Accessibility Education – Pairing Hearing Aids to Your iPhone or iPad
As many of you will know, I was very recently fitted with some totally fabulous high end digital hearing aids. I’m so excited about these devices! We have a Photo Education and Accessibility section within TheAppWhisperer and our editor Luis Perez covers this. Luis is an Apple Distinguished Educator whose work focuses on accessibility and inclusive design. He received his doctorate in special education from the University of South Florida in 2013 and is the author of Mobile Learning for All from Corwin Press. His work has appeared in THE Journal, The Loop Magazine, and the New York Times Bits Blog. I wanted to include a section about pairing hearing…
Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results – Highest-ever revenue & earnings drive 48% increase in EPS
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 first quarter ended December 27, 2014. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $74.6 billion and record quarterly net profit of $18 billion, or $3.06 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $57.6 billion and net profit of $13.1 billion, or $2.07 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.9 per cent compared to 37.9 per cent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 65 per cent of the quarter’s revenue. The results were fueled by all-time record revenue from iPhone and Mac sales as well as record performance of the App Store. iPhone unit sales of 74.5 million also…
Pic of the Day (14) – Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day fourteen of our brand new Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pick of the Day section on Instagram with the #theappwhisperer. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. Today, we congratulate @bws.cattis (Cattis Carlander) with her fabulous street shot ‘Shot a lick them right middle left to center‘ – captured with an iPhone 4s with #Hipstamatic and edited with #PicsArt app. To view our previous Pic of the Day winners please go here.
New Mobile Photography Competition – FREE To Enter – World Photography Organisation
Today, the World Photography Organisation, alongside Sony Mobile, launches the 2015 Mobile Phone Award. You have until 27th February to submit your best images to the brief: “You get out of life what you put in. Push past the obvious and see the inspiration all around you. Discover the extraordinary by using your mobile phone to view the world through a different lens.” Prizes include: Trip to London to attend the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards gala ceremony Sony Xperia™ smartphone and tablet. Don’t miss this – go here to enter
Pic of the Day (13) – Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day thirteen of our brand new Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pick of the Day section on Instagram with the #theappwhisperer. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. Today we congratulate @diaphoneo for her image ‘p r o m i s e d l a n d‘. To view our previous Pic of the Day winners please go here.
Mobile Photography – A Picture’s Worth with Jo Sullivan
‘A Picture’s Worth‘… is where we ask mobile photographers that have created powerful mobile photography/art to explain the processes they took. This includes their initial thoughts as to what they wanted to create, why they wanted to create it, how they created it, including all apps used and what they wanted to convey. We also ask these incredible artists to explain their emotions and how the image projects those feelings. We have published a few A Picture’s Worth articles recently, if you have missed those – please go here. In this A Picture’s Worth today we asked Jo Sullivan to tell us more about her image ‘Self, Conscious’ one that…
Pic of the Day (12) – Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day twelve of our brand new Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pick of the Day section on Instagram with the #theappwhisperer. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. Today we congratulate @wallah (Alan Kastner) for his great street capture ‘Tintin’s alter ego reveals himself‘ . To view our previous Pic of the Day winners please go here.
Mobile Photography – Flickr Group Showcase – 25 January 2015 – TheAppWhisperer
Oh wow! We have just completed this weeks mobile photography and art Flickr Group Showcase and it is absolutely bursting with creativity and talent. I hope you all enjoy this showcase as much as I do. If you would like to be considered for our weekly Flickr Group Showcase, please upload your images to our dedicated Flickr group, for this section, here With many thanks to our Flickr Group Showcase Sponsors – Olloclip.com Music this week is by Jasmine Ash ‘Fall’ Each image can be viewed on Flickr by clicking on the relevant artist below: Cedric Blanchon, Morganistik, Ayllin Argun, Nick Kenrick, Alan Kastner, Mike Bowers, Roger Guetta, Cathrine Halsor,…
Pic of the Day (11) – Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day eleven of our brand new Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pick of the Day section on Instagram with the #theappwhisperer. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. Today we congratulate @louisewhiting for her beautiful self portrait. To view our previous Pic of the Day winners please go here.
Pic of the Day (10) – Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day ten of our brand new Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pick of the Day section on Instagram with the #theappwhisperer. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. On day 1 we congratulated @endtimewatcher for their fascinating portrait, day 2 consisted of an incredibly atmospheric shot by @the_real_mccoy -‘Colonial Dance’, day 3 we enjoyed a stunning street shot by @ilein, ‘Emotional Weather Report’, day 4 we congratulated @lorenka with her incredible mobile artistry image ‘bring me your alibis’. On day five we welcomed @jackvanheugten…
