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Pokémon Go becomes the biggest mobile game in US history after just a week
Android / gaming / mobile apps / mobiles

Pokémon Go becomes the biggest mobile game in US history after just a week

Thursday, Jul 14, 2016Thursday, Jul 14, 2016 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

It’s more than doubled the value if its creators Nintendo, and now Pokémon Go has become the biggest mobile game in U.S. history.

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IK Multimedia announces iRig Mic Studio, a compact, large-diaphragm digital microphone
Android / audio / broadcasting / hardware / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

IK Multimedia announces iRig Mic Studio, a compact, large-diaphragm digital microphone

Thursday, Jan 22, 2015 - by mike s - 1 Comment

IK Multimedia has unveiled its new iRig Mic Studio, an ‘ultra-portable’ large-diaphragm digital condenser microphone for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC and Android devices.

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Google publishes a bumper list of Must-Have Android apps
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Google publishes a bumper list of Must-Have Android apps

Monday, Dec 29, 2014 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Google has created a list of what it feels are the ‘Must Have’ Apps for 2014, and it’s quite a lengthy one, totalling 127 apps.

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Tough, loud and slick: we love the portable Logitech UE Boom Bluetooth speaker
Android / audio / gadgets / iPhone / mobile apps / portable

Tough, loud and slick: we love the portable Logitech UE Boom Bluetooth speaker

Friday, Nov 21, 2014 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We’ve tried a host of portable Bluetooth speakers over the years, but these bad boys from Logitech are the ones that  have got us more excited than most: they look tough, sound great, …

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Textra - our favourite Android SMS app
Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Textra SMS is our favourite Android text messaging app – and it’s free

Tuesday, Sep 30, 2014Monday, Sep 29, 2014 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

There’s an immense choice of text/SMS messaging apps available for Android, but the one that has impressed us more than the rest is Textra.

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WhatsApp rival Telegram picks up 5m users on one day and throws down a $200k challenge to hackers
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WhatsApp rival Telegram picks up 5m users in one day and throws down a $200k challenge to hackers

Monday, Feb 24, 2014Monday, Feb 24, 2014 - by Lee J. - Leave a Comment

It seems that the combination of Facebook taking over WhatsApp for $19bn swiftly followed by the service crashing for several hours over the weekend has seen millions of users rushing …

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WhatsApp down as rival Telegram struggles under avalanche of new users
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WhatsApp down as rival Telegram struggles under avalanche of new users

Saturday, Feb 22, 2014Saturday, Feb 22, 2014 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

In a case of spectacular bad timing, the WhatsApp messaging service – which has just been bought by Facebook for a staggering $19bn – has now been down for several …

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Disgruntled WhatsApp users switch to rival open source Telegram app
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Disgruntled WhatsApp users switch to rival open source Telegram app

Friday, Feb 21, 2014Friday, Feb 21, 2014 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

It seems that not everyone was delighted by Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of the popular messaging service WhatsApp, with the news sparking a wave of defections to the rival Telegram …

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Sony shows off the Xperia Smartwear wearable tech
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Sony takes on FitBit with the Xperia SmartBand and companion Lifelog Android app

Wednesday, Jan 8, 2014Wednesday, Jan 8, 2014 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

Wearable fitness trackers and smartwatches seem to be attracting huge interest from consumers, and Sony is looking to make a big splash in the market with their advanced new Xperia SmartBand …

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ShutterBug Remote lets you control your camera from your Android or iOS device
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ShutterBug Remote lets you control your camera from your Android or iOS device

Friday, Nov 29, 2013Friday, Nov 29, 2013 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

The ShutterBug Remote is a rather natty Bluetooth-enabled camera remote that teams up with your Android or iOS device to let you snap photos from afar.

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Google merges Currents and Magazines into a new Newsstand app
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Google blends Currents and Magazines into a new, all purpose Newsstand app

Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013 - by Lee J. - Leave a Comment

Google has unveiled its new consumer-friendly news app,  Newsstand, which mixes up the functionality of the Play Magazines app and Google Currents.

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O2 dishes out a year's free subscription to Evernote Premium to customers
mobile apps / mobiles / web

O2 dishes out a year’s free Evernote Premium subscription to customers

Thursday, Oct 24, 2013Thursday, Oct 24, 2013 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

UK mobile operator O2 and note taking supremos Evernote have pressed the flesh and high fived each other in celebratory style as they announce a suitably synergetic partnership.

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IK Multimedia announces iRig BlueBoard wireless MIDI pedalboard for musicians
audio / iPhone / mobile apps / portable

IK Multimedia announces iRig BlueBoard wireless MIDI pedalboard for musicians

Thursday, Oct 10, 2013 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

  IK Multimedia has announced the first Bluetooth MIDI pedalboard for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, giving musicians hands-free control over their music apps.

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Skydiver builds website as he parachutes earthwards in fabulously pointless publicity stunt
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Skydiver builds website as he parachutes earthwards in fabulously pointless publicity stunt

Thursday, Oct 3, 2013 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

Getting your work noticed is an ever-tougher challenge in an increasingly crowded marketplace, so New Zealanders Chris Hirst and Leo Zhao decided to come up with rather a novel piece of …

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FWeather Widget tells you what the effing weather is
Android / mobile apps

Like a drunk friend, FWeather Widget tells you what the effing weather is

Thursday, Sep 26, 2013Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 - by PG - Leave a Comment

Dispensing with all the niceties and getting straight down to effing business is the FWeather Widget, which happily hurls abuse at users when they check the weather from their Android …

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