Mind The Bumps In The Mobile Road
Have you ordered your Google Nexus 7 yet? Or registered interest for the Microsoft Surface? Or perhaps you are a Galaxy Note 2 person? The Microsoft Surface is an interesting one as it looks as if it...
View ArticleApple Plots Course Out Of Mapping Nightmare
It was somewhat inevitable that Apple would take a lot of heat when it launched its own Map application over the existing one provided by Google – although, in fairness, there is a lot to like about...
View ArticleReview: Hauppauge! HD PVR2 Gaming Edition
In this review we will be taking a look at the HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition from Hauppauge! (Model 1482), a device which can record video game play in high definition onto a laptop or desktop computer. Of...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7.8 Announcement Frustrates Users
According to the Windows Phone Blog the next update of Windows Phone 7, the much-anticipated, version 7.8 is now pegged for some time early next year (2013) the news of which appears to have angered...
View ArticlePractical Apps: National Trust
Having visited a National Trust site whilst on holiday this year we became members; at the time a special promotion was running – “if you joined now” – so we did. The National Trust is a UK...
View ArticleReview: Apple iPod Nano 7th Generation
The new Nano, from Apple, is smaller than it looks on the advertisements. That was my first impression. In reality it’s considerably bigger than the previous generation iPod Nano but from what I can...
View ArticleApple iCloud Issues When Using Windows 8
It seems somewhat ironic that Apple is trying to tell Windows users what to do but recent upgraders to Windows 8 may be met with a strange message when they try to install Apple iCloud. After upgrading...
View ArticleIT News: 10 Million Users Flock To Google Maps In Just 48 Hours
In what must be just a little embarrassing for Apple – users of iOS devices are flocking to install Google Maps, as an App, just weeks after it was replaced with Apple Maps. 10 million downloads in 48...
View ArticlePatent Wars: Samsung Shows Competing Fairly Is The Way
According to a statement given to The Verge, Samsung is dropping “injunction requests against Apple for standards-essential patent infringement in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and the Netherlands.”....
View ArticleThe Christmas 2012 Number One Is Facebook
This years App Charts belongs to Facebook and Google as they dominate the top “free” spots on iTunes this Christmas 2012. Christmas 2012 and the iTunes Charts sit with the free and newly launched...
View ArticleApple’s New iOS Is Flatter Not Fatter
The Operating System which powers Apple’s mobile range of devices including iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is getting a face lift, or rather a face down, in its next major release due this Autumn (2013)....
View ArticleAnki Aims To Bring Video Games Into The Real World
Follow my blog with Bloglovin To be featured on the iTunes App Store is a dream for many new developers but to be featured at the Apple WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) key note is the kind of...
View ArticleWhat Makes One Mobile App Successful And Another Fail?
From reading press stories you might think being a developer of apps for the mobile devices is a gold-mine, and for some it may well be, but for many of us, sadly, it is not. For all those stories of...
View ArticleTroubleshooting: iPad Air Restart Issue
We recently bought two new Apple iPad Air units for family members. The previous iPad devices have been pretty reliable but for some reason both of these units appear to be spontaneously rebooting....
View Article5 Essential Graphic Design Apps For Apple Mac
An Apple Mac is still an essential tool for many graphic designers and often a preferred favourite over a typical PC.There are plenty of shortcuts that Mac users come to love and enjoy because of their...
View ArticleKickstart your way to a better iPhone and iPad Cable
UK based Woodford Design are the people behind the planned Quickdraw Cable and the company are currently raising funds, to realise the project, using the popular Kickstarter community funding service....
View ArticleReview: MiLi Power Spring 5 Protective Power Case for iPhone 5
The Power Spring 5 (Model: HI-C25) Protective Power case for iPhone 5, from Mili, reviewed in this article is an interesting accessory. A 2200 mAh battery and case for the iPhone 5s, into which the...
View ArticleReview: Brydge+ Bluetooth Keyboard for Apple iPad
In this review we will be taking a look at the Brydge+ Keyboard accessory designed for the Apple iPad. Originally conceived as a Kickstarter Project the anodised aluminium keyboard for the iPad...
View ArticleApp Review: Rormix – Discover Emerging Music Videos
The idea of the Rormix app is to help you discover new music artists, through their videos, all based on music and artists you already enjoy. Online media sites, such as Vimeo and YouTube, are great...
View ArticleMobile Kill-Switch Heading To Android and Windows Phone
An interesting article today, on both Computer Weekly and BBC News, is that both Android and Microsoft Windows phone operating systems are to get a kill switch. Apple already have a security feature,...
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