Elinext Advances CMS and Portal Software
Integrated with Mobile Platform

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Elinext Group, an alliance of custom software development companies, today announced that it advances CMS and portal solutions innovatively integrated with mobile phones, tablets and Smart TV. The entry into the new niche corresponds with the expansion of the company's technological capabilities to drive innovation across the IT domains. The content management system has a number of mobile templates as well as integration with social networks and analytics services.

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Twilight Hop - Now Available on the App Store

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Wolverine Games LLC is proud to introduce Twilight Hop 1.0, now available for purchase on the App Store! Wolverine Games LLC has been developing Twilight Hop for almost a whole year now. It is their first release to the App Store, but they assure you it is a strong first release. Twilight Hop is an arcade/adventure game in which players control a ball through an endless course. The playful feel and graphics to Twilight Hop engages users inside the world of Twilight Hop.

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Ditching Google Maps not a problem for iOS
developers

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Apple’s new Maps app demonstrated at WWDC 2012.

Apple’s decision to switch from Google Maps to its own homegrown mapping service in iOS 6 is a significant change not just for iOS, but for Apple. It’s rare for the company to suddenly move away from something that’s working purely for the sake of change. Google Maps is a fine product (even if the iOS version lacked some of the Android version’s bells and whistles) and one that millions of Apple customers are familiar with. Yet Apple apparently wants to move as far away from the clutches of Google as it can, and replacing Google’s perfectly functional Maps app sends a strong message to that effect.

There will definitely be noticeable differences for users — see the concern over replacing integrated transit directions with recommended third-party transit apps. But developers say Apple has made it pretty easy on them.

I reached out to a few iOS app makers that rely on Google Maps and asked how the change would affect them. An iPhone developer at Foodspotting, Matt Jarjoura, said that the maps app would change within their own app without he or his team having to rewrite “any code at all.”

Sam Shank, CEO of Hotel Tonight, agreed that it would be a simple switch. He described it this way: “[F]rom a coding perspective, the new maps are ‘free’ – meaning that with iOS 6, the maps will automatically switch over to using the Apple maps. This is great news for us and app developers, and is consistent with Apple making life simple for app developers.”

Sasank Reddy, CEO of Kullect, reiterated the same expectation: ”We don’t have to do anything,” he said. Which, he added, is “pretty awesome.”

Of course, there will be other changes iOS developers will have to navigate besides maps, many of which will be revealed in sessions at WWDC throughout this week.

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iOS 6 Shutdown Spinner Is Finally Retina
Resolution

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Matthew Panzarino:

Well the long nightmare is finally over. We can report that theshutdown spinner is now Retina-ready in iOS 6.

Best “finally” of the week.

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No Multitouch on Wii U Controller

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Stephen Totilo:

The Wii U GamePad is not multi-touch. Not a problem, Fils-Aimesaid, holding a GamePad in his hands. “When we went through thebuilding of this and, given some of the functionality, we thoughtthat single-touch was a more appropriate option, especially whenyou’ve got other button configurations.”

I love Nintendo, but I’m dubious about this. I could see a non-multitouch controller a few years ago, but today? This product is debuting in a world where everyone is familiar with iPhones and iPads.

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Filed Under Attention to Detail

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Gizmodo reader “Zach”, noting a detail in the iOS 6 beta:

I noticed today that the reflection on the metallic sliders in theiPod app actually change as you tilt the phone from side to side.

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CIOS Beware: New Macbook Pro Will Be a Bandwidth
Hog

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The “correction” is almost as funny as the original premise. Easily the most jackasstic thing I’ve read this week.

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Twitter Introduces Expanded Tweets

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Michael Sippey:

You?ve probably expanded Tweets before to play videos fromYouTube or see photos from Instagram. Now, a diverse and growinggroup of new partners like the The Wall Street Journal, BreakingNews, and TIME also deliver rich content inside Tweets containinga link to those websites.

Twitter’s monetization strategy is unfolding.

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The Talk Show: Live From WWDC 2012

This week’s episode of The Talk Show, recorded yesterday in front of a live audience during WWDC 2012 in San Francisco. My special guest: Cabel Sasser, co-founder of Panic. We discuss all the news from Apple?s WWDC keynote ? the retina display MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion, and iOS 6 ? and the changing nature of indie app development in the App Store world.

My thanks to everyone who attended, and to Media Temple for sponsoring the event and the episode. Media Temple has a terrific offer for The Talk Show listeners: enter the code “gruber” and you’ll save 25 percent on any hosting service, and you’ll be entered in a contest to win a new retina display MacBook Pro.

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Microsoft turns iPhones into Xbox remotes, adds
Android client

Microsoft released an upgrade and a new version of its My Xbox Live mobile app on Wednesday, but neither was for Microsoft’s own Windows Phone platform. The iOS version of My Xbox Live gains the ability to use an iPhone as a remote control for an Xbox 360, while Android owners get their first version of Microsoft’s app. That’s great news, but the best is yet to come: Microsoft hinted at its new Xbox content sharing feature, Smart Glass, to be on non-Microsoft platforms too.

Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, also known as Major Nelson to gaming fans, dropped the news on his personal blog Wednesday, saying:

“The free My Xbox LIVE iPhone app update will let you find, learn more about, and control your favorite content from popular entertainment services on Xbox 360. You can control the content on your console with play, pause, fast forward and rewind controls directly from your iPhone. The new Discover section will let you find fresh entertainment through your phone to play on your console. You can also access on your phone a quick list of your most recent console activity.”

All of the updates are nice, but I especially like the remote control feature. As Microsoft adds more content partners, I’m using my Xbox more and more to watch Netflix, ESPN, live TV from Verizon FiOS and now Amazon Instant Video. Using a game controller for this activity isn’t optimal, although it certainly works. Of course, finding where the kids left the controllers — and hoping they have a battery charge — only adds to the challenge. But my iPhone is generally nearby and charged up.

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Android users can now get in on the Xbox action as well, but the feature set is limited. Hryb explains that this first Android version of My Xbox Live can be used to:

View, manage and message friends
View and compare your achievement progress with friends
Read and Edit your full LIVE profile (name, bio, motto)
See your 3-D Avatar and customize it while on-the-go
Access your recent activity and manage your Beacons
Stay connected to the Xbox LIVE community via Spotlight

Hopefully, the remote control function soon arrives on Android as well. Hryb made mention of Microsoft’s new Smart Glass project, announced earlier this month at the E3 gaming conference. Smart Glass isn’t a piece of hardware, but instead a software service to watch or hear Xbox Live content — think videos, music and even games — on a smartphone or tablet.

I assumed these devices would be Microsoft-powered, but Hryb clearly stated other platforms will be supported: “Yes, we do intend to bring Xbox SmartGlass to several platforms over time, but have no details to share right now.”

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