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- HootSuite gets political and “Bumps” up iPhone app features.
- Market Scan for iPad is a slick, fast, stock market tracking app for serious investors
- Reddit’s Co-Founder Responds to Cheezburger Founder’s Acquisition Approach
- Send your iPhone or iPad to bullet hell with DoDonPachi Resurrection
- Android users: Listen to your favorite websites with BuzzVoice
- New changes to Google Events could be another piece to Google’s social network puzzle
- Apple’s App Store Now Features 250,000 Apps
- Kevin Rose Responds To Digg Users, First Wave Of Changes Incoming
- BBC Streamed 5.3 Million Shows To iOS Devices, Just 6,000 To Android
| HootSuite gets political and “Bumps” up iPhone app features. Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:22 PM PDT HootSuite has been busy of late. After announcing a beta version of their mobile app for BlackBerry users, HootSuite provided a glimpse of the product yesterday. This follows the announcement of a HootSuite Freemium model for their social media dashboard. Now the HootSuite has added new features to their iPhone app and have been approved for use by government agencies. First the political news. On their blog yesterday HootSuite announced that they "are proud to be the first and only social media dashboard in the Apps.Gov catalog and are pleased to announce that HootSuite is officially approved as a web application for United States government agencies." The official GSA New Media Twitter account published the announcement to alert the various agencies. Want to know which government agencies are using HootSuite? Find the entire list here: @hootwatch/gov-ngo list. Now on to the iPhone updates, which are quite impressive. Now available in the App Store, HootSuite version 1.1.6 adds the following features:
But the biggest new feature added to HootSuite's iPhone app? Now users can utilize Bump to quickly add followers. A great new addition to an already fantastic iPhone app. What are your opinions on the use of HootSuite by government agencies? Do you use HootSuite on your iPhone? If so, what do like and/or dislike about the app? Original title and link for this post: HootSuite gets political and “Bumps” up iPhone app features.     |
| Market Scan for iPad is a slick, fast, stock market tracking app for serious investors Posted: 28 Aug 2010 11:47 AM PDT
The app is clearly aimed at savvy investors and delivers a lot of analysis options as well as a slick interface and fast loading results. On top of that, even though it is a v1.0, the app seemed very stable (which you would hope with its $30 price tag), and the limited feedback on the App Store page so far (the app was just released yesterday) is very positive. So what exactly does Market Scan do? Well, it allows an investor to combine parameters, including popular indicators and up to the last four trading days (which it claims is unique) and mesh and other criteria together to form thousands of combinations of data from which you can create you own custom “scans” or lists of stocks, which you can then track and share via email whenever you want. The app developers have also done a great job of providing a tutorial as well as a number of predefined scans such as “Extremely Oversold Stocks”, “Bollinger Band Breakout Strategy”, and “Stochastic Turning From Oversold Level”. Right now this app only scans US based stocks, though the developers say they plan on offering international stocks in the future, as well Index conformation, alerts, stock search with list of important technical condition,technical indicators and price divergences in future updates. One you have created a scan, you can then drill down to the actual stock and then analyze it in a graphical manner (watch the video to see how slick that is). Overall, Market Scan seems to be a powerful and well designed app that serious investors will be very interested in exploring. Here’s our video review followed by some screenshots: (Note: there is another app in the App Store called Market Scan, this one is officially: Market Scan – Stock Technical Analysis) Original title and link for this post: Market Scan for iPad is a slick, fast, stock market tracking app for serious investors    |
| Reddit’s Co-Founder Responds to Cheezburger Founder’s Acquisition Approach Posted: 28 Aug 2010 10:59 AM PDT
The backstory, in case you’ve missed it, it is that over the course of the last week, Reddit has been in public dispute with its parent company Conde Nast over adverts promoting the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. After getting an official reason for the rejection, Reddit's admins decided to run the ads for free. Ben Huh, spotting an opportunity, publicly announced his interested in acquiring Reddit, claiming that Reddit would benefit from “more resources and less corporate interference”. It’s highly unlikely this will result in a sale, even Ohanian concedes that, but irrespective, this will undoubtedly set a precedent as one of the Internet’s most public acquisition approaches.
