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How To Succeed With a Mobile App

Getting into mobile app development often seems like a path paved with gold, but the reality is very different with many apps failing to succeed. Good apps do not simply "get lucky" but rather their developers work hard at  planning a successful app. Smashing Magazine's article "How To Succeed With a Mobile App" shows the elements needed to plan for

KB Covers Keyboard Overlays

KB Covers offer specialised keyboard covers for Apple Macs and MacBooks. Rather than dust covers, these are keyboard overlays which re-label for foreign languages or show keyboard shortcuts. A good example for the former is a foreign language student who wishes to use a keyboard with the studied country's layout and alphabet. Imagine the convenience for students of Arabic or

Remote Monitoring/Home Automation

For several years, there has been a small but dedicated group of people experimenting in the world of what has been dubbed home automation. Until now, this field has been fragmented with clunky, often expensive products that don't integrate well and often make the consumer jump through multiple hoops to even get them to work. In a recent article I

Tweaking Google Latitude With Latify

Tweaking Google Latitude With Latify Google Latitude is a nifty, fun add-on utility for Google Maps that can be very useful for tracking friends and family. With Latitude, it’s possible to share real-time location information from devices such as supported Android and iOS phones and tablets. Location sharing is by permission only – any mutual Latitude friends must specifically grant

Your Free Evernote Account Just got Better

Evernote is probably the most popular online note-taking application.  With versions for computers (both Windows and Mac) and mobile versions for Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows Phone, and WebOS, the app is virtually everywhere.  There is a free version and a Premium version, but the free version previously limited users to only being able to include text, image, audio and PDF

G Data Offers Free Fake Antivirus Removal Tool

If you or a friend have been conned into installing one of the fake anti-virus tools that has been doing the round recently, you'll be delighted to hear that G Data are offering a free tool to remove the most prevalent type of scareware, "System Tool". Many of us will have seen those pop-ups claiming that our PCs have been