Google Now, the uber useful Android Jelly Bean do it all, may be coming to iOS. Of course it won’t have all the widgets and wizardry that the Android version provides but if this leaked promo ad for Google Now on iOS is to be believed, it will show you all the personalized information you didn’t know you needed on your iPhone. More »
Earlier today we reported on a leaked screenshot that revealed that Instagram could be arriving for Windows Phone. The screenshot appeared to be legit and thanks to additional rumors and screenshots courtesy of @anontechleaks, Windows Phone users could be in for a treat. Come May, not only will you be able to download Instagram, but big titles such as the recently released Real Racing 3 and Temple Run 2! Those are some pretty heavy titles on both iOS and Android, so by releasing them on the Windows Phone platform, there are now more reasons to make the switch if you were considering such a move. @anontechleaks claims that the apps are already in the WP Store, but like yesterday’s screenshot revealed, they are not available for download, indicating that while they look ready for launch, they are waiting for permission to do so.
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iCoolHunt is a gamified photo-sharing service centered around trend-spotting, otherwise known as “cool-hunting.”
Being able to map out pretty much the entire world is something Google has set out to do with its Google Maps service. One place they’re probably not allowed to map is your home, although we’re sure many of you would probably welcome Google to your home, as long as they gave you enough time to clean up beforehand.
If you’ve ever wanted to map out your own personal living space but didn’t know exactly how to do it, MagicPlan may be what you’re looking for. The way MagicPlan works is through a combination of sensor fusion, augmented reality and reality capturing to let your mobile device draw a floor plan of your home.
The entire process is said to work quickly as CEO of Sensopia Pierrer Gaubil says the technology took three years of work to be created. “It takes away the burden of measuring and drawing and needing to move furniture, It is a huge time saver, and there are so many potential applications and partnerships.”
MagicPlan is available to download on your iOS device for $3.
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I’ve been a die-hard “Apple evangelist” for over twenty years – first an avid Mac user, then an early adopter of both iPod and iPhone. In the 90s, when everyone I knew used Windows, I tried to switch them to Mac. In the 2000s, when everyone had Creative-brand MP3 players, I tried to switch them to iPod and iTunes. A few months ago I switched from iPhone to Android. Now the running joke is that I’ve become an Android evangelist. More »
Despite being such a (relatively) new category of device tablets are racing up on their smaller cellular cousins, with rapidly growing user adoption and smartphone-surpassing web page traffic generation. Little wonder then that tablet apps are also generating increasing amounts of revenue — predicted to pass smartphone app revenue within five years.
Making a forecast in a new report, analyst ABI Research predicts tablets will account for more than a third (35%) of total app revenues this year, or some $8.8 billion out of a total pool of $25 billion. That’s still a way behind smartphones of course — projected to generate $16.4 billion this year, or just under double the amount generated by tablet apps — but the revenue share is growing and ABI reckons tablets will surpass smartphones in app revenue generation by 2018.
The reasons for tablets to become ultimate app revenue winners are down to their larger screen, which offers plenty of scope for developers to build attractive wares, and also lower cost slates helping to ramp up tablet ownership and increase app downloads, reckons ABI.
“The larger screen makes apps and content look and feel better, so there are more lucrative opportunities,” says senior analyst Aapo Markkanen in a statement. ”One might think that the bigger installed base of smartphones would compensate for the disparity, but that notion fails to take into account the arrival of low-cost tablets, which hasn’t even started yet at its earnest. The smartphones paved the way for them, but in the end we believe that it’s the tablets that will prove the more transformative device segment of the two.”
The analyst adds that the tablet category is also well placed to open up the computing market by addressing underserved demographic groups such as the elderly and children. “The really big deal about tablets is how they will help to finally bring the computing age to, for instance, children and the elderly,” says Markkanen. ”The business opportunity associated with them is undeniable, but at the same they can also bring about very significant social benefits.”
On the OS front, ABI predicts that the lion’s share of the app wealth this year will continue to be generated within Apple’s iOS ecosystem: it expects 65% of the combined $25 billion to come from iOS vs just over a quarter (27%) from Google’s Android ecosystem. While “the other mobile platforms” will generate the remaining 8% between them (ABI does not break this out).
Despite dominating app revenue, ABI recently predicted that Apple’s iOS will only account for 33% of the smartphone app downloads this year, vs. 58% being Android apps. However Apple’s tablet lead with its iPad devices continues to be a big one, with ABI expecting 75% of the tablet apps downloaded this year to be iPad apps, vs. just 17% being Android apps. Amazon (with its Kindle Fire tablet) is projected to get around 4% app share, while Windows tablets are relegated to around 2%.
Adrià en Casa is the cooking app by the most famous chef in the world, Ferran Adrià, the co-owner of elBulli—the best restaurant in the world that sadly is no more. It is the distillation of decades of experience and cooking technique into a clever app with a perfect design. I’m on a two month sabbatical now, but I’m enjoying it so much that I had to write about it. More »
There’s an outlet located under your steering wheel in your car that connects to your vehicle’s onboard diagnostic computer. You probably don’t think about unless you’re taking your ride to be serviced. But you can take advantage of a bunch of data it tracks with a new piece of hardware called Automatic. It has the potential to make you a better driver and save you a little money along the way. More »
Google just took some time at SXSW to show off Google Glass, and it’s pulled back the curtains on some apps that are currently in the works. As it turns out, Page and Co. have been working with the New York Times to build an application. Just ask for some news and Glass will deliver a headline, a byline, an accompanying image and the number of hours since the article in question was posted. What’s more is that users can tap and have the eyewear read the story’s text aloud. The duo are also testing a breaking news feature where notifications regarding fresh stories will appear as they’re published. Gmail also got some time in the limelight with its very own app. An email sender’s image and subject line will appear on the device’s screen, and users can reply by dictating their messages.
Evernote and Skitch received some love from the folks in Mountain View too, with the ability to send images to the services through Glass’ share functionality. Social networking app Path has found its way onto the wearable computing bandwagon as well. Not only do Google’s spectacles receive curated updates from the network — to keep you from being bombarded, of course– but they allow users to add emoticons to a friend’s post and reply with comments. Not impressed? “This is just where we started with a few friends to test the API in its early stage,” says Google Glass developer evangelist Timothy Jordan.
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Sometimes your smartphone snaps don’t make you look that great. Facetune is there for those occasions when you could use some help in the appearance department. More »
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