World Mobile News

Tel Aviv, Israel – MAKE APP Magazine, launched on Sunday the 19th of August 2012, is one of the first independent publishers to release a magazine to the Apple iPad Newsstand, joining the ranks of popular journals such as Wired Magazine and National Geographic. Currently there are only 4,160 digital publications in the Newsstand in the US App Store, making it one of the least competitive and potentially most profitable sections of the App Store. MAKE APP Magazine: Teaching ordinary people to create successful apps The magazine aims to mentor its readers to become successful app entrepreneurs and features interviews with leading figures in the app development industry. The first issue features Amish Shah, who launched an app business with zero programming knowledge and subsequently sold his business for $1.95M within 9 months. Other notable guests to be featured in this and coming issues include Gert Jan Spriensma (Data Analyst, Distimo), Matthaus Krzykowski (Co-Founder, Xyologic), Tom...

The concept of the Connected Car – which is based on computer and sensor technology to make driving more of a pleasure – is getting a lot of attention these days. Far from being a futuristic concept, many elements are here already and others are very close indeed to becoming a reality. Many foundational elements are common in a car’s dashboard functionality today – streaming music from our phone, built-in navigation systems and phone call accessibility can all be controlled from the steering wheel. More advanced applications include traffic-enabled navigation systems and Places of Interest (POI) search capability for restaurants and parking locations. The technology that will be brought to market in the near future will focus on deeper personalisation, which will be powered by what many call intelligent technology . Industry research findings show that the next generation of drivers are ready for it. A recent survey by JCI found that people in their 30s and younger wanted full connect...

Essex, United Kingdom – The newly released Professional Digital Clapperboard app for iPad aims to replace traditional clapperboard hardware that can cost thousands of dollars. Aimed at both professional and indie movie-makers, the low-cost Professional Digital Clapperboard by Infinity Video & Photography is available for iPad on the AppStore. Professional Digital Clapperboard was developed by Joe Allen while he was working as part of a television crew, he developed a very basic digital clapperboard for his iPad and began using it while filming. Joe told us “Professional Digital Clapperboard works great in our television projects, so I hired a designer to come up with a great interface and released it to the AppStore”. Joe also explained how using the app saves thousands of dollars of the production budget “Using Professional Digital Clapperboard instead of a comparable traditional hardware clapperboard saved us over 1000 dollars of our production budget, that’s a huge amount parti...