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iTunes Match – Numerous Empty Playlists
Being away actually led me to this first post back after my break. I’m an iTunes Match subscriber and use it with an iPad, iPhone and a Mac. I took the iPad and iPhone away with me, but both were without data for a week or so. Whilst I was bored (believe it or not, I failed to escape the tedium of “Homes under the Hammer” even out in Tenerife) in the apartment I decided to make a couple of playlists using tracks from my entire library, ready for when I returned and could listen to the tracks that were not on the device.
Steam Mobile (iOS & Android)
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities on January 27, 2012
PC & Mac gamers with iPhones or Androids will be pleased to hear that there is a Steam app on their respective app stores right now. However, the app is already attracting negative reviews from people who can’t read. You see, the app is in beta and in order to use the app you need [...]
Apple’s Education Drive
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Mac OSX, Utilities on January 19, 2012
When Apple doesn’t like something, or it senses that there’s a way to do something better you can bet that at some point down the line they will try to do something about it. Today it decided to announce its assault on the humble textbook. The textbook has barely changed at all over the years. [...]
Swansea Sound – iPhone
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities on January 16, 2012
Well I never, here’s yet another Welsh-themed iPhone app. This is a must for anyone who has moved away from Swansea but just can’t live without listening to Swansea Sound on the radio. Yes, this is an internet radio app, tuned to only one station – Swansea Sound, at least initially. As soon as you [...]
Traveline Cymru – iOS
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities on January 13, 2012
Well, you don’t see a Welsh app for months and then two come along at once. Something else that has a habit of arriving in clusters at irregular intervals is the public bus, which brings me onto our second Welsh app for the week. If you are wondering, this was the first. Traveline Cymru is [...]
Enjoy Snowdonia – iPhone
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities on January 12, 2012
It is always good to see Welsh iOS apps turn up on the app store. As a nation we seemed to be quite slow to get our acts together when this whole “app” thing kicked off. So far I’ve only seen a handful of Welsh-themed offerings hit the store, which is such a shame. Enjoy [...]
The New iPad Theme
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, iOS, Utilities on January 11, 2012
iPad users rejoice! You can now view Techbeast.net in a more app-like way, complete with pop-out windows and the types of control boxes you will already be familiar with. iPhone & other mobile users will also be treated to a slightly flashier mobile theme, allowing you to browse in relative comfort.
iTunes Match
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Mac OSX, Music, Utilities on December 20, 2011
Back in the day (wow, I’m starting to say that a lot…) when we were all managing perfectly fine with dial-up connections, things were simple. The internet consisted of many static HTML web pages covered in text, low resolution images and tables. There would often be a spattering of gaudy background images as well. It [...]
BBC iPlayer for iOS finally gets AirPlay in the UK
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, iOS, Utilities on December 12, 2011
If you are an avid iPlayer user, you may be excited to hear that you can now enjoy the likes of Top Gear, Frozen Planet and Scrum V on your Apple TV using Airplay. Despite Airplay support being added to the app in the rest of the world months ago (October), it has taken until [...]
Google Currents
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, iOS, Utilities on December 8, 2011
Google has unleashed its Flipboard rival on iOS and Android devices, but currently only in the US (why??? It is not as if you are sending hard copies). The same could be said for Yahoo!’s alternative, Livestand.
iTunes – 12 Days of Christmas
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities on December 8, 2011
Just as they did last year, Apple will be giving away free stuff every day from 26th December until 6th January. You simply download the app (turn on push notifications too…) and wait until the day after Christmas for the offer of some new freebies. Last year was a bit of a mixed bag, with [...]
iBooks 1.5
Posted by gavomatic57 in Apple, iOS, Utilities on December 7, 2011
iBooks has received a nice little update including new fonts, a new “night” theme (white text on black background) plus a full screen view, which removes everything but the text. I’m no font-boffin, but most of the new fonts seem to resemble Times New Roman. That said, they’re still quite pleasant. I’m not a fan [...]
Google App Updated for the iPad
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, iOS, Utilities on November 22, 2011
If you have the Google app on your iPad but have left it to gather dust, you may want to take another look at it. It has recently had a bit of a makeover to take advantage of the larger screen, not to mention the gesture support. Launching the app takes you straight to a [...]
StuckOnEarth – iPad
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Photography, Software, Utilities on November 17, 2011
Whilst there are some great photos on Flickr, I think it is fair to say that the website has seen better days. It’s awash with Flash-based slide shows, a clunky and ugly interface and it still lacks a native iPad app. This is a shame, because the wealth of geotagged images on Flickr would make [...]
iOS 5.0.1 Released
Posted by gavomatic57 in Apple, Hardware, iOS, Utilities on November 10, 2011
Good news everyone! iOS 5.0.1 has finally been pushed out and is waiting for download. This is the much awaited update that promises to fix the rather inconvenient battery drain we’ve been seeing since the 5.0 update came out. It also fixes some bugs with “Documents in the cloud” and voice recognition issues with Australian [...]
Zeebox – iPad
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities on October 31, 2011
It is really no surprise that watching TV these days is often accompanied by a laptop and your favourite social network. A survey conducted by Nielsen found that 42% of Americans who use tablets and 40% of smartphone owners were glued to them while watching TV. 75% of UK TV watchers are also glued to the internet whilst watching TV.
iPad Newsstand: Tap! Magazine
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities on October 30, 2011
Following on from my post about the Metro edition for the iPad, another stunning example of how Newsstand could revolutionise the publishing industry can be found in Future Publishing’s iOS magazine, Tap! Tap! was put together on bespoke software designed exactly for this purpose. The folks at Future decided that the software everyone else was [...]
iPad 2 HD video and WordPress HTML5 test combined!
Posted by gavomatic57 in Apple, Hardware, iOS, Utilities on October 30, 2011
Your browser does not support the video tag If you can see this, it probably works ok…
Bloomberg for iPad
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities on October 23, 2011
After two years on an iPhone before finally getting an iPad of my own, I was a little surprised to find that there was no stocks & shares application installed by default. Truth be told, I didn’t notice until iOS5′s notification centre popped up to reveal a whole load of nothing. The iPad has no [...]
iPad Newsstand – Metro
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities on October 20, 2011
With the launch of iOS5 and it’s Newsstand feature, we’ve seen a number of traditional publishers attempt to get their customers to download their app from the app store. Newsstand allows users to purchase or subscribe to their favourite magazines and read them from their iOS device. Once subscribed, should a new issue pop out [...]
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