Without a doubt online merchandising is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. It offers convenience that is not offered by brick and mortar stores. Using the internet consumers can easily compare prices, order goods, read reviews and see products in action, without ever having to leave their home. The internet offers more information on good and services than people could ever access from inside a retail store. Online sales on … [Read more...]
Our iPad's a clever bit of kit: using a range of technology, including a GPS chip, it nearly always knows where in the world it is., with incredible accuracy. With the Find My Friend app, you can share this location with your iPad-, iPhone- and iPod touch-owning friends, and see where they are too. There are all sorts of uses for this: find out which restaurant your friends have decided upon, for instance, or see how far from home your partner is … [Read more...]
Trying to stay on the top of the news via the Internet could be a full-time job if you're not careful. Simply trawling through site after site in Safari looking for interesting or relevant information can be a real chore, which is why it pays to employ the services of an app or two to help drill down the real nittygritty of what interest you without losing you off from potential new sources and websites. If you're looking to bring all the news … [Read more...]
Spotify is a very well known online music service with integration into Facebook and easy link grabbing for posting on Twitter. You can also collaborate on playlist, share music with other people and view suggestions from fellow music lovers. The iPad app boasts bright high-definition album art optimised for you third-gen iPad's Retina display. And includes support for AirPlay so you can send music wirelessly to a compatible speaker … [Read more...]
Podcast may seem a little 2003 rather than 2013, but media outlets still seem them as a major catchup medium and an increasingly diverse genre for consumers of audio programmes. They're like DIY broadcasting- prerecorded audio or video shows that you can download (most of free) and enjoy on your computer, iPad or other device. Up until now, you'd fine them under the Podcasts tab in the iTunes Store: download one and it appeared in your music app … [Read more...]
Getting started with FaceTime couldn't be easier. When you launch the app, all you need to do is sign in with your Apple ID. You can then start making video calls to anyone who appears in the app's Contacts list. Select a contact, tap on their name and tap again on the FaceTime icon. The other person's device will ring, informing them that you're calling. When they answer, away you go! FaceTime gets all the contact information from the … [Read more...]
In iOS 6 Apple introduced Do Not Disturb for all devices, but you should be aware that it was intended for iPhone users above anything else. Hence some options only really apply to iPhone. The idea behind Do Not Disturb was the age old problem of being interrupted by an unwanted call, or had your iOS device burst into rambunctious song just when you're trying to impress someone? Thought so, and Apple has the remedy. In addition to the usual … [Read more...]
Before iOS 5, anything requiring your attention on the iPad would pop up in a box in the middle of the screen, interrupting whatever you happened to be doing. Fortunately, the iOS on the latest iPad's addresses all that with an easy access Notification Centre. You can now decide for yourself how notification appear, either as a pop-up in the middle of the screen, as a bar the top, or not at all. Those that appear as a bar at the top leave you … [Read more...]
One of the best features of iOS is something you'll probably never notice: the way it dynamically manages memory and background task, closing them if necessary to make more memory available to new applications. What you will notice is how easy it is to switch from one app to another: there's no need to quit one app before you launch another. Instead, you simply move from one to the next and, if the first needs to carry on working in the … [Read more...]
Mountain Lion boasts a number of improvements designed to help you work faster and more efficiently. Foremost among these is Documents in the Cloud, which makes it easy to keep documents synced across your Mac and iOS devices. Apple apps like TextEdit, Pages, Numbers and Keynote have support built-in, and third-party developers can write the feature in. Launch TextEdit, for example, and go to File > Open. The dialogue shows the document … [Read more...]
We're used to having an always on internet connection these days, even wirelessly, but there are still often times you'll be without the Internet, particularly if you own a Wi-Fi only iPad model. It won't give you full interaction, but if it's just text you want to read then instapaper is the perfect solution. Instapaper is available as a universal app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch for £2.49/$3.99. The service is free to use on the web, … [Read more...]
Company's information is very important for the smooth operation of any organization. To ensure your company's important information is kept safe, especially from the hackers' constantly changing habits, it is critical to formulate quality and excellent measures to make sure that you store it in a safe and secure place. Misplaced or stolen information might cause loss of crucial company secrets. Below are some of the best ways to ensure your … [Read more...]
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