Apple's education announcement featured a new version of the iBooks app to handle the company's new electronic textbook format, along with free software for creating those interactive textbooks.

If you’ve tried looking for the OnLive Desktop but couldn’t find it in the Australian App Store, and were as disappointed as I am that OnLive couldn’t get its damned act together for us Down Under, there is another way – even if it’s slightly fiddly.

LogMeIn has unveiled a free mobile app to bring its remote desktop capabilities to even more iOS devices for free. Based on the paid LogMeIn Ignition app, the new app lets any iOS owner remotely view, access and control their PCs or Macs from their iPad or iPhone from anywhere with an internet connection.

The HTC Sensation XL reflects the growing maturity of the smartphone market. It’s an elegant, albeit large, handset that performs well and ticks all the boxes for a mobile data management and communications device.

The appetite of Apple’s Mac App Store users knows no bounds, with now over 100 million Mac apps having been downloaded “in less than one year”, according to Apple’s ‘appy announcement.

What was hot in the iTunes Store and App Store during 2011? Some of the answers may surprise you.

Optus has released a customised version of the fetchtv app for iOS devices.

The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is now one year old. While it is growing, download volumes are still a small fraction of those from Apple's App Store for iOS devices.

iOS 5.0 received a generally good reception from iPhone owners. Two particular issues were reduced battery life, and the absence of Siri for the iPhone 4. Apple's done something about one, but not the other.

Nuance has announced the Dragon Recorder app, allowing iOS users to use their device as a voice recorder on the go.