Just over a month ago we talked about BlackBerry putting themselves up for sale after their latest incarnation of the BlackBerry operating system BB10 failed to impress either consumers or investors. On Friday 20th September, the struggling company announced that they were going to be laying off 4,500 staff worldwide, causing the stock price to…
Our app is the week is actually baked into iOS 7, rather than having to be downloaded through the app store. FaceTime was the rather clunky name given to Apple’s video calling function when they launched the iPhone and iOS 4 back in 2010, three versions of iOS later and you now have the option…
Working on a project this morning in the Tradebox office between all of us, we came across a little problem – the lack of Xcode in The Cloud. Collaborations between multiple people in one office is a common thing in all sectors, and generally there is a tool available to make this as easy as…
Currently in the middle of London Fashion Week, it’s actually quite surprising that no one had released a dedicated app to promote the event. Our app of the week was launched just before it though, which makes me think that despite not having any mentions anywhere inside the fashion app, it was probably timed nicely…
This week Apple launched two new iPhones, which we have taken a look at in our post about the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C. This also marks the launch of Apple’s new iOS 7 which will be available to download on the 18th of September. As well as being a complete redesign of the…
Web security firm AVG have launched another app to go in their portfolio of mobile security apps, AVG PrivacyFix is designed to help you crack down on the amount of information you share online. (Almost) all of us have got Facebook, LinkedIn and Google accounts where we put, sometimes on a daily basis, large amounts…
Almost everyone at some point in their life has had to put up a piece of IKEA furniture. It’s a task that is usually far more complicated than it really should be, generally because if you’re anything like me – you don’t read the instructions first. Usually you can sit back and be proud of…
It’s a discussion that has raged for quite some time, how should developers make their money from app downloads? You can read about how to make money from app downloads in a previous blog post. Following a discussion in the office the other day, we stumbled upon the question – are in app purchases putting…
Our app of the week is Contacts+, an app which is looking to replace the Apple standard contact list. This may seem a bit pointless to some people, I was a little bit weary when I first heard about it, but now I’ve downloaded it and given it a test, you can instantly see the…
I mentioned briefly at the end of the App of the Week post about there not being enough originality in app names, the newly launched Drync was the one in my line of sight at the time, but there has been a flurry of stories this week, similarly about the lack of originality when it…