Category Archives: iOS
Bitrix24 to offer all-in-one social enterprise app fro mobile
Rating: And it’s free to firms with less than 12 people
Social networking does work. GoMobile News received a hot tip via LinkedIn from Dmitry Valyanov from Bitrix24 about the impending release of the mobile versions (iOS and Android app) of his company’s software. Bitrix24 puts of whole host of common enterprise activities – task management, document sharing, and time tracking, into just this one social networking style app. As he Dmitry says, why have one account for BaseCamp and another for DropBox and another for SugarCRM and another one for social networking Not only is this expensive, it’s impractical as well. And the good news is that for companies with 12 or fewer employees, the software is still free. Continue reading
Guest Post: A look at possible new technologies for 2013
by Katerina Merzlova, a writer with Intellectsoft
Today we live in a very fast developing world, especially where the technological sphere is concerned. Even five years ago we couldn’t even imagine having devices in everyday use such as we have today. Ultrabooks, tablets, and smartphones have changed our business and entertainment life. The year is coming to its end. We anticipate several great releases by Apple, Microsoft, Motorola, and Samsung coming in theAutumn, but it is also fascinating to try to guess what is going to be next. And so I’ll suggest to you some of the most probable technologies that will provide us with further development and will find their implementation in 2013. Continue reading
Bitdefender reveals lack of security amongst top iOS app on iTunes
Rating: Names, names and Leads 360 is an offender
It’s not that often that you actually find a software house willing to name names, but it appears that Bitdefender – which supplies antivirus solutions for iOS, is brave enough. It claims that Leads 360 features a major security flaw. This is more than a tad worrying since Leads 360 has not only made its way onto the Apple iTunes App Store – it also boasts a pretty high rating of 4+ (out of 5). The study by Bitdefender not only reveals that a large number of iOS apps broadcast unencrypted data but some track an Apple device’s UDID, (Unique Device Identifier) too. This is despite Apple’s advice to developers that should switch to away from UDIDs and use less intrusive IDs in their apps. (See our previous story here). Continue reading
Expect a flurry of M& A activity
Rating: Blog draws heavily on Opera & InnerActive research
A very interesting piece from Levi Shapiro, who is a Professor in the Media Innovation Lab at IDC, which appeared on the Jerusalem Post’s blog here. In it Shapiro speculates that 2013 will become a year of consolidation in the mobile advertising world. “Expect to see extensive M&A activity in the next few quarters,” Shapiro predicts. The guy backs his opinions with a whole range of third party research but his chief sources are mobile browser specialist, Opera and ad exchange InnerActive. GoMobile News believes that Shapiro could well be right. look at the recent announcement from inMobi here, for example. Continue reading
Android overtakes iOS for 1st place with mobile advertisers
Rating: Findings from latest Adfonic Global AdMetrics report
For the first time Android’s share of mobile ad impressions has overtaken iOS. Android increased its share from 38 per cent in Q1 2012 to 46 per cent in Q2 2012 while iOS lost share to Android, declining from 45 per cent in Q1 to 34 per cent in Q2. Those figures are taken from Adfonic‘s Global AdMetrics Report for Q2 2012. This draws data from thousands of mobile advertising campaigns, spanning around fifteen thousand mobile sites and apps. Other key finds were that there are ‘sweet spot’ combinations of advertiser campaign verticals and publisher inventory channels and gender targeting drives improved performance. Continue reading
appMobi tackles App Store Fragmentation with free app
Rating: Unites stats for multiple leading app stores
It’s surprising how little information the big players in the app store market provide to developers. The only analytic provided by Apple’s iTunes App Store and Google Play (formerly Android Market) is download count. That’s all you get! Hence HTML5 specialist, appMobi www.appMobi.com, created storeView for its own internal use. Finding it to be an invaluable tool, the company is giving it away to anyone who’s using HTML5 to create apps. This particularly applies to those using the open source PhoneGap offering. Continue reading
Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary becomes available for W7 Mango
Rating: Windows Phone 7.7 version compliments existing Android and iOS versions
The Paragon Software Group,the mobile app developer, and Oxford University Press, the respected publisher, have together brought the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 8th edition to Windows Phone devices. Boasting powerful learning features, the app offers full-sentence pronunciation; thousands of colour illustrations, and help with expanding vocabulary for anyone who needs to communicate in English. Continue reading
BSkyB updates its Sky Sports for iPad app for more F1 action
Rating: GoMo discovers the best way to watch Sky F1 via iOS
BSkyB offers a number of apps to iOS owners. However, just in time for the Santander formula 1 British Grand prix 2012 on July 8th, the satellite TV broadcaster has updated its Sky Sports of iPad app which can be found here. The new ‘F1 companion experience’ features split-screen technology – allowing users to simultaneously follow action from two different cameras angles. The updated Sky Sports for iPad app is available for free from Apple’s iTunes App Store but it is also available to non-Sky customers on a standalone basis for £4.99 per month through in-app purchase. Don’t be fooled by this last option, though. Non-Sky customers still won’t have access to the F1 channel through the paid-for app. You want the Sky Sports TV app for that. Continue reading
GoMo News roundup: Kromer, Roamler
This has got to give a whole new meaning to ‘hot spots’. A UK company, Kromek, is launching a personal portable radiation detector – RadAngel, into the Japanese. Not only will this detector work in conjunction with an Apple iPhone or iPad, the system also makes use of social networking.
