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SoundCloud

By Jemma | Posted in Entertainment, Social networking, Uncategorized | January 12, 2011 – 1:01 pm

Roll up, roll up, all wannabe musicians get on the SoundCloud…

SoundCloud was founded in 2007 in Germany. The idea of the project was to allow musicians to share recordings with each other but it eventually developed in to a full publishing tool allowing musicians to promote, collaborate and distribute their music tracks.

The app allows musicians to leave feedback on each others music but more specifically certain parts of the recording. This gives for a more personal experience and allows you to give constructive (hopefully) criticism to your fellow musicians on certain areas of a track.

There is no file size limit and SoundCloud player can be embedded on to different sites including blogs, helping musicians to publish their music around the web quickly and easily.

MySpace

As MySpace continues to dwindle in to obscurity, its sites such as Soundcloud that are taking over the members it left behind. MySpace enjoyed huge success after it was founded in 2003, but recently the numbers have continued to dwindle with a redesign earlier in the year unable to help the struggling social networking site. A lot of critics now believe sites such as SoundCloud are first choice for musicians to post their music.

Mobile

There is an official app available for Android which allows users to record sounds on the go and then upload then straight away. The best thing about it? It’s free!

Pricing

There is a free option available with the app and a 14-day free trial with all the paying packages. The Free package offers 120 upload minutes which is more than enough to give the software a good go.

Free – Free

Lite – €29 / year

Solo – €79 / year

Pro – €250 / year

Pro Plus – €500 / year

Useful Android apps

By Cheryl | Posted in Android, Twitter at 12, Uncategorized | November 24, 2010 – 12:59 pm

As an Android user myself, I thought I would put together a few simple apps that are ‘must-haves’ for your mobile phones.

Advanced Task Killer

Having many apps running on your phone through the day can drain youbattery. This little program will run in the background, allowing you toview and kill any unwanted processes.

Price: Free

FourSquare

A great little app for on the go if you’re interested in the FourSquare revolution. The program has a simple interface with three tabs on the top; Friends, Place and Me.

Friends – Keep up with you friends, and view their last location.

Place – Automatically search for locations in your area and then sign in.

Me – View your profile

Price: Free

Barcode Scanner

If you look around the web for new Android applications often, chances are you will have come across the option to scan a barcode to download an app; this handy little app is just what you need to do that. The software has the ability to scan CD’s, books etc, allowing you to read reviews before purchasing.

Price: Free

SugarSync

A must-have for users who want to access documents between their phone and other devices. SugarSync offers users the ability to sync, backup,share and access files between multiple computers and phones. This is a great app and is suitable for people who want to access their data on the go and keep a backup of any important files.

Price: Free 2GB account / Packages start at $4.99 a month

Photoshop Express

As a huge fan of Photoshop, it’s great to have the graphics editing program available for mobile phones. It’s basic, as you would expect, but does allow you to crop, rotate, colour correct and apply effects to all your photos. Open a free Photoshop account and upload and share all your images.

Price: Free

Key Ring

So many shops… so many rewards cards. Key Ring is a great way to clear your purse or wallet of all your cards. The idea is to scan the barcode or membership number, these will then be saved for easy access when you get to the till.

Price: Free

Fact Friday – The facts on computers

By Jemma | Posted in Fact Friday, Uncategorized | November 19, 2010 – 1:01 pm

It is very rare to find someone without a PC or laptop of some kind in their home. They are undoubtedly the most popular must have piece of technology in the world. So what are the facts? Let the team of QuadroNation take you on a whistle stop tour of all things techi…

Where did it all start?

The Z1 originally created by Germany’s Konrad Zuse in his parents’ living room in 1936 to 1938 is considered to be the first electrical binary programmable computer.

In the 1970s Hewlett Packard introduced fully programmable computers that fit entirely on top of a desk, including a small one-line display, a keyboard and printer.

The first laptop is considered to be the Osborne I, a portable computer developed by Adam Osborne that weighed 24 pounds, 64 KB of memory, a 5-inch display, two 5 1/4″ floppy drives, and a modem.

The first Apple known as the Apple I was designed by Steve Wozniak in 1976.

Here is when the big names released their first computers:

Toshiba – In 1954 Toshiba introduces its first computer, the “TAC” digital computer.

NEC – In 1958 NEC builds its first computer the “NEAC 1101.”

Hewlett Packard – In 1966 Hewlett Packard released its first general computer, the “HP-2115.”

Compaq – March 1983 Compaq released its first computer and the first 100% IBM compatible computer the “Compaq Portable.”

Dell – In 1985 Dell introduced its first computer, the “Turbo PC.”

Computers have clearly grown immensely since the first one back in the 1930’s and to some people living without one is simply not an option. Businesses are obviously in no rush to stop developing and improving and we don’t intend to try and stop them.