Tag: Apps
Echo112 Android and iPhone app offers livesaving help in emergencies
A new app for iPhone and Android with potentially-lifesaving features has launched in the UK today. Echo112 is designed to be your "guardian angel on your smartphone" by offering precise location information to emergency services in your time of need….
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 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…
Inq Mobile SO.HO launcher now makes Instagram your Android homescreen
Love Instagram so much you want to make it the first thing you see when you fire up your Android phone? Well now you've got a new way to make it so, thanks to the development team over at Inq…
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,…
BBC iPlayer now available on Windows Phone 8, but Windows Phone 7.5 version canned
It's been a long old wait, but the BBC iPlayer catch-up TV app is now available on Windows Phone 8 devices. Rather than a ground-up build of the service, the Windows Phone 8 version of the app is actually a…
Google Play Games to take on iPhone Game Center, add cloud save states and achievements to Android
Google are looking to make multiplayer gaming a bigger part of the Android ecosystem, with a new service called Google Play Games uncovered by Android Police. Part of Google Play Services (v3.1.36), the update will add in multiplayer features such…
Should Google be making money from this racist Android app? UPDATED
UPDATE: Google has informed us that the offensive app has now been flagged for investigation, and issued this statement: "We remove applications that violate our policies, such as apps that are illegal or that promote hate speech. We don't comment…
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…
Vine clip mashup app soon coming to Android after iPhone success
Vine, the six-second movie making app that's proved a smash hit on the iPhone, will be heading to the Android operating system shortly, its co-founder Dan Hofmann has confirmed. New features are also set to hit the app, including the…
