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Stuart Dredge

Stuart Dredge is a freelance journalist and contributing editor to Guardian Technology, specialising in apps, mobile content and digital music.

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September 2020

  • Woman with a baby at a laptop

    20 best apps to get you organised

    From improving work productivity to managing shopping lists and family commitments, these apps will help you stay in control

July 2020

  • Stuart Dredge tries out virtual reality boxing kit.

    Can virtual reality really get you fit?

    Our writer dons a headset and turns boxer, air guitarist and saber wielder in a bid to shake off his lockdown lassitude

May 2020

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    20 apps to up your skills

    Want something to show for the weeks you have spent in lockdown? These apps will help you achieve your aims

April 2020

  • Games

    From Fortnite to Fifa: 100 great video games to play in lockdown

    From being a goose on the loose to controlling whole galaxies, here’s a world of experiences for all the family

March 2020

  • Khan Academy Kids app

    20 learning apps for stir-crazy kids

  • Constructive … worldwide favourite Minecraft lets groups of eight play together.

    25 best video games to help you socialise while self-isolating

September 2019

  • All you need to know about Roblox

    A million and a half children in the UK are regular users of the creative gaming platform. What is its appeal – and is it safe?

August 2019

  • L-R: Mortal Kombat 11, Apex Legends, Pikuniku, Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry 5, Void Bastards composite

    Best games of 2019 so far

    Trigger-happy chaos in Apex Legends, thoughtful exploration in Sunless Skies and witty adventures in Shakespearean London are part of a bumper year for PC, console and mobile games

November 2018

  • Space Pioneer

    The best new Android and iPhone games for 2018

    Pop bubbles, play pool, become a neighbourhood god, a viking hero, or start a craft beer empire in 2018’s best new mobile games for iPhone and Android.
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    Safe gaming: 21 family-friendly apps for children

    The best fun and educational software that won’t bombard impressionable brains with aggressive adverts or adult content
  • Girl playing with tablet om bed

    Do your children’s apps give them the hard sell?

    Parents’ unwillingness to stump up cash for children’s apps is exposing their offspring to adult ad-sales techniques

March 2018

  • #DeleteFacebook has gathered momentum since the Cambridge Analytica fallout.

    You’ve decided to delete Facebook but what will you replace it with?

    After the Cambridge Analytica data-breach row many users are looking to switch their social media accounts. What sites and apps could prove an option?

January 2018

  • Illustration of giant hand in 'stop' gesture coming out of a smartphone screen

    Mobile phone addiction? It’s time to take back control

    With more than half of young adults admitting to excessive use of smartphones, we look at the apps designed to break the habit

November 2017

  • Smartphone apps

    Observer's best gadgets 2017
    The 20 best apps to improve your smartphone

    Whether you want an alarm that syncs with your body clock or a to-do list you can speak to, these are the apps you’ll need to make your smartphone smarter

October 2017

  • Podcasts

    Best podcasts of 2017 part 1: from the buzziest to politics and brain food

    Our experts pick the year’s best listening

August 2017

  • george philip wright jon eades and siavash mahdavi at abbey road studios in north west london

    AI and music: will we be slaves to the algorithm?

    Tech firms have developed AI that can learn how to write music. So will machines soon be composing symphonies, hit singles and bespoke soundtracks?

July 2017

  • Beyoncé with her twins on Instagram

    Ten tips that will make you a master of Instagram

    It is one of the fastest-growing social networks, but are you making the most of its photo and video features? Get some handy hints

April 2017

  • Parkour in Budapest<br>epa05880558 A man practices parkour tricks at the park of Varosmajor in Budapest, Hungary, 30 March 2017. Practitioners’ aim to get from one point to another in a complex environment, without assistive equipment and in the fastest and most efficient way possible. EPA/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT

    20 apps to get you out and about

  • A woman uses a Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset

    Virtual reality: Is this really how we will all watch TV in years to come?

March 2017

  • Silhouette of a man using a mobile phone

    Why political rebels love WhatsApp

    MPs are increasingly turning to tech to coordinate political skulduggery, but their ignorance of encryption is a security risk
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