Apple Launches CarPlay

It’s been talked about for years now, but Apple have finally announced details of their proprietary iPhone to Car connection system.  It goes far beyond anything that exists for iPhone already, being a system that will allow people to not only play music, but it plans on implementing a whole ‘eyes-free’ system, making using your…

App of the Week 3rd March

This week’s app of the week is one that you’ll be particularly interested in if you want to stay informed but don’t have time to read the news on a regular basis; it’s called News Digest and it comes from Yahoo!  The idea behind it (like most news apps) is to provide you with a…

Mobile World Congress Roundup

Two weeks ago we took a look at what you might expect to see at Mobile World Congress 2014.  It’s the last day of the mobile technology event in Barcelona today so it’s only fair we take a look back and do a Mobile World Congress roundup to see how many of our predictions turned…

App of the Week 25th February

A day late this week (sorry) but here’s our favourite app for the last week in February.  It’s a system that’s actually been available for Android devices for quite some time now, but has only recently been made available for iOS. It’s called SwiftKey Note, the SwiftKey system on Android taps into users Facebook, Twitter…

Facebook buys WhatsApp

Never shy of a company acquisition, this week Facebook bought direct messaging application WhatsApp for reportedly up to $19bn.  This is the third purchase from Facebook this year (the other two being American firm Branch and Indian company Little Eye Labs) but the largest by far, to date.  As always after any big merger such…

App of the Week 17th February

Our app of the week comes from ex-Facebook designer, Nicholas Felton.  It’s called Reporter and as the name suggests, it’s a journaling app for reporting on things you do on a daily basis.  In 2012, Felton spent almost 100 hours documenting his life, then on New Years Day 2013 he made a book of his…

Mobile World Congress 2014

It’s the biggest event in the mobile industry’s calendar, the annual Mobile World Congress takes place again in Barcelona this year in just over a week.  The world of technology trade shows has dipped in recent years, with major manufacturers shunning them in favour of their own big product launch events.  At Mobile World Congress…

App of the Week 10th February

This Friday is Valentines Day, love it or hate it – there’s generally no avoiding it.  I thought it would be appropriate then to take a look at a relevant Valentines app which even if you’re not a fan of the 14th of February every year, you might still find quite useful.  We went for…

No More Sony Vaio

Considering we’re a mobile app development firm, you may think it’s a bit weird how we’re taking a look at something which is decidedly old-school.  Laptops? Who uses laptops these days? Well as it turns out 316 million people last year bought a personal computer (that’s laptops and towers) which is 10% less people than…

App of the Week 3rd February 2014

When we look for the app of the week, a lot of things come into consideration.  We always like to see if there’s anything happening during the week that would make the app particularly relevant (Just see our review for the FIFA and Wimbledon apps).  This week is, of course, the start of the 2014…