Tag: Apps
Angry Birds finally hits Windows Phone 7 handsets
The world's most popular gaming app, Angry Birds, is now available for one of the world's least popular smartphone platforms, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Despite attractive Xbox Live integration, Microsoft's OS has yet to court the variety of app developers…
INTERVIEW: Capablue's Craig Chuter on TV apps and connected TVs
App developers Capablue recently won Samsung's App Developer Challenge, building an app for Astra that now features on Samsung's range of connected Smart TVs. We caught up with Capablue's Craig Chuter, Head of Business Development, to see what he thinks…
Facebook to launch HTML5 App Store with Project Spartan?
Facebook are all set to launch Project Spartan, a new initiative that will see them distributing HTML5 apps from within Apple's mobile Safari browser. Intended to weaken Apple's stranglehold on the mobile apps market, Zuckerberg has set a team of…
BlackBerry PlayBook vs. Apple iPad 2
RIM have been billing their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet as an iPad killer ever since they first revealed it way back in September 2010. With a greater focus on enterprise usage than the iPad 2, its smaller 7 inch form…
APP OF THE DAY: Waze (iPhone / iPad / Android / Blackberrry / Symbian / WP7)
Today's App of the Day is a multi-platform sat-nav app called Waze. Totally free, Waze relies upon its community of users to deliver real-time traffic and mapping updates. By driving along with the app open, Waze users passively share…
APP OF THE DAY: Opera Mini 6 (iPhone/iPad)
Opera's Mini 6 web browser has now touched down for iOS devices. Following in the footsteps of versions released earlier in the year for Android, BlackBerry and Symbian devices, it's the best Safari alternative on the App Store. "I would…
Apple patent backs up new iPod Nano camera claims, improves fitness monitoring abilities
Remember earlier in the week we showed you a spyshot of an iPod Nano with space in its chassis for a camera? Well, it looks mighty possible that it may well be the real deal after a very similar Apple…
Windows 8: App Store outed, trials revealed
Microsoft may be remaining stubbornly tight-lipped concerning details of the Windows 8 operating system, but there are still details aplenty trickling through thanks to a recent leaked build of the OS being unearthed. First up today is fairly conclusive…
We have the apps, the iPad covers, the network upgrades and the ads – the Royal Wedding is here!
Are you excited about the event of the year tomorrow? Or are you planning to retire to a dark room with a cool cloth over your eyes until it all goes away? While on the fence regarding the above…
Google's Android Market hits 3 billion app downloads milestone
Three billion apps have now been installed onto Android devices, Google revealed at their company quarterly earnings call this week. The snowballing figures come just a few months after the company announced they had hit the two billion milestone. By…
