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Monday, May 25, 2015
Facebook enables auto playing News Feed videos in iOS app
The new feature is something that could easily annoy many users. However, Facebook was smart enough to mute audio in the auto-playing videos by default. In order to hear the audio the user must still tap on the playing video. It also makes it more likely that people might actually stop and watch that video clip of your dancing dog instead of scrolling right past it.
The auto-playing feature comes at a time when other social networks are seeing a lot of people upload video clips to share with their friends (or the world, in the case of Twitters Vine) and this move by Facebook is in no doubt part of a plan to engage more users with videos on their site. It also opens the door for auto-playing video ads, however.
For those worried about using up their precious cellular data, Facebook was nice enough to add an "Auto-play on WiFi only" setting in the Settings app in iOS. This way, videos in your News Feed wont auto-play while you are on 3G or 4G.
To review and download FaceBook on the App Store click here.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Free Apps
Category: Social Networking
Updated: Dec 11, 2013
Version: 6.8
Size: 52.7 MB
Data source: via TUAW (By Michael Grothaus)
Friday, May 8, 2015
Improved App Store Search Engine Now Corrects For Users’ “Fat Finger” Mistakes Other Misspellings
A recent change to Apples App Store search engine now leads to improved search results for misspelled queries with small typos, weve learned.
In addition, searchers looking for an app they know by name, but are unsure if it has spaces in the title, are also seeing better results. For example, those looking for the highly ranked “QuizUp” game wouldnt have found it before if they had typed in “Quiz Up” with a space. Now it appears.
Sources familiar with the matter confirm to us that these App Store search engine changes went into effect a few weeks ago.
The improvements could lead to increased app downloads for affected developers, particularly those with hard-to-spell or lengthy titles, as many are only now beginning to realize.
“Thats great news for app publishers and yet another step in Apples efforts to improve app discoverability,” says Craig Palli, Chief Strategy Officer at mobile app marketer Fiksu, who also confirmed these changes following our inquiry.
The improvement is no small matter when it comes to pitting Apples App Store versus competitor Google Play, which has long since offered a spell checking function. For example, earlier this year, App Store SEO firm SearchMan had looked into the differences between the two platforms, and found that a simple misspelling of the word “calendar” (i.e., spelling it “calender”) led to 100 times more results in Google Play. It seems the only iOS apps returned were those who thought to include the misspelling as one of their keywords.
The company had run through a handful of misspellings to further demonstrate this problem (see slide 8 here, and above), which showed how much better Google Play was at correcting for typos and poorly spelled words.
SearchMan CEO Niren Hiro ran these same queries again for the date of November 24th, 2013 and found the results had definitely shifted, though not always for the better. (See chart below).
In the case where a misspelling returned few results, like “newz” which had 9 hits or “camara” which had 862, there was a dramatic improvement. But he spotted something else, too: there appears to be a cap of roughly 2,220 results on the misspelled words right now, which is why you see that misspelled keywords like “shoping” and “pocker” are actually seeing fewer results than before. This is likely the result of the App Store now correcting for the misspelling instead of looking for the exact keyword match.
Though the changes will lead some consumers to apps they may not have otherwise discovered, or at least get them there more quickly if they had made a “fat finger” mistake, they dont really represent a large volume of App Store queries.
In another test, George Lawrence, founder at App Store optimization firm Straply, pulled data for all the misspelled variations of the phrase “angry birds” on the iOS App Store, for example.
The correct spelling drove 98.48% of searches, but no misspelled variation even generated one percent of search volume. “Angery birds” was 0.46% of searches, “angri birds” was 0.37%, “angry blrds” was 0.32% of searches, and so on. There were only five misspelled variations that drove enough search volume to even rank, says Lawrence.
“Misspellings and mistypings are definitely happening in the App Store, but according to our volume estimates, those types of mistakes are still very much in the long tail,” he explains. “Many of the volumes are so low, they round to zero.”
Though misspellings may represent the long tail of App Store searches, correcting for these queries is an important feature for any search engine to offer, whether app search or otherwise. However, its clear that in search, as expected, Google has had the advantage here – its nearly 2014, and only now has Apple made this sort of basic feature live.
