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The Best iPad Apps for Businesses

Many people underestimate what an iPad can achieve, believing tablet devices to be more for social purposes than anything else. Having a company iPad can actually be a great investment, injecting a feeling of modernity and fun to the office. Not only is an iPad less stale than static PC they are also known for encouraging creativity, which is always great when it comes to the world of work. At Simtek World we are constantly using company iPads, keeping track of stock, liaising with customers as well carrying out many other operational tasks with them. Here are our favourite iPad apps for businesses, we hope they help you! Mint.com Mint.com's iPad app is great to monitor company finances, allowing account...

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Which Smartphones Have the Best Camera?

Nowadays we do not simply use our mobile phones to call and text, with modern handheld devices now giving us access to a whole new technologically-driven world. From talking face-to-face with people using FaceTime to shopping for our groceries on Tesco online, the smartphone is now positioned at the epicentre of our lives. One of the biggest selling points of a smartphone is the integrated camera, with new technology now permitting everyone to be a Photographer in the making. With phones now offering cameras built with editing features this generation is given us more and more aspiring Photographers than ever before, all wanting to know what smartphones are built with the best technology.  Here are our top 3 suggestions. iPhone...

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6 Ways to Save iPhone Battery

Bad iPhone battery is a universal problem that we all feel the brunt of on a daily basis. With mobile phones being used for a plethora of reasons, from business and education to creativity and socialising, it is imperative that we get the most from our Apple products. Here are a few ways in which you can make your battery last longer. Tweak brightness Brightness can be a real drain on battery juice and although the iPhone has autobrightness it can be more beneficial to deactivate this, changing the brightness of your screen manually. With altering the brightness requiring you to go into Settings you can alternatively download SmartBright, an app that makes it easier to brighten and dim the...

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Top 3 Photo Management Apps

One of our biggest bugbears here at Simtek World is seeing phones wasting data, with people not being able to use their smartphones to their fullest capacity due to the memory being clogged up by pictures. As we are in generation Selfie this issue is only going to worsen, with iPhones around the world ram packed with pictures. With the growth of camera technology the need for photo management apps has expanded. For this reason we at Simtek wanted to explore 5 different apps that aid the declutter process. Tidy Tidy is an app that has become extremely popular of late; doing exactly what it suggests it does - tidy! The app was produced by Covworks and is known for...

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