Category: Android

Apps and Devices

Outlook for iOS and Android makes its way Today by @Tiwaash #Outlook #Microsoft #App #iOS #Android

Microsoft has recently been involved in developing their Office apps for iOS and Android, which are feature rich and gel very well with the environment. After OneDrive, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and OneNote today Microsoft added one more very useful and important Office app, Outlook to this list.

Today Microsoft officially announced the the availability of Outlook for iOS and Android. This official mail client from Microsoft is feature and is a good way to carry your stuffs all at one place.

Why choose Outlook?

Manage your inbox 
• Outlook automatically triages your inbox for you, surfacing your most important email. Less relevant email is placed in your “Other” inbox. 
• Swipe to quickly delete, archive, or schedule messages. 
• Schedule emails and they will return to your inbox at a later time. 

Your calendar built-in 
• Switching between your email and calendar apps is a thing of the past. Outlook includes your calendar and notifies you with appointment reminders. 
• Find available meeting times and share them in email or schedule a meeting. 

Attachments made easy 
• View and attach any file from your email, OneDrive, Dropbox, and other accounts with just a few taps. 
• Send large files even if you haven’t downloaded them to your phone. 

Find anything fast 
• Filter your inbox to only show messages that are unread, flagged, or have attachments, with a single tap. 
• Quickly find the right messages, people and files by typing just a few letters. 
• Outlook shows people you communicate with most often, and lets you conveniently drill down to see all related emails, meetings and files. 

You can download the app for Android here & for iOS here.

I’m pretty happy with the way it works and looks, let us know what you have to say about this.

Stay tuned for more tech buzz.

Lockitron Bolt – Unlock Your Door without keys #Lockitron by @jimboireland #Bolt #Bridge

Technology in the home is now gathering pace rather fast and its showing more so each day with the products that are coming to market we are evolving slowly into having smart homes and this is the future if we like it or not,its making our lives more convenient and and testament is true convenience wins.. This new company has set up a quite nice way to unlock your door and i think its quite cool, lets have a look at Lockitron.

Lockitron Bolt replaces keys with your phone. With Lockitron Bolt, you can instantly grant family, friends and guests access to your home or business from anywhere in the world using your internet enabled smartphone.

Lockitron Bolt connects to your iOS or Android device directly via Bluetooth Low Energy. This means it will continue to work even if your power goes down or you experience a power outage. Thanks to Sense™, Lockitron Bolt will automatically unlock for you when you return home.

 

 

Meet your new key – Bolt by Lockitron uses Bluetooth Low Energy which means that Lockitron will keep working even in the event of power or internet outages.

Share access – Any iOS or Android phone can use the Lockitron app. You can instantly share access with your family and friends.

Peace of mind – Is your door locked? Lockitron can send a notification when your child unlocks the door using their phone or key.

Control from anywhere.

Bolt optionally connects to the internet with Bridge. With Bridge you can control and receive notifications from Bolt anywhere in the world.

Smart 

Lockitron Bolt uses four AA batteries which last for up to six months. Bolt will even let you know by email when they are running low.

Easily customizable

With Bridge you can control Bolt through our incredibly simple API endpoints. We’re working to integrate Bolt with a number of popular devices and apps.

Android and iOS applications

Lockitron Bolt is compatible with iOS or Android out of the box. With Bridge, other phones can use Lockitron through their simple mobile website.

With Bridge you can take the power of Bolt anywhere in the world. Bridge gives you peace of mind to know that your door is locked, even if you’re halfway around the world.

 

We think this is quite a nice idea,would you be interested in this ? Shout off below..

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PicHit.Me App launches on Android and iOS,Windows Phone update soon.by @jimboireland #PicHitMe

PicHit.Me is an exciting app where you can upload photos and make money it launched initially on Windows Phone last year and now has spread its wings to two more platforms which is Android and iOS,Often the case with well known apps its the reverse order here as Windows Phone users had the chance to use this app before any other..

What is PicHit.Me.

PicHit.Me contains three basic sections.

  • Market – A fun and vast photo market, where you get access to people’s photos and can request the photos you need. The photo market’s goal is to be where the photo need is big (starting of in PowerPoint and Word).
  • Missions – Photo missions where you can participate and upload your photos in order to earn money, win prizes, get rewarded with coupons, learn more about photographing, show your photo skills, compete or get reviews and ratings from others.
  • Me – Your account where you collect all your rewards, create your profile, gather your favorite photos in albums, connect to other members and interact with the community.

 

PicHit.Me is an eco-system that connects billions of people in need of photos with the billions of people with a camera.

PicHit.Me is global. PicHit.Me targets everyone. PicHit.Me opens up new ways to learn and earn money by taking photos.

PicHit.Me offers a fun, easy and affordable way to legally use photos

 

PicHitMe has been on WindowsPhone and has been a big success so if you have not tried it yet now is the time..

 

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Now PicHit.Me has hit Android and iOS this is great news for them and its great new for those who have been waiting to use the App.

