The smartphone market has exploded in recent years and the use of apps to entertain and inform us, and to make us more productive, has seen an associated growth.

Here we list five Android apps that could help you as you drive on the roads of the UK. We’ve ignored the obvious GPS/Map/Navigator type apps because, well, theobvious. These are five apps you might not have thought about before. All are available on Android, and links are provided.

UK driving theory test

Available in both free and paid for versions, this app simply helps you prepare for the driving theory test in the UK. Essential if you have yet to pass your test and probably not a bad idea of you already have a license as a simple reminder of the rules of the road.

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CargoSmart, a sailing schedule company that has provided international cargo schedules for ten years, announced the creation of the SSM20 Lite on December 7, 2010 to help cargo owners locate ocean carriers quickly and efficiently. Not only can you choose from over 20 carriers, you can even see the overall rank of shippers and carriers alike. The overall rank allows you to decide whether or not it is worth your time to use one shipper or carrier, as opposed to another. Currently, there is an updated version 8.0 on the market that retains the same efficient sailing schedule operation as before.

SSM20 Lite

The SSM20 Lite is a formidable IPhone application due to its schedule selection. When you touch the CargoSmart icon on your IPhone, you should arrive at the carrier search engine. Select a carrier, origin city, destination city, and intended date range. The intended date range can stretch anywhere from four weeks before your travel to four weeks after your arrival.

The next page you arrive at will be the sailing schedules and the variety of scheduling selection features you can see on the page. The page features “First Port of Load” (FPL), “Port of Departure” (POD), departure and arrival times, transit times, and service. You can click on any sailing search result to view details. Schedule details consist of the following: vessel voyage, CY destination (full container from origin to destination), haulage, and final destination hub.

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Scandal rolled out this year with the phone and message hacking that News of the World and many other British publications were executing. Plus the persistent paparazzi here in the US (and the…uhm…indecent photos taken on cell phones that have been released of a number of major female celebrities) make me wonder – how do I know my phone isn’t being hacked?

Well, I’m not a celebrity or any kind of prominent media figure – most of us aren’t – but that doesn’t mean that my phone isn’t possibly hacked, or could be. I mean, come on – Facebook’s personal security is confusing at best, sketchy at worst – and millions of people use the social network on their phones every day.

For those who want to make sure that their phone and all the information that we access on them (these days, at least, for those of us that have smart phones) here are a few tips -

Don’t Be Stupid

Your smartphone is basically a very small computer. Like any other computer (even Macs), your phone is vulnerable to attacks, as well as viruses, and hacking from external sources – if you want evidence, just sit down and watch your favorite crime drama; I’m sure at some point they will talk about tracking phones.

Don’t open emails on your phone where you don’t know the recipient, don’t click on unknown links, don’t think that because your phone does have some built in security measures it means that your phone is iron clad – far from it!

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This is simply amazing! Imagine an app exclusively for those who are passionate about food preparation like Foodies, Chefs, and cooks. Truly, technology is on the rise, providing people with ways to improve lives.

Today, everything is literally at the tip of our fingers. With the new iPhone App for cooks, iPhone users can access hundreds of recipes by renowned chefs and cooks. Not only that, the app offers step-by-step preparation and cooking procedures of famous recipes by famous cooks and chefs such as Martha Stewart and Jamie Oliver.

Here are the amazing iPhone apps all cooks, chefs, and cooking enthusiasts will surely love.

Martha’s Everyday Food: Fresh & Easy Recipes

This app is under the Lifestyle category.This app offers iPhone users with thousands of easy to prepare recipes fit for family dinners and family gatherings. It also has great, colorful pictures that not only tickle the palate; it shows how the cooked food is supposed to look like when done.What’s more interesting with this app is that everyday food recipes that are downloadable are arranged according to main ingredients, cooking methods, and occasion. This arrangement makes researching for particular recipes easy and very manageable.This app will also help the user create a shopping list based on the ingredients found on the recipes. This is easily done with only a click or a tap. Moreover, sharing recipes is made very easy with this app.

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