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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Apps being launched to promote a new film release isn’t a new thing by any stretch. These promotional tools generally come in the form of a half baked game though, some kind of tag on to an existing game brand, think Temple Run: Brave. To celebrate the launch of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa however, Baby…
It was only in January that BlackBerry announced the latest incarnation of their software, BB10, which was meant to reignite the declining platform’s success. With new hardware to go along with the new OS, it was the moment chief executive Thorsten Heins hoped would be a turnaround for the company’s fortunes, but things have seemingly…
Anyone who has a Windows phone may have noticed the lack of apps available in comparison to iOS or Android. Currently the Windows Store only has 160,000 apps available (the Apple App Store by comparison has over 900,000). This is probably because the Apple App Store has been live for over 5 years now, whereas…
This week we’re looking at Quip – the latest productivity app to come to the market. The app has been released by former Facebook CTO, Bret Taylor and by the looks of it is trying to compete with the likes of Google Docs and Office 365.
There’s a new trend emerging with new apps. A typically British tradition, queuing has managed to find its way into digital downloads, turning what was once a free and open marketplace allowing users around the world to download an application instantly, into what you would more commonly associate with the analogue, real world , waiting.…