Tag: Apps
Facebook 'Slingshot' app to take on Snapchat
Facebook is reportedly working on a video-chat app, dubbed Slingshot, to rival the popular messaging service Snapchat. A report at PC Pro says that the rumoured app has been in development for some months, and could be launched within the…
HSBC offers free wi-fi in UK branches
Global banking giant HSBC is joining the growing rank of businesses that offer free wi-fi to customers. The BBC says that free wi-fi in hundreds of branches is part of a move by HSBC to encourage customers to manage their…
Facebook pulls plug on Poke and Camera apps
Social network giant Facebook has removed the standalone Poke and Camera iOS apps from Apple's iTunes App Store. But as The Inquirer reports, the demise of Facebook Poke will not come as much of a surprise to many, with the…
Top 5 emergency Android apps
Could an app save your life? If you're prepared – quite possibly! So don't wait until you're on a sinking ship to hope the GPRS will download something that might help, when you can get prepared today. Here's our pick…
The 5 Best Non-iTunes Podcast Clients
They may not be as flashy and colourful as apps, but podcasts are still an incredibly popular way of getting the latest news and entertainment – with millions still downloaded every day. For many years now iTunes has been the…
7 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Londoners
If you live within the M25, then you're lucky enough to live in the greatest city in the world. Sure, London is shunned by some – having recently been voted the crappiest place to live in the UK. But those…
Top 5 cycling apps for iPhone – including Strava and BikeHub
The great thing about the iPhone is that not only has it revolutionised mobile phones, but it has revolutionised cycling too. Now that you carry around a GPS, internet connected device everywhere you go – let's put it to work…
What can Blackberry learn from Nintendo?
It hasn't been a good week for Blackberry. Following the failure of the Q10 to interest pretty much anyone, they've essentially announced they're giving up on consumers and are instead going to go after their more reliable "Enterprise" users. They've…
Zappar bring augmented reality features to Angry Birds and Cut The Rope kids' annuals
Augmented reality app experts Zappar have teamed up publisher Pedigree Books to launch a range of interactive books for kids. The "Super Interactive Annuals 2014" line will feature a number of titles based on properties including Angry Birds, Cut the…
Edward Snowden is now the star of an endless runner app game
Edward Snowden, the whistle blower currently on the run for leaking the information that lead to the revealing of the Prism spying scandal in the US, is now the star of his own app game. And, fittingly, it's an endless…
