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Google and Apple TV planning audacious bids for English Premier League Broadcasting Rights
Being the first month the year, January tends to be fairly chaotic in most walks of life. Amongst other things, the winter transfer window enforced on major European football sides causes much uproar amongst sports fans, journalists and bloggers alike. However, one story from the dreaded ‘rumour mill’ in particular has caused a bit of fuss in the digital world. Technology magnates Google and Apple could be on course to…
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The Guardian rolls out @GuardianTagBot (it’s not SIRI)
We live in a world of instant gratification, where content on demand is the norm and anything less is unacceptable. It’s a privileged situation, but one we keep trying to improve. Earlier this week we shared a post about SIRI – Apple’s new ‘personal assistant’ that lives inside the new iPhone 4S and responds to your voice commands by performing everyday tasks like setting alarms, checking the weather or searching…
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A week with my iPhone 4S and SIRI
Last Friday I was lucky enough to snap up a the latest addition to Apple’s gadget family – the iPhone 4S (16GB, white, if you must know). I’m a self confessed Apple junkie, I have been ever since I inherited my first Mac back at the tender age of 13. I’ve never looked back and probably never will. I’ve also been a loyal iPhone user pretty much since day one…
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Twitter boasts 100 million active users, half login daily
It’s been revealed that the number of people who use Twitter has grown to 100 million. Twitter CEO, Dick Costolo, announced the news during an interview at the Web 2.0 Summit held in San Francisco on Monday evening. It’s been nothing but growth for Twitter over the last year or so. In June the company announced that it had surpassed the 200 million tweets per day milestone, double the number…
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The only way is app
Mobile applications have become part of every day life for the majority of smartphone users among us. We rely on apps to organise our lives, share our thoughts or whereabouts and keep up to date with breaking news. There are apps for gaming, apps for banking, apps for fitness, apps for business, apps for marketing, probably apps for comparing apps. Unless there’s a specific app you’re searching for, the chances…
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Can Spotify really compete with Apple?
Instant media gratification is one of the things that makes the internet so great. In particular, the ability to access music anywhere. There are a million and one places to stream or download music online – all boasting a host of different features and content, but Spotify has stood out as the best for some time now, or at least most popular. Today, it was revealed by TechCrunch that Spotify…
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At last, Android gets an app webstore
Google has, at last, released a web-based version of its Android app market, meaning that for the first time Android users can browse and download apps on the internet. Yesterday, Google held an event at their headquarters to show off the latest version of the Android operating system – Honeycomb. At the event, the Android Market Webstore was also unveiled by Android engineering director Chris Yerga. Previously, Android users could…
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Apple approaches 10 billion App downloads
Apple is well on the way to achieving 10 billion total app downloads, thanks to the millions of iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users who continue to fill their devices with applications for all manor of purposes. The company's website is counting up to the milestone and a this rate it looks like the 10 billionth app will be downloaded sometime in the next week. As you can see in…
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2010 web browser market share statistics
Recent statistics by Net Applications has revealed the web browser usage share statistics for November 2010. According to the report; Internet Explorer has seen a continued decline in usage. Although Explorer still dominates over 58 percent of the overall market share, it’s the lowest it has been since January 2010. However, although on the decline – Microsoft still has more than double the market share its closest rival, Mozilla Firefox….
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Are barcode scanning apps the future of shopping?
Smartphone users will no doubt have encountered an app of some sort that supports barcode scanning. So what is it and how can it change the way we shop? There are a host of price comparison barcode scanning apps available for iOS and Android devices, Red Laser and Barcode Scanner to name but two. But we are starting to see more big brands integrate scanning technology with their smartphone applications….
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