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…

The Moto G could save Android’s Reputation

After Google acquired mobile phone manufacturer Motorola, there was a lot of speculation as to why the Android developers would want a mobile phone manufacturer.  The obvious answer was patents, considering you can’t seem to go a few days without seeing some kind of patent lawsuit appearing in the news.  However the launch of the…

App of the Week 11th November

This weeks app of the week is something a little bit different.  Normally we pick out something which is going to help you be more productive, or something which will help you save time, or quite often something that will just run in the background for you to look back at later.  I’ve picked out…

Windows Phone Market Share Boost

In a report published earlier this week, the Windows Phone operating system is the only one out of the big three mobile platforms to gain any market share in the UK, with iOS and Android both experiencing a slight dip.  The report published by Kantar looks at global phone sales over the three months leading…

App of the Week 4th November

Many months ago, way back in May, we took a look at the top five replacements for Tweetdeck after the news that the app was going to be removed from the App Store.  Number four in our list was Tweetbot, a smart and intuitive app that easily let you control multiple accounts for £1.99 with…

Apple Removes HMV App From iTunes Store

We did a blog post a few months ago about Apple’s, possibly unfair, removal of AppGratis from the App Store for allowing people to download apps outside of the App Store, taking away Apple’s 30% cut for all apps downloaded.  Since then, there have been no really high-profile cases of apps being removed from the…