PicHit.Me is the perfect app for both photographers and people looking for legally cleared images. Those in need of photos have the ability to find the perfect image by requesting photos from the community of photographers. The request feature engages a crowd of photographers to capture the images straight from your imagination. Photographers can in turn accomplish these missions for a chance to be rewarded.

 

You can download PicHit.Me on here  on  iOS  Android and Windows Phone ,also to note the Windows Phone app will be getting updated next month which is good news for users..

Also said today

Simply download the app, create a PicHit.Me account and post your fantastic photos to the relevant missions. There is even a $250 reward up for grabs in our latest Challenge, as we search for the perfect PowerPoint background – so be sure to upload to this mission to be in with a chance of winning.

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Fed up with the stock camera on the Nexus 6 ? Try #ManualCamera. by @jimboireland #Apps #Lollipop

I use countless phones during the year and its hard to find any decent androids with good cameras apart from the likes of the Galaxy Note or LG G3 these would be fairly good when it comes to taking snaps,using the Nexus 6 well the camera is pretty poor and annoying and causing issues,of late my device told me i had no camera on my nexus which really annoyed me especially when i did need it at the time,slightly off topic you just beat the camera on Nokia Lumia devices especially high end,even the latest 735 takes amazing photos for its price and laughs at the Nexus 6..  Below is the message i got when trying to take photos yesterday,very annoying to say the least.

 

 

Anyhow should you get this error after trying to clear the cache in the app and every other method bar the hard reset which i hate having to do,i switched off the phone for ten minutes and it was working,this was too late for me then but mostly i do carry two phones with me but not today.Lesson learned now,always carry one of my Lumia devices just in case..

I discovered this new app called Manual Camera,there is several apps in the store,most of them are quite frankly crap and riddled with ads so this is a no go for me,this app does cost you a mere €1.69 and i find the app itself to work quite well with a nice UI and more features than the stock camera app by google on the Nexus 6

 

Limited time offer! 50% off – only till the end of January!

Important:
This app takes full advantage of Lollipop’s Camera2 API, and therefore requires it to be properly implemented in your Android ROM. If your device runs on Lollipop, and still the app is not compatible with it, please contact your ROM provider (e.g. Samsung, LG) and ask them why they haven’t implemented Camera2 API? So far the situation looks really bad. Only Nexus 5 works perfect. Nexus 6 is almost perfect (only white balance is not working). But the rest of manufacturers are not willing to take this effort, and therefore their devices are not compatible at all.
Manual Camera is world’s first Android camera app with FULL Manual Control:
– Manual Shutter Speed
– Manual Focus Distance
– Manual ISO
– Manual White Balance
– Manual Exposure Compensation

 


You start in full Auto mode. From here you can Lock each of the parameters separately, and then adjust them manually by rotating the Wheel.
Additional features:
– RAW (DNG) format
– GPS (geo tagging)
– Timer
– Gridlines
– Sounds On/Off
– Max. Screen Brightness On/Off

Have you tried this app or will you download it,if so let us know what your think.So far i like it..

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#Picguesso A Picture guessing game that transforms your personal snaps by @jimboireland #IrishApps

There is plenty of photo games and apps now available for our devices today which include many ways of having fun with them by editing or so on today we have came across a new app which was made in Ireland by Damien Kierans and Gerald Gallagher the app is called Picguesso

We took some time out to talk to Damien today to talk about himself and the app and what’s ahead..

I am a designer engineer and I thought of the idea roughly a year ago and started jotting down some designs. When I was happy with the designs I had drafted and the functionality of the app I approached a colleague of mine who has experience with programming and together we started building Picguesso. We were working on the development of Picguesso in our spare time but due to our busy work schedule we decided to get some extra help on the back end of the app to try and get Picguesso launched sooner rather than later. We’re currently drafting up idea’s for a single player offline version called iguesso which is synced to your Picguesso accounted enabling players to climb the leaderboard. We are hoping to have iguesso ready in the coming months

What is Picguesso

Picguesso is a social gaming app that allows users to send and receive blurred images along with a hint and answer. The answer and image is revealed when the image is guessed correctly all while trying to beat the clock and your friend’s top score.

You will first need to sign in after its downloaded,at present the app is available free on Android and iOS we will put links at end of post.

Once logged in you can either pick from the gallery of images already preloaded,take a photo or choose from your gallery.

 

Once you have chosen the image you wish to share you can then pick from your friends list or you can opt to use your Facebook followers you can also pick a random player or challenge selected players,You can also give hints too.then the game begins from there..

 

When the game begins you will have an image similar to this on the phones screen..

Not only can you play this game in Ireland you can play this game basically anywhere in the world with already people using it in the USA, Canada, SE Asia, Australia and the U.K. Also Damien has told us that they hope to look at a Windows Phone version later in the year which is promising especially for Windows Phone users.

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We would like to thank Damien for talking to us today and filling us in on this exciting new app which i can see doing well and we wish the team at Picguesso all the best of luck with their future prospects which looks exciting and stay tuned for more updates later on…