Category: Software (Apple)
Apple has brought back Gifting to iTunes. This feature was removed with the release of iOS 6 and now, in time for Christmas they have brought it back. You can now buy that special someone the app they have been waiting for. You can gift it to more …
Update your official Twitter app today and you’ll find a host of new filters to make your photographs look a little less rubbish. After updating, just create a new tweet and insert and image. You then get the chance to crop, fix or add a filter. There’s nine …
One of our eagle-eyed readers (thanks, Daniel!) has spotted a signup page for Google Wallet – on Google UK, no less. The signup page, located at www.google.co.uk/wallet/, promises that the next version of Google Wallet is “coming soon”, presumably with UK support. This signup page is nothing new – the …
Games publisher Rockstar games this morning made available Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. If you are in to the Grand Theft Auto titles you won’t be let down by this one, bringing one of the most popular to iOS is a good move you can even play it …
Hot on the heels of the Gmail app being updated for iOS this afternoon, Google has also finally seen fit to update the YouTube app for the iPhone 5. They have also added iPad support and Airplay streaming which were 2 major features missing from the version …
Let me be blunt. The old GMail on iOS was horrid. It was slow, it only supported one account at a time and it wasn’t very pretty. Well Google has fixed all of those issues and many more with the 2.0 update released today. It’s still a web …
It’s 20 whole years since the first text message was sent and, despite data-enabled phones and always-on email, we’re still sending a huge amount of texts. Tech start-up “inZair” has just launched an app called ZMS. It’s completely free and available for both Android and iOS. The texting …
Look around you. If you see precious antiques and have a swimming pool in your extension, then you can probably tune out now. The rest of us are after deals and bargains right now, and an app called Shopitize is here to give you deals on your shopping. …
Early on September 19th we tried the new Apple Maps and found it to be pretty lacking. Apple later apologised and are now said to be booting out the manager responsible for the mapping mess. Richard Williamson is to be sacked and a new leadership team is to …
If you’re a fan of Google Maps and use it for getting around, the great news is that Google have now turned on the new indoor mapping feature. There’s dozens of locations now indoor enabled here in the UK. The indoor mapping project is being updated all the …
Orange have launched an instant messaging / visual voicemail system called “Libon”. Not only that, but it’ll do HD-quality VoIP calls too. HA! That should put those pesky expensive mobile operators out of business….. ..oh, wait… Aside from converting audio voicemail into text, this is available to any …
Editors note – We get a lot of apps sent in for review. This one had a twist, they guys from ClimateCars wanted to show us their new iPhone app with a free drive around London. Well, we decided to offer this out to one of our readers, …
An American dies every 19 minutes from skipping medication or taking meds incorrectly; the problem costs U.S. hospitals $100 billion every year. So that’s why the team from the MediSafe Project launched today the first-ever cloud-synced mobile app that not only reminds users when it’s time to take …
Maps, on iOS? Let’s not go there shall we? Now Nokia are getting in on the act, launching a location and mapping service for iOS. It’ll be called “HERE”. Yes, iOS. Android soon, and Windows Phone of course too. It’s not just maps either, there’s navigation, offline caching …
Right, RIGHT… that’s it. This has been doing my head in for days. I’m sure that they’re lovely people, but the PR team for this app have been badgering me for ages about this particular app and I’ll admit, I’ve caved in. But, I have no idea who …
Data, whether we like it or not, isn’t as plentiful as it should be. In an ideal world we’d pay £5 a year for unlimited internet, but sadly that’s not how things work. So, the dudes at datasquasher have come up with an iPhone app which will reduce …
Leaked shots of Office for Android and iOS have appeared on The Verge with just basic viewing of files available but, after paying extra for an Office 365 subscription, you’ll be able to edit files on the move too. Arriving on iOS first, it’ll also be available on …
Luke, use the birds Luke. Never mind the fact that Star Wars is now Disney owned, today is a massive day because Angry Birds Star Wars has arrived. Download links are available below, and we really won’t waste your time by typing too much more because, let’s face …
Apple has today pushed out the first minor bugfix to their recently released iOS 6 mobile operating system. The bugfix resolves several issues with the OS including, the camera flash not going off in some cases, a bug where the iPhone may not use the mobile network and …
There has been much chagrin and consternation around the removal of Google maps from iOS. Reports of Apple’s new mapping app vary from excellent to useless and the outcry was enough to provoke a public apology from Apple and also contributed to the removal of Scott Forstall …
