Category: iPhone apps
Yo! Check out the world's laziest messaging app.
As Facebook, Google and Apple are locked into an endless arms race to see which can add the most features to its messaging app, a new app on the iOS app store has taken a very different approach. It only…
Dope-dealing game tops Apple iTunes chart
Apple appears to have relaxed its usual tight restrictions on apps – how else to explain the drug-pushing sim Weed Firm sitting at number one on its App Store charts? According to The Register, Weed Firm allows users to imagine…
Hackers figure out how to run iOS apps on Android
Some clever hackers at Columbia University in the States have managed to run apps designed for iPhone on an Android tablet. Check out the below video to see a demo. They've created software they call "Cider" (because Apples, geddit?), which…
Anonymous social network Secret launches in UK
A new anonymous social networking app that lets you share your innermost secrets has launched in the UK after becoming a huge hit in the US, according to a report at the Daily Mirror. The Mirror says that the new…
The Skep-Tech: This kid DIDN'T sell his game to Apple
The Daily Record, a Scottish newspaper, has published the most bewilderingly stupid technology story. They claim that a student is "set to make a fortune" after "selling his app to computing giant Apple" – unfortunately, this is nonsense. Here's what…
What's the point in GPS apps when we have Google Maps? Taking a look at the CoPilot app.
When GPS devices were first released, we were in the pre-iPhone era. Your GPS was a clunky box that you mounted on your car dashboard, and your phone was… well, an actual phone. For calling people. And if you're lucky,…
Virgin America find a way to make flying even worse
So it turns out that Grindr may not be the only app that is full of dicks following the launch of the "Here for Biz" social networking app, which Virgin America airlines are touting as an "in flight social network"…
New messaging app Wordeo chases Snapchat and Vine with video
Launched today at 9am, a new app called Wordeo has launched, which blends the short video clips of Vine with the visualised messages of Snapchat to create a new messaging experience. What's perhaps more interesting is that the bods behind…
iOS Mailbox adds support for Yahoo Mail & iCloud
Excellent news for iPhone and iPad users who use Yahoo Mail and iCloud – Mailbox, by far the best mobile email client has added support for these new services. No longer will Gmail users be able to arrogantly crow about…
Why is Instagram launching Direct Messaging?
Yesterday Instagram held a big press conference, in which they announced the ability to send photos as direct messages to other users – calling the new feature Instagram Direct – but why are they doing it? To answer this question,…
