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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, 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 9, 2013 in Apps, Mobile, Startups | 0 comments

Appboy launches customer segmentation for Mobile App Developers

Appboy launches customer segmentation for Mobile App Developers

After reading a horribly written article on Tech Crunch that just goes waaaay too much into details, I thought I’d elucidate my findings and give you the skinny of how Appboy can be useful to you as a developer. But first, who/what is AppBoy?   Appboy is a customer relationship management platform for mobile apps that combines messaging, audience segmentation, analytics, and user support in a single, integrated solution. To avoid boring you with everything that Appboy allows you to do, let me provide a summation instead. Appboy allows you to seperate your sharers from your spenders and your influencers from your fans.  Wouldn’t it be great if you could send the right message to the people who spend the most? Or even better, a call to action influencing your social media butterflies to share what you have to say? Well, now – thanks to Appboy you can.  You can do just that; and more. To find out more (if you feel so inclined) I’d strongly urge you to...

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Posted by on Jan 3, 2013 in Apple, Mobile, Startups | 0 comments

Oomf – the online app discovery platform

Oomf – the online app discovery platform

Oomf has officially made its debut today.  The app discovery platform helps app developers make and find users for their apps.  Today the company is moving forward with its next under taking: a social step-by-step guide to helping budding entrepreneurs make their mobile development dreams a reality.   With 4,000 new apps launched every single day, Oomfg CEO Mikael Cho said, “Our goal is to empower the next generation of creators who are interested in building mobile apps … and help them make a sustainable mobile business.” According to VB, “Oomf provides a guide and resource kit that includes a launch website, a sign-up page, a press kit, and tools to manage your first usersand testers. The site will also put you in a cohort of developers, so you’ve got a virtual team to turn to for help and encouragement. And the site will help with the app store submission process and give you analytics for your app.”   Cho referenced it as being a “personal trainer for the...

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Posted by on Dec 20, 2012 in Apps, Mobile, Startups | 0 comments

Kamcord in app Game Recorder

Kamcord in app Game Recorder

Kamcord.   I can’t believe I didn’t come across these guys sooner.  Actually, I have a similar idea (that I won’t get into) but I think this is one of those apps that is truly noteworthy given what it’s able to bring to the market place.  Particularly to developers who are looking to get in-game footage of their games so they can create teasers or previews for their potential audience.   Kamcord (basically in a nutshell) allows  users to record and share their awesome gameplays. Without having to leave their games.   Get more installs from people that see your game on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Currently available for cocos2d and Unity3d on iOS. More game engines coming soon!   To take a look at history of similar things that have been done in the past for web platforms I vividly remember FRAPS (with an R).  This was actually one of the first screen recorders gamers could use to record their game play to show off to their friends.   Then,...

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Posted by on Dec 8, 2012 in Mobile, Startups | 0 comments

Test Flight Alternative – KickFolio app testing service

Test Flight Alternative – KickFolio app testing service

Kickfolio is opening up its app testing service to developers today. In a nutshell  Kickfolio offers a way for developers to upload builds of their mobile applications to its platform, allowing others to then interact with the apps on the web, vs having to download a test build locally to their mobile device.   There are certainly competitors in this marketplace like: TestFlight, Pieceable, and AppSurfer – so it’s not like they don’t have their work cut out for them, but here’s what makes them different.   Kickfolio’s  uses HTML5, whereas Pieceable (for instance) playable apps were rendered in Flash.   Edward Dowling CEO and co-founder went on to say,   “Their solution was great, but it was not terribly performant,”    “In wanting to build a full-featured platform, we recognized that we needed to get the dependency away from Flash.”   With Kickfolio’s new product, developers can upload a simulator build of their iOS application to Kickfolio.com, fill in some details and then they’ll receive a link to their...

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