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If you are an iPhone owner this is for you,With all the passwords we use today and surely more to follow this app can manage everything,The iPhone app securely stores passwords and other private information (accounts, frequent flyer information, reward cards and more). Information is backed up to the cloud and secured with 256-bit encryption. A unique feature allows iPhone users to remotely self-destruct the password data if their phone is lost or stolen..this app will also work with the iPhone 4,5,6 and 6Plus.
BASIC FEATURES:
• Remembers passwords and other private information
• Tracks accounts, credit cards, frequent flyer, loyalty card, and more
• Easy-to-setup categories, custom fields and unlimited notes
• Single tap access to your websites – fills in user names and passwords
• Secures stored information with bank-level 256-bit AES encryption
• Search feature finds any item containing the phrase typed in
• Provides a strong unique password generator
• Shields passwords from prying eyes with password masking
• Configurable timeout setting for automatic log out after an inactivity delay
• Supports English, Spanish, French, and German languages
• Supports Italian, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese languages
The basic aMemoryJog iPhone edition is free. It allows users to categorize and track passwords and other easyto-forget information. aMemoryJog auto-fills userid and passwords for websites, fostering easy access to secure sites. Available worldwide, aMemoryJog supports 8 languages. Additional features are available in the Professional edition and is accessible via an in-app purchase of $9.99. The Professional edition includes all of the features of the free edition but additionally provides backup and sync support. It is bundled with a free 1 year subscription to the web-based edition that allows users to access their information from the PC, Mac, tablet, or any other web-enabled mobile device with all information being synced. If the user’s phone is lost or stolen, they can set it to remotely self-destruct, protecting unauthorized access.
PREMIUM FEATURES (available with in-app purchase):
• Provides all features of the Basic edition but with no ads
• Includes a free web based edition accessible from PC, Mac or tablets
• Allows you to import data from a spreadsheet
• Cloud backups prevent loss of data if you restore your mobile device
• Syncs with the web edition
• Allows you to restore any deleted entry from a recycle bin
• Self-destruct feature erases data upon too many invalid password tries
• Remote self-destruct erases aMemoryJog data if phone is lost or stolen
• Data erased from self-destruct can later be restored from cloud backup
In a world of smart watches today it is not easy to find a cheap one,whilst they are coming down in price and companies are trying to make them cheaper Apple has to be the ones to reverse the price bracket people want,with a watch that has bells and whistles and one that sends vibrations to people via their wrist,swiftly moving on. Hanspree have announced a watch that costs on £30 and there is also an app for it too…
Now it does look plain to be fair and at the price what do you expect but its a step in the right direction to get people into the idea of wearing smart watches due to the cost of them now its not really took off to well especially here in Ireland..
The Sports Watch is a convenient life tool that offers exercise tracking functions, sleep monitoring, alerts, alarm and standard watch functionality. Trying to get fit? The on-board pedometer will count how many steps you are taking throughout the course of a day and feed the information to you for your assessment. It will also inform you of how many calories you are likely to have burned and the distance you have travelled giving you all the information you need to help you lose weight and stay healthy. Having trouble sleeping? Use the Sports Watch to monitor your sleeping patterns which may in turn help you identify times when you sleep well or are easily disturbed. You can see and monitor all of this data in real-time on the OLED screen. This is in addition to ordinary features such as time, date and battery level.
The new Hannspree Sports Watch also includes Bluetooth connectivity which means it can be synced with a Smartphone. Compatible with both Android and IOS, a free downloadable app is available for most modern Smartphones that enables you to review collected data in order to identify your very personal trends and provide you with the motivation to challenge yourself in future activities. The Sports Watch can store up to 20 days of data before it needs to be synced.
When a Smartphone is synced via Bluetooth, the Hannspree Sports watch can be used to alert you of incoming calls and messages. Handy if you regularly tuck your phone away safely or are required to turn your phone to silent mode and often miss communications. You can also use this functionality to set up prompts for important reminders such as when to take medicine or make an important call. A vibrate setting lets you receive alerts and alarms discretely.
The Sports Watch has an uncomplicated, easy to use menu system and a simple but smart design available in two colours (Blue / Black). Completely wireless, the Sports watch, which can be charged in less than an hour via USB, provides battery power for 8-10 days of use. It can be worn either as a watch on a wrist, or using the supplied necklace band, can be worn around the neck.
