Tag: Android apps
Echo112 Android and iPhone app offers livesaving help in emergencies
A new app for iPhone and Android with potentially-lifesaving features has launched in the UK today. Echo112 is designed to be your "guardian angel on your smartphone" by offering precise location information to emergency services in your time of need….
Inq Mobile SO.HO launcher now makes Instagram your Android homescreen
Love Instagram so much you want to make it the first thing you see when you fire up your Android phone? Well now you've got a new way to make it so, thanks to the development team over at Inq…
Star Command iOS release date set for May 2: Long wait for Kickstarter project comes to a close
Star Command, the long-awaited space ship strategy sim, will hit Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch on May 2. Sitting somewhere between an 8-bit Star Trek and Theme Hospital, the game lets you build your own starship, enlist its crew…
Vine clip mashup app soon coming to Android after iPhone success
Vine, the six-second movie making app that's proved a smash hit on the iPhone, will be heading to the Android operating system shortly, its co-founder Dan Hofmann has confirmed. New features are also set to hit the app, including the…
Xbox SmartGlass now available in the US to Kindle Fire tablets through Amazon Appstore
After a long old wait, Microsoft's Xbox SmartGlass application is now available to Amazon's range of Kindle Fire tablets. Working in tandem with an Xbox 360 console, Xbox SmartGlass offers a second-screen complimentary experience to the mega-popular gaming machine, including…
Facebook Home downloaded over 500,000 just over a week after launching
Facebook Home, the social networking giant's biggest push yet into mobile software, is proving quite successful on Google's Play Store for Android apps. Though only available for download to five devices (the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note II,…
Google Play Store purge sees 60,000 spam apps removed
Google have removed 60,000 spam apps from the Google Play store over the course of February, the company's largest ever app cull. Whereas Apple's App Store has strict guidelines as to what is suitable for its software marketplace, and an…
Samsung Wallet app ready to take on Apple's Passbook
Samsung have announced the Samsung Wallet, a new app that looks set to rival Apple's Passbook when it comes to handling digital copies of tickets and coupons. Launching alongside an open API to the app, Wallet will allow users to…
Tamagotchi pets to return as iPhone and Android apps
Blimey, it's turning into THE week for digital pet revivals, isn't it? Not only did yesterday we bring you a hands-on with VTech's new KidiPet range, but now we also bring you news that the one-and-only original digipet range, the…
Lookout Android security app automatically snaps photo of phone thieves
Mobile security firm Lookout have updated their Android app with a new feature called Lock Cam, aimed at deterring potential phone thieves and helping victims of theft track down their phones if they are stolen. Activating the feature on an…