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FIFA 13 will bring with is a host of improvements that EA hopes will help it defeat rival soccer sim, PES 2013 once again. FIFA is already so far ahead of its nearest competitor that this year’s battle for the affection of soccer gamers is akin to match-up between Germany and Burkina Faso.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the gameplay enhancements in FIFA 13:
Continue reading “FIFA 13 Preview: The best soccer sim ever?”
Today marks the birthday of iOS and the iPhone. The iPhone was first announced at Macworld on January 9th, 2007, and with it came a fundamental shift in software and hardware design. It took everyone completely by surprise and subsequently dominated the smartphone market for years to come.
The iPhone became available on June 29th, 2007 with scores of people lining up to get their hands on this magical device. Let’s take a walk down memory lane and look at the evolution of the iOS operating system to see how far Apple has come. Continue reading “Happy birthday, iOS”
Google Drive and Google Chrome for iOS was announced during the second day of the Google I/O conference. While the iOS counterparts of these two apps can’t match the features and usability of its Android versions, they can be seen as Google’s strategy to get as many people on their services as possible.
There are many iOS users that love and use Google’s services and products so naturally, Google had to release these apps on Apple’s platform as well. Google Drive has some serious competition in the cloud storage space from the likes of Dropbox, Box, and Apple’s own iCloud (check out our post on Google Drive vs Everyone Else).
So can Google Drive be compelling enough on iOS for users to leave their current cloud service and app? Let’s find out. Continue reading “Google Drive released for iOS”
As opposed an iOS device, owning the Android operating system (OS) can be slightly confusing. The fragmentation of Android versions on devices, such as Android 3.0 Honeycomb that was made specifically for tablets, makes knowing the OS limitations difficult.
Google is attempting to correct the fragmentation problem with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The problem Android releases in general is that the release for older phones get delayed.
One available option is to root your phone, granting open access to customizing the device. It’s possible to completely replace the existing Android OS and install a customized version while still retaining the ability to make calls.
The hardware in your device does have an effect on how well unofficial mods run, but most of the time rooting is worth it, in my opinion.
Google’s Chrome browser is now available for iOS devices. 
There are plenty of alternatives to Safari now, so is Chrome good enough to stand out?
The simple answer is yes – first impressions of Chrome on iOS are excellent. It’s fast, has some great features and offers some advantages over Safari too. Here’s our hands- on review of this latest addition to the iOS browser family.
Nostalgic gamers rejoice! Today you can grab any of the 100 old school games in Atari’s Greatest Hits iOS app for free, as part of the game company’s 40th anniversary celebrations.
Atari’s Greatest Hits is free to download from the App Store, but normally you only get one free game and must pay to download and install more games. For today only, you’ll be able to grab any games you like and they will be playable for as long as you have the app installed.
Continue reading “Get every game in Atari’s Greatest Hits for free”
A revamped version of the YouTube will soon be launched and if you want to get a sneak peak at the redesign you can, by following some simple steps.
In the last two years YouTube has been treated to a redesign several times. The last major overhaul introduced several changes to both the look and functionality of the site.
This time around the changes are more subtle. There’s much more white used in the interface design, and the new YouTube offers even quick access to all your channels and social activity. It has more of a feel of Google+ about it and perhaps this is an attempt to bring Google’s social network closer to the video site.
The new YouTube design has only been activated for certain users until now. However, with a simple trick you can activate the new site now in Firefox or Chrome.
Continue reading “Use the new version of YouTube before everyone else”
If you’re moving to Mac, don’t be surprised to find that not all of your Windows programs have a direct equivalent. In many cases, such as with MSN Messenger, Microsoft Office, Firefox etc, there’s a Mac version. Sometimes, though, that’s not the case and you’ll need an alternative. This part of the Moving to Mac Guide deals with suggestions for the applications users miss most when switching to Mac and a lowdown of the most commonly used or default applications on Mac for different tasks.
We’ve already covered internet browsers, email clients, music players, video players, file archivers and CD/DVD burner in the first part of this post. Here, in the second part, we look at PDF viewers, photo management, maintenance, photo editing and instant messengers on Mac.
Continue reading “Moving to Mac Guide: Part 4 – more alternatives to Windows”
My experience with iOS has primarily been on the iPod Touch and iPad. I use an iPhone 4S at Softonic to test apps. While I use current hardware to test apps, my iPod Touch is third generation and I tote around an iPad 1 and 2.
It’s easy to see that when Apple releases a new iOS, it’s meant for the newest hardware they’ve got on the market and limits the abilities of older, legacy devices. iOS 6 will work 100% on the iPhone 4S, but even the iPhone 4 is lacking the prominent features that were announced. While those apps may work in a limited state, on even older devices they won’t function anywhere close to the original design.
You can now use Android Apps on your Mac for the first time thanks to BlueStacks App Player for Mac. I took it for a quick test run to see if it can reproduce an authentic Android app experience on OS X.
BlueStacks App Player for Mac works similarly to a virtual machine. It sits in your dock and when clicked, allows you to choose which Android app you want to use – just as if you were browsing apps on your phone.
