Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Pebble Smartwatch Registers Record Sales on Kickstart

5:01 AM anna harris No comments

The company started taking preorders for the new Pebble Time smartwatch Tuesday morning on Kickstarter and raised $1 million in 49 minutes, easily setting a new record.

Pebble says the new smartwatch is 20% thinner than its predecessor, and it features a new color e-paper screen. The previous version of the Pebble only came with a black and white screen.

The Pebble Time will have a built-in microphone to perform voice-activated controls and an upgraded operating system that can store more than eight apps (the old Pebble's maximum). The new Pebble software, which will be available for older Pebble watches as well, will also allow information like stock ticker alerts, weather and email notices to be displayed chronologically.

Kickstarter backers can buy the new smartwatch for $179 by funding Pebble's campaign. Pebble offered Pebble Time for $159 to the first 10,000 people who pledged. Two-time supporters will have the option to get the back of the device engraved for free.

The Pebble Time Kickstarter campaign ends on March 27 and Pebble will start shipping watches to donors sometime in May. After the shipments are fulfilled, Pebble will sell Pebble Time online and with retailers for $199. This is the same price as the company's more elegant Pebble Steel watch, and $100 more than its original Pebble Watch.

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Top, Best & Popular iPhone Game Development Companies in India

12:23 AM anna harris No comments

The market of iOS games is very huge, exciting and its rapidly growing. Dozens of iPhone games gets released on a daily basis. As the market for iPhone games is growing rapidly, there's no surprise about the excitement that iPhone game developers are holding.

Both iPhone and iPad have a plethora of games from the riches to the plumb. Whether you are looking for classic shooter game, a puzzle or a fun game to relax your senses, the Apple's App-store gives you everything. It's even not a matter of distance anymore as via the internet, you can play games with your friends, family members and even with your loved ones.

To create a good iPhone game, all you need is iOS SDK, a combination of C and Objective C with OpenGL ES for graphics. You can also use OpenAL for audio or core audio for streaming music, you might need Gamekit, if you are planning for multiplayer or social connectivity.

There are third party libraries specifically designed to make games easier, that often comes handy as they provide multiple functionalities that normally takes too much time to create. Some of the major third party tools are UIKit, Core Graphics, Core Animation, Core Motion and OpenGL as I mentioned earlier.

There are certain game engines to create iOS games, but the most widely used game engine is cocos2d. Cocos2d includes a big list features such as OpenGLES based graphics, Integration with libraries such as Box2d and Chipmunk, various other effects for sound, motion and more.

If you want your iOS game to get recognition, the very first step is to submit your game to Apple's app-store. There is a process you need to follow for submitting your gaming app to the app store.

First you need to be an iOS app developer member, and being that there's a membership fees of $99 per year.
Secondly, whichever app you create, should be adhere to App Review Guidelines.

App Review Guidelines are the set of rules, one needs to follow strictly to submit there app. These guidelines are made-up of certain rules that governs the quality, behaivour and appearance of your app. It may also take some to approve your app as the process is bit lengthy, but once your app is approved, then you may find millions of users waiting for it.

If you have any idea or concept for developing an iOS game, then you can contact this organization, as this is among the leading companies in iOS game development. For more information, click here.

http://bit.ly/idwiphonegamedev

Top, Best & Popular iPhone Application Developers for Hire in India

11:18 PM anna harris No comments

iPhone app developers don't have an equal amount of skill-sets, their skills differ and vary as the no. of smartphone increases. Their knowledge varies from device to device and from project to project.

In the similar way, neither all the apps are same, as you hire an iPhone app developer having a major experience for a project, it also counts the same for the type of app you need to develop.

So, before hiring an iPhone developer, it's very important to figure out the type of iPhone app that you need to develop, and an iPhone app developer with all those skill-sets.

Understand the iPhone App You Need to Develop

Firstly, you can categorize your iPhone app into two categories, those which are developed using native iPhone language and object C, and which are converted using third party application such as a Adobe Air or Unity.

If you need to develop a game, you don't need an actual iPhone programmer, rather you need a focused game developer who has knowledge to develop a game using language such as Actionscript.

If you are looking for a native app, you need someone who has worked and possesses the knowledge of the process. A developer having the experience of working with the usability issues and insights of the approval of your app at the App-store. An iPhone app developer may know the tips and tricks to get approval within the App-store.

