New Years Eve is very nearly upon us and millions of people will be turning their eyes to the capital cities around the world with New York being one of the prime destinations for revellers and news crews. Wouldn’t it be great to be there? Even people in the UK would dream of flying to NY to spend New Years Eve in the heart of Times Square – thankfully you could get the next best thing for absolutely free. The Times Square Alliance (cool name) has come up with a completely free app for iOS and Android that allows users to view special...
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The iPad is the perfect device for Christmas stories and one of the most iconic and perhaps essential stories for the festive period is the ‘Night Before Christmas’. Logic Consulting LLC today released their iPad app of ‘The Night Before Christmas’ which combines the original poem with re-mastered illustrations – think the original in HD. New additions include interactive content and animation, another neat feature is that the story can be read in a number of different ways. Parents and children can decide between a number of...
A new study has revealed that Angry birds has managed a gargantuan 7 million downloads, that’s not multi-platform either – downloads only focus on Android users. That’s pretty impressive when you consider the full version of the game only launched on the Android Market place on October 15th 2010. The Android version came after the lucrative success on iOS devices, users couldn’t get enough of the strategic game which required players to carefully fire different types of birds at structures to destroy them and ultimately kill their...
Harry Potter mania is hitting the UK, the latest Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film is in cinemas and there is a brand new Lego Harry Potter available for the iPhone and iPad in the Apple app store for £2.99 ($4.99 US). The game focuses on the first four years at Hogwarts with action from inside the walls benefitting from immense detailing that competes at the highest level with other Lego based games. The story mode features 40 levels with over 100 unlockable characters; players must complete puzzles, cast spells, mix potions,...
The Economist has taken the digital leap of faith by launching their brand new iPhone and iPad app today in a move to keep up with other magazines that have gone down the electronic route. The best known current affairs magazine has not gone down the same route as other media outlets, instead of charging current subscribers extra they offer it for free so long as you are a online or print subscriber. This should undoubtedly increase readership, a move which the Times online failed to do. The brand new digital version of the magazine brings...
According to Apple they don’t need flash on their products, in-fact Steve Jobs has argued the case on more than one occasion. However it seems iPhone users do indeed want flash as Skyfire has sold 300,000 of its flash rendering app in the first week in the US. The app was so popular that it put such a strain on Skyfire’s servers they had to stop downloads, restarting the process in batches so the servers could keep up with the demand – this is all before any clear release date for the UK market. News has been leaked that the version...
The Skyfire iPhone app was always going to be a phenomenon because it was set to enable iPhone users to watch Flash animation, graphics, and video clips on their Apple devices. Skyfire were clearly unaware of just how popular it would prove to be, though, as their servers crumpled under the pressure of people rushing to download their app. It had even been released a day early on Wednesday of this week but it only managed a few hours of being downloaded by just about everybody. Apple devices, including the iPod, iPad, and iPhone do not...
Being a country bloke I have always found arranging train journeys (especially to London) pretty stressful. First of all you have to buy your tickets, then you have to plan your journey which sometimes means making changes/connections in stations you have never been to before only to find out there is a delay and you have to start all over again. Before any major project I like to see if there is a tool or in this case app that can help me out, thankfully Rail Easy now has an updated version available for the iPhone, Android and Symbian...