Whilst Embark could simply be another acquisition by Apple which we won’t see anything productive from for a long time – personally, I think this could be one we’ll see sooner rather than later.

Apple’s in-house mapping solution has been improving rapidly since its disastrous start, but even the most diehard fanbois will likely still have Google Maps installed on their devices.

After all, the company has had years of advantage; bolstering a library of not only unbeatable core maps, but also 3D...

Mobile app security (or lack thereof) is a big concern these days – for both developers and end users. But while the end user is somewhat at the mercy of the hackers, developers actually have steps they can take to mitigate the risk of a security breach. Among those steps,...

The Android SDK for Facebook has benefited from a major update – now at version 3.5 – it brings Open Graph support, a revamped Share Dialog, Object API support, a redesigned login interface, and the launch of a feature to publish and measure app events.

According to the world’s most popular social network; over 70 percent of the top 100 grossing Android apps have Facebook implemented.

One of the biggest changes can be found in the enhanced Share Dialog; which can now post to the network...

As is always the case when an unpopular announcement is made; critics jump on the bandwagon with crazy rumours, speculation, and other methods of generally blowing matters out of proportion. The Xbox One was certainly a victim of this - one which may go down in history.

We’ve already wrote an article which explains why the U-turn on DRM and “Always On” functionality could in fact leave us with a worse experience - so we won’t go through that...

Your favourite publication may not be responsive yet – watch this space - but the inevitability is any website worth their two cents will be utilising responsive designs over the next few years.

Clifton-based The Responsive Website Company is priming itself to be at the forefront of development.

TRW is a sister company of mobile development firm Mubaloo. As the UK’s leader of this field; the company has already proven its worth.

Featuring clients including Channel 4, Sky, Samsung, Lovefilm, NHS,...

You may be warranted in giving a groan hearing yet another competitor is trying to enter the market saturated by two heavyweights who need little introduction – Android and iOS.

Yet that’s exactly what Mozilla is attempting with their new ZTE “Firefox OS” devices. From Friday, ZTE will be taking to eBay to sell its first Firefox OS phone the “ZTE Open” for an incredibly tempting price of $79.99 (£59.99 in the...

In software development, many teams are under the assumption that “more is more”.

More requirements,...

Remember the days of USB 2.0? Featuring a top-speed which maxed out at the theoretical speed of 480Mbps?

Well those days have passed; alongside the upcoming USB 3.1 spec arrives incredible 10Gbps speeds - give it another dozen years and I’ll be back reporting USB 4.0’s 10Tbps speeds!

USB (Universal Serial bus) has been fast advancing compared to similar communication technology, and is more widely supported than – frankly superior – rivals such as Intel’s Thunderbolt; which has...

How do you make your handset stand out in today’s highly competitive market? Rig your benchmark results of course! That way - on paper at least - your latest smartphone appears to blow away rivals.

Should you have any moral issues? Not since it appears to be the industry standard.

It's undeniable Samsung has driven innovation in processors; for years even supplying them for Apple’s range of iDevices.

The Exynos 5 processor is an Octa-Core, but doesn’t use all eight cores at once. Four are...

This week, Paul Muller spoke to me about how Adeven has released a whole host of new features to help interpret the increased complexity of iOS 7.

I’d kicked off with dropping the biggest, but most obvious question - how much has the next version of iOS changed since version 6?

Paul starts by talking about newfound restrictions: “The major thing for us is the kind of restrictions Apple has [now]. After a long time of candidly standing by on the app tracking issue, Apple has now put down the...