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| Send your iPhone or iPad to bullet hell with DoDonPachi Resurrection Posted: 28 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT
‘Bullet hell’ shoot ‘em ups are a type of Japanese arcade game that combine traditional enemy-blasting with psychedelic waves of bullets that fill the screen. Surviving becomes a delicate act of weaving around the screen while mastering often complex point-scoring tactics. One of the masters of this sub-genre is Cave, and DoDonPachi Resurrection is the developer’s second outing on iOS. What they’ve achieved here is astounding. It’s a smooth, fast and intense experience that’s true to its arcade roots. With OpenFeint integration, it has built-in achievements to unlock and online ranking to show just how much better other players are than you (at least at first). One problem with this being such a polished, high-pace experience is that older iPhones and all current iPod Touches simply can’t keep up. You’ll need an iPhone 4 or 3GS to use the game, but it really comes into its own on the iPad. Upscaled in ‘2x’ mode, there’s minimal pixelation and there’s much more room to move your finger around to control your ship than on the more cramped iPhone screen. Speaking of control, games like this often suffer when ported to a touchscreen mobile environment. Not here – DoDonPachi Resurrection is a joy to play, and you never feel like the controls have let you down. If you die, it’s your fault; just restart and have another go. If you’re like me you’ll find it hard to stop.
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| Android users: Listen to your favorite websites with BuzzVoice Posted: 28 Aug 2010 08:46 AM PDT
You can think of BuzzVoice as sort of a “Pandora for news”, where you are able to pick the sites you want to listen to, and then the application will read the top stories from those sites back to you. For keeping up to speed while you’re driving, working out or even on a bumpy train ride, there’s simply not a better choice than listening. Apparently, according to a post on the BuzzVoice website, it’s time for Android users to get happy. BuzzVoice for Android has landed into the Android Market, and we’re here to give you a first look at it The only issue that I see is that there isn’t a free version for those who want a BuzzVoice demo before committing to the $4.99 cost. However, it is the Android market, so you have 24 hours to uninstall any application if you don’t like what it does. The great part about BuzzVoice on Android is that we get some lovely features that are specific to our devices:
Ready to take the plunge? You can either search for BuzzVoice in the Android market, click on this link via any Android device or here’s a QR code for those who use scanners:
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| New changes to Google Events could be another piece to Google’s social network puzzle Posted: 28 Aug 2010 08:20 AM PDT
Among the new features, you’ll find easier ways to edit repeating events. Instead of taking up your entire window as before:
Beyond the repeating events, there is also a new tool to help you find an appropriate time for them. If other people have shared their calendar with you, the tool will look through the calendars of all parties and find a time when you can all get together: While both of these features are quite handy, the interesting part is not so much the features themselves but rather the social aspect of the Find a Time tab. Facebook has been in the event scheduling business for quite some time, and has had a leg up on the competition in it. The new Google Calendar features, to be honest, look a lot like event scheduling within Facebook, and I’m guessing that this is no coincidence: For those who have linked their Facebook and Gmail accounts, you’ll already have your Facebook contacts within your Gmail list. That access opens the door to scheduling your events in Google Calendar, and inviting anyone whose email address you know, not just those people you have on Facebook. As we’ve said in the past, Google seems to be aiming for a social system, rather than a social network site. As the new Google Calendar features roll out to more users in the coming weeks, could this be another piece of Google’s social puzzle? Original title and link for this post: New changes to Google Events could be another piece to Google’s social network puzzle    |
| Apple’s App Store Now Features 250,000 Apps Posted: 28 Aug 2010 06:33 AM PDT
