Posts Tagged ‘apps’

The browser released by Google a hundred days ago, that has attracted over ten million users throughout the world, is about to come out of beta and is ready for full release. Throughout the beta test users were encouraged to report any bugs, while the developers worked on fixing the known ones until they reached a point where the browser is as stable and usable as it is likely to ever be. Full story

We show you how you can install new third-party games, utilities and applications to your iPhone Warning: Recent Apple Software updates may 'brick' your iPhone if you carry jailbreak it or unlock the handset from Apple's preferred network provider. The Apple iPhone was designed to be a closed system with Apple preventing any third-party applications, games or utilities being added to it. However because the operating system is based on Unix industrious programmers have already found various methods of bypassing Apple's 'barriers' and allowing people to add new software to their iPhones. At first this meant a lot of rather scary programming processes with names like 'jailbreak' which were enough to have the typical iPhone user running for the hills while cradling their iPod protectively. But in recent weeks many of these indimidating command line routines have matured into simple, easy-to-install programs that safely open your iPhone to new features such as IM, RSS readers, games and more. One of the best of these is called AppTapp and it's now available for both Windows and Mac computers - although inevitably it's easier to install on Macs. Full story

Amajor downside with online Office programs (like Google Docs) is that they require an Internet connection – that means if you are on an airplane, a cab or some remote village that has no Internet, you may not be able to create/ edit or print your documents, ... Full story