January 26, 2012
by Neil T
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The iPhone, like most smartphones, doesn’t have great battery life when compared to the more basic ‘feature phones’ which can usually last several days between charges. I tend to charge my iPhone every night, although with normal usage (basically reading … Continue reading
January 25, 2012
by Neil T
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Today’s app is Snapseed, a photo editing app for iOS devices. The iPhone, especially in its later incarnations, has a pretty decent camera, and is also quite a powerful computer if you think about it. So it makes sense that … Continue reading
January 10, 2012
by Neil T
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5 years ago yesterday, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone. It’s worth watching the video from Macworld to see how far the mobile phone industry has come in 5 years, and that it was the iPhone that led a revolution and … Continue reading
January 4, 2012
by Neil T
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This week’s app is AirServer, which is a server app for Apple’s AirPlay multimedia streaming protocol. AirPlay allows various desktop and mobile apps to play audio, video and photos to be redirected to another connected device on the same network. … Continue reading
December 28, 2011
by Neil T
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This week’s app has a boozy feel and comes in the form of Untappd, which is probably best described as a bit like Foursquare but for beer. When you’re drinking a beer – or cider, perry, ginger ale – you … Continue reading
December 18, 2011
by Neil T
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If you’re like me, you’ll have a free Dropbox account for keeping files in sync between multiple computers, as well as having documents available on demand wherever there’s an internet connection, or on your mobile phone. Here’s my referral link. … Continue reading
October 26, 2011
by Neil T
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Back in July, I reviewed TweetDeck, which at the time I felt was the best combined Twitter and Facebook client for iOS. But recently a degree of bitrot has infiltrated TweetDeck such that it now crashes regularly on devices running … Continue reading
October 25, 2011
by Neil T
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Whilst some like to get lost in whole albums, I generally prefer to listen to music on shuffle mode – a bit like listening to the radio when you don’t necessarily know what’ll come next. iTunes is good for this, … Continue reading
October 24, 2011
by Neil T
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Those of you who have read this blog for a very long time will know that in the early days I was a very avid contributor to SETI@Home. I used it regularly from December 2001 until some time in 2005 … Continue reading
October 18, 2011
by Neil T
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Last week I joined the masses who downloaded iOS 5 – the long-awaited update for Apple’s iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. Despite starting my download within 5 minutes of it being released, it was done within the hour and installed … Continue reading