Category: Apps
10 things you didn’t know about Pinterest
Over the past few years I've had a rather love-it-then-hate-it relationship with Pinterest. I quickly became obsessed with the dreamy fantasy land as it rose to social media stardom and wasted away a rather scary amount of my spare time wanderlusting and fake wedding planning. After a stern word with myself and a reality check I…
BlackBerry users can now access Android apps
BlackBerry owners may not be as common as they once were, but there are still plenty of them out there. They'll all be very glad to here that once they install the latest update to BlackBerry OS, which started rolling out yesterday, they'll be able to start downloading Android apps. This feature is already available…
IFTTT just got better and easier with new apps called DO
When IFTTT first became a big deal about four years ago (we wrote this beginner's guide waaay back in 2011) I set up recipes for e v e r y t h i n g. All I had to do was take one photo and five different services published it, three new alerts were made and…
Spanish politicians are using WhatsApp to talk to voters
Brits aren’t the only ones with election fever – or having elections in the next few months, at least. Later this year, Spain holds its municipal elections, for city-wide leaders. And one candidate, Borja Gutiérrez Iglesias, who’s the mayor of Brunete, near Madrid, is taking his re-election campaign to the people. In the past, that…
Astropad turns an iPad into a sketchbook for your Mac
Tablets have a lot of uses, but not all of them are killer features that make them worth owning. For artists, Astropad actually makes having an iPad incredibly worthwhile because it turns the Apple tablet into a sketchbook for your Mac. But unlike the many artistic apps that are available for the iPad, Astropad isn't…
Natwest and RBS are adding TouchID to their iOS banking apps
The Royal Bank of Scotland group, the owner of RBS and Natwest, has announced that from today iPhone users will be able to accessits mobile banking apps using Apple's TouchID fingerprint scanner. Setting up TouchID within the RBS and Natwest iOS apps will allow customers to access a limited number of mobile banking services without having to type…
Penguin’s new Little Black Classics site was inspired by the iPod Classic
Penguin Books is launching a new series of books to celebrate its 80th birthday this year. Called Little Black Classics, they'll be available in paperback and on Kindle from 26 February for 80p each. In the meantime, the Little Black Classics site is a great way to find out more about the books in question.…
Pushbullet now lets Android users reply to messages on their computer
Pushbullet is one of those apps that I often wonder how I lived without, since it's so monumentally useful for transferring files and links between devices. Now, though, Android users are going to find that it's even more useful, because they canrespond to messaging apps from their computer. At the moment Pushbullet supports WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger,…
Facebook’s suspending Native American people’s accounts under its ‘real name’ policy
Facebook’s much-unloved ‘real name’ policy is under fire again. Having upset the LGBTQ community, now Native American people are having their names changed and accounts suspended. As the Guardian reports, Dana Lone Hill, who is Native American, had her account suspended because the company didn’t believe her name was real (!), and she’s not the…
Introji is new emoji for introverts
Despite what some joyless grumps might say, emoji are great/essential. Sure, they don’t have everything (like diversity) but they save a lot of time and energy. I mean, just think how long it would take to say what a smiling poo or dancing twins in a leotard can express with one quick tap. But there…
