Google Glass had a lot of impact when they were presented. Everybody talked about all the possibilities they had, both positive and negative, as they can offer a whole new Augmented Reality experience, but they could also cause a privacy invasion.
Siri was one of the first (if not the first) voice commanded assistants for smartphones. And we have to admit that its very well done. The problem is that its exclusively for iOS. Google has its own Google Now service, with the popular command ‘OK Google’, but today we are talking about one of the…
It’s an event which takes place every year, Facebook F8. It’s exclusively for developers to stay up to date with everything that is currently happening at Facebook HQ and what we can expect to see from them over the coming 12 months. This years event took place earlier this week with some quite interesting announcements,…
The news broke last week that Facebook had bought fitness tracking app Moves. If you’ve not heard of it before, the app runs in the background at all times letting you know how you’re getting on with staying generally active; rather than most fitness apps which just monitor how much strenuous activity you do. As…
We’ve been talking about it for some time now, but today is finally the day Microsoft takes over Nokia. The news first broke on the 3rd September last year when Nokia announced that they were struggling and Microsoft realised that their slow approach to joining the mobile marketplace was having a serious effect on their…
Hope you all had an excellent Easter break (staying well away from any obvious puns here). Now that we’re well into spring, it’s normally the time that people start to think about getting away, if they haven’t already taken a few days off. I’m off to Barcelona in two weeks to catch a bit of…
Announced last week with a load of publicity to boot, Carousel is the new app from cloud storage firm Dropbox. If you’re having trouble finding it in the app store, just search for ” Carousel by Dropbox ” and it’ll be the first listing. The idea behind it is to work as a cloud based…
I don’t think a week has gone by so far this year without some kind of new rumour or suggestion about what Apple is going to be launching next. I’ve been keeping a close eye on all of these rumours and, quite helpfully, a full list of the rumoured products (an Apple Product Roadmap) for…
This week we’re taking a look at an app from quite an interesting partnership of firms, SeeTickets and PayPal. The app’s called Gig Buddy and it’s designed to be your ultimate companion for going to live events. It incorporates the whole gig-going experience, from finding information about the latest show, buying the tickets, inviting your…
It’s something we’ve been saying for a while now, but after details were released earlier this week – it’s official, mobile apps are far more popular than the mobile web. The results have been released by mobile analytics firm Flurry who say conclusively that people prefer to use native mobile applications than responsive HTML 5…