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For reasons best kept to himself, the former ice-cool frontman of the seminal 60s band the Velvet Underground has released the $1.99 ‘Lou Zoom’ app. It doesn’t do an awful …
Lou Reed releases Lou Zoom iPhone app. We’re waiting for the fun. Read MoreBeing able to pick up a smartphone with your Baked Beans and Cornflakes still seems a bit weird to us, but Tesco shoppers will soon be able to lob an …
Tesco reveal iPhone pricing plans, available Dec 14th Read MoreAimed at hardcore users, the ludicrously named HootSuite for the iPhone offers a ton of power features for folks who simply can’t stop a-Twittering. Unlike other iPhone Twitter apps (and …
HootSuite iPhone Twitter app welcomes compulsive Twitterers Read MoreGoogle Chrome is finally available for shimmying onto shiny Macs with a long overdue beta release of the browser for Mac users. It’s been a mighty long wait for Apple …
Google Chrome browser gets Mac beta release Read MoreAccording to a recent study by Strategy Analytics, the majority of iPhone users want their next phone to have a proper hardware QWERTY keyboard. Their findings were based on a …
Most iPhone users dream of a physical QWERTY keyboard Read MoreApple’s plans to take over the entire known smartphone universe continue with the news that Tesco will soon be carrying the iconic iPhone handset.
Apple iPhone headed for Tesco’s supermarket shelves Read MoreWe wrote about Swype’s innovative text input system yesterday, and were pretty impressed by the demo posted. The tech website TechCrunch have now posted up a leaked video showing a …
Swype versus iPhone keyboard contest. Fight! Read MoreCrazy but true. Well, possibly. It seems that Apple won’t fix faulty Macs if the owners are smokers because the whiff of stale smoke apparently constitutes a ‘biohazard’ to repair …
Apple refuse to repair Macs that whiff of fags Read MoreAn excitable bloke can be seen raving about the Seesmic Twitter mobile client which has just been released for the Android and BlackBerry platforms. The interface seems straightforward enough, with …
Seesmic launch mobile Twitter apps for Android and BlackBerry with excitable video Read MoreWe really can’t be arsed with endlessly regurgitating vague frothing fanboy rumours about a possible Apple OMG! Tablet arriving this month, this year, next year, via a space/time wormhole whenever, …
Unannounced, unconfirmed and perhaps non-existent Apple tablet delayed Read MoreA new study by warranty company SquareTrade analysed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptops covered by their plans, and found Asus and Toshiba to be the most reliable machines, …
ASUS, Toshiba and Sony the ‘most reliable laptops’; Apple in fourth Read MoreI thought I’d make a list of the things I’m impressed by on the iPhone at the moment. Blackberry and Palm Pre users please look away now. All these things …
Free iPhone apps: a personal top ten Read MoreAndroid owners in desperate need to exchange photos and contact details with friends by tapping handsets together can now get sharin’ with the Bump app. Already available on the iPhone …
Bump: share pics and contacts by tapping phones together (Android/iPhone) Read MoreWe’ve long rallied against Apple’s confusing, frustrating and at times draconian and moralistic app approval policies, so we were more than interested to note that the developer of one of …
iPhone Facebook dev quits in protest over App Store policies Read MoreYou can’t move for Twitter clients on the iPhone these days, but TweetDeck are hoping that the desktop integration offered by their app will give them some leverage over the …
TweetDeck for iPhone gets a slew of updates Read More