In the world we live in, YouTube is one of the big Media elements in our lives, but the “Social” factor, even though is supposed to be part of the name sometimes is not actually true.
Whether is in your phone, laptop or tablet, sharing a video you found with your friends is never an “easy” task.
And there is where Uptime shines
Usually part of what makes it hard, is that they need to be next to you in order for you to show them.
But there’s no need of that any more (at least partially) thanks to the guys at Area 120, a Google project that invites its own employees to develop new ideas through startups.
The premise is simple , yet really useful. You simply need to sign in with your Google account and using a Snapchatlook-a-like interface, you can watch a video and you’ll find a bubble image with your friends face (they need to have the app too) around the edges so you can connect with them and start interacting with them.
We still have more news from CES2017 although there’s no the same amount of smartphones as before, we knew we could find some wearable tech.
When Google announced Android Wear 2.0 we weren’t sure about which company will show out of the ordinary, but Casio made an interesting presentation by giving us the second gen of their previous rugged Smartwatch, enter the WSD-F20 or :
Pro Trek
As its predecessor, comes with MIL-STD-810G rating, which means that is capable of withstand almost anything you’re willing to do with it.
After all, is specifically made for outdoors adventurers.
The same impressive and interesting Dual-Layer Displaymakes a comeback with more faces to choose and an additional GPS Sensor (something we miss on the previous generation) that offer low power consumption and Offline and Colored maps to use even if you phone ran out of battery.
It will come with Casio’s apps to track and keep control on your activities, but we a new one call Location and Traveler that became available thanks to the new components.
But there’ll be more apps to expect thanks to Android Wear 2.0 (also compatible with iOS despite some limitations)
There’s only one flaw, and is that is only going to be available on April 21st and we still have no information about pricing, but we can assume it’ll be pretty close to previous offers.
What are your thoughts on the new iteration from Casio? Adding that GPS will make you decide for this model over other options out there?
Let us know in the comment section below or joint the conversation on twitter with more #CES2017 coverage.
Motorhome Parking Ireland App lands on iOS, Last May the app launched on the Android Platform and was well received.
From today you can now download the app on iOS which users have been eagerly awaiting its release..
Motorhome Parking Ireland has hundreds of Points of Interest for motorhomers in Ireland.
POIs include Aires de Service, free overnight parking spots, bars and restaurants that welcome motorhomers, as well as campsites. Most POIs have information and many have user reviews so you can see what other users’ experiences have been before you head off. Once you select a POI you can then call your favourite navigation app to help get you there. Ally explains..
Features:
– Information on POIs
– Navigate directly from the app
– Add new POIs
– Add Reviews of POIs
– Regularly updated with new information daily
– Over 450 POIs (with yearly subscription)
Free version provides information on Aires de Service and Campsites, plus all other features. A yearly subscription will give you access to over 450 POIs.
Premium Subscription:
We provide a premium upgrade to access our complete set of POIs. This data we provide is updated on a daily basis. Old data is removed, new data is added. New POIs and user reviews are added constantly.
Subscription Details
– Length of subscription: 1 year
– Price: €5.99 / £4.49 / $5.99
– Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
– Your Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
– Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase
– No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period
You can get both apps below by clicking the respective stores,Enjoy!
The Apple Watch bands have always been something people use to stand out, and this time that will be even more important if you’re going to Rio during the event.
Great Britain
As you can see, Apple is offering Limited Edition bands with your country national flag all over to show your support.
Take a look at this tweet from the American Sprinter Trayvon Bromell
Just in case you live under a rock, Pokémon Go has been the trending topic the last few days, simply because it has surpassed the consumer base of allegedly “bigger” companies.
And more than that, simply because its Pokémon! Maybe our dear Jim is not a big fan of the series, but I personally was when I was younger.
Been one of the few games that uses Augmented Reality or (AR) to play and that alone is a huge progress. The team behind the GO part of it, is no other than Niantic, the team that brought to us INGRESS.
Thus far everything sound great about the game, but recently, something really disturbing has happened.
When you first open the app, as in every other app out there, you need to log in with credentials. Within the app there’s just two options, or accessing through a Pokémon account (which is impossible if you don’t have one already) or with Google’s.
When you use the Google account (which is what we all probably do on Android phones) the app generally show a pop up widget after letting you know which features will be accessing. But when you do this on iOS “nothing happens“.
