After a hiatus from the fickle world of celebrity, Apple has recently made the decision to veer back into using ads with celeb iPhone 4S endorsements.
Whilst previous efforts starred Zooey “so kooky it hurts” Deschanel and Samuel L. “Swearword” Jackson, a couple of new ones have cropped up starring none other than hollywood oddball John Malkovich. Wanna know how to be John Malkovich? Read on. Read more
As we settle gently into the part of the year known colloquially as ‘When will Apple launch the iPhone 5?’ it’s normally the case that more and more wannabe Jonathan Ives flex their design skills on mockups of their own. Thing is, we think we’ve just found the best of the lot. Read more
Sony Music Unlimited, Sony’s answer to subscription song services like Spotify, has just landed on the iPhone. The app, which has been available on Android since last year, can now be downloaded by lucky iPhone users in New Zealand – usually an impending sign that a global roll out of an iOS app is happening. The question is, is there anything here that will sway shoppers?
The people in the sports department at the BBC are working their collective fingers to the bone ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, to ensure that the Beeb can deliver every conceivable facet of coverage from the games straight into your eyeballs. The latest addition? A couple of mobile apps that bring nonstop video content to your phone. Read more
Oops. Bit embarrassing for Apple, this: it seems that Siri harbours a secret appreciation for the Nokia Lumia range of smartphones – and actually prefers them to the one that it actually nestles inside. “Siri, which is the fairest phone in the land?” It’s not the iPhone 4S… Read more
You’ve got files on your phone and files on your computer, and increasingly the two are becoming equally capable of not only displaying these files, but allowing you to edit them. Problem is, it’s never that easy to send one to the other. In fact, it’s a right rigmarole sometimes. That’s where Ishac Bertran’s ingenious concept comes in. You wanna watch this: it’s the future of computing. Read more
Ever want to hide away, lock the doors and just get on with what you’re doing without any distractions? Sounds like you want Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Or more specifically, one of its newest features: Do Not Disturb. The big question: why oh why is this not on iOS already? Read more
Another surprise addition to the App Store and Google Play store today: an official National Rail Enquiries app to let you check train times on the go, just four years after the App Store first launched. Not too late by British transport standards, then.
