A popular saying that men never ask for directions should be scrapped and changed to men don’t need to ask for directions as mxData’s London Tube Map’s figures reveal that men download their travel app twice as likely as women. Of the 631,000 users who downloaded the app last year, more than 408,000 are men, while 200,000 are women. Of the total smartphone...
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The first tablet-based Facebook app may not land in the popular iPad first, reports say. According to a report by TechCrunch, the first big-screen Facebook app will appear on the HP TouchPad later this week. iPad users have been begging for more than a year for a Facebook app, but with the social network’s release on another tablet platform, they will be left disappointed. Online...
Skype posted a video on YouTube last Friday that shows a new Skype app for the Apple iPad 2. The video was quickly taken down, but someone managed to record the video and has it uploaded again to their own YouTube channel. It seems that the Skype app will take on Apple’s FaceTime on the iPad 2. The app is expected to be officially released tomorrow. The video contains...
Coca-Cola has produced a digital rendition of the Assouline print edition which shows the firms 125 history in glorious HD. This interesting app documents Coca-Cola’s history using the brand own advertisements, vintage adverts, animations, film placements, Musical appearances and other iconic moments from the American press. On the face of it, this app sounds...
If you love using your iPad or iPad 2 and enjoy using Adobe Photoshop then you are in luck. Adobe has just taken the wraps off some new iPad apps which have been launched around the same time as the appearance of the new Photoshop Software Development Kit and which will let you integrate your work with the new version of Photoshop. The most exciting looking new app is...
A couple of days ago we covered a story surrounding a controversial app offering a ‘cure’ to homosexuality. The app named ‘Exodus International’ was created by Ministers from an organisation with the same name. This prompted a human rights group, Truth Wins Out (TWO) to start a petition on the site change.org. TWO felt that the app clearly broke Apple’s own guidelines...
Apple has caused controversy again with an app dubbed a ‘gay cure’, the technology giants approved the app despite huge opposition even after the trouble caused by the Manhattan Declaration app late last year. Exodus International, the app owner, wants to provide “freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus” and is using the app to spread their...
The BBC iPlayer App for the iPad was released last month and the BBC said that updates and add-ons would come thick and fast. It seems they have been true to their word as today an announcement confirmed that their on demand service will be made available on the iPad for users outside of the UK, what’s the catch? Well it will cost them £6 per month to access. Although...
Last year Apple owners were hopeful that Microsoft Office would be released in app form for the iPad and iPhone, although this may be wishful thinking it hasn’t stopped rumors surfacing around an upcoming appearance of Office on the new app store. It looks like Microsoft may possibly make a u turn on previous decisions by considering an app for the Mac app store....
The annual Toy Fair at the Olympia Exhibition centre is under way with a few cracking gadgets rising launching at the event. One of the most interesting toys was the AppCar/Appcopter iPhone peripheral that turns an iPhone or iPod touch into a remote control for a car or helicopter. We had chance to have some hands on time with both the Appcopter and the Appcar, both can...