Apps & Software
Check out the latest and greatest apps and software for your mobile phone, tablet or PC. Whether it be iOS, Android, Blackberry or Windows – we review and discuss a huge variety of great apps.
Auto Trader ignition iPad app
Working in tech I’m promised “the future” about once a week. I love my tablets and do think it’s crazy the amount of things I can do on slim slate of glass that pops easily in my bag. But I’ve always found the slow uptake of magazines disappointing. When the…
The “Wind in the Willows” App Review
The Wind in the Willows is one of those timeless classics that has survived generations – and now it is being brought to today’s children via an app for iPad and iPhone. One of the things we all remember about the book is the beautiful illustrations – they have been…
Sphero: Roll with IT
Among Michael Bay’s many crimes, first and foremost in my mind is “making robots boring”. Even when I learned as a child that robots existed and mostly put together cars, there was still a fascination with them until Bay managed to make “giant robots fighting” into an epic three-part snoozefest….
Windows 8 review of reviews: Fireman’s poles, tiles and hyperbole?
Let’s for one minute, strip away the hysteria and PR hyperbole that accompanies every Windows release and get down to the brass tacks of this latest release. Is it really the best thing Microsoft has produced since the dawn of time as it would lead us to believe? Microsoft is…
Sara’s Cooking Class app review
Cooking is big news at the moment – witness the popularity of TV shows such as the Great British Bake Off and the various incarnations of Masterchef. And this interest in all thing culinary is not just confined to grown-ups, kids are getting in on the act too – Junior…
Great Christmas Related Apps
Are you sitting comfortably? Now, I’m going to say this quietly and I don’t want you to panic. But as I write this there are only 51 days until Christmas (click here for an up-to-date countdown). Stop running round the room waving your hands in the air – there is…
Best Halloween Apps & Gadgets
It’s handy that someone invented Hallowe’en to fill that awkward gap between the end of the school holidays and Christmas – and if you want to get a few chills and thrills before the festive season here’s a few ideas for you. For grown-ups If you want to be able…
“Witch With No Name” App Review
It was with some trepidation that I offered up the app The Witch with No Name to my six year old. Anyone with a six-year-old will know why – one minute they are asking to take a bunch of cuddly toys to bed with them, the next they eschew anything…
You’ve made my Fitlist! Reebok and Spotify team up
If you move, or more specifically work out to the beat of a different drum then you might find music to be an essential work out companion. However if your local gym is anything like mine you may have to endure the endless repetition of the hit parade (my gym…
Take your career search up a gear
Whether you’re a new graduate looking to get your foot on the job ladder, currently out of work or seeking a change in direction, the opportunities for seeking employment have never been so varied! No longer do you need to thumb through the tatty classifieds in the weekly free newspaper…
Roamler: Real life RPG adventure + cash
More and more companies are trying to take advantage of the fact that growing numbers of consumers are wandering hither and thither with location-aware, internet connection super computers in their pockets all the time. One such app is the free-to-download Roamler, which enables anyone with an iPhone the chance to…
Sky Now TV: A threat to Netflix and Lovefilm?
Sky has entered the internet TV arena with the launch of a new service called Now TV. With streaming services available on PC, Mac and selected Android handsets, the service puts Sky, and owners BSkyB, in direct competition with streaming giants Netflix and Lovefilm. Now TV subscribers will gain access…




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