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Between: the world’s most popular private network for couples
If you are among those who think social networking is becoming too noisy and intrusive, then there is a solution. It's a private social network that allows you to communicate with your partner in a private, intimate way.No it's not Pair. In fact, it predates the cutesy social effort that's been grabbing headlines in the tech press.Between is an app developed by South Korean startup VCNC. It provides a quick chat option between couples, as well as photo ...Want to be a millionaire? Make a smart phone game [Infographic]
Would you like to make a pile of cash? I rate you go into mobile gaming. While you’re merrily launching flocks of birds at a bunch of thieving pigs, gaming companies like Rovio are cashing in.How much is the Finnish game giant making, exactly? Well, its revenue totaled a nice US$100 million last year -- a substantial increase over 2010, where it made US$10 million. Which, you know, wasn’t bad either. It’s a nice industry to be in -- gaming ...The problem with iMessage
iMessage doesn't work.Well, that's not entirely true. It works perfectly well as a traditional text messaging replacement. To a point.The first problem with iMessage is its lack of awareness.It's a simple broadcast bus (think back to parallel connectors used to transfer data between components or computers). At its launch, Apple admitted that iMessage runs on top of its notifications engine (based on XMPP).But that's the problem: it's treating messages -- two-way communication - as what seems to be ...Mozilla’s tech evangelist on the web’s immortality: The Memeburn interview
Robert Nyman could be the geek of all geeks. As the Swedish-based Technical Evangelist for Mozilla, Nyman is a strong believer in HTML5 and the Open Web. In the app era, while everyone is slagging off the web, he remains a big fan and feels it will flourish.
Nyman argues that the web is neither dead nor dying. He sees the app evolution as a way to bridge the gap between the current web experience and to offer "findability ...InstaGamer brings gaming to Instagram
We all know Instagram is great. There’s a reason Apple named it App of the Year for iPhone in 2011. But even with all its filters it has limited entertainment value.What if you took the photos from your Instagram feed and turned them into a game? That could be fun right? Turns out there’s an app for that too...InstaGamer made its way onto the app store a few hours ago and works sort of like the card memory game Pairs. ...Vodacom’s big bet on the app economy
Apps are the future. We all know that. Some even believe a new “app economy” may replace the web itself.But what about the app stores, the places we go to buy the apps? The Android Market and Apple's App Store have hundreds of thousands of apps. Even smaller stores like Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace and BlackBerry’s App World have tens of thousands of apps. Does the sheer scale of OS-specific app stores mean there’s no space for a different of ...Instagram envy: 4 similar photo apps for BlackBerry users
With over 50-million users, Instagram is the photography app of choice for many photographers with an iPhone and a love of vintage-inspired pics. Instagram recently announced that their retro photography app will be available for Android devices soon, but it seems that BlackBerry users are neglected yet again.If you're sick of seeing the instagr.am links on Twitter and don’t have the inclination (or financial ability) to switch smartphones, here are some similar (and free) apps directly from BlackBerry App ...Have a killer app idea? Check out Apple’s new getting started guide
You have ideas for killer apps all the time, but where do you begin? Apple’s new “Start Developing iOS Apps Today” guide will help you get your feet wet.Aimed at giving prospective developers an overview of what iOS developing is all about, the guide starts with an introduction and then goes on to explain which applications you need to install.To get you familiarised with the development environment, a simple tutorial shows you how to write the most basic rite ...Not free, not open: The Memeburn interview with WhatsApp’s Brian Acton
In one of only a handful of public interviews ever given by WhatsApp, co-founder Brian Acton talks exclusively to Memeburn about simplicity, speed and simplicity, and what it takes to make some cash.The fact that WhatsApp is so popular is no surprise, and yet to become the number one smartphone messaging app in a sea of same-same services is mysterious. Sure, people like to communicate, and will latch onto a service that lets them do it easily and cheaply. ...In-game purchases to sky-rocket to US$4.8 billion by 2016
The smartphone game market, ever the beacon of success, is expected to rocket from US$2.1 billion to US$4.8 billion by 2016. Freemium, paid content, episodic titles, casual and hardcore games, the list of smartphone games is overwhelming by nature and offers something for every audience.A report by Charlotte Miller, Analyst with Juniper Research and author of the whitepaper, details more, and outlines how the mobile games market has blossomed.The rise of social gamingFarmville, a model of accomplishment, is the ...
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