Utilities

Ben the Bodyguard iPhone App Review – Your Secrets Are Safe With Him
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Ben the Bodyguard iPhone App Review – Your Secrets Are Safe With Him

June 28, 2011 | Andy Boxall

It takes innovation to breathe new life into a tired genre, a fact which applies to everything from books to film and now, to iPhone apps too.  Storing passwords and other pieces of sensitive information doesn&…

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Ben the Bodyguard Makes iPhone Security Interesting!
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Ben the Bodyguard Makes iPhone Security Interesting!

June 7, 2011 | Andy Boxall

Here’s a great example of how to get people talking about your app, a difficult thing to do especially when it’s not a game or photo-sharing service but a security app.  The email introducing me to B…

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Opera Mini Updated, Goes Universal, Gets Even Better
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Opera Mini Updated, Goes Universal, Gets Even Better

May 24, 2011 | Andy Boxall

One of the few truly excellent alternative browsers for any smartphone, not just iOS, is Opera Mini.  It has always been good to use and the last update to version 5 enhanced its tabbed browsing and improved the h…

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Instagram User? Meet Stickygram!
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Instagram User? Meet Stickygram!

March 9, 2011 | Andy Boxall

I’m a fan of Instagram, and use it to add filters to pictures I intend to post on my Tumbr blog, however I’m sure I nowhere near as prolific a user as many others out there.  If you’re one of them,…

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Jourist Vocabulary Builder iPhone App Review – Say What?
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Jourist Vocabulary Builder iPhone App Review – Say What?

January 24, 2011 | Andy Boxall

Learning another language is hard, but there are so many different ways of doing so that there is sure to be one way to suit everyone; it’s just a case of finding it.  As it’s difficult, the lessons ne…

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Quick Draw Artist Gets the Most from his iPhone
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Quick Draw Artist Gets the Most from his iPhone

October 25, 2010 | Andy Boxall

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In a great piece for the New York Times, Emily Hager talks with Eric Molinsky, whose story is fascinating not only because of his slightly unusual hobby, but for the tool he uses to facilitate it too.  Mr. Molinsk…

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ABBYY Business Card Reader Reaches Version 3.0
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ABBYY Business Card Reader Reaches Version 3.0

September 30, 2010 | Andy Boxall

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We reviewed ABBYY Business Card Reader at the end of June and gave it a good 3.5/5 rating.  Since then it has undergone a few changes and re-emerged as version 3.0, which has a clutch of interesting new features ad…

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Air Display iPad App Review – Space Ace
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Air Display iPad App Review – Space Ace

September 13, 2010 | Andy Boxall

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Unlike games, utility apps are a far more niche product, where they’re the best thing ever created for certain individuals or of absolutely no use to others.  Air Display falls neatly into that category…

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Travel Interpreter iPhone App Review – Talking Our Language
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Travel Interpreter iPhone App Review – Talking Our Language

August 10, 2010 | Andy Boxall

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The middle of August is fast approaching and the peak holiday season is in full swing, so are you about to head off to foreign climes for a much needed break?  If you are, and you’re going to a country where yo…

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Pulse News Reader and Pulse News Mini Currently 50% Off
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Pulse News Reader and Pulse News Mini Currently 50% Off

August 9, 2010 | Andy Boxall

The Pulse News Reader is one of the better RSS reader apps for the iPad, plus there is the equally great News Mini available for the iPhone. The Pulse application had a difficult start to life inside the App Store,…

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