Google Wants One Big, Happy Android Newspaper App [Android]
According to the WSJ, Google is in talks with publishing houses for a “digital newsstand” Android app, for selling daily mobile newspapers and magazine subscriptions through. But what about Amazon’s Android Kindle app, which already does that? More »
Posted: January 3rd, 2011
at 8:30am by Kat Hannaford
Topics: Android, Android magazine app, Android newspaper app, Magazines, Newspapers, app, apps, google
Social Networking iPhone App Path Shares Photos and Info With Closest Friends Only [IPhone Apps]
Twitter’s fun, but wouldn’t you be more “you-like” if you were broadcasting your life to just 50 of your closest friends? So goes the thinking behind Path, which uses your phone’s camera as the basis for the free social-network. [iTunes] More »
Posted: November 15th, 2010
at 8:30am by Kat Hannaford
Topics: Apple, Dave Morin, Photos, Shawn Fanning, Social Networking, app, apps, iPhone, iPhone Apps, social networking apps, the path
Browser App to Deliver Flash to iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
Steve Jobs has successfully prevented Adobe Flash from getting on the iPhone for years, but a new iOS app promises to bring Flash video to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch without upsetting the CEO.
Demonstrated below, Skyfire is a web browser that automatically transcodes Flash video into HTML5 so it can display on your iDevice (instead of the blue Lego block symbolizing a lack of Flash support).
To our knowledge, Skyfire will be the first app of its kind to offer a roundabout method for watching Flash videos, when it goes live in the App Store this week.
Apple has prohibited Flash from running on iOS devices ever since the original iPhone launched in 2007. In an open letter published in April, Jobs said Flash was the No. 1 reason Macs crash, and he didn’t wish to “reduce reliability” on iOS products. In the same letter, Jobs vocalized his support for HTML5, a new web standard that does not rely on plug-ins.
“New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too),” Jobs said.
The Skyfire app only transcodes Flash videos into HTML5 — not games. A Skyfire representative said the Skyfire app was developed with oversight and feedback from Apple.
“It adheres to every guideline put forth by Apple regarding HTML5 video playback for iOS,” the rep said. “Skyfire will allow consumers to play millions of Flash videos on Apple devices without the technical problems for which Jobs banned Flash.”
The app was submitted late August, and it will go live in the App Store on Thursday.
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The Voice Fantasy iPhone App Will Have You Shouting All Night Long [Video]
It seems like an iPhone app which is named Voice Fantasy and requires you to shout in order to summon dashing heroes should somehow be dirty, but it’s actually an amusing game which you might enjoy on a dull evening. More »
Posted: November 2nd, 2010
at 6:10am by Rosa Golijan
Topics: Apple, Clips, Voice fantasy iphone app, Voice fantasy iphone game, app, apple iphone, apps, iPhone, iPhone Apps, iphone app, video
No Angry Birds for WP7 Yet, Even if Microsoft Thought So [Angry Birds]
They’ve now removed the Angry Birds icon and passed it off as a mistake, but for a while yesterday Microsoft must’ve been quaking at the thought of Rovio dispatching the Angry Birds flock their way. More »
Posted: October 11th, 2010
at 7:20am by Kat Hannaford
Topics: Angry birds microsoft, Games, Microsoft, Rovio, Windows phone 7, Wp7 apps, Wp7 games, angry birds, app, apps, rovio mobile