Still, the improvements should be positively received by the majority of the iOS developer community, except of course for the App Store equivalent of a domain name squatter, who may have been erroneously benefitting from users typos and mistakes until now.
Data source: via TC (By Sarah Perez)
Friday, April 3, 2015
An Apple Watch App That Tells You When Youre Going To Die
Do you know, when you are going to die? Of-course not. This app for Apple Watch uses several tools to decide and tells you, when youre going to die.
This app even offers you a timer, that tells you how much time you have left on earth. The idea behind this app was developed by Alaric Cole. He has already made a good use of the Watchkit SDK that Apple has released in the earlier week to develop the test version of his latest app. He has also created a short video in iOS simulator to preview the action.
This app will be available at $0.99 to let you know the demise of your own. As per the video the wearable device by Apple demonstrated the preview of the Deadline version. The Deadline version will show the current time and even the thearetical time that is left in your life.
There are several rules created by Apples Watch SDK tools including the screen resolution and complex interaction methods and that everyone needs to abide striclty.
For more information regarding the Coles Deadline concept for the Apple Watch, check-out the video. The app is already available on iPhone device for iOS 8.
About Anna Harris:
Anna Harris working as web content writer and a strategist for a major IT firm specialized in various mobile application development services for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and other operating systems.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015
Official Android App for FIFA World Cup 2014
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This official app provides an unmatched coverage of 197 leagues across the world. Personalize your app as per the World Match Centre with your favorite national teams and clubs. Now never miss a match till the final whistle blows. Check-out the regular updates to know the fate of your favorite team, find all the schedule details of every single match and exclusive destination guide alongwith team profiles. Check-out the rankings of your selected teams and also watch exclusive highlights.
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Anna Harris working as web content writer and a strategist for a major IT firm specialized in various mobile application development services for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and other operating systems.
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Monday, March 30, 2015
How to Find the Best iOS App Deals
Everyone loves a good discount when buying stuff and most of us check various websites to find the best deals when shopping for products online, so why should apps be any different? If youre looking for apps to go free so you can get them without using a debit card, or looking for deals and discounts because youre not sure an app is worth buying, there are a lot of different methods you can employ to get the best deals.
It might seem miserly to seek deals on apps considering that most apps sell for Rs. 60 or Rs. 120 - less than a cup of coffee in many places. But as some of the members of our team can attest, the small spends add up, and you could end up spending several thousand rupees over the course of a year. At that point, youre really going to wish youd looked for deals before making your purchases.
(Also see: Never Pay MRP: 3 Browser Extensions That Will Help You Save Money)
Well be bringing the best deals we can find to you every week, but in case you want to find deals yourself, heres what you need to know:
iOS
AppShopper
There are plenty of websites that show the best deals for iOS and Mac users, butAppShopper is our favourite, just ahead of 148apps. Between the two, we preferred AppShopper because its search is easier to customise, and lets you find apps according to category.
To see the discounts, you need only click on the "Price Drops" button in the top right. You can choose between iOS and Mac, or iPad only, iPhone only and Universal apps. You also have the option of searching for discounts and apps that have gone free, through simple toggles along the top bar.
In case you want to watch for price drops on favourite apps, then you can also sign up for AppShopper and add apps to your wishlist.
TouchArcade
Unlike AppShopper, which is mostly useful for finding deals, TouchArcade is a game focused site where youll get reviews and in-depth forum discussions about iOS games. Its a great way to also figure out what you should be downloading. The site also has a very useful app that lets you track sales on games as well. You can set it up with the following steps:
1. Download TouchArcade and open the app. Tap the gear icon on the top left > Watch List Updates > On > tap Done at the top.
2. Tap the search button on the top-right and search for your favourite games. Tap the game in the results. This will take you to Touch Arcades page for the game. Here, flip the binocular switch under the price. Now youll see the binoculars on a blue background. This means the game has been added to your watch list. Any time there is a price drop, or a review or an update to the games you added, youll get a notification. TouchArcade notifications dont come if you havent opened the app for several days, so just open it once every couple of days to keep it active.
AppPriceDrop
If you just want a simple list of apps that have gone on discount, then TouchArcade and AppShopper arent useful enough. Youll need to get either the Appsgonefree orAppPriceDrop apps.
