Since the creation of the AppStore a huge amount of its success has been down to making daily tasks not only easier, but right in the palm of your hand. Now we bring you a prime example of this with the WorldCard mobile app.
We have all been there, a wallet full of collected business cards that you somehow never find the time to take the details off of. Well with a few easy steps the WorldCard Mobile app will take all the necessary details off the card and save the person as a contact in your iPhone within seconds.

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With the release of the iPad 2 Apple gave the revolution that is the smart cover, which was great apart from the problem with which was that it provided no protection to the outer shell of the iPad. Well with that came the development of the iPad cover that combines the protection of a hard shell case with the technology of the smartcover, and one of the best examples of these we’ve found is the Microshell Folio from Marware.

As you can see the case takes the existing Marware Microshell rear protective case and adds a smart cover inspired creased flap to give the benefits of both.
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If your a golf fan then you will know that we are moments away from the start of the last round of the biggest comp on the golf calendar, The Masters. Well if you haven’t already now is a great time to download the free official masters app and enhance your viewing experience even further.

The official app straight from Augusta works great and especially on the iPad; it’s something you really want to have up open next to you while you’re tuning in on the TV. The iPad app is a thing of beauty and works great, you can view all highlights from the previous days and have a … Read the rest

 

One of the joys of the App store is that it caters for absolutely everyone, you can be battling against a zombie apocalypse in a heavy gaming app and then immediately switch to a creative mind mapping program to help you plan out a particular piece of work. Well here we have a great iPad app that is made for not much more than relaxing, and it’s very good at it!

The interactive Starry Night app allows you to listen to soothing music while softly manipulating one of Vincent Van Gogh’s masterpieces ‘Starry Night’. You have a selection of three pieces of looped soothing music to choose from, you … Read the rest

Finally it’s here! There has been no greater hype around an upcoming tablet since Moses came down brandishing the 10 commandments.
We have had our Brand new third generation iPad delivered on release day and are happy to bring you TheAppleUpdate’s first review of the New iPad.
First of all it has to be noted how quickly these things sold out, I preordered mine the next morning after the announcement and less than a few hours later shipping times were dropped to 2-3 weeks. As you can see from the pictures the one Ive got hold of is the white 32GB model.

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Minecraft – Pocket Edition for iOS was originally released late last year, and although being a highly anticipated game, some largely saw it as a disappointment due to its lack of survival mode, or being able to gather resources from nature. Well look no further, the creators over at Mojang have finally release the promised February update, bringing the first steps to making the iOS version more like the cult classic PC game.

Before you had unlimited amount of various blocks, and could walk around the block world and build whatever you could think up, with this update you now can gather resources and then use whatever you gather.

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Instagram was named Apple’s 2011 ‘App of the year’ and has now released an update to the iOS application on the AppStore. The App greatly rose in popularity after changing from just a photo editing app into a combined social network, allowing users to follow people, comment and like people’s instagram’d photos.

The latest 2.1 update that Burbn.inc have brought to their some 15 million users of the App, brings the following changes:

New:
• Lux: A new way to enhance your photos
• Simplified and improved design
• New filter – ‘Sierra’

Improved:
• Change your profile photo from your photo page
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The iPhone has never been known for it stunning battery life, and users of the latest generation will know that the iPhone 4S battery is even worse than its predecessor. Due to this, a surge of new charging cases have hit the market.  Here’s a quick review of our favorite, the ‘iJuice’ from Excel.

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There are abosolutly thousands of cases available on the market for your iPad, and what we are reviewing today is the ‘Triathlon’ case from Cool Bananas which we think is one of the best you can get in terms of protection, flexibility and particularly travelling.

This is one of the laptop cases available for the ipad that zip up and are used predominantly for transport. Upon first impressions as we can see from the pictures, the outside comes finished in a very nice carbon fibre effect. It has foam padding underneath and is a very rigid and stiff case on its, whci all are great for protection.

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