Echo Products are the guys who created the Echo Key which we reviewed in full some weeks ago which can be seen over HERE ,Echo Products are expanding their range of products and today two more have been announced,which go by the name of Echo Bassboomz which is a high quality bluetooth speaker and also Echo Bassbuds which are high quality earbuds,and they are available to buy today.
Echo Bassboomz
Coming in several colours Black, Blue, Pink, Purple and Silver Experience superior sound quality through the powerful built-in speaker giving depth and clarity to your music. Designed with an innovative Bass Expansion System for an impressive volume-to-size digital amplifier giving you deep, rich bass tones. Simply twist and release to activate an enhanced entertainment experience.
All Eco BassBoomz come with a built-in high performance Li-ion rechargeable battery, so you can hear your music at 70% volume for an amazing 5-6 hours. The solid aluminium construction with high grip base provides stability, reduced interference and vibration dampening when used on hard surfaces.
All this impressive design and technology is packed into a portable, pocket-sized high performance Bluetooth speaker for music on the go. The Echo BassBoomz also supports all devices connection through a 3.5mm audiojack.
HIGHLIGHTS
Explosive sound quality – twist and release the Bass Expansion system
Ideal for your smartphone, MP3 players, tablets and laptops
Compatible with all wireless devices with a Bluetooth connection
Compatiable with any audio device that has a 3.5mm audio jack output
Dual connectivity available – connect 2 BassBoomz™ together using the enclosed splitter wire for double the sound
Portable and pocket-sized for your music on-the-go!
These are also available in several colours Black, Pink, Platinum, Purple, Red and White.
High performance in-ear headphones; beautifully designed and made from precision cut aluminium and SWAROVSKI Elements crystal for a stunning, premium finish.
Facebook today announced Layout from Instagram, a new app that lets you easily combine multiple photos into a single image. But only on iOS for now and Android in the coming months and as guessed no word on Windows Phone in which the App has not been updated in a Year now.
When you open Layout, we automatically show you previews of custom layouts as you choose photos from your camera roll. To make it easier to find the photos you want, also added is a Faces option that shows you all the photos in your camera roll that feature people.
From imagining mirrored landscapes to sharing multiple moments from an entire adventure, seen these kinds of visual storytelling happening on Instagram and we’re inspired by it. With Layout, it’s easier than ever to unlock your creativity.
There is many music apps available today for smartphone users and perhaps we are spoilt for choice but new apps are always welcome and i guess its healthy for the competition,a new app has landed called Louise App and here is what this app can provide for its users.
Louise is a free mobile app suggesting its users to listen each other’s music in real time. Listening & sharing in real time between users around the world. With Louise, a new community of music fans seeking for new interactive experience is born.
Louise unites music lovers & smartphones users. Combining these 2 trademarks, Louise allows you to unleash your aural curiosity & sneak in unknown listeners’ headphones. Interactivity & discovery have no limits.
Louise’s concept has never been seen before. Louise is the very first genuine interactive social music app in perpetual evolution thanks to the impulse & feed of its user community.
No email adress, no login & no password are required to activate or use Louise. During their first connection, Louise’s users are invited to select their favourite streaming players (among Soundcloud, Spotify, Deezer, Rdio & Qobuz), their avatar (no personal picture) & their favourite music genres. Each genre is represented by a colour. Their selection reveals then their own ” Music Rainbow”.
A simple & intuitive navigation, Louise in 3 key steps
1. When users wish to listen music with Louise, 2 possibilities are offered to them :
Through their own “Music Rainbow”, they select their favourite musical mood of the moment. Louise is allowing them then to have the possibility to listen to others in real time inside of the selected genre. Other users can be around locally or at the other side of the world.
Louise users can simply listen to their music through their integrated favourite streaming player in the app, knowing that their own music will be potentially available to other users.
2. Lets discover the “core” of the app, the “Music Time” : a shared listening session in real time. Thanks to Louise’s instant messaging feature, users connect between each others from anywhere in the world. Louise’s smart geo location system offers additional infos about users’ geographical position.
3. The ultimate experience inside Louise is its “Match Point”. Louise’s users sharing a listening session & being close locally in a range of a few meters, receive a notification & their phone vibrates. Louise empower users to make the bridge between virtual & physical.
You can now download Louise on Android and iOS and its coming soon to Windows Phone,and thanks to Gwenhael for getting in touch with us.. Also check out LouiseApp.Com
Selfie sticks are a craze these days and the also do my head in. Not only do they do my head in they are beginning to annoy the general public too with bans on the apparatus now creeping in everywhere,they are like umbrellas if you will people not minding how and where they use them and at times hit others in the process.
