iQuit – Good News For Sony, Nokia And Samsung
With the latest news that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple going viral around the web, it has had a negative effect on Apple’s share price, currently sporting a 5% drop. Meanwhile, according to Bloomberg, Sony, Nokia and Samsung were among Apple rivals whose shares advanced during Asian and European trading amid speculation Job’s withdrawal may increase their ability to compete in products ranging from smartphones to tablet computers. Bloomberg report, “It’s going to give competitors a bit more of a lease of life to go out and compete harder,” said Richard Windsor, global technology analyst at Nomura International Plc. “It’s been thought about, talked about endlessly for…
Don’t Miss New And Exciting iPhoneography Event With Gordon Fraser, Covent Garden, London
You know that iPhone has a camera. But do you know about the apps that can turn your iPhone into a pocket darkroom? Join Apple as leading iPhoneographer Gordon Fraser explains how iPhone changed his creative life. He’ll share tips and tricks for improving your own photography and offer inspirational advice on how you can tap into the worldwide iPhoneography art movement. This event takes place tomorrow, Thursday 18th August, between 7.00 pm and 8.00 pm at the Covent Garden store in London, so if you’re around, pop in.
Exclusive Interview With Fontify App Developer – Bitongo Limited
Fontify has just arrived on the App Store today within the Productivity section. It has been in beta for many weeks and it’s now ready to be downloaded for free. We have published our review of this app and you can read that here. In addition though, we also wanted to find out more behind the background to this incredibly innovative and unique app. Read our exclusive interview with the developers below… The Beginning Please explain how your app was originally thought of and what were your thoughts behind the marketplace, specifically? The idea of a drawing tool where users can draw pictures by using fonts was first mentioned…
What Might Have Happened If Microsoft Had Bought Motorola?
Unless you’ve had your head in the sand over the past 24 hours you would have heard that Google announced they will pay $12.5 billon for Motorola. But what you might not have heard was that Microsoft were also in the running but didn’t offer nearly as much cash. We all know, money talks, and it certainly did the talking for Google who will hold onto 17,000 US patents with as many as 7,500 still pending – this was the big draw for both companies, other than the obvious Android customer base. Redmond Pie have a great sum up today, discussing the where’s and wherefore’s if Microsoft had actually stumped…
Our Daily App Giveaway – OnePass
Welcome once again to our Daily App Giveaway section of theappwhisperer.com. 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 have OnePass apps to giveaway, each worth $1.99/£1.49. OnePass offers you a safe and convenient way to store important information on your iPhone or iPodTouch. Internet logins, passwords, email accounts, bank cards, account numbers, important notes and contacts, number of different personal cards and other things that you are afraid of losing or forgetting. All this will be always at your fingertips, on…
Kingston Expands iOS Hardware Capabilities with Wireless Flash Based Solution
Kingston has just announced the launch of the Wi-Drive in the UK. It has been built to address the ever-increasing storage needs of the iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone. The Wi-Drive is a wireless, Flash memory based portable storage solution, allowing users to expand the number of documents, images, music and video files they can access from Apple devices. The combination of this storage expansion, file sharing and a rugged portable form factor makes it a perfect companion device. Quote “Wi-Drive allows Apple device owners to wirelessly manage document and media files, and choose to share them with others, while on the go for work or pleasure,” said Krystian Jaroszynski,…
Pocket God – Episode 40 – Battle Of The Gods – Video Tutorial
Don’t miss out on this cult classic app – Pocket God, Episode 40 – Battle of the Gods. Now, on God Island, you can enter the battle arena. All you have to do is earn at least four god idols and set them on the four pedestals to open the temple. Drop a pygmy into the temple to enter the game. Here you have a chance to go up against every episode’s god; there are forty so far. In the battle, both sides get four idols that have certain attributes and powers. Choose the right idols at each turn to win the battle. It plays like a two-tiered rock-paper-scissors, and…
Our Daily App Giveaway – A+ Signature – Watermark Your Photos
Welcome once again to our Daily App Giveaway section of theappwhisperer.com. 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 have A+ Signature apps to giveaway, each worth $1.99/£1.49. We recently mentioned this app in our Top 10 apps to watermark your iOS images, see here. A+ Signature is a multi-usage photo annotation tool which allows you to make your mark on any photo. • Add a signature, a simple watermark or create a fun photocard. • Use A+ Signature as a productivity…
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Apple iPhone 5 Official Announcement Due September 7, 2011
Looks like a date has been set, MacRumors reports, having seen the information on Japanese site, Kodawarisan (who went on to confirm that this information came from a ‘strong’ source), that the next expected media event will fall on September 7, 2011. With similar dates last year and the introduction of the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle models, this year we are expecting the announcement of the iPhone 5 as well as the official launch of iOS 5. Presumably if Apple do announce the iPhone 5 on September 7, we won’t be able to get our hands on them until October at the earliest – but whenever we…
REXiG HDR Camera – Going Free For A Limited Time
We recently placed REXiG HDR within our Top 10 of iOS HDR apps – see here. Well now it’s going free, so there’s even more reason to pick it up. In general, the HDR composite will require multiple Photos. In this application REXiG can represent a high dynamic range by restoring information from the darker and bright portions. When information in a dark part and a bright part is completely lost this in turn will not get good result. Also, Since the noise tends to brighten the dark areas, noise reduction will be very useful.
