The latest update to Alfred adds a selection of smart new features, one of which is a new way of grabbing selected text from any Mac app and pushing it straight into one of your other Alfred actions – such as a web search,...How To Set Up Super Quick Web Searches In Alfred [OS X Tip]
The latest update to Alfred adds a selection of smart new features, one of which is a new way of grabbing selected text from any Mac app and pushing it straight into one of your other Alfred actions – such as a web search,...Your Kids Will Probably Enjoy This Cute iOS Platformer [Review]
Meet Niko, star of a cute-character platformer for iOS that involves the usual amount of bouncing, running, hopping and collecting things. The flick-to-jump UI is quite entertaining and not difficult to get to grips with. The pace is slowed down slightly, giving you time...ZAGGFolio Keyboard Case Is Tough, Stylish And A Delight To Use [Review]
If you do a lot of typing on your iPad, the ZAGGFolio keyboard case should be on your list of things to try. It’s a nice wireless keyboard and solid iPad case combined in one reasonably-priced unit. Let’s take a closer look. What’s good It’s...If iBooks Author Is Overkill For Your Simple eBook Project, Try Book Creator For iOS Instead [Review]
Apple’s new iBooks Author application for Mac is an impressive piece of work, even more so when you consider that it costs nothing. Although easy to use compared to many other page layout apps, it’s still quite a lengthy and complicated process to produce...Stuck On Earth, Perhaps, But Not Stuck For Lovely Photos To Look At [Review]
Today’s Best Thing Ever has to be Stuck on Earth, an app for travellers who haven’t left home yet. The app uses the vast Flickr database of geotagged photos and plots them on a map. Tap on where you want to go in the...Stuck On Earth, Perhaps, But Not Stuck For Lovely Photos To Look At [Review]
Today’s Best Thing Ever has to be Stuck on Earth, an app for travellers who haven’t left home yet. The app uses the vast Flickr database of geotagged photos and plots them on a map. Tap on where you want to go in the...How To Type Like A Hacker On Your iPad [Review]
If you’re the kind of geeky person who experienced a little thrill of joy when the hacking scene in Tron:Legacy included realistic use of a genuine command line interface, you (or perhaps your kids) might also enjoy playing with Hacker Typer. I’ve...Retro Heaven: Bill Gates’s 1980s Game Donkey Returns For iOS [Review]
Back in 1981, Bill Gates co-wrote a PC game called Donkey, commonly known (as some apps were back in those days) by its filename, DONKEY.BAS. If you’re old enough to remember those days and old enough to yearn for them, you might enjoy playing...If Apple’s Address Book Bugs You, Try Out The Fantastic Cobook Beta Today [First Look]
There’s been a lot of ohhing and ahhing about Cobook in the last few days, but spend just a few minutes playing with it and you’re likely to be ohhing and ahhing too. I know I am. Cobook is an alternative to Apple’s own...Evi Siri-Alike Tries Hard To Please [Review]
Meet one-eyed Evi, a one-dollar alternative to Siri which works on older (non-4S) iPhones. She’s had a bit of a rough introduction to life, thanks to a much-hyped launch followed by 24 hours or so of struggling to keep up with demand. All my...UK Cell Company O2 Exposes Customer Phone Numbers To Websites
O2, once Apple’s exclusive cell phone company reseller of iPhones in the UK, has been caught exposing user phone numbers in the headers sent to websites its customers visit while using its 3G network. London-based systems administrator Lewis Peckover discovered the issue yesterday, while...Serenity App Hopes To Soothe Away The Worries Of The Day [Review]
New from Tap Tap Tap is Serenity, a relaxation app for iPhone or iPad. Relaxation app? What’s one of those? It’s an app for relaxing by; in this case, a digital jukebox of all things peaceful, calm, tranquil, and imperturbable. It plays sounds and...
