to Turn Messenger Into a Platform

Not everyone was happy about Facebook Messenger being split away from the Facebook App last year, however most of the negative opinion has now died down as people are getting used to to using the standalone service for sending private messages to each other.  Now, according to reliable TechCrunch sources, Facebook plan on adding even…

Apple Watch

Apple Watch

We’ve been talking about it since it’s official announcement in September last year (although the rumour mill had been churning since long before then).  Earlier this week though Apple finally launched their latest device – the Apple Watch. At the launch event, head of Apple design, Jony Ive said that they had been working on…

Google Launch Project Tango

There have been rumours of Google’s Project Tango for quite some time now, the technology giant’s next step after the poorly received / before its time (depending on your opinion) Glass project .  While Google Glass was slated for being intrusive, clunky and not really being very well thought out, project Tango looks like it…

Focus Group Invitation

Focus Group Invitation

Part of the work we do at Tradebox Media involves running user feedback sessions (or focus groups) to make sure what we’re building for our clients is the best possible application.  We’ve got a few sessions coming up in the next few weeks and would love for you to come along and voice your opinion.…

Windows 10 Launch Event

Windows 10 Launch Event

Yesterday, Microsoft held its Windows 10 launch event to showcase everything from the latest version of its flagship operating system.  The majority of the tech community are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Windows 10 for a number of reasons ; “Will it be any better than Windows 8?” being the first (with “what happened to…

Wakie App

Wakie App

The alarm clock has been used for many years. Originally  it was just an annoying noise that rang or beeped at the time you set. Then  radio alarms arrive  so you could wake up listening to your favourite radio station. With the mobile phones the biggest improvement was being able to select a song instead…

Google Publish Android Studio

Google Publish Android Studio

Some people who  have developed Android apps will know there are a few different suites of tools or integrated development environments (IDEs) to do so, each one of them with its own pros and cons.  While most developers, Tradebox included, use Eclipse with the Android Developer Tools (ADT) plugin; Google have been working on Android…