What to Look Before Hiring an iPhone Developer

If you have an idea of the type of app that you are building, then you can hunt for the iPhone app developer of your requirement. Look for someone who has got some iPhone apps under his belt and possesses the knowledge of Objective C. He must also know to work on object oriented programming methodologies, because coding in an organized way also becomes easier for other developers to understand the code.

Try to figure-out the role the developer has played on which-ever projects he has worked on. There may be more than one developer working on a project, and its very essential to know that the person you want to hire hasn't done mostly junior roles. If your app requires server support or saving data, then you must find a developer with sound knowledge of back-end process.

This organization is among the leading companies for providing the best iPhone app developer services across world. For more information on hiring an iPhone app developer, check-out the link below.

http://bit.ly/idwiphonedevloper

Top Useful hidden Features of iPhone 6 & 6 Plus

4:44 AM anna harris No comments

Do you know everything about your iPhone 6 and 6 Plus? These iPhones possesses some unbelievable hidden features that can may come very handy at times. Today we'll share some very handy but hidden features of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

"Send Last Location" Feature

A Send Last Location feature has been added to Find my iPhone so that your GPS coordinates are backed up to iCloud whenever your battery life is close to running out.

Just before the battery shuts down, the last thing the device does is pinpoint exactly where you left it, so there’ll be no need to turn the house upside down for your phone when it’s sitting pretty in the office.

Complete Battery Usage Breakdown

A new option in the usage menu under Settings will be able to tell you; it provides a breakdown of how much battery each app has used in the last 24 hours or seven days.

Option to Quit Group Conversation

If you’re not watching the same programme your friends are live messaging and fancy a little respite, you can also select the Do Not Disturb option to stay in the conversation, but silence it.

Switch to Grayscale Mode

Anyone interested in giving their device a vintage twist, the Accessibility menu now offers a ‘grayscale’ option, that gives the entire operating system a black and white hue.

Self-Destruction Pics

Apple appears to have taken a leaf out of Snapchat’s book with this new feature. When using iOS 8’s messages app, holding down on the camera icon opens the camera app, and any pictures or videos sent from here will self-destruct two minutes after being sent.

Share Your Location via Messaging

iOS8 allows users to share their location directly through Messages. Under Details, you can choose the option to ‘Send My Current Location’, and a mapped image will be sent to the recipient – useful for when your friend asks where to meet you.

LG Coming-Up With Full-Metal Watch to Fight Apple Watch

11:07 PM anna harris No comments

LG was among the first to unveil smartwatches in the market, and its two smartwatch G Watch and G Watch R are a big success. Now, LG is coming-up with its latest edition known as Watch Urbane, before the launch of Apple Watch.

This LG masterpiece is a classic appealing to both sexes, but it has a large male audience adopted to industry's first smartwatches. The LG Watch is available in two different colors silver or gold, with a natural leather strap, alongwith a option to get switch to a 22mm wide band for regular watches.

The LG device runs on Android, and is equipped with 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chip. It also possesses a circular plastic OLED face just like G Watch R, but it's made-up of all-metal.

LG Urbane Is A Complete Metal-Watch

LG will unveil the LG Watch Urbane at Mobile World Congress to held at Barcelona next month, so stay tuned for other details, photos and more. Meanwhile the Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the launch of the much awaited Apple Watch in the month of April, and which the analysts believe will kickstart consumer interest in the upcoming smartwatch segment.

Now Your Tweets Will be Visible in Google Search

4:40 AM anna harris No comments

Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo confirmed about the firehose deal with Google, under which tweets will be visible in Google search. Now clicks may increase and Twitter can monetize those pages.

It will be the first time that Tweets will appear in Google searches after they disappeared in 2011. They will not start appearing for another “several months,” Costolo said on the company’s Q4 earnings call today.

The last time Google and Twitter worked together on a firehose agreement was in 2009. Twitter is very focused right now on bringing more traffic to its content and then monetising that, and that has taken a very specific form for the company: showing tweets to people who are not already Twitter users.

Twitter estimates that there are some 600 million people who already land on Twitter pages as “logged-out” (that is, unregistered) users, compared to the 288 million registered monthly active users it has today.

According to Costolo's words, "We’ve had a relationship with Google for years, We’ve got the opportunity now to drive and aggregate eyeballs to logged-out experiences that we plan to deliver on the front page of Twitter."

It could also potentially mean more enhanced results beyond simple text, if Twitter extends the firehose to include Twitter Cards as well, or other kinds of data like location.

Top & Free Sources to Learn iOS Application Development

5:13 AM anna harris No comments

Are you interested in learning iOS application development, here we have listed some top and trusted sources for those who wants to learn iOS application development.