Category: iPhone apps
Forget Xbox One and PS4 – Apple's iOS 7 gamepad API could be the real game changer
E3 is drawing to a close, but rather than being all sewn up by Microsoft's Xbox One, Sony's PlayStation 4 or Nintendo's Wii U, it's Apple who've just made the real game-changing gaming announcement. iOS 7 for iPhone and iPad is set to introduce an official controller API, opening the floodgates for hardcore gaming on iOS devices.
ITV Player app adding £3.99 subscription option for ad-free Jeremy Kyle
Love watching the Jeremy Kyle show on your tablet, but can't stand the ITV Player app's adverts butting in just before we find out exactly why the UK's very own skeletor, Mad Dog Deon, tattooed his face up? Then you'll…
Apple introduce iOS 7 for iPhone and iPad: Features and release date revealed
Boasting sales of 365 million mobile devices, Apple today revealed iOS 7, their latest mobile software build. "The team at Apple has been working incredibly hard on the latest version of iOS, and today it's a great thrill to announce…
New BBC Weather app for iPhone and Android puts your umbrella on standby
Everywhere you go, always take the new BBC Weather app with you. Available for free to Android and iPhone users, it puts the Beeb's reliable forecast information in a simple to browser interface on your smartphone. Offering at-a-glance information on…
APP OF THE DAY: Kabbee taxi booking (Android / iPhone)
Summer's nearly (hopefully!) upon us here in the UK, and that means an increased likelihood of at least one thing – drunken nights out enjoying the warm season's breeze. That, inevitably, also leads to unfortunate night bus journeys home, which…
EE reveal official Glastonbury Festival 2013 app for Android and iPhone
Heading out to the swamps of the Glastonbury 2013 festival? It's a big site with lots going on, so sponsors EE have handily put together an official app to help guide your stay at the world's best music festival. The…
Apple pull "gay cure" app Setting Captives Free, but app is still available on Android
Apple have pulled an app from their App Store for iPhone and iPad that claimed it could "cure homosexuality" after thousands of users protested against it. The Setting Captives Free app, which promised to free users from the "bondage of…
Dark Fate "First Person Fiction" iPad novel takes to the high seas of the Kickstarter self publishing route
Our self publishing season continues today with a quick look at Dark Fate: The Treasure Island Chronicles, by Oxfordshire-based startup Whooc Publishing Ltd. under their Freed Fiction Imprint. So far we've looked at how to solo DIY publish Kindle eBooks,…
Star Command iOS release date set for May 2: Long wait for Kickstarter project comes to a close
Star Command, the long-awaited space ship strategy sim, will hit Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch on May 2. Sitting somewhere between an 8-bit Star Trek and Theme Hospital, the game lets you build your own starship, enlist its crew…
Google Now hits iPhone and iPad
Google's superb Google Now digital personal assistant service is now available for the iPhone and iPad. Landing as an update to the iOS Google Search app, Google Now has until this point been an exclusive feature of Android versions 4.1…
