It’s not often that the release of a mobile app leads to the streets of major cities being blocked by furious taxi drivers, is it? Not every app is Uber, though. This new low-cost fare app was first launched back in 2009 and now works in over 70 cities in 37 countries across the planet. Basically, it is designed to connect passengers to drivers in these places. It uses...
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How often have you wanted to chat with a friend using your iPhone but not been able to because you aren’t connected to the internet and don’t even have network coverage? Well, the new and free FireChat app could be just what you need. This app works by using an iOS feature which allows the user to set up their own mini network. When you open up the app you get put...
Have you ever wondered how many days you have left until you shuffle off this mortal coil, pop your clogs and kick the bucket? Hey, they’ve got an app for that now. This cheery little piece of technological wizardry is called Days of Life and it is described as motivational app. Basically, it shows a little counter which tells you how many days you have left. In case...
There are some smartphone apps which make you wonder how we lived all those years without having them available. Beer Mapper promises to be one of them. If the drinking of hops and barley based beverages is something you enjoy them this up and coming new app could help you do it in even more style than before. The man behind Beer Mapper is called Kevin Jamieson. He is...
The cheeky little picture which Rovio put out a week or so ago let us know that another variant on their staggeringly popular Angry Birds game was on the way. Now it has been confirmed that the new release will be called Angry Birds Star Wars. That’s right; a classic of the games world has been teamed up with the ever popular sci-fi film. The Finnish games developer...
Mobile phone apps might help people with Parkinson’s regain their confidence communicating, according to research. Dr. Roger Eglin, of the University of Portsmouth’s Department of Creative Technologies, hopes to develop smartphone apps that allow people with Parkinson’s improve their speech, enabling them to be better understood by friends, family and...
Just under a month ago Lloyds TSB joined the mobile age by launching apps across the four major mobile operating systems. In doing so they were the first bank to launch an app for iOS, Android, Blackberry and Symbian. The app allows Lloyds TSB customers to access their personal accounts, make transfers and do everything else expected of a high end Internet banking system....
Micro blogging site Twitter is suing Twittad, an advertising company, over the term ‘tweet.’ The company is pursuing this even though Twittad originally coined the term. Back in 2009, Twitter has made a big deal about developers using the word ‘tweet’ in their apps. While the company has been trying to register ‘tweet’ as a trademark...
Spotify, one of the world’s leading music streaming service, announced recently a new developer API called libspotify, or more commonly known as the Spotify Embedded Player. The iOS exclusive API will allow developers to easily embed the Spotify player into their apps. This encourages the development of third-party apps using their music streaming service. Previous...
Online messaging giant Skype has agreed to acquire GroupMe, a start-up company based in New York, a move that will allow the company to enter the group messaging market. Skype is now hoping to provide users a global multi-platform and multi-modal communications experience. The GroupMe app allows users to make conference calls and send text messages to friends or colleagues. The...