Recently the Android version of Lookout underwent a major overhaul and redesign. Part of this relaunch included the introduction of Signal Flare. Signal Flare is an added protection against lost and stolen phones that automatically flags your phone’s location when the battery gets really low. That way if …
Picture the scene, you’re at a party or a friends house or even in a meeting. You have your camera and the memory card is full of pictures. You, your friends or clients are all stood there with your iPhones and iPads looking confused. You all really need …
Got a Sky+ HD box? A Virgin Media Tivo box? Perhaps you have one of those clever Smart TV’s that lets you play those “backed up movies” on your NAS drive? Said yes to any of that? Good, because we need to talk about Zeebox. The app, if …
Passbook is slowly gaining traction on iOS and if you haven’t used it before and you’re curious to see how it works then you can add some novelty passes from historic events courtesy of Flon solutions. You can download passes for such memorable journeys as Titanic’s maiden voyage …
The BBC are today launching iPlayer specifically for their range of radio stations on iOS with Android to follow soon. Unfortunately there is no word yet of a version for Windows Phone or Blackberry. Update: The BBC have now confirmed that no version for either Windows Phone or Blackberry …
On Thursday night we were invited to attend an event in London, not your usual press event though. This was a press event on the streets of London clutching a phone and using the app to explore the town. Telmap are an Intel owned company who specialise in …
Last night I made my way to St Pancras Station, London. I didn’t have much information, I didn’t know who I was meeting, I wasn’t really sure exactly where and I certainly didn’t know what we were doing. All I did know is that I had received a …
So… mapgate. By now you’ll have read about the maps saga in iOS6. There have also been rumours of Google developing an iOS maps application for the app store, but that’s not here yet. To tide you over though, Google have enabled StreetView functionality to the Webapp, pictured …
Our video review of PressReader. This app brings over 2100 full content newspapers from 95 countries to the iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, smartphones, eReaders, PCs and Macs.
Much has been made of the deficiencies of Apple’s new “ground breaking” Mapping application that was introduced with iOS6, but Apple themselves have been keeping a fairly low profile. Aside from some general “it will get better”, they haven’t said much at all. Clearly ears were burning in …
With all the issues surrounding the new Maps app in iOS 6 a lot of people are quick to point out that it isn’t the only solution to navigating our wonderful planet. My good friends at CoPilot got in touch with me today to say that their app has been …
Top Google bod Eric Schmidt admitted today that a stand-alone Google Maps app isn’t going to arrive on iOS 6 any time soon. It follows the removal of Google Maps and the new not-quite-as-good Apple Maps getting added instead. Speaking to Reuters, Schmidt said… We think it would …
For those that are old enough, you might remember your parents telling you to “Give me three rings” when you get somewhere. Now it’s turned into “Give me a text” but, if you want even more peace of mind, try “Guard My Angel”. They’ve sent us a video …
Satellite navigation giant, TomTom have made it very clear that they take no responsibility for the Apple Maps fiasco that’s haunted the launch of the iPhone 5 and iOS6. Caroline Fisher, vice-president of TomTom’s consumer business unit has stated: “We are more than willing to work with Apple …
After wide scale criticism of the iOS maps application, 9to5Mac is reporting that Google may have already submitted a Google Maps application to the app store. If true, the only question that remains is whether Apple will approve it. The ‘duplicating existing functionality’ clause really won’t wash anymore. There are …
I, like a lot of you lovely intelligent people, live in the UK. Unfortunately, after watching TV ads showing cool new phone features, we can find that things don’t work quite so well here in Blighty. Mapping on the iPhone and iPad has changed in iOS 6. Most …
Rovio has had it’s Pig-centric successor to Angry Birds in the fryer for quite a while now and it seems the game is nearly ready for release! The trailer below will give you a pretty good idea of the sort of game play we can expect to see, …
All my life I’ve been a hopeless runner. No matter how hard I tried I’ve never been able to run for more than a couple of minutes. I was determined to change that, so a few months ago I started following the Couch to 5k program, and lo …
We’re not sure what Viber has been drinking, but the VoIP service has added the Symbian (Symbian Belle), S40 and Bada operating systems to its list of clients. Its already got clients available for Blackberry, iOS, Android and Windows Phone, so they’ve pretty much completed a clean sweep …
If you’ve got a Samsung device you may have noticed an app called “ChatON“. Put simply, it’s an instant messenger packed with extras like group chat, multimedia sharing and so much more. Now, to be honest I’d not paid much attention to it until I stumbled across this …
