Quick Review: LogMeIn Free for iOS
In both the home and work environment, there are numerous uses for remote access tools. For home users, the ability to not only access the files stored on a computer housed in another room but also...
View ArticleApple launches iBooks Author, a free iPad ebook creator for Lion
Apple’s iPad has fairly quickly become a great tool for the workplace and in education and the company’s latest bid to revolutionize the market is with ebooks. Ebooks themselves are nothing new, but...
View ArticleRoundup: 17 essential downloads you may have missed from the last week
This has been another busy week for software releases, so it would not b surprising if some gems had escaped your attention. This is exactly why we put together these weekly roundups, bringing you a...
View ArticleQuick Review: CloudOn for iPad
The iPad has been touted as a replacement for the laptop, but if this is to happen a serious office suite is needed to allow every tasks such as word processing and number crunching to be carried out....
View ArticleHandbrake 0.9.6 makes encoding MP4/MKV files simpler than ever
The Handbrake Project has announced an update to its open-source, cross-platform video transcoding utility. Handbrake 0.9.6 includes new and updated codecs, improved filters and demuxers, a new...
View Article19 top applications and downloads from the past 7 days
The second week of March has been dominated by news from Apple but, not to be outdone, Microsoft has released a couple of interesting tools that are well worth a look. Microsoft Research Cliplets 1.0.1...
View ArticleSafari 5.1.4 promises faster JavaScript performance for Lion users
It would seem as though the past week has been all about hardware for Apple, but now it is time to focus on software. Safari 5.1.4 has been release for Mac users, and despite the very small x.x.1...
View ArticleRoundup: 32 – count ‘em – great software releases you may have missed this week
This has been a week dominated by news about hardware releases from Apple, but there has still be plenty going on in the software world. If you’re running Windows but like the idea of trying out...
View ArticleRoundup: 37 of the biggest and best downloads from the last 7 days
The past week has been particularly busy, with a huge number of software releases to keep track of. If you feel like you may have missed out on some of the biggest releases, this roundup is here to get...
View ArticleTaposé reimagines Microsoft Courier in split-screen glory on the iPad
Much has been made of Taposé in recent days, with a great detail of attention being focused on the fact that this new iPad app is based on the failed Microsoft Courier project, but it is important to...
View ArticleBluetooth OnOff allows for easy Bluetooth access in iOS
Something that irritates many iOS users, and drives a large number of them to go as far as jailbreaking their phones and tablets, is the fact that Apple is so strict about what apps are able to do. The...
View ArticleSkype 4.0 for iOS improves stability and accessibility, adds video moving
iOS users now have an updated VoIP app to work with after the release of Skype 4.0 for iPad and Skype 4.0 for iPhone. The latest version of the app focuses mainly on stability and accessibility...
View ArticleFlipboard adds audio features to its social magazine app
iOS app Flipboard has already earned itself something of a name as a great way to aggregate multiple social networks and news media into a single, more easily managed stream. The latest version of the...
View ArticleVLC 2.0.2 adds Retina display support – Audacity updated to 2.0.1
Popular media player VLC has been updated to version 2.0.2 and despite the minor version number increase, the changes should be immediately noticeable. The big news here is addition of support for...
View ArticleLion Tweaks 2.01 adds support for forthcoming Mountain Lion release
Fredrik Wiker has updated his Mac freeware utility, Lion Tweaks to version 2.01. Version 2 added support for Mountain Lion and Gatekeeper, while version 2.01 makes some more minor changes, including...
View ArticleDownload Safari 6 for Lion
Hot on the heels of its official launch of OS X Mountain Lion, Apple has also updated its own web browser for Lion users. Safari 6 for Lion includes some of the improvements found in the browser...
View ArticleSoftware roundup – 24 top downloads from the last seven days
It’s the end of another month and the end of another busy week of software releases. If you’ve been too caught up with other things to keep an eye on the titles that have been hitting the download...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome 21 gets stable release, adds new webcam API and retina display...
The first stable release of Google Chrome 21 has hit the download servers, and the open-source, cross-platform browser has a number of new features and improvements to share. The headline new feature...
View ArticleAmazon Instant Video brings thousands of videos to Amazon Prime members
Are you an Amazon Prime member? Do you enjoy movies? Do you own an iPad? Amazon Instant Video could be just the app you have been looking for. Available free of charge, this app gives you access to...
View ArticlePixelmator 2.1 brings in Retina Display support, effects browser and iCloud...
If you’re looking for a powerful image editing tool, the likes of Photoshop are going to spring to mind first. But there are plenty of much lower cost tool available that are more than adequate for the...
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