In a report published by OpenSignal.com, it has emerged that Android fragmentation has increased almost threefold in comparison to this time last year. The report took into consideration devices, manufacturers, operating systems and screen sizes, all of which are showing more diversity than in previous years.
With security a primary concern in this day and age, users are looking for better ways of locking their phones. With more users wary of hacking and password cracking, is there something that would uniquely identify the owner of a device to enable them to unlock it? The answer may be literally at our fingertips.…
The original Djay app was launched three years ago and has become one of the most successful music apps in the world. Apple have featured it in their adverts and millions of people have downloaded it worldwide, Steve Jobs even used it during a conference in 2011 to show off the ability of the iPad…
Last night Google help a surprise announcement with it’s head of Android hosting the event. As far as everyone could tell (after a few handy leaks), it was going to be the launch of the Nexus 7 tablet with Android 4.3 as the operating system – which it was. Google however, also announced their latest…
A new fund is aimed at linking Welsh arts organisations with digital technology creators, fully funding digital media projects designed to explore new business models or expand audience reach and engagement.
IFTTT (pronounced like shift) was launched in 2010 with the intention of making more services on the web automated. The acronym stands for ‘If This Then That’ and works by creating logic statements (so called recipes) that will do something, when something else happens. It’s a really nifty way of connecting, otherwise completely unconnected, online…
Apple’s Developer site has been hacked, resulting in days of downtime. Since Thursday, the site has been “undergoing maintenance for an extended period” , or at least that was the official line from Apple.
A slight change from our usual app of the week, the Tile app hasn’t actually been launched yet. It’s not going to be fully launched for another 4-6 months actually, however it deserves a mention in our App of the Week section because of the amount of hype that surrounds it. In one of the…
Just over three weeks ago, when Apple unveiled iOS7 and revealed that the “biggest change” the iPhone had ever gone through would not include the addition of near field communication (NFC), Matt Witheilder of Flybridge Capital Partners wrote a blog on how Apple’s decision may have killed NFC. He wrote “I’m finally calling this…
In an ever expanding ecosystem of apps, it is extremely difficult to become top dog. Even the subcategories and niches, you have to work hard to ensure you come out on top and part of that is understanding that it’s not all about downloads.