Microsoft‘s Outlook.com has been available to mobile users for a while, allowing them to access their Microsoft-centric email from a mobile device. Today the company has rolled out a new update for its Outlook.com for Android app, bringing some features and functionality that Android users have been requesting. This brings the app up to version […]
If you’ve always fancied trying your hand at data visualization but never really known where to start, Raw might just be the answer: a free tool designed to create vector-based visualizations from data that’s sat in a humble old spreadsheet.
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If you’re an Android fan who uses Google Maps, the application has been updated for Android users. The new update brings Google Maps for Android to version 7.3. The update brings no major new features to the mix, but it does change how some of the information within the app is presented. The update changes […]
Many of us are so used to typing on our respective keyboards these days, that when it comes to using our very own hand to write down some notes for a loved one, it might be rather difficult to do so since our hands have for the longest time, not been writing down page after page of notes or letters. In fact, there is nothing quite like a handwritten note when it comes to thank you cards or a personal message, and we have a company known as Bond Gifts from New York that might just use technology to deliver old world charm. They have revealed a robot that will work alongside an app that will be able to move a pen back and forth, scribbling a 255-character message in cursive, making it look as though it hailed from your very own hand.
Not only that, it will be extremely neat in nature, and this was made possible thanks to a freelance font designer, Rob Leuschke, who has come up with this connective script fonts which has been carefully planned and thought out in the first place. However, Bond’s handwriting robot is more “human” than normal, since it is capable of writing each “l” differently, so that not every letter would end up looking the same as the rest of the pack. It sure as heck could have fooled me! Enjoy the video above to see how this writing robot app does wonders.
Bond Gifts Delivers Writing Robot App original content from Ubergizmo. 
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It has been more than a year since the original Final Fantasy arrived on Android, and soon mobile gamers will be able to enjoy the sixth installment of the game on their iOS and Android devices. This information comes from Square Enix’s director and producer Takashi Tokita, who spoke to the folks over at Kotaku […]
Both the Android version (since recently) and the iOS version (since today) of Foursquare now work with the real-time recommendations engine introduced this year by the developers behind the project. You’ll find that the team behind this project have been waiting for some time to put it in the hands of Apple device users while […]
Yahoo appears to finally have gotten with the program with the Flickr app for iOS, allowing this newest update to carry the all-important automatic upload for iOS devices. The iPhone and the iPad can now set Flickr to automatically pull photos from their Camera Roll, uploading on mobile networks or Wi-fi depending on the users […]
Following the version 4.0 update that rolled out early in July, Skype has rolled out another big update for its Android app, bringing it to version 4.4. With the latest update, Skype for Android brings a redesigned user interface for tablet users, something Skype says is also available for those using its client on the […]
AppSeed is probably the handiest app you can have if you’re into creating apps. It’s an up-and-coming app that turns mock-ups and sketches of your app into a functioning prototype.
But let’s backtrack a little.
Normally, the application development process begins with conceptualizing the app and working out use cases. Once the idea is fully formed, it’s time to bring out the pen and paper to create wireframes and sketches of the app’s interface. For most, the next step involves hiring a developer to create a functional prototype. This is where AppSeed comes in.
At this point, you just take a picture of your app sketches, and fire the app up to let it get to work.
The use of computer vision speeds up the process and understands your sketches. AppSeed can identify an enclosed space in your sketch, allowing you to make it into a button, input text, map, or another UI element – making your sketch into a functioning prototype running on your phone.
AppSeed is up for funding on Kickstarter through tomorrow (10/9), where a minimum pledge of $8 CAD (~$7.25 USD) will get you access to the app once released.
I think people who live in New York City are extremely lucky, because there are so many developers out there who are setting up all sorts of apps and services targeted especially for them. One of the latest of these is TipTop.
It’s described as “a simple way to find the best of NYC.” It’s essentially a search service for those living in the area, but with a twist: it only displays results of the purported “best” of whatever it is you’re looking for.
Be it the best burger, the best pizza, or the best haircut even, just fill out the fields on the TipTop NYC site and click on the magnifying glass icon to start your search. And the bests aren’t just picked by critics – they’re ranked by the community’s votes.
The service was built and recently launched by Betaworks. Let’s hope they add the rest of the major cities in the great US of A to their database soon.
[via Laughing Squid]
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