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Posted by on Jan 19, 2013 in Apps, Mobile, Startups | 1 comment

Traffic. Because long reviews from strangers suck!

Traffic. Because long reviews from strangers suck!

  Maybe you just had the best sushi ever. ..maybe you just took your car in to get serviced at a particular dealer (whose name I won’t mention) and noticed that you now have more things wrong with it than when you got there. ..It could be that you just heard an amazing indie band, attended an awesome event, or discovered a cool new venue. Whatever the case.   Whatever the reason.   Whatever it may be.   Traffic has you covered. Traffic provides users the ability to quickly and easily submit “the green light” ..or yellow, ..or red to those in their social networks (hopefully your friends).  After speaking with Co-Founder Ryan Dodds about a variety of things including: competition, distinguishing factors, and the like.. it was clear that Traffic’s aiming to harness the power of opinions and reviews of those people that actually mean something to you.   “The easy and fast way to share and discover meaningful recommendations on places with friends.” As states on their website.  ...

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Posted by on Jan 19, 2013 in Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

LINE reaches 100 Million users

LINE reaches 100 Million users

Just over 19 months ago if you asked someone “Do you have LINE” they might think you’re using some tricksy slang for drugs (probably heroein).  But now, after domianting the Japanese markets and being one of the leading contenders with other messaging apps such as: WhatsApp, IMO, KaKao Talk, etc.. While Naver (LINE’s creator) has yet to share details as far as daily or monthly active users LINE’s number put it up there among the top messaging apps to keep an eye on.   If you’ve never heard of LINE, then let me sum it up for you.. Free voice calls Basic messaging with a twist, (sillier emojis and stickers than the rest) Whether it’s.. Teddy bears Bunnies Juggling eggplants ..or even PSY from Gangnam style.   While most stickers are free some are paid.  Which is what actually turns out to be the secret to the apps tremendous financial success. Naver stated back in july that they were pulling in $3.75 million a month in sticker sales. Evidently...

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Posted by on Jan 18, 2013 in Apps, Mobile, Startups | 0 comments

What do you get when you cross apps with a groupon-like discovery model? Wurlpool.

What do you get when you cross apps with a groupon-like discovery model? Wurlpool.

  Having made their appearance last night at the Tech Cocktail event I began to wonder, could Wurlpool be an app developers best friend? Maybe.  Let’s walkthrough how it works..   Users receive instant updates of new app giveaways as push notifications.                                  (this is the same type of notification you get when: someone texts you, a new email arrives, or facebook notifies you that someone just tagged you in a pic from that crazy party last friday night) Users are then able to ‘enter to win’ these otherwise premium apps. Users are shown how much time is left until the promotion is over. Redemption codes are sent out to the winner(s) email address(es). Rinse and Repeat – a new giveaway starts all over again.   Pretty simple right?   Right.. But let’s really look into this, because I’m sure you’re wondering..   How do I know they’re not going to spam me with...

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Posted by on Jan 18, 2013 in Apps, Marketing, Mobile | 0 comments

King.com’s Candy Crush – Crushes Zynga as Top social-mobile game.

King.com’s Candy Crush – Crushes Zynga as Top social-mobile game.

  When we think of mobile gaming, one usually thinks: Zynga, Kabam, Gree, Disney, EA, ..but King? Never really heard of them (kidding). As noted earlier by the folks over at VentureBeat: AppData has recorded that the DAU (Daily Active Users) for King.com’s ‘Candy Crush Saga‘ was an astounding 9.7 million while FarmVille 2 was behind by close to 1M at 8.8 million DAU. Texas Holden Poker (also by Zynga) had 7.1 million. As far as MAU (Monthly Active Users) Zynga still dominates with FarmVille 2 being at 41.8 Million, Texas Holden Poker at 35.2 million and Candy Crush Saga just above 1/2 (with 5M MAU) at 25.8 million. If you haven’t played this game, let me tell you – it’s suitable for all ages, and the simplicity is what makes it so great. You could say it’s similar to bewjewled (where you match three jewels together) – but with candy, and on steroids. CEO Riccardo Zacconi has this to say on the signifance of their DAU #’s: “We’ve...

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Posted by on Jan 18, 2013 in Apps, iOS Updates, Mobile, Startups | 0 comments

Pathmapp private beta goes live!

Pathmapp private beta goes live!

  After making their Debut at the Tech Crunch Disrupt event last year PathMapp has officially launched into private beta. Needless to say, the private beta will allow the PathMapp team to gather useful insights on how users interact with and use Pathmapp to their advantage. Ultimately, this will lead to a better platform when they launch their public beta.  Pathmapps’ private beta provides access to their SDK and documentation from which their testers can install Pathmapp onto their iOS applications.   Once the SDK is installed and the new build of the iOS application is deployed to users, Pathmapp enables testers to do some amazing things – such as: Upload New Screen Interfaces – Our testers can create and deploy new versions of their screens without having to upload new versions of their application to the App Store. Live Configuration – We provide a snapshot of every screen and screen version available to an application, from which our testers can pick the screen versions to display to devices....

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Posted by on Jan 16, 2013 in Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

RIM sees 15,000 Apps submitted for Blackberry 10 in 2 days

RIM sees 15,000 Apps submitted for Blackberry 10 in 2 days

You remember a few days ago, or late last week when RIM tried to bribe developers $100 for every app that was approved? Well, it looks like it’ working. Their incentivized online ‘port-a-thon’ hosted by RIM has seen more than 15,000 apps submitted for BlackBerry 10 in just 37.5 hours (just under 2 days). Alec Saunders RIMs VP of developer relations noted that while there were 15,000 apps submitted not all of them were likely to pass RIM’s vetting process. Given, if they were to give away the $100 to all the 15,000 developers that would be $1.5 million, maybe more depending on other variables. Sure pundits say this is a sign of how ‘eager’ RIM is to get developer support (apps made) on their platform, but the fact of the matter is..they DO have some catching up to do, so I see nothing wrong with...

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Posted by on Jan 14, 2013 in Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

iPad 5 and new iPad mini coming in March, say analysts

iPad 5 and new iPad mini coming in March, say analysts

“Our checks at CES indicate Apple will release the iPad 5 and the second-generationiPad mini this March. The iPad 5 is expected to be lighter and thinner than the iPad 4 that was released in October, while the form factor of the iPad mini should be similar to the first generation iPad mini that debuted in October.” said analyst Brian White of Topeka Capital after having gained his insights over the past week from sources at the CES event.   Needless to say, updates to both the iPad and iPad mini in march would demonstrate a very agressive update cycle for Apple, who generally updates their iOS devices on a yearly schedule. AND that’s the problem I have with it.  AND WHY, I think consumers are starting to get fed up with this BS (for lack of a better term).   Sure..   Apple is one of the most well known brands on earth. Apple also creates some of the best products known to man. Additionally, Apple is notrious for creating some of...

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