Tag: app
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Good apps to do good with
If you feel like you’re on your phone too much, put the gadget to good use with these four apps. Give blood The NHS Give Blood app lets you track your donor history and see where and when you can donate next. iOS | Android Be focused Be good to yourself with the Forest app…
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Cloud computing has a way to go
I’m sure there is someone, somewhere, working on an app which can do this.
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Apps that are good for your health – the NHS app library
I was signposted to the NHS App Library today by @danslee via @healthybrum. It’s been around for 18 months and is a safe and trusted collection of apps to help you manage your health. Each app is reviewed to make sure that: “they are relevant to people living in England, comply with data protection laws…
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App gives you healthy options of supermarket food
It’s been around for a while now, but I discovered a new app at the weekend which tell you about healthy alternatives to food you’d find at the supermaket. Scan an item from your supermarket (it has info on more than 90 products) using the built in barcode scanner and it looks up the total fat,…
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Real retro iphone gaming
One of the biggest uses of smartphones is gaming, (60% of owners play games, 67% of time spent is playing games and 80% of app revenue comes from games) and now you can play on your phone without draining the battery. PureGear have created a range of phone cases with old school ball and maze…
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Android apps open up to web search
One of the main reasons I rarely recommend a mobile app for a council service is that any information contained within the app is only available within the app – it can’t be found by google or other search engines. But that’s changing, with apps built for android 4.4 including app indexing which will allow…
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Shorter films
“How come films are getting longer? YouTube seems to have allowed creatives to indulge their long form ambitions and make commercials that are 2 minutes long rather than 30 seconds. These longer ads aren’t really any better, either, just bloated. The trend for longer ads is odd given that people skip the ads anyway and…
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10 iPhone apps for a UK holiday
On a recent trip to the Lake District and Yorkshire I used a couple of iphone apps which I thought I’d share. For taking photos and video Camera+ – £0.59 What makes this worth the 59p is the ability to specify the point to focus on and a separate exposure point, gives you excellent control. There is…