Thankfully now there is a new app for selfies,not a new idea either,example being camera apps such as Lumia selfie app found on Lumia devices which does a good job and no need for the elongated bothering selfie sticks,but there has been instances when people with such phones use the selfie stick too which is stupid and makes you look thick.
Snapi puts an end to uncomfortable Selfies, no more stretching your hand and fingers to trigger the camera to snap a shot. With Snapi you can now capture photos without touching the phone! Simply raise your open palm in front of camera, close it into a fist and open again – the photo will be captured. Snapi works up to 13 feet (4m) away – just put the phone down and get that group shot. So what are you waiting for? Start Snaping!
App Features:
• Touch-free gesture technology engine by eyeSight
• Configurable capture countdown timer – choose how many seconds pass between gesture and capture
• Easily switch between the front and back cameras on your device
• All photos are stored on your device’s native photo gallery for a seamless sync of the photo stream
• Autofocus based on face recognition*
• Helpful sound feedback for photo capture, focus, and countdown
* Subject to phone’s capabilities
Note that the range of operation using the gesture to capture photos may vary based on your phone’s camera.
We are what we eat as the saying goes and today diet and healthy eating is now becoming a trend,Katie and Alex from KickDish got in touch with us about their new app and we discussed about the future too..
KickDish, based in Zurich, Switzerland, is about to revolutionize the way consumers plan meals and grocery shop. For families who have varied taste buds, meal planning can become not only expensive, but also feel like short-order cooking. KickDish’s innovative app lets users indicate taste and diet preferences, and then suggests recipes accordingly. Once a recipe is selected, KickDish will generate a shopping list that can be synced among family members or roommates. As soon as the shopping list is edited, a push notification is received by the other user in order to draw attention to the instantly updated list. KickDish also offers the option to price-compare the customer’s grocery basket across online grocers. Once the customer is ready to checkout, they also have the option for online delivery.
What is KickDish..
In short, an app that is an indispensable tool to fit healthy eating into a busy life. Wouldn’t this help you stay on the right track, once and for all?
What can KickDish do for the consumer.
KickDish app gives you all the tools to support healthy eating: practical, healthy, affordable and enjoyable.
helping when planning meals
taking into account your partner or other family members
allowing composing of personal shopping lists
indicating which fruits and vegetables are in season this month
coming up with new seasonal recipes every month
taking into account your tastes, allergies, and intolerances
always by your side, at work, traveling, and so on.
Why is KickDish unique.
KickDish app is the first plan that facilitates a healthy life, because it has what other approaches lack. Healthy living and staying fit in a structured way, that’s what counts. This idea started the app and gives you all the tools. In addition, the diet plan is made for you, because it takes into account your intolerances.
What about food intolerance or allergies.
…. lactose / gluten / dairy / garlic / onions and much more, is the plan appropriate for me? The plan does not contain gluten, lactose and many other allergens that you would find in processed products. You can simply cross off and customize other allergens with the option “Your Taste/Intolerances”. Then you can see these crossed off items are not reflected in the Online Menu Planner. KickDish has thousands of recipes for the growing number of people who are faced with celiac, diabetes, or another medical condition. The user-friendly interface allows users to identify their, or a family member’s, dietary needs. The recipes pulled and highlighted will have all allergen-safe ingredients.
The Intelligence & Innovation of KickDish
One of the most exciting features of KickDish is the money saving tool it provides consumers. By using KickDish, your grocery bill is reduced since you have the option to price-compare across online grocers. Consumers also save money by reducing trips to the grocery store for the few items typically forgotten. Fewer trips to the store means less gas used, and now you can even have the option to get your groceries delivered.
What is your prime goal.
KickDish’s mission is to make healthy food (almost) as convenient and affordable as fast food is. It’s an audacious goal, but we believe mobile technology, when used wisely, helps people reduce time and money spent on groceries. The more we succeed in doing just that, the bigger the chance that people will manifest their healthiest selves. And that’s a cause worth fighting for!
Below is the video for our crowdfunding campaign that we are launching soon to support this cause:
KickDish App features
On the screen you indicate what your allergies or intolerances are or simply what you just do not like. Then you can find recipes free of your allergens in the Menu Planner! Gives you complete control of your nutrition plan. The app provides you with a hypoallergenic diet plan or just a diet plan to your taste. These customized options increase your chances for sticking with the program!
