The way we access our social networks has changed very subtly over the last year and that's partly down to the legacy of Steve Jobs. With the onslaught of mobiles and tablets being gobbled up by our avid populace rather than the more sedentary home computer there is now more of a tendency to access networks whilst on the move. It is not always convenient to access your networks while jogging or commuting to work or when driving, if it comes to that. Hubbub is a new kind of social network that relies on sound. It allows you to record, ... Read more
When I mentioned to my daughter that I was reviewing this messaging and networking application and that it featured Snooki and The Situation from MTV's Jersey Shore tv show it was met with rapturous approval. That is the kind of adulation that surrounds these tv celebrities as they serve up their very own slice of life and often censored wherever they go. Let's face it, Snooki is almost American royalty these days. Now they have joined forces with a bunch of other celebs for this new free app from US company VoxBox Inc to provide a unique and completely customized ... Read more
Ive seen enough Real Housewives to know that one of the toughest things about event planning is the organization of seating arrangements for your guests. There's always a few disgruntled characters who don't get what they want and ruffle a few feathers with your designated planner. Arrange My Seat was developed to take the pain out of seat arrangements for your special event, whether it be a graduation, a banquet or a wedding and creates a seating plan in minutes. Need to split your guest list into different categories or get some information about your guests dietary habits? No problem ... Read more
The excellently named Empathyo is a free social networking application for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch that enables you to share your events in the real world with your online friends in your favorite social network. Rather than phoning everyone up to tell them your plans for the day or week or sending out mail outs, you can just set up your details in Empathyo and share the details with social networking and Facebook friends. Equally, you can see what the rest of your friends are up to and meet up with them easily. Empathyo is a free social ... Read more
Google+ has tended to be the forgotten brother when it has come to designing pretty covers for your online pages. While Facebook's Timeline has been festooned with great cover making apps like Picscatter, Cover Photo Maker for Facebook and New FB Cover but I'm finding it very hard to find any apps for tarting up your Google+ cover page. So thank goodness for Google Plus Cover Photo Maker - a free design engine for Google where you can make your cover page one notch up from the rest. CoverPhotoEditor.com is a powerful, responsive and very quick and easy to ... Read more
HATCHEDit is like a collaborative whiteboard for Android where you can organize your collective family life with a calendar, an address book, a family news and notebook tool and household blog. It's a place to keep all the important information the family needs and then adds a social aspect by letting you share relevant information, not only with your spouse and kids, but also with grandparents, babysitters and au pairs. HATCHEDit is a mobile whiteboard for managing your personal life and succeeds in bringing social collaborative tools online and into the home. Its a free organization tool that includes ... Read more
One of the saddest things that has happened over the last few years has been the demise of the music store. Gone are the days when you could Wander down to the local record bar, have a chat to the guy behind the counter about his latest faves, listen to a few tunes and walk out with some great music. These days you have to do a lot more work to find some good new music. Sworly is a social music and video share application that could well be a way of making your music searching a little easier by ... Read more
With so many of our friends and relatives spread across the world these days we are all constantly looking for the cheapest way to keep in contact with them - wherever they are. Forfone is a free voip and phone communication application for iPhone and Android that enables users to make free phone calls and send free text messages to other forfone users wherever they may be in the world. Even if they aren't a forfone user they also provide a low cost and affordable service to any landline or mobile in the world. With forfone you can make ... Read more
Save The Mom reminds me of one of those sitcoms from years ago where the mom breezed through everything whilst mayhem continued all around her. The mom was untouchable, thoroughly well organized and knew everything that was going on in the house. This organize app for the family (especially working mom's, I guess) helps you manage all the everyday problems like shopping lists, noticeboards, calendar and even a geolocalization tool to keep track of where everyone is and what they are up to. It'll work very nicely on your iPad and iPhone. Save the Mom is a real-time personal ... Read more
There are some apps that work well and look pretty crappy and there are others that look great and yet are severely underwhelming in function. phonetrait manages to succeed on all levels. This phone organize application for iPhone is much more than just a pretty speed dialer. It provides an intuitive yet simple format address book that analyzes your twelve most often called friends, family or colleagues and presents them onscreen so you can contact them with pretty well one touch technology. phonetrait is more than a beautiful speed dial app as it proves tself to be one of ... Read more