Don’t forget that today, June 10, Apple hosts their annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) and the keynote from CEO Tim Cook will be live-streamed as usual (10 AM PST) – See http://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2013/ WWDC 2013 activities include: • More than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers on a wide range of topics for developing, […]
New release of Waze 3.7 gets friendly and tight with facebook!
Just in time for all that summer travel, Waze has rolled out an update via the release of waze 3.7 (for iOS and Android). The friendly travel and navigation app has gotten even more friendly with additional enhancements to connect you with friends via facebook as well as additional enhancements that help keep you connected […]
Hot Mobile Apps to Maximize Fun this Summer with Your Smartphone and iPad
Summer is a great time to load up on those handy mobile travel apps. Just in time for Memorial Day and the unofficial kick-off of summer, Sprint has shared a few tips for road warriors. Taking a road trip this summer? Here are some suggestions: The TripIt trip planner helps you organize, plan and store […]
Skobbler ForeverMap 2 + Mapdust OpenStreetMap Bug Reporting
I recently downloaded skobbler Forever Map (2) and have to admit that it is pretty darned sweet! Just grabbed the latest release on iPad and have been banging around a little with the functionality. There’s a nice UI, navigation is sweet, and then there’s the offline maps – wicked handy! A nice surprise was stumbling […]
Getting Started With iOS 6 LBS / Mapping Apps – 10 Useful Docs
Are you Creating Location Aware Apps and Mapping Apps for Apple iOS 6 and the iPhone 5? Here’s 10 Must have documents for developers looking to migrate to iOS 6 or those looking to get started creating location-aware apps and services for the iPhone 5 or iPad. The Apple Dev Center is a great starting […]
iOS Tip – Find Deals on Food and Drink Nearby With Feed @getFeedApp
Social media deals like facebook specials and Twitter discounts are great, however, unless you happen to be checking into a venue and having a special pushed to you how are you supposed to know about deals that are taking place near you right now? Feed is a response to that by scraping social media deals […]
Timbre Location Based Music Finder
Just in time for the Grammys, Timbre is an interesting location-aware mobile app that boasts letting music find you, putting live music venues just a click away. The app has been fully localized in 22 languages and is now free to download in 36 countries, including Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, France, Germany and Japan. With […]
670 million smartphones ship in 2012, 67 million Samsungs in Q4 Alone!
Some interesting stats coming our of Juniper Research this week from the mobile industry. According to the latest figures more than 670 million smartphones shipped Globally in 2012 and in Q4 of the 200 million devices that sold, over one third of them were Samsung devices whereas about 47.8 million were iPhones… great news for […]
Ordnance Survey Extends Reach to Mobile via OS MapFinder for iOS
Another cool mobile app launch, this time from the British national mapping agency, the Ordnance Survey. The org has just rolled out OS MapFinder the organisation’s first official mobile app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. This from the OS… MapFinder, is an ideal iOS app for outdoor enthusiasts or anyone participating in in outdoor activities; […]
Android Smartphone Usage Soars Down Under
Some interesting research coming from down-under shows that Android smartphones are indeed the choice of many down-under and for developers, well, there’s really just 2 platforms to develop for. Sales of smartphones running on Google’s Android OS now outstrip those of every other smartphone type combined, including the iPhone and BlackBerry ranges and sales show […]