Apps
United States education apps market to rise by 31%
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Education Apps Market in the US 2015-2019” report to their offering. The education apps market in the US to grow at a CAGR of approximately 31% The rising penetration of e-learning and m-learning in educational institutions is expected to result in the extensive digitization of educational methodologies. This extensive digi...[Read More]
VSCO Announces 30 Million Active Users
VSCO announced today that its popular photo app has 30 million monthly active users and 5B images consumed on a monthly basis. CEO, Joel Flory says: “We’re extremely excited by the rate at which our community is growing and continue to be inspired by what people are sharing on VSCO on a daily basis. We’re focused on expanding our product and platform as well as making key hires t...[Read More]
Blippar offers augmented reality tribute to David Bowie
Blippar, the image recognition and augmented reality app, has created a fitting tribute to David Bowie. It is encouraging Bowie fans to download the app to create a selfie of themselves as Ziggy Stardust. Users simply ‘blipp’ the iconic image of Bowie as Ziggy Stardust or the mural of Bowie in Brixton to add the distinctive Ziggy colour flash to their own picture. Blippar created the tribute follo...[Read More]
Review: Floatify
Floatify is an app that enhances user control for incoming notifications. Released by Jawomo, this app offers granular control of your interactions. It accomplishes this by duplicating the popup notification you get, and overlaying the stock one with a redundant one that has behavior and appearance that can be customized from within the Floatify app. I’ve been using it for the last several w...[Read More]
Watch Face Market
Unique handmade watch faces now available. Upgrade your smart watch now with Watch Face Market Key Features: ★ Realistic watch faces Our watch faces are developed according to all modern requirements for 3D images. Shadows, highlights, gradients, halftones create the impression of traditional mechanical watches. ★ Unrivaled handmade design Our watch faces have been created by the best desig...[Read More]
UK energy provider OVO Energy launches Smart PAYG+ app
OVO Energy, the UK’s only Which?-recommended energy provider, is today launching Great Britain’s first full-service smart pay as you go energy platform – Smart PAYG+ – ushering in a new era of simpler, cheaper energy for Britain’s 11 million pay as you go (pre-payment) customers. OVO’s Smart PAYG+ app means customers can manage all elements of their energy supply, from topping up, to m...[Read More]
Top 5 Halloween VR apps
With the holiday season fast approaching, we thought it would be a great idea to share some applications and games that you may find fun or frightening for Halloween. Our Top 5 Halloween VR apps have been chosen and shared in no particular order, you can also find our reviews of the The Homido VR Headset and the Immerse Virtual Reality Headset in which we give our professional opinion on both thes...[Read More]
Amazon Underground
Amazon Underground As a person who constantly looks at items and products from a reviewers point of view, it’s not very often you get to review an app market. Amazon have recently opened up the doors to their underground app store, and if I was completely honest it sounds like some sort of application black market of shady under the table deals. In actuality it’s an app store wi...[Read More]
News: DigiCal calendar app gets Material Design revamp
News: DigiCal calendar app gets Material Design revamp In the past few weeks, DigiCal has been rolling out a stage-by-stage redesign of their popular Android calendar app, putting them in the forefront as one of the latest calendars to be decked out in Google’s Material Design. The last stage of their Material Design update is being rolled out today and reveals a complete overhaul of all calendar ...[Read More]
King of E-Readers
It’s safe to say the world is full of tablets and phablets all with the ability to stream movies, music and gaming on the go, sometimes it’s nice to slow things down and enjoy a good book, however you maybe at the end of your favourite book so decide to take your next one with you to work or school but this does weigh you down. Ebooks are a great solution to this problem with some devi...[Read More]
Top 5 Android Photo Editor Apps
Top 5 Android Photo Editor Apps We’re back with more recommended apps that our readers may enjoy.. This time the focus is on applications that you, me and everyone can use to add a little something something to our photos or images. We all love taking pictures of our kids or pets, we all love our social networks of choice and we all love to share and keep in-touch with family members. ItR...[Read More]
Top 5 Radio Streaming Apps
Let me start by saying that I personally feel radio is not something I use much day to day Its far too easy just to have the music you want to hear on a device and stream it to your handy bluetooth device. But what if you want to keep up to date with news, maybe find new music or maybe you just like a bit of banter between songs? Then you will have to listen to good old radio. Sure you can ...[Read More]