Roamler is a location-based crowd sourcing app for iPhone users currently available in Dutch only here, ‘Roamlers’ perform small tasks at home or in their local area on behalf of brands in return for ‘experience’ points, and in most cases a cash reward.
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Confusion reigns over RBS Get Cash facility
Rating: Is it restricted to Scottish Android-owning customers presently?
The Royal Bank of Scotland put out the news on June 13th [2012] that, ” From today RBS and NatWest customers can choose to ditch their debit cards in favour of their Android phones, with a new innovation that allows them to ‘GetCash’ from an ATM without needing a debit card.” The Banks customers can request the cash on their mobile and a six digit pin will be generated. This code is entered at an ATM; the amount of cash confirmed, and funds distributed accordingly. Great. Ben Green, head of mobile at NatWest and RBS, commented, “This has never been done anywhere in the UK, and yet is a really simple and secure way to help our customers get cash whenever and wherever they need it.” Unfortunately, it didn’t make it very clear which handsets could use the app and which customers are eligible. Continue reading
Video ad friendly Overblog platform launches into UK
Rating: Gives bloggers the chance to monetise their content
Claiming to be the Number One blogging platform in Europe, Overblog, has now launch of its new platform into the UK. The idea behind Overblog is that it brings together the fragmented social postings of bloggers into a single live stream. Significantly, there are many aspects of Overblog that are entirely mobile friendly. For example, Overblog supports live video streaming from your mobile phone. The major incentive for bloggers to migrate to the Overblog platform, however, seems to be the chance to monetise their content. This facility has been made pssible by a merger between Overblog and Ebuzzing – a leader in social video advertising back in 2010. Continue reading
P&G reveals Beauty Recommended mobile app courtesy of Grapple
Rating: We think you have to be female to understand it
If you had an online magazine which already reaches an audience of 1.8 million people, then you’d almost certainly want to create a mobile version of your product. Which is exactly what Procter & Gamble (P&G) has done courtesy of Grapple Mobile. It has just introduced a free mobile app for iPhone and Android called Beauty Recommended. This app features three interactive, virtual tours of London called ’Beauty Spots’. The app is timed to coincide with the swarm of visitors to London this Summer for the Olympic Games. The tours apparently showcase the UK capital’s best known and loved destinations – as well as revealing historical and hidden beauties to even the most seasoned of Londoners. Let’s just hope the general public understand what this app has to offer. GoMobile News was perplexed. Continue reading
Speculation over possible Apple pronouncements
Rating: Let’s hope this is more accurate than iPhone 5 rumours
There’s strong speculation over the announcements which Apple is expected to make later today [June 11th 2012]. It is particularly suspected that it will provide news on the release of the next version of the Apple OS – iOS 6. The most popular of these conjectures is that Apple will replace Google Maps with its own offering. For those fanboys who want to sit and listen to Apple’s execs wittering on, here’s a few hot tips from Analysys Mason‘ s principal analyst, Ronan de Renesse, on what to watch out for. Continue reading
GoMo discovers neat F1 Timing app on official site
Rating: A great way to keep track of your favourite Formula One driver
Here at GoMobile Towers we’re pretty much a bunch of petrolheads and the Formula One Grand Prix is our special favourite. The snag is that currently here in Blighty (the UK), certain races are only shown live on pay-per-view TV. In our case, BSkyB’s Sky F1 channel. Now the normal way for any Brit to deal with such a situation is to go down the pub (bar) and watch F1 on the big screen. The trouble is that the UK is a nation of footie and rugby fans and there’s a Spain versus Italy soccer match right in the middle of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. Trying to sort out this mess, GoMobile News happened to visit Formula One’s mobile friendly web site – http://mobile.formula1.com/ where we noticed the official F1 2012 Timing app. We just had to download it. Continue reading
Appcelerator says developers’ interest in Android is waning
Rating: By contrast, Apple’s iPad still extremely popular
Although Google’s Android mobile OS was supposed to rule the world by now, support for developing apps for Android is actually waning. That’s according to Appcelerator, which provides a platform for developing for Android, iOS and HTML5. The company has regularly surveyed the 300,000 developers currently in its network. The data shows that over the past three Quarters, interest in developing mobile applications to run on Android platforms (both tablet and smartphone ) has fallen off more than 10 per cent. Continue reading
