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Sports FitnessHands-on: GolfSense iPhone and Android swing tracker review
Golf is a beast of game to get right. Even after countless hours of practice on a range and years of games on a course, you can still end up shanking a ball into someone's back garden, with little understanding of what went wrong. So anything that can...
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AppsApp of the day: Don't Steal My Banana review (iPhone)
There's a lot to be said for monkeys, particularly ones wearing shades. That's the prime reason that we downloaded Don't Steal My Banana, an app in which you need to hold a line of defence by lobbing fruits to fend off a variety of hungry mammals whom,...
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AppsApp of the day: Vybe review (Android)
Almost as 24 started to air in this country, there was a collective "How do I get the 24 ringtone" emitted from the vocal chords of geeks across the globe. Clearly these were people who had never used a Cisco IP phone before and thought the ringtone was...
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AppsApp of the day: Hills of Glory 3D review (Android)
Tower defence games are ten a penny on Android, but few are as fun or as exciting as Hills of Glory 3D. Set in the Second World War, the app tasks you with defending a bunker from increasingly tough waves of enemies. You use a combination of swiping...
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AppsApp of the day: Iron Man 3 review (iPhone and Android)
Most movie tie-ins apps are usually terrible. This one isn't, which is a good thing too because Iron Man 3 is awesome and you will likely want more of the same the moment you leave the cinema. Thankfully all you need to do is whip out your smartphone...
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AppsApp of the day: Swype review (Android)
The keyboard is the most important interaction point of any smartphone. The efficiency of your keyboard defines your productivity. Whether you're replying to emails, or chatting on WhatsApp, having a smart keyboard is critical. One of the strengths of...
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AppsApp of the day: Cogs review (Android)
If it's clever puzzle games that tickle your fancy, then today's App of the day might be just the thing. It follows the lead of games like the eminently playable Where's my Water? and is wonderfully detailed with plenty to challenge. But rather than water...
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AppsApp of the day: Lazors review (Android)
We love simple games. They suit mobile gaming really well because you’re not encumbered by fiddly controls, and they lend themselves to the sorts of games you can dip in and out of. There are plenty to choose from too, but today we’re looking at a...
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AppsApp of the day: Rdio review (Android)
Have you listened to the radio recently? It's dreadful. The reason it's dreadful is that it's filled with annoying adverts that go on forever, and is packed with mindless idiots droning on as if their voices are the only ones that matter. So what options...
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AppsApp of the day: The Croods review (iPhone and Android)
Rovio, the studio behind the much-loved Angry Birds, has now applied a bit of its magic touch to a movie tie-in app. The Croods app, which launched alongside the Dreamworks-produced animation, is rather good. As you would expect from a Rovio title,...
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AppsApp of the day: Google Keep review (Android)
There's been a lot of grumbling since Google shut down Rader very recently. People are frustrated that the firm is ignoring their needs, and pulling the plug on popular services because it can't make enough money from them, or simply loses interest in...
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AppsAPP OF THE DAY: Napster review (Android)
We've given Napster our coveted App of the Day award before, but not in its Android version, and not since it was all change at the firm, and it merged into Rhapsody by its owner, US tech giant Best Buy. It's worth noting too, that since the switch to...
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GamingAPP OF THE DAY: Kings Can Fly review (iPhone)
Puzzle games float our boat or, as is more the case with Kings Can Fly, fly our red-ballooned airships. Ahem. Firedroid Games's three-dimensional puzzler is not only rather glorious to look at, but it will also get those brain cogs gloriously turning...
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AppsAPP OF THE DAY: Kindle for Android review (Android)
There's a lot of talk of ecosystems with modern smartphones and the war raging around where you buy your content and where you consume it. In an ideal world you're free to move your content around and do with it what you want: it is, after all, your content....
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AppsAPP OF THE DAY: Autotrader review (Android)
There are two uses for Autotrader's Android app; The first is to find a new car to buy and this is both useful and worthy. The second is for looking at pictures of cars that you'll never in a month of Sundays be able to afford. This is pointless, and...