AppsGoneFree updates once a day with a short list of apps on discount, sort of like the Yahoo News Digest of discounts. AppPriceDrop on the other hand shows a list of all apps that have gotten a discount, which can be sorted by category. It is based on the US app store, so while it should still be useful, it might sometimes show something as discounted, which isnt even available here.
IFTTT
IFTTT, short for If This Then That, is a great service that lets you automate several tasks. You can make it do several things, such as send you alerts when the currency exchange rate crosses a threshold, for you. It has a channel called AppZapp, which lets you track app deals for top-rated apps. Heres how to set it up.
1. Go to IFTTT > Create a Recipe.
2. Youll see this in huge font size: "if this then that". Click "this" > select AppZapp > scroll to the bottom > select one of six triggers.
3. Triggers are events that tell IFTTT to send you an alert. In the case of AppZapp, the triggers you can choose from are when a top-rated app goes on sale, goes free or gets an update. These three triggers are available for Apples App Store and Google Playstore. Pick the trigger you want to get relevant alerts, such as top app gone free.
4. Now choose your country, device and category of apps you want an alert for. Now click Create Recipe.
5. The next step will show you the same text you saw in step 2. Instead of "this", youll see the AppZapp icon. Now click on "that". This is where you select the kind of alerts you want. We recommend that you pick one of Email Digest, Android notifications and iOS notifications. This will send you one email every day or a quick notification on your smartphone. You need to install the IFTTT app on your phone to get this to work.
We found this to be the best method to keep an eye on apps on sale or apps that go free due to the notifications. You can tap these notifications, tap the alert in the IFTTT app and you will be redirected to the App Store. This method also works for Google Play, and in our next article well also point you to more resources you can browse when looking for deals on Android apps.
Top iPhone App Development Companies in India
Apple pays more than $10 billion to third party developers as daily revenue, but finding a credible third party app development company can be tricky. There are some parameters to judge whether a company really deserves to be the one such as, whether they deliver the projects on-time, their rates are according to the market norms and many other questions. Its really necessary to finish your homework before picking the right company.
Our expert analysts have done an extensive research and prepared the list of top 5 best iPhone app development companies based in India.
Hidden Brains
Hidden Brains is among the leading iPhone app development companies in India with more than 750 mobile apps and 125+ iPhone app developers. The developers at Hidden Brains acknowledges the latest methodologies for iPhone Application development delivering groundbreaking quality apps for all sort of business verticals. Get more about Hidden Brains.
SiliconInfo
SiliconInfo is a 10 year old company offering mobile applications and other high-end web solutions at affordable rates. This company has good ranking on Google for many keywords related to iPhone.
WillowTreeApps
WillowTreeApps renders all enterprise level mobile deployments such as Mobile Business Strategy, Process Design, Native App Development, Cloud/API Integration & Development and lots more. Its more than a mobile app development company.
XcubeLabs
XcubeLabs is a veteran player with more than 250 iPhone apps already in the market. XcubeLabs have a vast experience in developing addictive and user-interactive apps.
360 Technosoft
360 Technosoft possesses experienced iPhone app developers that can work on all relevant SDKs for the development of iPhone apps. 360 Technosoft renders mobile apps at cost-effective rates for various business needs.
About Anna Harris:
Anna Harris working as web content writer and a strategist for a major IT firm specialized in various mobile application development services for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and other operating systems.
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Sunday, March 29, 2015
Nokia Refocus app gets an update new Lumia name
The Nokia Refocus app for Windows Phone has been rebranded with a new name. The app is now called Lumia Refocus in the spirit of Microsoft’s recent changes, which saw almost everything drop the Finns’ brand.
Other than that, the app hasn’t been changed in any way. The Lumia Refocus lets you take a shot and choose what you want in focus later. You can choose effects such as “all in focus” and “color pop” and then share the Refocus photos.
Sadly, the app works only on Lumia devices, leaving smartphones from HTC, Huawei and ZTE incapable of running it. In case you own a Lumia smartphone and haven’t given the Refocus app a shot, follow the source link below.
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Google Fit app lands in the Play Store
Google Fit has arrived in the Play Store. The app is meant to be the central repository for all your fitness-related data. It automatically detects whether you’re walking, biking, or running.
