SMEStorage adds BaseCamp support to its federated
Cloud File Server

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Vehera LTD, trading as SMEStorage, today announced that it had added integrated the BaseCamp project management cloud solution into its hosted SaaS or hybrid Cloud File Server platform. SMEStorage already works with over 35 information Clouds and BaseCamp support has often been requested from users of its hybrid Cloud File Server, which unifies information sources into a single cloud file system, and which enables multiple data sources to be easily accessed, searched, managed and governed.

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The Point of Samsungs Interest in Tizen

post from Daring Fireball on 08 May 2012 06:02:44 PM. © Daring Fireball

Same basic idea as Android, but without Google.

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DragonDrop

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Terrifically useful simple little utility for Mac OS X. Only $5.

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Shell Apps and Silver Bullets

post from Daring Fireball on 08 May 2012 05:04:03 PM. © Daring Fireball

Benjamin Sandofsky:

The difference is shell apps come from the wrong mentality. Theystart from, ?How do we reduce effort?? instead of ?How do wedeliver the best product??
Great products require more work. They requires commitment,attention to detail, and leaving your comfort zone. Shortcuts arejust a distraction.

(Via David Weiss.)

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LG to Launch Google TV in U.S. in Late May

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Miyoung Kim, reporting for Reuters:

LG Electronics Inc, the world’s No.2 TV maker, plans to launchInternet-enabled TV based on Google’s platform in the UnitedStates in the week of May 21, as the South Korean firm seeks togain a larger share of the emerging Internet TV market, a seniorLG executive said on Monday.

Perfect — just in time for summer.

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New iPhone apps for studying Business English

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Announcing a great new way to improve your English, Language Success Press brings you Speak Business English I & Speak Business English II iPhone and iPad apps. Learn over 200 Business English expressions from each app. Hear English as it's really spoken in American offices today. Power your English - and your career - and take it to the next level. Americans use many phrases and expressions on the job. This app will help you speak better business English, quickly and confidently.

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Teen Drivers: iPhone/iPad Driving Game Improves
Driver Awareness

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Bebe Apps has announced that Car Race Maze 1.1 is now available for select iOS devices. Can a game actually help improve a young driver or any driver's awareness? Most drivers are very poor at defensive driving, watching out for other drivers. How quickly things can happen? Race cars on busy streets, drive without crashing, and avoid the delivery trucks coming from every direction. Car Race Maze is one of the few 3D street racing games, where skill and dexterity are a must to avoid collisions.

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Tips for making money on mobile apps in China

post from Apple on 08 May 2012 02:03:57 PM. © Apple

China is one of the fastest growing markets for mobile devices. We know device makers are making money off of this trend. But how do mobile app makers cash in on this ballooning market of upwardly mobile consumers? The short answer is make iOS apps, according to a study released Tuesday by mobile ad platform Guohe Ad.

The Chinese smartphone market is huge — as of November there were 118 million 3G smartphone owners counted — and this study, which surveyed 600 people, is admittedly a small but telling portion of that.

From Guohe’s findings we’ve compiled some instructive tips for app makers interested in making money in the world’s fastest growing mobile market. What’s interesting is how similarly useful they are for app makers targeting buyers in established markets, like the U.S. and Europe too:

Don’t believe the current conventional wisdom. Though there’s an impression that Chinese consumers just don’t like to pay for apps, that’s changing. The study found that almost two-thirds of iPhone users, or 62 percent, have purchased at least one app for their device. Seventeen percent have purchased more than 11 apps. A big part of this shift in buying behavior has to do with Apple’s decision to start taking local currency payments last fall through the iTunes store instead of requiring credit cards that processed U.S. dollars, says Guohe.
Target iOS devices for paid apps. If you’re looking to make money on paid apps and weighing Android over iPhone, iPhone owners in China are more likely to buy apps. Guohe found that just 23 percent of Android device owners had purchased at least one app, compared to iPhone’s 62 percent. This is similar to the dynamics the larger mobile market. Piper Jaffray calculated in November that of the 6.8 billion Android apps downloaded, just 1.3 percent, or 90 million, were paid for.
Target Android for ad-supported apps. Android growth in China has been huge and it is a good platform to reach the largest group of people. In fact, more than half (54 percent) of those surveyed for this study carried an Android smartphone. So, even if you want to distribute your app for free, an ad-based model will work in this market. “The opportunities sit on a data-driven approach to target the right audience from millions,” Guohe says. Of the Android owners polled, 63 percent said they’d prefer free apps with embedded ads, versus 13 percent who said they’d prefer ad-free apps they’d have to pay for. Again, this is very similar to download patterns in the U.S. and the larger Android market as a whole.
Plan ahead to make tablet apps too. Research firm Canalys ranks China as the second-largest market for tablets. The iPad in particular is doing well among the affluent in China, and for current iPhone app makers thinking about also marketing iPad apps, this is a great demographic to target, since members are more likely to purchase apps. According to Guohe:

“In our own research, we found that iPhone users are almost 2 times more likely than Android users to buy an iPad. The synergy of using the same system cross mobile phone and tablet is truly valuable for some of the heavy users. In that sense, the emergence of well-designed and reasonably priced Android tablets (e.g. Kindle fire in US market) could motivate these Android phone users to jump on the tablet bandwagon too.”

These statistics should be encouraging for app makers interested in selling apps in the China market. And while clearly the above chart shows that far more smartphones owners’ incomes lay on the lower end of the scale, that’s changing pretty rapidly. As the middle class there continues to grow, more people’s ability or desire to pay for things like apps will too.

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Top Camera - Maserati of camera apps for the
iPhone - on sale now

Top Camera has an excellent HDR, High Dynamic Range, feature, Video recording in HD, an artistic Slow Shutter Mode with Light Trail effects, and the use of Folders for file management make it unique among camera apps. Additional features include: 4 Picture Quality settings, Burst Mode, 4 Camera Timer settings, Virtual Horizon, Exposure Box, Focus Box, Geotagging, picture alignment Grid, White Balance, Stabilizer, and Digital Zoom. Top Camera also supports operation in both portrait and landscape

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MEI Portico Custom Storefront for Adobe DPS Now
Available

Managing Editor Inc. (MEI) today announced that MEI Portico, a branded landing view and custom storefront solution for apps built using the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, is now available for purchase. Portico makes it easy for tablet-app publishers to configure multiple gateways for showcasing user-targeted content, organizing issues for easier navigation and purchase, presenting dynamic news or social media feeds, and much more. MEI Portico is available for purchase now.

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