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Live on stage Apple is set to announce their new iPhone 5S as well as launch iOS 7 to the world. While we’re still waiting for the exciting news, Tim Cook is quickly talking about iWork. Which just so happens to be one of the most popular and best-selling mobile productivity apps to date. Focusing […]

It was this past April when the folks behind SnapChat announced its users were sending a total of 150 million photos per day, which we’re sure many of those using the service are sharing only the finest and family-friendly images that need to self destruct in 5 seconds. Nearly 5 months later, SnapChat is making another announcement as to how many “snaps” are being sent per day.  This time, their snaps per day has grown to a total of 350 million. That means in just 5 months, SnapChat has achieved 200 million snaps, which is quite the achievement.

SnapChat’s continued growth is also impressive considering social-networking giant Facebook attempted to get in on the action when they released Poke back in December. “It’s certainly scary when a giant enters your space,” SnapChat CEO Evan Spiegel said during his interview. “We now talk about it as the greatest Christmas present we ever got.”

SnapChat’s growth will certainly continue judging by its current rate, although considering they’ve also released a version of their application on the Galaxy Gear, we have no doubt the amount of snaps that are shared every day will continue to grow and grow. Now if only SnapChat would pay a little attention towards Windows Phone 8 devices.

SnapChat Achieves 350 Million ‘Snaps’ A Day Milestone original content from Ubergizmo.

While freemium games are a developer’s new way to make a lot of money, such as Candy Crush that was reported to be raking in $633,000 per day, they are the bane of parents around the world where there have been reports of children racking up thousands because they thought that the items they were purchasing were free, due to the app being free itself.

Some kids probably had no idea what they were getting themselves into, while others probably did not think it would add up to much, but either way the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has had enough and are launching an investigation which will hopefully allow parents and children to be better educated when using freemium apps. (more…)

Australian Consumer Watchdog To Investigate Freemium Apps original content from Ubergizmo.

For those who love reading their Kindle e-books on their iPhones or iPads, Amazon has recently issued a statement which strongly suggests that those who have the Kindle app on their iOS devices should update it before they install the iOS 7 update, which at this point in time does not have a specific release date. According to Amazon, without going into specifics, “This is a fix for a Kindle issue with the upcoming iOS7 OS upgrade that may cause customers to have to re-register and re-download books from Amazon. Please download and install – this is a required update before upgrading to iOS7.”

It is unclear if this is an issue with the Amazon Kindle app itself, or if there is some kind of conflict with the iOS 7 code that will cause this issue. In any case it’s not a big deal having to redownload and reregister, but why go through all that hassle when the update can be done and over with in a matter of seconds/minutes, right? Apart from that the bug does not appear to be too disastrous, but for those with the Kindle app on their iOS device, you might want to hit the update button just to be safe.

Amazon Issues Mandatory Update For Its Kindle iOS App original content from Ubergizmo.

There seems little doubt that much of the Galaxy Gear’s success or failure will hinge on the selection of apps that arrive on smartwatch. Samsung is making a strong push for third-party software (even in the face of limited device storage), courting a big cross section of developers at places like Path and eBay for its wearable. Popular messaging app Snapchat will also be hitting the device in the form of Snapchat Micro. As you’d expect, the app harnesses the Gear’s 1.9-megapixel camera to send self-destructing images. The company’s founder told Techcrunch, “Our team is constantly looking at ways to reduce the time between our experience of a moment and our ability to share it.” Walking around with a camera on your wrist is certainly one way to go about it.

Filed under: Wearables, Software, Samsung

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