Amazon continues adding new features to its Kindle for iOS app that make it easier to use for blind and visually impaired users. Features like X-Ray, End Actions, sharing, highlighting and bookmarking have all been tweaked to give visually impaired users easier access to the nearly 2 million titles in its catalog that ...
Mailbox Brings its Email Client to the iPad
on 5.23.13
Mailbox, the quite popular email client that landed first on iPhone, announced the release of an iPad version of its app. The move is hardly surprising, but it does continue the Mailbox story, one that saw the firm launch to mass impact, and then exit to Dropbox for a reportedly nine-figure sum. TNW met with Mailbox at its ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – May 21, 2013
on 5.21.13
One of the coolest features of iOS 6 is Passbook, which keeps track of things like your boarding passes, loyalty cards, event tickets and more on your iPhone. You’d never have to worry about leaving tickets at home again. Samsung wanted in on the action, and earlier this year the company created and launched Samsung ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – May 20, 2013
on 5.20.13
Of the many devices that our smartphones have replaced, the gadget we use most frequently might be its camera. But as powerful as smartphones have become, there has never really been a great way to edit your pictures until you get them onto a computer. You don’t have to worry about this anymore, though, as Adobe released ...
Pebble Smartwatches Can Now Fully Communicate with iOS, Android Apps
on 5.16.13
Apps for the Pebble smartwatch are about to get a whole lot smarter. On Thursday, the company is releasing a new developer toolkit that will allow Pebble apps to fully communicate with a paired iOS or Android app. Until now, existing apps have been limited to the watch's basic functions, but this won't be the case going ...
Google I/O 2013: Google+ Hangouts Get Their Own App
on 5.15.13
Google announced a major upgrade to its Hangouts real-time communication service, rolling out a new stand-alone Hangouts app for the web, Android and iOS that will be available later Wednesday. The app was introduced by Vic Gundotra, senior VP of engineering, at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. He ...
Google I/O 2013: Play for Education Improves Discovery for Educational Apps
on 5.15.13
Google's making it easy for educators and their students to discover and recommend applications and books with Play for Education. Announced onstage at this year's I/O by Chris Yerga, Google's Android Engineering Director, the new Play storefront organizes content by education type, age and various other criteria to make ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – May 14, 2013
on 5.14.13
: One of the biggest advantages Android had over iOS was Google Now, which gives you the information you want, when you need it. It’ll help you manage your day, stay connected and find fun things to do nearby. Google Now is now on iOS, though, with most of its core features intact. Google Now is activated within the ...
Google Play Now Lets All Devs Respond to App Reviews
on 5.13.13
After a pilot program that began last year and was expanded in January, Google has announced that all developers can now reply to reviews of their apps on Google Play. This ability will allow developers to complete the circuit of communication, offering them the ability to create a conversation, rather than a one-sided ...
ABC to Bring Live TV to Mobile Devices This Week
on 5.12.13
This week ABC will quietly revolutionize its app for iPhones and iPads with a button called “live.” Users around New York and Philadelphia will be able to live stream all the programming from ABC’s local stations there, the first time that any major broadcaster has turned on such a technology. The functionality will ...
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