Archive for the ‘WWW & Apps’ Category
TWIG: StumbleUpon, FaceBook Places, Action Cam
The Week In Gadgets This week saw a number of interesting announcements centring about the Internet. And a Head camera. Wired editor Chris Anderson did a Nas and proclaimed that the Web was dead, before a number of companies and columnists rose to dispute his claim. At the same time StumbleUpon released a mobile app for Android and iPhone handsets, which I found pertinent as the original incarnation of StumpleUpon…
Carphone Warehouse’s iTunes and Spotify rival Music Anywhere review roundup
The mobile phone giant might not seem the likeliest choice to launch a game-changing digital music service, but it certainly is reaching for the sky with its new cloud-based innovation. Music Anywhere allows users to access their entire music collection on the go, by “fingerprinting” their tracks and playlists. The songs will then be available wherever there is an internet connection to hook up to. By taking advantage of cloud…
The social networking landscape in 2010: Facebook, Twitter … and Google Me?
The Internet is alive with the sound of rumours – rumours that Google might very well be throwing their weight behind a social networking behemoth to rival Facebook. Hopefully it will be more useful than their Twitter competitor Google Buzz or the recently deceased Google Wave. The mumurs and leaks suggest ‘Google Me’ is soon to be launched – but what about its competition? The popularity of social networking websites…
Givaudan’s iPerfumer – a portable perfume recommendation engine
Latest Gadgets were invited to the launch of iPerfumer – a free iPhone recommendation engine for perfumes by Givaudan. Wondering what this could mean for Patrick Süskind novels, I headed down to speak with Sid Shah, Guuvidan’s head of Internet Technology and Innovation. Apparently the disruptive power of the Internet – that has done so much to shake up the way we buy books, music and film, has extended to…
History Pin – pictures from the past
I quite like History Pin. It’s a thoroughly ‘nice’ idea- it’s roots seem, certainly on the surface, to be based in the force for good. Conceived by the well-meaning folk at the not-for-profit We Are What We Do, it is as an attempt to put Google Maps and Street View in some historical context by allowing users, through the www.historypin.com site to ‘pin’ pictures of theirs onto the existing map…
Latest Gadgets reviews the Beauty Steals App for the iPhone
The Beauty Steals App is your personal guide to getting beauty products at the best value as it is a jungle out there. The App comes from Jo Fairley and Sarah Stacey, the authors of the bestselling Beauty Bible series of books. If you need to know what the best bronzer is under £10 for your upcoming holiday or want to find a hairspray to make your hair shine in…
iPad accessories roundup
Now the dust as settled and all those Mac fanboys (and girls) are fondling their newly acquired iPads, we thought it was about time to see what else proud parents of this newly delivered gadget could splash their cash on. There has been a bit of sniggering behind hands at the fact that once you have bought your iPad, you still need to pay extra for a stand. So, a…
Latest Gadgets: Travel apps roundup
Mobile technology has revolutionised the way people see the world, and whether you’re staycationing in Britain or venturing abroad, travel apps can help make you the most of your adventures. Here’s a selection of recent additions to the iPhone store to help you on your way. Get Packing II This neat little app will calculates everything you’ll need to take on your holiday, from the exact quantity of items, right…
Worldcard Mobile business card reader & scanner iPhone app
This app is designed to take the annoyance out of manually transferring contact information from business cards to your phone. Trying to stuff hundreds of business cards into your wallet seems old-fashioned and impractical in these modern times, so this app succeeds where others have failed at providing a simple solution to the problem. It works by capturing the card’s data from a photo, splitting it into separate fields and…
Music on the move: music making and playing with iPhones (and iPads)
With the launch of the hotly anticipated iPad last Friday we thought we would round-up the best music related apps available. Including games, music players, and everything in between. When the iPad launches it will be backwards compatible with all the current iPhone apps meaning you have over 300,000 apps at your fingertips. If you are fed up with shelling out loads of money on music from the iTunes, then…
