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By Simon Burns On 29 Jan, 2013 At 01:18 PM | Categorized As Featured, Featured Reviews, iPhone, Reviews | With 0 Comments
iMediashare review

iMediashare for iPhone is a first class app, and one that plugs one of the many holes in the iOS basic feature set. This app allows you to play media on your HDTV. Now, don’t panic, as there is no complex setting up of ip addresses, no plugging in different cables, no purchase of go-between [...]


By Simon Burns On 2 Jan, 2013 At 04:39 PM | Categorized As Featured, iPhone, Reviews | With 0 Comments
Manilla

Manilla may be, for many, the complete solution to managing all of your household bills in one place. It is surprising to see such a comprehensive app for free, so if I were you I would download the app right now before the developer changes their mind. Seriously. So, why all the fuss? Well the [...]


By Brihanna Watson On 19 Dec, 2012 At 06:20 AM | Categorized As Android, Featured, iPad, iPhone, News | With 0 Comments
Instagram Causes Uproar Over Terms of Service Changes

A few weeks ago there was talk about Instagram possibly monetizing the way they do business. Most assumed they would go the way of Facebook, their new owners, and begin putting ads in users’ feeds. What would come, no one expected. Yesterday it was announced that Instagram would introduce a new Terms of Service on [...]


By Brihanna Watson On 18 Dec, 2012 At 05:30 AM | Categorized As Featured, iPad, iPhone, News | With 0 Comments
Google Maps Returns to iOS

Critics can rejoice, Google has returned to iOS with an all new maps app. When Google Maps was pulled from the App Store, it caused quite the stir. Being replaced by the not-so-ready Apple Maps was even more of an insult. We knew that Google would return, and they’ve come back in a big way, [...]


By Brihanna Watson On 13 Dec, 2012 At 10:23 AM | Categorized As Featured, iPad, iPhone, News | With 0 Comments
Find My iPhone Adds Driving Directions

Apple has made some adjustments to the must have Find My iPhone app, including some UI improvements and a new button layout. One noted update in particular is the addition of driving directions to the location of your device. Just tapping the green car icon on the map will link you to the Apple Maps [...]


By Brihanna Watson On 12 Dec, 2012 At 04:26 AM | Categorized As Android, Featured, iPhone, News | With 0 Comments
Twitter Update Adds Photo Filters

The recent shunning of all things Instagram from Twitter seems to be complete, as a mobile app update brought photo editing, complete with filters, to the service late yesterday. Now when adding a photo to a tweet, there are 8 new filters to choose from. The update information in the App Store mentioned that these [...]


By Brihanna Watson On 28 Nov, 2012 At 06:03 AM | Categorized As Android, Featured, iPad, iPhone, News | With 0 Comments
Are Ads Coming to Instagram

Looks like Facebook may be aiming to make some of their money back on the purchase of the ever popular photo sharing service, Instagram. Business Insider is reporting that Facebook may be looking to begin monetizing the service. What could this mean for the many Instagram users out there? Possibly seeing ads in their friends’ [...]


By Simon Burns On 23 Nov, 2012 At 07:56 PM | Categorized As Featured, Featured Reviews | With 0 Comments
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We are pleased to announce a sister site for The Smartphone App Review, VoxelArcade. VoxelArcade is dedicated to videogames, on all formats. PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and all the retro machines are all covered, but with a difference. For a start, there is a large focus on opinion pieces and comment on the videogame [...]


By Brihanna Watson On 23 Nov, 2012 At 05:13 AM | Categorized As Featured, iPad, iPhone, News | With 0 Comments
Black Friday App Deals

The App Store is already riddled with mark downs for this holiday weekend, some at their lowest prices ever. Hurry and snag them before it’s too late!     iPhone Hipstamatic $1.99 $0.99   Momento (Diary/Journal) $2.99 $0.99   Star Walk $2.99 $1.99   Shopper – Pro $0.99 FREE   TumbleOn – Tumblr App for [...]


By Brihanna Watson On 20 Nov, 2012 At 05:25 AM | Categorized As Featured, iPad, iPhone, News | With 0 Comments
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Social TV made a few headlines yesterday as Viggle announced they would be acquiring the popular GetGlue. The deal was made for $25 million in cash as well as 48.3 million shares of stock, the stock being worth around $53 million as of Friday. Viggle has been trying to market itself as a loyalty program [...]