iPhone 4S and Siri Integrated Into All-New Mercedes-Benz A-Class
Mercedes-Benz has now integrated comprehensively the Apple iPhone into the user experience concept of the new A-Class, as the first automotive manufacturer in the world to take this step. Thanks to a new "Digital DriveStyle App", developed in-house, together with the "Drive Kit Plus for the Apple® iPhone", drivers can now access all the key content of their Apple iPhone through the in-vehicle display and enjoy safe and convenient operation of the device via the Controller on the center armrest. The attractive ‘look’ is ensured by the revolutionary user interface design. In a further world premiere, Mercedes-Benz will enable access to the voice-based intelligent companion Siri™ in the vehicle. This…
Adobe Technology Powering Massive Growth in Digital Publishing
At Mobile World Congress, Adobe today announced that more than 16 million digital publications were powered by Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite across tablets over the last year. The company also released key insights about digital magazine and newspaper application usage, based on anonymous data aggregated from nearly 600 publishers worldwide who have created around 1,500 tablet publications using Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. In addition, Adobe announced new innovations that add more enterprise-class functionality and extensibility to the Digital Publishing Suite, helping organisations drive digital revenue and brand engagement through digital publications. Key enhancements include new in-app merchandising, provisioning of targeted content based on user role, and accelerated app creation. The…
New – Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad
At last, after a false start last week the new Adobe Photoshop Touch app for iPad is now available for purchase in the Apple App Store. This app allows the user to combine images, apply professional effects, share results with friends and family through sites like Facebook, and more – all from the convenience of your iPad and just in time for the iPad 3 launch. We looked at the Android tablet version of this app for dpreview.com, you can read that here. In the meantime take a look at the features below and view the demonstration video. This app retails for $9.99/£6.99 and you can download it here. •…
Our Weekend App Giveaway – Happy Chicken Co
Welcome once again to our Daily App Giveaway section of theappwhisperer. We value our readers so much we want to share our love of apps with you. That’s why we have created this new section as each day we will be giving away free apps. Today we will have several app giveaways throughout the day today, so keep checking backing, we had two exciting ones yesterday, you can check them out here (1), (2) and (3). This giveaway is for Happy Chicken Co apps, each worth currently $0.99/£0.69. Hilda and the rest of the chickens were happy at the Happy Chicken Co. Until one day Hilda made a terrible discovery.…
iOS – Inspire Pro – Paint, Draw & Sketch – Huge Price Drop
Try Inspire Pro and you will quickly see that it is a painting app like no other! The key feature is the simulation of wet oil paint on canvas, allowing amazing blending effects with five real kinds of brushes. You will be stunned by what you can do with a dry brush! Inspire Pro is not a Photoshop clone. It does NOT have layers or a large number of brushes. It does, however, have the BEST color blending capability on the App Store. Whether you’re a beginner, expert, or somewhere in between, you will enjoy the simplicity and power of Inspire Pro. This app is having a huge sale, normally…
iPad – Iris Photo Suite – Updated
We took a look at the iPhone version of this app in our review on dpreview.com a while back, you can read that here. Well, since then the developers have updated the iPad version and you can check out What’s New below. Iris provides iPhoneography enthusiasts with a complete set of tools to quickly add life and emotions into their images. It offers complete set of tools needed to edit your images on the go. From filters and textures, to histograms and layers; it has something for everyone. Iris offers over 72 filters and textures, 9 automatic adjustment modes to add life into your images on click of a button,…
Our Weekend App Giveaway – Drinking Man’s Diet Cookbook
Welcome once again to our Daily App Giveaway section of theappwhisperer. We value our readers so much we want to share our love of apps with you. That’s why we have created this new section as each day we will be giving away free apps. Today we will have several app giveaways throughout the day today, so keep checking backing. The Drinking Man’s Diet Cookbook is worth $3.99/£2.99. Cameron & Company has partnered with CulinartMedia to launch a mobile version of its bestselling cookbook, Drinking Man’s Diet. The app will feature over 100 low-carbohydrate recipes along with wine pairings, including a video with well-known comedian Allan Sherman singing his rendition…
iPad – Filterstorm Pro – Updated
Filterstorm has been designed from the ground up to meet your iPad and iPhone photo editing needs. Using a uniquely crafted touch interface, Filterstorm allows for more intuitive editing than its desktop counterparts with a toolset designed for serious photography. A favorite of Photojournalists, Filterstorm is at home in a professional workflow, or for anyone who simply wants to get the most out of their pictures while on the road. Filterstorm contains a suite of powerful tools including layers, curves manipulation, color correction abilities, noise reduction, sharpening, vignetting, and black and white conversion fine-tuning. It also includes the powerful ability to adjust masks by brush, color range, gradient, and vignettes. …
BlackBerry – Asphalt 6 Adrenaline HD and Modern Combat 2 Black Pegasus HD Going Free This Week On PlayBook
To celebrate the launch of BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0 this week, ALL BlackBerry PlayBook users can download TWO FREE games – Asphalt 6 Adrenaline HD and Modern Combat 2 Black Pegasus HD – free of charge from now until June 20th. Compliments of BlackBerry PlayBook users can complete the mission of one of the most acclaimed FPS games for smartphones in Modern Combat 2 Black Pegasus HD, and feel the thrill of arcade racing like never before in Asphalt 6 Adrenaline HD. Enjoy an immersive gaming experience on the PlayBook’s 1 GHz dual-core processor offering blazing speed and glorious graphics. Both games are available from BlackBerry App World…
iPhoneography – Halftone – Updated
Halftone goes beyond typical “photo filter” apps to give images a unique, vintage style that makes them look like they came from an old comic strip. With 27 paper styles, nine built-in layouts, two caption styles, six different speech balloon styles, more than 25 stamps, and the ability to choose a font (including three embedded fonts), photos can be customized, then saved to the photo album, sent via e-mail, shared with friends on Facebook and Twitter, sent to other apps like Instagram, Camera+, and Color Splash, printed, and sent as a real, physical postcard. This app has just been updated and you can read about What’s New below. This is…
