I still find it a bit weird that there’s no official Twitter client for iPhone or BlackBerry. I mean, what do all those guys at Twitter actually do all day that means they haven’t got time to knock up a couple of mobile apps? I guess we shouldn’t worry too much because there are several […]

Over the next couple of weeks - and it hasn’t happened to me yet - Google Docs will allow you to upload any file to its free gigabyte of cloud based storage.

That doesn’t sound very exciting, but it’s a great feature for the already great Google suite. Google Docs is an excellent way to share […]

Windows: My favorite app to manage photos is undoubtedly Picasa. Google’s great photo app has just hit version 3.6 with great new features, such as an improved tagging experience, the ability to geotag your images, an enhaced importing system and above all, the all new collaborative web photo albums.
iPhone: If you need to get something […]

So another decade is coming to a close and I think it’s safe to say it’s been the most exciting one ever for downloads. A top ten list of the past decade reads like a “Who’s Who” list of the download scene today. Almost all of the most downloaded apps on Softonic today were released […]

Google are taking over the world! We’re entrusting our data with a faceless corporation!
Some people worry about that, anyway, though I’m not one of them. I think Google offer a great range of free services that greatly enhance my online life - even if sometimes I feel left out as a European.
Today Google announced on […]

We briefly mentioned a few keyboard shortcuts for Firefox a while ago, but there are many others I’m sure you already know - and which usually work across all main browsers, like Ctrl+T to open a new tab or clicking the mouse’s wheel on a link to open it in the background.
However today we won’t […]

An interesting query from one of our (anonymous) readers on a topic which has even cropped up in our editorial meetings:
Hi! I’ve been thinking about buying a smartphone, and one of the features I’ve heard people talking about on mobile blogs is “Augmented Reality”. What is that, and why is it useful? Should it affect […]

Windows: SmarterFox is a neat little add-on for Firefox that can really speed up your browsing. It adds functions to your right-click context menu, allowing you to easily search Wikipedia, Google in a click. You can also download all links or images from the page your viewing without hassle. For such a little program, […]

As this year’s the summer vacation season coincides with an ever-increasing stable of awesome Android handsets, we thought that we’d take a look at some handy software you should definitely install before you start your holidays. From Augmented Reality wonder-apps to one-stop converters and translation tools, making sure you’ve got these programs with you when […]

After being in development for almost three years, Cerulean Studios has started to slowly roll out the latest version of the all-new Trillian Astra. Currently available as an invite-only download, Trillian Astra is the logic evolution of good old Trillian, a popular multi-platform IM client released by the end of 2000. Trillian was not the […]

iPhone users have today been buzzing about the prospect of making free calls, following the release (at long, last) of Skype on the Apple device. The client allows users to make free Skype-to-Skype calls over WiFi, and SkypeOut calls to anyone around the World over 3G. It marks a significant breakthrough for Skype, a company, […]

Juggling the ever increasing number of social networks and media sites can be a time consuming pain. Logging into lost of different accounts, you can have a very busy browser before you’ve don anything constructive. I thought I’d look at the current range of solutions to this. I’ll start with some honesty: At the moment […]

The Gmail Labs family keeps on growing healthily and steadily. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, Gmail Labs is a special area in your Gmail account (you should find it under Settings > Labs) which Google developers use as a sandbox to test new features and get feedback from Gmail users. The […]

In the last ten years or so, it’s become much easier for us normal folk to become famous. In the good old days it took talent, contacts and a good deal of luck to get your name known around the world. In the age of reality TV, MySpace, and blogs, almost anyone can be famous. […]

With so many different ways to contact people these days, phoning someone up is often the third or fourth option many of us think of when we want to get in touch with them. And as the mobile Internet gets faster and cheaper, more of us will be using our phones for email, instant messaging, […]