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Apple has launched a new section of its App Store called Games for Kids, with a selection of iOS games that are made with a child audience in mind
Some of the apps that are listed in the Games for Kids store include LEGO Ninjago Rebooted, Club Penguin, Thomas and Friends: Lift & Haul,...
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Amazon Appstore Summit, Code Node, London, October 2015. Unique insights into the Appstore eco-system. Images copyright of www.edtelling.com
After two years of creating excuses for NOT immediately draining my wallet, I finally succumbed to that itch known as Apple Fever, got on Amazon and ordered an iPod Touch. There were three important milestones that the iPod Touch had reached which made it feasible for me to finally buy it. First, the flash drive capacity was finally at a storage level that could handle my music and video collection. Second, Apple finally added a headphone that came with a default microphone, plus those cool remote controls. Third, Skype was released into the App Store.
The Skype app in particular fascinated me. Since cell phones are discouraged, if not outright banned at my job, I rarely used my funky little clamshell Samsung phone and when I did, I was usually already at home. The reality of using my cell phone at home and the sudden appearance of the Skype on the App Store led to this cool, calculating equation.
Home = (WiFi + iPod Touch) Skype = Cell Phone
In other words, since I was usually at home when making calls where WiFi is readily available at all times, why not just ditch the cell phone, buy an iPod Touch and use Skype to make my calls?
This sounds great in theory, but the iPod as phone equation suffers from a couple distinct problems. Although the sound quality on the iPod Touch is very clear (assuming you have broadband internet), the current version of Skype on the iPhone/iPod Touch doesn't support push notifications, and you can't receive a call on Skype unless you're already logged into Skype. In other words, you can't receive a call unless Skype is running in the background at all times. And since Apple doesn't currently allow multi-tasking with third party apps on the iPhone/iPod Touch, there is no way to get a call unless you already know someone is about to call you, which defeats the purpose of having a phone in the first place (Although, I have to add that Skype works perfectly on a Mac and you can also make free video calls).
Of course, the people at Skype could very well be on the verge of updating their app with push notifications any day now and there are a couple of positives with using Skype in its current state. Using Skype over the internet removes any penalties involved in calling someone long distance, but only if that person is also using Skype. Skype-to-Skype calls are always free. Of course, it is also possible to call regular landlines and mobiles on Skype, but you have to buy "credits," which is just minutes disguised under another name. The per minute rates vary from country to country, but overall they're not that bad. The rates in the continental U.S. hover around the 2 cent a minute mark or 5 cents a minute if you call a state like Hawaii or Alaska.
Considering the current limitations, using the iPod Touch as a phone is not an entirely a feasible concept, but with a few changes with either Apple or the people at Skype (background processes or push notifications), it could become a reality in the not so distant future.
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Apple has kicked-off a restricted-period purchase on 20 efficiency apps within the iOS Appstore in a part entitled “Incredible Efficiency Apps”. With a few of the applications available just for $0.99, the marketing is a superb method to fill up on efficiency resources....
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Didn't I say something yesterday about the Tech Media judging Apple based on the Mac versus Windows saga that played out over twenty years ago? Well, we got another idiot at Seeking Alpha doing exactly that.
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First let me address this little nugget of wisdom:
"Apple's software platform and OS are too closed. It's a bit to capricious and is rather blatant about keeping competitive apps off the IPhone. This pattern is very similar to the OS wars between Apple and Microsoft. In the end, the crappier software won the day because their platform was open."
This kind of idiocy gets repeated so much in the Tech Media that it's almost taken as gospel. How in the holy hell is an App Store with close to 100,000 apps and thousands of developers considered closed? Now I can agree with the whole sentiment that it was totally wrong for Apple to deny Google Voice, but to contrast Apple's strategy with Microsoft? I mean, COME ON, does this guy really think Microsoft won the OS Wars because their platform for developers was more "open?" Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Microsoft kill Word Perfect, Lotus 1-2-3 and Netscape in their innocent quest for that "open" platform known as Windows?
Okay, but the writer rambles on and apparently drinks Drano before spitting out this piece of wisdom:
"Google also has a huge base of web users that can be leveraged into the mobile handset world."
Excuse me if I'm wrong, but isn't most of the stuff that Google provides on the web FREE? And I see a lot of normally smart people, Mac users even, make this same mistake about Google. Google is all about advertising! They have nothing whatsoever to leverage on the web while their stuff remains free and on the web. Why?
Imagine a scenario where Google suddenly pulls all their stuff from the iPhone. Devastating, right? I mean, naturally, you would think so. So let's say you want to access Google Maps now, what ever will you do? I don't know about you, but I open up Safari Mobile and turn the Google Maps section of Google's web site into a Web Clip on my iPhone.
Remember Web Clips? It was the preferred method of putting apps on the iPhone before all those greedy developers clamored for the "closed" environment known as the iPhone App Store.
In fact, Web Clips are how people have been accessing Google Voice after Apple barred it from the App Store a couple months ago. But I know what you're thinking. This is inconvenient, right? Wouldn't it be much better to have a NATIVE app for that sort of thing?
Uh, why exactly? Either way, you have to be connected to the internet to access the service, right? So what's the big deal?
Okay, I could see this being a problem with accessing YouTube because as we all know, Safari Mobile doesn't support Flash, but this is a minor caveat in a much bigger discussion. Google, as it stands now, has absolutely nothing to leverage while they remain both free and on the web. The only way they could possibly leverage their apps is by making people pay to use their service on the web, while providing it for free to Android users.
And to do that Google would have to ditch that whole "Do No Evil" idea, don't you think?
(Thanks to PCTechNerd at androidcommunity.com for the pic)
Специальный проект KINDERFOX.RU к юбилею WWF в России.
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Read the review at www.iPhoneSavior.com
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A small infographic contained inside an app for celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the Titanic wreckage.
The app can be downloaded here: itunes.apple.com/it/app/titanic100/id516191459?mt=8
Pedestrian navigations uses compass of the iPhone 3G S.
On the iPhone 3G S pedestrian navigation is also possible in 3D mode. The map is being oriented automatically in walking direction.
Re-routing on demand.
Aerial direction to the destination is being indicated at any time.
BodyShuffle, the new photography/entertainment app by Zappitize is now available in the iTunes App Store and is FREE until October 15th!
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BodyShuffle lets you take photos of your friends, family and pets and then swap out heads, torsos and legs to create hilarious mash-ups. The possibilities are endless and ridiculous. Perfect for any age group, BodyShuffle puts guaranteed laughter and amusement at your fingertips. So download BodyShuffle today and start shuffling!
Read the review at www.iPhoneSavior.com
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Amazon Appstore Developer Summit, Tuesday, 4th October at CodeNode, London. Images copyright www.edtelling.com
Ya me extrañaba a mi no tener una súper "factura" de Apple, el mismo 11 de julio descargué las 106 aplicaciones gratuitas disponibles aquel día en la App Store del iPhone...
BodyShuffle, the new photography/entertainment app by Zappitize is now available in the iTunes App Store and is FREE until October 15th!
itunes.apple.com/us/app/bodyshuffle!/id555023106?ls=1&...
BodyShuffle lets you take photos of your friends, family and pets and then swap out heads, torsos and legs to create hilarious mash-ups. The possibilities are endless and ridiculous. Perfect for any age group, BodyShuffle puts guaranteed laughter and amusement at your fingertips. So download BodyShuffle today and start shuffling!