Month: December 2010
Hoodgrown: First hip-hop iPad magazine launches
Hoodgrown, the first iPad magazine to focus on hip-hop music and culture, has launched on the App Store. Starting life as a print publication, increasing print costs and decreasing advertising revenues forced Hoodgrown into the online realm. The tablet…
New Apple TV sales to top 1 million mark this week
A few shakey reviews don't seem to have put off the Apple faithful when it comes to their new Apple TV kit. The Cult of Cupertino have already bought up close to a millon of the units, a figure they…
APP OF THE DAY: Secret of Mana (iPhone)
iPhone owners are in for a treat today, as one of Square's seminal SNES RPGs, Secret of Mana, gets ported to the iPhone, iPod and iPad. First released back in 1993, it's one of the most revered RPGs of its…
Google now mapping the human body too
They've mapped most of the urbanised world with their Street View maps, are aiming to digitise every book ever published, and now Google are turning their hand to a bit of biology. The Google Body Browser is the latest addition…
Tory porn block plans not possible say ISPA
The Conservative government's plans to put a blanket block on pornographic websites is not feasible, according to Nicholas Lansman, the secretary general of the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA). He has instead suggested that responsibility lies with parents in order…
Windows Phone 7 app marketplace filling up faster than Android's
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 app marketplace is growing at a remarkable rate, reaching the 4,000 apps mark in just two months. According to IDC analyst Al Hilwa, it's a rate of growth that even the now-flourishing Android store could not…
Larger autostereoscopic 3D TVs to be Toshiba's stars of CES 2011
Toshiba are planning on showing off their latest forrays into the world of glasses-free 3D at next month's CES 2011 trade show in Las Vegas. Tosh have already showed off 12 and 20 inch screens at the CEATEC show, with…
WikiLeaks app pulled from App Store
Now here's a first for Tech Digest. No sooner did we make the unofficial WikiLeaks app our App Of The Day yesterday, than we wake up this morning to find it removed from the iTunes App Store completely. After being…
Last chance to win an LG Optimus Windows 7 phone
The LG Optimus 7 phone, with its unique features and innovative Windows 7 phone operating system, is a gem of a phone. In addition to its Windows 7 technology, it has a fabulous 5.0 megapixel camera with some cool features…
LG's Optimus 7 phone – the Play To feature explained
LG's Optimus 7 is one of the best Windows Phone 7 devices on the market right now, packing in top spec features at an affordable price. One the best of these features is Play To which is LG's version of…