Facebook To Launch A Curated Visual News Reader Called Paper
On February 3rd, get ready to download your next toy for iOS, as Facebook prepares to launch a news reader app called Paper, the day before their 10th birthday.
iOS Feedly App Gets Speed Reading, Night Theme & New iPad Design
Feedly has just pushed out an update for its iOS app, which includes great new features such as speed reading, a night theme, and a whole new design for the iPad.
Rdio Goes Free After Spotify Drops Time Limits
Rdio is now completely free to users, just after Spotify dropped all remaining time limits with regards to usage. Time to put on some tunes and celebrate.
Download The New Box iOS App Within 30 Days & Get 50GB Of Free Storage
Cloud storage is big business these days and Box is aiming to turn the heat up on rivals such as Dropbox and Google Drive by offering a huge 50GB of free storage to anyone who downloads their free iOS app.
Find Legal Images On Google With A New Filter
Contrary to popular belief, pictures found on Google Images are not free to use any way you want. Google have implemented a search filter that will show you the images which are legal to use.
BeatsMusic Launches Curated Mood-Based Streaming Music
The BeatsMusic music streaming app is launching on January 21st. BeatsMusic is a curated mood and genre-based player, so it's hoping to provide you with higher quality music for your dollars.
Internet Archive Lets You Play Retro Games With The "Console Living Room"
The Internet Archive now lets you play all your favourite retro console games. It is expanding to include a new section called the Console Living Room, with console games you can run in your browser.
Wikipedia Introduces A Draft Feature For New Articles
Wikipedia are now introducing the ability to write a page in "draft" mode so you can work on an article and save it in draft mode, not publishing it until it is truly ready.
Get Fit By Tracking Your Steps With Accupedo
When I got a dog, and that dog demanded to be walked twice a day (with serious consequences for non-compliance), I realised the value of more exercise.
Facebook Pages Manager Gets iOS7 Do-Over & Tagging In Posts
Facebook has finally got around to redesigning its Pages Manager app by giving it an iOS7 spruce-up, and making it look the same as Facebook's main iOS7 app.
Feel Like Living Dangerously? Then Try Out The New Valve Steam OS
Valve has just released their Linux-based gaming operating system for anyone with a spare hard-drive, an NVIDIA graphics card, and nerves of pure steel. Step forward Linux commandos!
Donate To Charity Directly Through Facebook Pages & News Feed
Facebook has just announced that they are going to help charities by inserting a "donate" button on their pages, and on posts in the News Feed, so users can directly donate funds.
Skype 4.5 for Android Gets Picture-In Picture Windows
Skype has recently introduced some huge improvements to their app on Android, particularly if you have an Android tablet. Most notably, Android users can now see a Skype window within other apps they are using.
Bing Adds TED Talks To Search Results
Bing has just added TED talks and audio play to their search results page, plus a host of other useful pieces of information.
Instagram Jumps Into The Mobile Messaging Market With Instagram Direct
Instagram has just started a chat-like feature called Instagram Direct, allowing users to share photos directly and have conversations about them.
Build Your Own Google Street View Using An Android Phone Or DSLR Camera
If you have an Android phone or DSLR camera, you can now create your own Street View, which is laid on top of a Google Map. You can even embed the image on your website.
Google Wallet For iOS Gets Single Sign-On And Credit Card Capturing By Camera
Google have just unveiled some interesting new developments for Google Wallet on the iPhone, including single sign-on access and the ability to add credit card information by photo.
Google Calendar Gets Some Big Updates & Google Search A Little Tweak
Google Calendar now includes map location auto-complete suggestions and keyword-driven suggested searches for events.