Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

While most content is made available across the world, every so often there is an app for the iPhone or iPad that is only available in the US app store. For example, the BBC News app which has been written by the BBC has been blocked for release in the UK pending a review by [...]

iPad Wallpaper

In: Technology

13 Jun 2010

One of the easiest ways to customise your iPad is to change the background wallpaper. It comes with a number of wallpapers but you really want to add your own. Already there’s a few sites that have sprung up that makes it easy to find and download great walls sized perfectly for the iPad.
InterfaceLIFT

InterfaceLIFT has [...]

The iPad will save journalism, the newspaper and magazine industry. That’s been the cry since before the iPad was announced but now that the iPad is out, is the hyperbole justified?
The magazine that got the most attention prior to iPad launch was Wired. They had partnered with Adobe and developed a Adobe Air based [...]

It’s only been out in the UK for a few days but there is already a great range of software available for the iPad. Here’s our top picks from the app store.
Air Video

Air Video is an app for viewing video content stored on your local Mac. Once the helper app is installed on your Mac [...]

iPad Review

In: Technology

6 Jun 2010

It’s one week since I got my grubby little paws on the iPad. So whats the verdict? How does it feel? Is it worth it? As usual with Apple the packaging is excellent and without much fuss you’ve got the iPad out of the box and switched on. It comes pre-charged (around 85%) so you [...]

This Is It

In: Technology

30 May 2010

Friday May 28th. This was the day of the iPad launching internationally. Initially I wasn’t sure about picking up an iPad. Shakeel was even more doubtful. We’d seen the reviews but how useful would it be? Is it really that fast and usable? Then a couple of weeks ago at our talk at Glasgow MUG [...]

We all love Google Maps. We all love Google Earth. Now get the best of both worlds via the newly launched Google Earth plugin for Google Maps. One quick download later and your good to go.


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