23 software releases and updates you may have missed this week
It has been another busy week for software releases and, in case you managed to miss some of them, we’ve collected some of the most important title together into this week’s roundup. If you spend time...
View ArticleGeekbench 2.3.0 drops support for PowerPC Macs, adds Ivy Bridge support
For anyone that is interested benchmarking the performance of their computer, be it a Mac, PC, Linux machine or a mobile device, Geekbench is a simple, low-cost tool that provides you with all of the...
View ArticleDesign your own Flash, iOS and Android games with the Stencyl 2.0 beta
Coding a game may be something you like the idea of but, much like putting together a web site, without the right tools to work with it can seem like an incredibly daunting task. There is no piece of...
View ArticleReadItLater rebranded as Pocket, gains new UI and features
Do you find that you never have time to read the articles you discover online? In the past you may have turned to Read It Later to bookmark a site so that you can refer back to it later, but now there...
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 ArticleForget sticky notes – Norton Identity Safe is a free password manager
You’ve no doubt noticed that a huge number of web sites require you to log into an account before you can do anything useful. This could be your banking web site, a forum, a social network, or almost...
View ArticleLinkedIn for iOS goes universal and adds new calendar features
Social networking news is not limited to the latest acquisitions by the likes of Facebook; LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, is still generating headlines. The big news for iOS users is...
View ArticleSoftware roundup: 36 essential downloads and updates from this week’s releases
The big new this week has been in the cloud, and there have been various developments in the world of online storage. After what seems like years of waiting, Google Drive 1.0 has finally been released,...
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 ArticleMusic loving Spotify users finally gets a dedicated iPad app
Fans of Spotify need no longer endure a blown up app designed for the smaller screen of the iPhone, thanks to the release of a dedicate iPad version of the app. Spotify 0.5.0 has been a long time...
View ArticleSoftware roundup: 27 great downloads from the last 7 days
The end of April and beginning of May has been surprisingly busy. There has been a recent resurgence in interest in cloud storage following the unveiling of Google Drive, but if you are looking for a...
View ArticleiPad users get a dedicated app for buying and selling on eBay
Anyone using eBay for buying and selling need no longer battle with the mobile version of the web site on their iPad or use a low-resolution iPhone app to keep track of their auctions thanks to the...
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 ArticleiPhone users gain a refined search tool in the form of Google Search 2.0
Google is the go-to search engine for most people, so the existence of a dedicated mobile app should come as no surprise. There has been a Google search tool available for iOS for some time but the...
View ArticleHMRC Tax Calc works out your tax for you (UK users only)
How much tax are you going to be paying over the coming year? It’s not always the happiest news, but it’s the sort of things that it is certainly best to know in advance – rather get the bad news now...
View ArticleRipTunes converts YouTube videos to MP3, ringtones and more
YouTube is a great source of music videos and with the large number of privately filmed videos it is a great resource for tracking down live performances by your favorite band or artist. When you are...
View ArticleChrome for iOS gains new G+, Facebook and Twitter sharing options
Just like Firefox, Chrome is rocketing through version numbers as though they were going out of fashion. Although Google’s foray into the world of web browsers for iPhone and iPad is fairly recent,...
View Article27 top downloads from the past seven days
After a brief vacation, it’s time for another software roundup to catch up on the biggest and best releases from the last week. We’ll start by taking a look at some of the apps that have been release...
View ArticleAcronis True Image 2013 introduces new cloud storage service, Windows 8 support
Acronis has released True Image 2013, the latest edition of its power-packed backup tool. And while the program isn’t exactly the most revolutionary of updates, it does include some important changes....
View ArticleReview: True Image 2013 by Acronis
Backup software comes in many different varieties – file-based, disk imaging, synchronisation tools, continuous data protection, and more – which can make it tricky to identify precisely which package...
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