It lets you set and monitor fitness goals based on your activity levels, and it can be connected to other apps too – Strava, Withings, Runtastic, Runkeeper, and Noom Coach being name dropped by Google in its official announcement.
All of the information from those apps will be available inside Google Fit too, so you won’t need to check a few different apps for different types of data. Google Fit will also give you performance-based recommendations for your activity goals.
Google Fit is compatible with Android Wear smartwatches, and there’s a Web-based version of the app atgoogle.com/fit. On Android, it works regardless of device, on phones and tablets alike.
Nokia’s navigation app Here comes Tizen and Galaxy devices – Nutech
Nokia’s navigation app Here is also available for Tizen- and Galaxy devices.
from October
Samsung software licenses Lord, the same company behind the navigation app covered by Nokia.
As part of this deal is the Lord app released for all devices running Samsung’s Tizen OS or within the Galaxy product line. Galaxy users have to download the app itself, the Gear S smart watch is already installed by default.
Offline use
Here app for Tizen and Galaxy devices is both online and offline. Thus, users can download certain cards and then not dependent on a continuous Internet connection for navigation.
the app also supports synchronization between smartphone / tablet and smart watch. So it is possible to plan via the smartphone app a route and then via bluetooth by sending your smart watch it.
Here app is currently available for free for Windows 8.1 devices. There is also a web version that is accessible to everyone. The software offers maps for anything less than two hundred countries and access to about half of these, including the Netherlands.
Publication date
Here app for Galaxy and Tizen devices will be launched in October. Along with Gear S An exact date yet.
It is also not known whether Samsung to license Lord completely distances itself from Google Maps, competitive navigation app from Google. Missing The South Korean smartphone manufacturer is trying to Tizen too narrow. Its reliance on Google’s Android operating system
A spokesman for Lord let to TechCrunch already know that the app at a later time also comes to other devices, which probably means Android in general.
This is how the Galaxy S looks Gear
Galaxy S: In five aircraft to the top
By: NU.nl/Marcel Vroegrijk
Image: NU.nl
5 Incredible iPhone App Deals for You This Weekend
Looking to download a few great iPhone apps while saving some money this weekend? Check out these five, all on sale or free right now.
Van Gogh: Painted With Words
With plenty of apps released by the world’s largest museums, you might think there’s little room for apps focused on a single artist. But this Van Gogh app is a true work of complete adoration for the artist, which makes as much apparent in the final product.
Get it Free from iTunes
Beer Buddy
An app that allows you to scan barcodes on beer bottles in order to learn more about your beverage, Beer Buddy is perhaps much more useful than many would like to admit. It’s a constant struggle to remember the name of a beer you once had at that place after your buddy’s thing that time a year ago.
Get it Free from iTunes
File Hub
A great app for storing or managing files, File Hub allows you to monitor all your cloud services, like Google Drive and Dropbox. The app provides a single uniform platform to access your files across those services.
Get it at $3.99 from iTunes
Routina
Routina is a completely different kind of productivity/reminder app. It’s not a grocery list or a workflow organizer; rather, Routina reminds you of recurring events. Simply tell your app to remind you to pay rent every month, visit the doctor twice a year.
Get it at $0.99 from iTunes
NewsBar
NewsBar is a very customizable RSS reader that allows you to curate news based on source, keyword, or interest, publishing updates to your phone the moment a story goes live. No swipe and load—the app sends you a notification that stories have been loaded to your device.
Get it Free from iTunes
About Anna Harris:
Anna Harris working as web content writer and a strategist for a major IT firm specialized in various mobile application development services for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and other operating systems.
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Rooms message board app by Facebook launches for iOS
Facebook launched a brand new app for iOS dubbed Rooms. The newcomer allows users to create or participate in message boards that cover any topic they might be interested in.
The app consist of rooms that are organized by area of interest. Users can choose a different nickname for every room, as well as customize its look and feel.
The message boards in Rooms will support moderators, age restriction, as well as rules for participation. The app will not be connected to Facebook and your list of friends.
Josh Miller is the man behind Rooms. Branch, the web discussions website he co-founded was acquired by the social networking giant last year.
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