App of the Week 31st March

There’s no real shortage of news apps available for iPhone, although you may get a different narrative from one to another, pretty much all of them provide you with a similar service. This week we’ve found a news app with a difference though, it’s called Inside.com and it’s aimed at people who want to be…

BlackBerry Bounces Back (ish)

We haven’t done a post on BlackBerry for a while, probably because there’s been no news to report recently. Today however there’s some good news coming from the struggling Canadian phone manufacturer. In its fourth fiscal quarter the company only lost $423 million, which may not sound that great but in comparison to the colossal…

App of the Week 24th March

This week we’re taking a look at the first app from a company who’ve been around for quite a while now.  It’s from data capture form building company, Survey Monkey and it’s for letting you create and distribute surveys from your mobile devices.  

Android Wear

The smartwatch market is rapidly gaining traction, if your twitter feed is anything like mine, you can’t go a day without someone mentioning something about smartwatches.  However Samsung launched their Galaxy Gear smartwatch late last year to a pretty frosty reception, so something’s got to change to get people warming to the idea of actually…

App of the Week 17th March

This week, we’re looking at the latest app to come from Sofia Fenichell, the founder of RockPack.  It’s called Wonder PL and it’s an ad-free video streaming platform for quality content, looking to compete with Vimeo and YouTube.  Having already attracted over $1.4m worth of investing from big names like Universal Music Group, Qualcomm Ventures…

What’s New in iOS 7.1

At the start of the week Apple launched iOS 7.1, the largest update to its iOS 7 operating system so far.  As always, people have been scrutinising the new mobile operating system, going through it with the proverbial fine tooth comb; we’re not going to go into as much detail though, just look at the…

App of the Week 10th March

This week we’re looking at an app which has actually been available for quite some time now.  It’s just been updated to version 3.0 though and made free to download from £2.99, which is nice.  It’s called Phlo, a name which I actually quite like, and it’s designed to streamline your searching experience between your…

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…