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Dedicated Google+ Photo Importer App Will Save Shutterbugs Plenty of Time

Google+ has clearly become the primary social network for many of its users, and chances are they’ve migrated across from other similar sites, which presents a problem if they want to upload all their existing pictures to their Google+ profile.  Of course, there’s the good old-fashioned way of doing so individually, but depending on the [...]

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The Big Little Quest iPhone App Review – Keep on Walking

Long time readers and fans of isometric 3D puzzle games may recall Alone, which we reviewed way back in March 2010.  The Big Little Quest is ITL’s follow-up and another isometric game, but this time with a style of play which concentrates more on exploration than on puzzles. The plot follows a young man named Axel, [...]

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American Classic Cars Guide iPhone/iPad App Review – Not Enough Vroom Vroom

I’ve looked at a couple of Jourist’s guide apps before, their Twentieth Century Small Arms Guide for example, which was passably interesting, however if any of their catalog is likely to impress me it’s one on classic American cars.  On my bookshelf sits a very well-thumbed copy of the Standard Guide to American Muscle Cars, [...]

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Waterslide 2 iPhone/iPad App Review – Flashy, But Not All That Splashy

When I was approached to review Waterslide 2, it occurred to me I didn’t recall Waterslide 1 (or Waterslide Extreme as I discovered it was called) and upon investigation I realized why – it was the iOS equivalent of an advertorial, disguising a an advert for Barclaycard with a throwaway game.  Fair enough, but something [...]

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Skype for iPad Hands-On

Only a month after it was supposed to be released, Skype for the iPad tablet has arrived inside the App Store.  It even continued its difficult journey by launching this morning, disappearing and then re-emerging a few hours later!  Now the VoIP app is finally here, has it been worth the wait?  To find out, [...]

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*UPDATED* Google+ App Now Available for iPhone, But Forgets About the iPad and International Users

*UPDATED* The Google+ iOS app has been removed from the App Store, due to an early version of the application being made available.  The new version is being seeded, however it’s not appearing in any store at the time of writing.  According to Google’s Punit Soni, to see if you’re using the latest version of [...]

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Reckless Getaway iPhone App Review and Video – Chargin’ and Challengin’

From the team which gave us Reckless Racing comes another arcade driving game, Reckless Getaway; but here, instead of racing opponents around a track, the idea here is that you’re a getaway driver trying to outrun the police along a pre-determined route.  Along the way you must collect coins to unlock new levels, plus there [...]

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Dedicated iOS App to Accompany Star Wars Blu-ray Set Out Soon

In September, Star Wars along with its prequels and sequels will finally come to Blu-ray – making it easily one of the biggest home releases of the year.  Available as a Complete Saga box set, or two separate sets with the prequels or original trilogy, there will be a wealth of extra features included too.  [...]

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Facebook Didn’t Announce an iPad App, Suggest Other Developers Do it Better

When Facebook announced a special ‘awesome’ event last week, the rumors of an announcement of a dedicated iPad app immediately sprang up.  Would the social network fill that hole in their line-up?  Now the event has run we’ve got our answer, and it’s no. What they did announce was group chat, a new chat design and [...]

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Cybernoid Comes to ZX Spectrum Collection, Makes a Grown Man Cry (but not in a good way)

It has been a while since I’ve played Elite’s ZX Spectrum Collection on my iPhone, despite having purchased one of the game packs with the excellent Batty brick-breaker clone.  However, today the app received an update and a variety of new game packs, among them a couple of collections from Hewson. Hewson was responsible for a [...]

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