Mobile Menu Planner with personal shopping list
You get recipe suggestions that reflect your personal taste,Then imagine a quick, personal shopping list. This will save you a lot of headaches, time and money (you can buy in larger quantities and be more aware of offers from the local supermarket). Additionally, the rest. The question: “What should I eat again” is no longer a problem! In the result screen you see exactly which food is used in any recipe. You do not need to print anything, just take your smartphone with you to the store or the kitchen.
Add your own recipes
It may very well be that you have built up some favorite recipes over the years. It’s unlikely that these exact recipes are found in the app recipe database. No worries! Thanks to this option, you can quickly add your recipe(s). Then you get the recipe from the Menu Planner so you also enriched the online Menu Planner with your favorite recipes. The Menu Planner clearly sees what recipes are added by you and which are of KickDish.
A truly collaborative meal planner
For example, sharing your shopping lists is super convenient if you’re not the only one in the family who goes shopping. Or if you want to encourage other family members to do so ;-). Do you have a central shopping list that is always up-to-date? KickDish does. Check off what you’ve bought already in the app and the rest of your family will be informed immediately.
The KickDish App
As an app for your smartphone or tablet! (iOS or Android)
Customize your Taste/Intolerances
Online Menu Planner (with personal shopping list)
The KickDish Weekly Menus (seasonal)
Continuous updates
Add your own recipes
The App will be launching soon in the US and Europe soon after we will have all the details and update accordingly,we will have access to the App in April.
Recently we spoke about stolen phones and its a huge lucrative business and if it happens to you its possible you can end up with a huge bill,new measures are being brought forward by EE, O2, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone in the UK, but is it possible we will see this happen here ? Even having phone insurance and going through the process can be more hassle than its worth,personally i used my insurance once and it was that much hassle i cancelled it and never used it since,so i try to be careful with my devices which to date i have been…
The BBC reports the following.
Mobile phone users will be protected from massive bills when their devices are stolen after five operators agreed to introduce a £100 “liability cap”.
EE, O2, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone have signed up to the measure.
Some customers have faced charges of thousands of pounds because of usage by thieves. The cap will be activated when a phone is reported lost or stolen within 24 hours of going missing.
The government said it had secured a deal with “real benefits”.
The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) said the measures would bring “much-needed relief” to consumers targeted by phone fraudsters.
The CAB said consumers regularly contacted them for help after being hit with five-figure bills, with some as high as £23,000.
“We will be keeping a close eye on the phone providers’ caps to see if they do really protect phone crime victims from the worst bills.”
Gillian GuyChief executive, CAB
Between April last year and February the organisation estimates users have lost as much as £140,000 because of bills on stolen mobiles.
CAB chief executive Gillian Guy said: “Victims of phone crime should not be paying excessive bills run up by thieves.
“A cap on bills from stolen mobile phones will come as much-needed relief to consumers targeted by phone fraudsters.
“We will be keeping a close eye on the phone providers’ caps to see if they do really protect phone crime victims from the worst bills.”
Three introduced the protection for its customers in January and the other four operators have confirmed they will follow suit.
Ed Vaizey, minister for the digital economy, said: “By working with the mobile operators, we have secured an agreement that will provide consumers with real benefits as well as offer peace of mind.”
All five firms have also signed up to a new code of practice.
This obliges them to give clear pricing information and alerts when consumers reach data limits, information on how to avoid roaming charges and a barring function to protect users against unauthorised or inadvertent calls to premium rate services and in-app purchases.
A bezel-less phone,something people have been looking for and here it is and its called the Subor S3 which is not really a well known OEM.
The Subor S3 is currently selling in China in either black or white for the price of CNY 1399, or about €200.
It does look much like several phones on the market today and might suit some folks needs but i would personally give this a miss any how its China bound but it does not mean you cant get your hands on one.
The Subor S3 sports a 5-inch HD display and has a unibody covered by Dual Gorilla Glass 3 on the front and the rear. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6732 processor coupled with 1Gb of RAM
The device has 8GB of internal storage space which is expandable via a microSD card slot.
The Subor S3 has a 8MP main camera with f/2.0 aperture and a 8MP front camera. It measures 141.5 × 70.3 × 7.8 mm, runs on Android 4.4 Kitkat OS and is backed by a 1700mAh battery.