At the time of writing, the App Store stands at 252,227 applications published by a total of 50,545 publishers, if inactive or deleted apps were to be counted, the App Store would be just over 300,000 apps strong. The App Store has continued to thrive as the iPhone 4, iPad and iPod continue to sell in their millions, adding over 50,000 apps in three months when it took just over two years to reach the 200,000 mark. It is estimated that the total value of all apps on the store would cost over $670,000, with the average price now $2.67. It seems there is just no stopping Apple and these statistics will do nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of developers who want to develop the next Angry Birds, how long will it be until we see the App Store passing 300,000 apps? Original title and link for this post: Apple’s App Store Now Features 250,000 Apps    |
| Kevin Rose Responds To Digg Users, First Wave Of Changes Incoming Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:14 AM PDT
Unfortunately for it’s founder Kevin Rose, core Digg users felt that the changes suffocated its users, removing the very essence of Digg; to find and promote new and interesting stories. The RSS submission service for media platforms quickly resulted in the Top News listings being dominated by major publishers. Our very own Alex Wilhelm listed a number of changes Kevin Rose and his team could implement to appease its existing users and continue to attract new visitors, as well as publishers. It appears that the team at Digg have been listening and its leader has taken to his blog to respond to the huge amount of feedback that must have come his way over the past few days. In his blog post entitled “Digg v4: release, iterate, repeat.” Kevin Rose conceded that not everyone was happy with the new Digg but did mention that site usage “looks extremely good”, to the point that Digg registered 43,000+ users a day previous. He also addressed some of the requests to bring back features that were dropped for the new layout and shift of focus on Power Diggers, writing:
Some changes for the better but probably not enough to turn the Power Diggers’ frowns upside down. It appears there are still a huge amount of bugs in the new Digg that the team are no doubt working hard on quashing. It wasn’t mentioned in Rose’s post but the Digg buttons are also getting a makeover, getting a specific mention in the comments. The new buttons are expected to go live in the next week, reducing redundant references to Digg’s when they could: There will undoubtedly be a number of revisions pushed in the coming weeks, when Digg V3 went live many users complained but hung around long enough for them to be ironed out. We hope that the Digg team can reach a level of equilibrium with its users and the associated feedback, so it can continue to push new and interesting stories to its ever increasing userbase. Original title and link for this post: Kevin Rose Responds To Digg Users, First Wave Of Changes Incoming    |
| BBC Streamed 5.3 Million Shows To iOS Devices, Just 6,000 To Android Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:51 AM PDT
The information was released after a Freedom of Information request was submitted to the BBC, to “understand the take-up of iPlayer Flash streaming for Android 2.2 phones in July.” Currently, the only (edit: official) way that Android users can view BBC iPlayer content is by visiting the iPlayer website and invoking the built-in Flash Player functionality to display the content. Given that Flash support is only available to users with Android 2.2, the ability to watch shows has only been available to Android users for less than a month on most devices. The Android Market used to have an unofficial BBC iPlayer app, this no longer worked when the BBC changed the way it streamed its programmes. [Our readers have pointed out that there is a new app called Myplayer that will allow iPlayer access on Android phones] For owners of the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch, the corporation built a specific iPhone portal nearly two years ago that would specifically format shows for iOS devices (remember, iOS devices will never officially support Flash). Non-2.2 Android devices should be able to access the same HTML5 streams that are available for iOS devices but the BBC blocked access to them because of “content protection considerations” that restrict delivery via HTTP. The Guardian quite rightly points out that an iPlayer app could be on its way to older versions of Android, especially after the BBC Trust approved the development of official apps last month. The streaming statistics were as follows:
Android users need not be too disheartened, Android 2.2 (Froyo) updates are gradually making their way to handsets, increasing the amount of people that will be able to view programmes without the need for a specific app. That said, an iPlayer app is thought to be in development, giving all Android handset owners the ability to catch-up on their favourite BBC content. Original title and link for this post: BBC Streamed 5.3 Million Shows To iOS Devices, Just 6,000 To Android    |
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