Biggest Tech News of 2013

We published our top five favourite apps that came out this year earlier in the week, but we don’t just review apps on this blog, oh no we don’t, every week we also take a look at a bit of News that we think you would want to hear about.  Here are the biggest tech…

App of the Year 2013

It’s rapidly approaching the end of the year, which generally means it’s time to take a look back over what we’ve all done and what our favourite things from the last 12 months have been.  It’s no different in the Tradebox Office, every week this year we’ve told you what our favourite app has been…

Instagram Direct Launches

Yesterday afternoon, photo sharing social network Instagram announced that it was introducing direct messaging into its app with the launch of the latest version, 5.0.  The new service allows you to send photo and video directly to up to 15 followers at once, without them being publicly visible.  The news comes less than a month…

App of the Week 9th December

One of the very first App of the Week reviews we wrote was on Codea, a £6.99 iPad application designed to help people learn how to build their own iPhone applications.  This week I’m taking a look at the first app from Codeacademy, called Hour of Code.  Rather than being a tool to help you…

Facebook, Most Popular App by Far

In a report published Wednesday by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), Facebook was found to be the most popular app by more than three times any other app.  The report looks at 500 smartphone users in the US, who were asked what their three most commonly used apps were between June and September of this…

App of the Week 2nd December

The FIFA World Cup is just around the corner, with the draw taking place at the end of this week.  To engage with fans as much as possible FIFA have launched the official companion app for the tournament (and seemingly worldwide, club level football at the same time).  The app’s been launched simply with the…

What Does 2014 Hold for the Tablet Market?

Most people will have noticed over the last few years the sharp increase in the sale of tablet computers compared to traditional laptop and desktop devices.  Well next year according to analytics firm Canalys,the lighter, cheaper and more portable tablet will account for 50% of all personal computers shipped globally.

App of the Week 25th November

Since Vine was launched towards the end of last year, interest in mobile video has increased significantly.  After the Twitter backed project was launched, it didn’t take long for Instagram to start allowing users to take  videos and start applying filters to them.  Since then there have been a slew of video effect apps which…

iBeacons Rolled Out in Macy’s

Earlier this year at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple quite quietly launched iBeacons (alongside iOS 7)  a low energy bluetooth device which is tipped to revolutionise location based technology.  The technology which is used inside iBeacons is the same as ‘Tile‘ but rather than helping you to find things you have lost, iBeacons are…

App of the Week 18th November

There’s lots of things happening in the music industry related to apps; last week was the launch of Lady Gaga’s Artpop app, something which as much as I wanted to be excited about, I just couldn’t get behind.  It could be because I’m not a massive Gaga fan or because I didn’t really ‘get’ the…