June 11, 2011
Stay is a free fun web-based tool we have reviewed previously. Basically, it offers a great feature set for planning and mapping your traveling and then saving and sharing your plans with friends, relatives or random people. Just a few days ago, the site launched their official free app for the iPhone which makes downloading and accessing your travel guides much easier.
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June 10, 2011
Presently in the world that we live in, we have to consider the environment in just about every decision we make; shopping included. In one of our recently published articles, we asked our readers if they shop for themselves or if they "shop for the environment" as well - do you think about recyclability and how the product was made when you make your purchase?
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June 10, 2011
Yet another report, this time from the security firm ViaForensics, which has revealed security flaws in apps running on iPhone and Android devices. The study takes a look at a variety of popular apps including Foursquare, Netflix, Skype and more. Both Android and iPhone’s pre-packaged email apps scored poorly, as well. These apps failed the study because of poor data storage.
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June 8, 2011
When a big story breaks, and there's no journalist around to hear it – does the news still have a voice? The guys behind Meporter, an intriguing new location-aware news app certainly think so – and they'd like to put you forward for the job. Everyone's a citizen journalist these days, and the recently launched Meporter is your chance to streamline the citizen journalist role.
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June 8, 2011
The iPhone and iPad are still the leading devices in the mobile and tablet market, and with the announcement of the next major version of the iOS, I see no end to their dominance. Let's take a look at some of the awesome new features that have been revealed for iOS 5 which is scheduled for release this autumn.
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June 7, 2011
One of the most requested improvements with an iOS Device is to the notification system. The current notification system is designed to make sure that users get all the incoming messages - at all costs. If users choose to ignore the notification, it will just disappear. Users then have to go through piles of apps to find out which ones sent the notifications. It's very easy to accidentally leave some notifications unnoticed.
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June 7, 2011
In a spate of big announcements at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday, senior vice president Scott Forstall introduced the next generation of Apple's mobile operating system (iOS 5) to an excited crowd and global online audience.
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June 3, 2011
Right behind the Nikon D90, Apple’s iPhone 4 is the most popular camera in terms of pictures taken and uploaded to the photo sharing site, Flickr. While this little camera in your pocket has its limitations, there are hundreds of apps that provide it with some truly professional features and enhancements. There are hundreds of [...]
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June 2, 2011
If you're using an iPod or iOS device, Linux might seem like a daft choice of operating system. Apple doesn't officially support it, and whilst that's a real shame, it's not, in some cases, insurmountable. Unless you're using the 4th generation device (or iPad) you shouldn't have any issues transferring media, provided you've got the right software on your side. You'll be loading music onto your Apple device in no time.
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June 1, 2011
Creating a panorama from multiple images is no longer the arduous, drawn out tweak-fest it used to be. Microsoft released a tool that could make a 3D panorama automatically, called Photosynth, and it really has to be played with to be believed. Luckily iOS users can now create panoramas on the fly. You don't need a tripod, existing images or money – the app is free and startlingly easy to use.
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May 31, 2011
Photo sharing apps have officially taken off, thanks primarily to mobile devices. These kinds of apps let you take pictures on your phone and share them with your social graph. Enter Mobli, the app that instantaneously uploads your pictures and videos in the background while taking them. This app is hot on the scene with plenty of interesting features to get us all excited about.
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May 30, 2011
How do you promote a physical iPhone accessory when most people wouldn't think of buying much beyond a bluetooth headset and maybe a case? According to Joby, you release a free app that fully demonstrates what you're missing out on – an iPhone tripod.
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May 30, 2011
There are a handful of free web browsers for the iPad, each with features that outshine the default Safari browser for the mobile device. The newest addition to this app category is iChromy, a Google Chrome-like web browser developed by the makers of the popular bookmarking and annotation website, Diigo.com.
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May 27, 2011
A simple and highly useful Safari extension, appropriately called SendTab, allows you to send a selected webpage to one or more computers on your network. When it arrives on the remote computer, it automatically downloads in your networked web browser. It happens within seconds. This extension works best if you’re a Safari or Chrome user.
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May 25, 2011
It's common in most situations for iPhone users to say "there's an app for that!" Well, there are in fact so many apps in the Apple App Store that the company has just approved the 500,000th app. Compare that to its nearest rival, Google Android, which only has 100,000 apps in its Market, and you'll see instantly that Steve Jobs and Co have a very substantial lead over their competitors.
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