There are certain applications that do not have a proper use in day-to-day activities, but they may prove a necessity in critical situations. Whenever a hurricane strikes, a massive flood is coming or a snow that treats to lock you down for a couple of days is announced, you must be warned. A second category addresses those that already are [...]
It is yesterday once more. Well, you would not blame some iOS gamers for thinking on the lines of the famous Carpenters’ number. Recent times have seen a surge in the number of games that made it big in the eighties and nineties coming to the iPad and iPhone. We had Shadow Warrior, Final Fantasy, Karateka, and now, on the [...]
In an increasingly complex world, we must confess that we have a soft corner for the simple – witness our love for iA Writer and Instaplace, apps that do not promise the world but deliver what they do promise and do so with minimum fuss. And now you can add another app to the list of “simple but effective” list [...]
When it comes to apps that let you view news in innovative formats, Flipboard occupies a special place. After all, the app was one of the first to throw a totally different spin on reading news on tablets, delivering it in a digital magazine-like format. And while a number of clones and imitators have sprung up, Flipboard remains in a [...]
Waking up is sometimes the most difficult task of the day and doing so on in a dreadful, rhythm-less way can be even more painful. While all mobile operating systems come with a standard alarm application, this is often too less for those with specific taste and needs. And when needs have to be satisfied, customization is required. In the [...]
It probably happened to you many times to speak with somebody and suddenly lose the signal. Or it can happen when you are on a mountain trip and you really need to make a phone call. But all these issues disappear once you get yourself a satellite phone. This kind of phone won’t connect to land cell sites but straight [...]
Environmental conditions are important for a person’s comfort and productivity. Depending on the room’s temperature, humidity, noise level, light intensity, air quality and barometric pressure, the human body will perform well, or poorly. When all of these factors are inside an optimum range, wonderful results can be seen from both productivity and healthiness sides. In order to manage all of [...]
Hype can be cruel. It not only draws attention towards a particular product, but also draws it away from others. Take the instance of e-mail apps. Mailbox with its long, elaborate, waiting list had been hogging most of the attention in that regard (just for the record, we were not too impressed with it – check our review if you [...]
Ever since the first electronic devices were created, we tried to make them better, more powerful and nowadays, more mobile and connected with every other device. However, our struggle to make gadgets powerful has made today’s devices pretty similar with real improvements coming only when new generations hit the market. Each segment of the market, be it low, mid or high-end has, [...]
What do you do when you see a successful game? Clone it, of course. And if you can throw in a near-legendary gaming figure into the mix, you have the recipe for gaming box office success. Or at least that seems to have been the thought process behind Sega’s endless runner, Sonic Dash, which features – you guessed it – [...]
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