Category: Apps
Vine goes HD
Vines are about to get a whole lot more highly defined, as the app's API lead engineer has announced that following a forthcoming update, Vines will be saved in 720p quality - up from the 480p that was used before. The update essentially means the picture quality is going to get a lot better. Whilst…
Twitter “improves” quoted tweets
Its always terrifying for Twitter users when the company decides to change something - just what has it broken now? So let's hope that you used quoted tweets in the same way that the developers do, as what happens has now been changed in the official app, so that when you quote a tweet, it…
Sonos adds support for Tidal
Quick off the mark as ever, elite home streaming company Sonos has announced that its expensive speakers will be fully supporting Tidal from the get-go. "Artists are more in tune than ever with how people are listening to their music," said Sonos CEO, John MacFarlane. "The game just changed – TIDAL represents the future of…
Will Windows Phone soon run Android apps?
Today's rumour du jour is that Microsoft could be planning to add support for Android apps on Windows Phone - in a bid to boost the number of apps available. According to Neowin Microsoft might be investigating possible emulation technologies in a bid to shortcut its platform's chicken-and-egg problem, of not having enough apps to…
Why are all of the Twitter profiles blue? Millionaire musicians appropriate the language of charity to promote more expensive alternative to Spotify
Forget Spotify - why not pay double for a nominally higher quality audio service instead? That's the message being sent out by a bunch of popular celebrities on the Twitters today. You may have noticed that a bunch of famous names that the kidz like, including Kanye West, Rihanna and Madonna have all turned their…
Developer annoyed by Instagram’s Layout app stealing his name
Mike Swanson is an independent developer who in 2012 published an app called "Layout", which lets you combine multiple photos into one. Fast-forward to 2015 and Instagram (which is owned by Facebook, don't forget) publishes a new app that lets you combine multiple photos into one, and called it... Umm... Layout. As you might expect,…
Hailocab tries to convince people that talking to cab drivers is a plus point
Taxi app Hailocab is worried. Whilst it relies on expensive and well organised black cab drivers for its services, rival Uber (controversially) does away with the formalities, employing cheaper drivers. Worse still, one of the key investors is Google, which is working on driverless car technology, which could conceivably ultimately make Uber even cheaper and…
Apple Watch apps land in the Apple Store
The Apple Watch doesn’t arrive until later in April, but if you want a sneek peek of what it is capable of you should head off the Apple store. For Apple has just plonked a load of apps for the watch there for you to try out on your iPhone. A lot of big media…
Twitter complicit in portrait video crimes as it launches “Periscope” live streaming app
Over the last few weeks, an app called Meerkat has been the hot new trend on Twitter. What it does is stream live video from your phone - and is fully integrated with Twitter so you can see who is watching, and receive alerts as soon as anyone you follow begins streaming. It has grown…
