Software

Shooting videos is fun, but editing them is always a chore. Whether you've shot a YouTube-worthy clip on your mobile phone, or an epic worthy of James Cameron on a semi-pro camcorder, the process of chopping out the dross and assembling the good bits in order is usually tedious and soul-destroying.

They sound like something out of Minority Report or I, Robot, or another equally mediocre futuristic sci-fi blockbuster, but driverless cars are fast becoming a reality.

You’ll have probably heard of augmented reality before, but you’d be forgiven for not knowing exactly what it is. I can understand this – “augmented reality” seems to be one of those phrases that’s tossed around a lot because it sounds cool.

Cloud computing, in case you hadn’t realised, is very much here to stay. The technology has been here for a while now, but it’s only just starting to make waves.

Videos are a big part of the internet, and with the rise in popularity of smartphones, watching videos while you are mobile is a must. There are a lot of great applications for your mobile phone that enable you to watch videos anytime, anywhere.

When I heard about the proposed Marvel Comics Augmented Reality App that was announced at this year’s SXSW, I was very curious to say the least.

Walking into the Gadget Show Live is a little overwhelming, it has to be said. In case you’ve never been before, the NEC is huge. Really huge.

The Notes app for iOS devices is a perfectly serviceable tool for jotting down ideas, but it hardly breeds too much creativity. If only there were a better way to get your ideas down. That’s where Paper, a new app from the team behind Microsoft’s Courier tablet concept comes in.

Microsoft’s been jumping around and waving its arms at developers for a couple of years now, in an effort to get people excited about Windows Phone as an app platform. But the message still hasn’t stuck. That’s a sentiment being echoed by Rovio, the developer of Angry Birds, which has just dropped a massive bomb on Microsoft’s fledgling platform.

In the beginning, mobile phones were bricks that we’d drag around with us. Our idea of a ‘feature’ was a changeable cover or hidden aerial. Things have come a long way in twenty years and now shops like the Carphone Warehouse are littered with phones aimed at every demographic.