App of the Week 16th September

Currently in the middle of London Fashion Week, it’s actually quite surprising that no one had released a dedicated app to promote the event.  Our app of the week was launched just before it though, which makes me think that despite not having any mentions anywhere inside the fashion app, it was probably timed nicely…

Kids Section of iTunes Connect

This week Apple launched two new iPhones, which we have taken a look at in our post about  the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C.  This also marks the launch of Apple’s new iOS 7 which will be available to download on the 18th of September.  As well as being a complete redesign of the…

App of the Week 10th September 2013

Web security firm AVG have launched another app to go in their portfolio of mobile security apps, AVG PrivacyFix is designed to help you crack down on the amount of information you share online. (Almost) all of us have got Facebook, LinkedIn and Google accounts where we put, sometimes on a daily basis, large amounts…

Nokia Microsoft’s Latest Aquisition

Microsoft has purchased the mobile phone arm of Nokia, bringing production of the handsets which carry the Windows 8 OS in house. The £4.6billion acquisition was confirmed in the early days of September, with Microsoft’s aim obvious , catch up with Apple and Google, the new tech giants. Is Nokia Microsoft’s latest tool to play…

App of the Week 2nd September 2013

Almost everyone at some point in their life has had to put up a piece of IKEA furniture.  It’s a task that is usually far more complicated than it really should be, generally because if you’re anything like me – you don’t read the instructions first.  Usually you can sit back and be proud of…

Do In App Purchases Put Off Customers?

It’s a discussion that has raged for quite some time, how should developers make their money from app downloads? You can read about how to make money from app downloads in a previous blog post. Following a discussion in the office the other day, we stumbled upon the question – are in app purchases putting…

App of the Week 27th August 2013

Our app of the week is Contacts+, an app which is looking to replace the Apple standard contact list.  This may seem a bit pointless to some people, I was a little bit weary when I first heard about it, but now I’ve downloaded it and given it a test, you can instantly see the…

No More Insta-This or That-Gram

I mentioned briefly at the end of the App of the Week post about there not being enough originality in app names, the newly launched Drync was the one in my line of sight at the time, but there has been a flurry of stories this week, similarly about the lack of originality when it…

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…