The blogger Adam Reeve, found behavior rather weird and went to his Google page to see what he had given access to. The answer make all his alarms to ring off:
Pokemon Go has Full Access to your Google account
When you grant “full access” to an app, it can see and modify practically all information on your Google account. For you to have an idea, this is what the Google security page say:
Read all your email
Send email as you
Access all your Google drive documents (including deleting them)
Look at your search history and your Maps navigation history
Access any private photos you may store in Google Photos
This is something that shouldn’t happen as what an app would need to use in the case you forgot your password or something is, in ay case your name and email address.
Apparently this is not consistent across the APK, as has happened just to some iOS or Android users. But if you want to see if you’re one of them you can do it HERE
Apparently, Niantic has acknowledge the case and made a statement about the incident:
We recently discovered that the Pokémon Go account creation process on iOS erroneously requests full access permission for the user’s Google account. However, Pokémon Go only accesses basic Google profile information (specifically, your user ID and e-mail address) and no other Google account information is or has been accessed or collected. Once we became aware of this error, we began working on a client-side fix to request permission for only basic Google account information, in line with the data we actually access. Google has verified that no other information has been received or accessed by Pokémon Go or Niantic. Google will soon reduce Pokémon Go’s permission to only the basic profile data that Pokémon Go needs, and users do not need to take any actions themselves.
So, although it seems to be nothing to worry about, it would be better if you keep an eye on your Pokémon Go access ’till everything is settled down.
Also remember that, apart from this issue, there’s a ton of fake apps that carry a malware which would harm your device.
If you don’t live in a country where is fully available at the moment find a secure and known source to get the APK from.
The years on those boring and cumbersome to use GPS systems when driving are more than over now. Each day, more and more of us use our phones as a main tool on this activity.
Well, what would you say if I told you that now you can prove you’re a good driver to your insurance company and besides, get discounts while doing it?
Let me introduce Drivies a new app to help you achieve that goal.
Well! Unfortunately not all of you out there, as right now, the app is mostly focused on Spain, and ruled by deals with Telefonica.
But lets hope this changes soon, as the app is really promising.
First of all, How it works?
All you need to do is use your phone as you’d normally do with any other app, using the GPS and others sensors, the app will tell “everything” about your driving technique, how much time you spend on it and so on.
With a deal made with “Pléyade” an Spanish ensuring company, using the app will help you to get discounts. The better you drive the more you get.
Within the app you’ll find the DrivieCoins which you can exchange for discounts on the ensurance, Taxi bonus or even on GAS comsuption.
And if you’re worried cuase you are not that good while driving, the app will help you to improve and also get some money for it. (sounds good, doesn’t it?)
As you can see, the app is fairly simple but helpful. Available on Android and iOS is also totally free to download.
So, if you live in Spain and want to try it out:
You can get the Android version HERE and the iOS version HERE
What do you think of these? Would you use it if available on yout region or your insurance company? Let us know in the comment section down below.
Something that has happened to almost all of us at least once, has been sitting in the airport, bus terminal, bar or even at the gym doing nothing when something on the TV caught our attention.
There’s just one tiny little problem, most of TV’s are muted or with a really low volume, what makes impossible for us to hear… Until today!
Lets welcome Tunity
This app does something so simple but yet so useful that is incredible no one has done it before.
Following a similar path as Shazam, the app with give you the info you need about something in TV.
All you need to do is “scan” the program you want the audio from with your camera and the sound will be sent to your phone’s headphones for your hearing pleasure.
The only catch in here is the fact that only works with live broadcasting (like an urgent news, the Oscars or a live football match) and you need to use GPS to know where you are in order to give you the correct audio stream.
This means, the app will not work on every single channel, but at least that random but “important” things we wanted to listen for a moment will be available for us.
As of today, Tunity works with approx. 100 channels including ESPN, TBS and even TNT(so Oscars are an option) among others.
Right now the app is available on Android and iOS and only in the US but is aimed to reach other countries soon.
What do you think of this? Do you see yourself using this app at some point? Let us know in the comment section below or joint the twitter conversation.
If you’re one of those who love to record your extreme tricks while doing sports or something similar, then you’ll love this app.
GroupClip is an iOS app the lets you add multiple angles to your videos, using nothing but your smartphone.
Having multiples shot during recording is usually result of a hard and exhausting work on various programs to make it work.
Things are different this time around with this curious innovation, all you need is your iPhone, the app, a Facebook account and another four (4) friends with their respective iPhones.
When you initialize the app it will ask you to log with a FB account, once that’s done you can invite the rest of the team to the same session to star recording at the same time.
The footage gets synchronized automatically on the cloud, from there, you can use the main user phone to start editing.
Also, the rest of the team can access and edit their own footage, so it’ll have a different perspective in every clip.
There are a bunch of templates to use in order to finish the editing part, so as soon as you finish you can share you creation on Social Media with ease.
Just a quick drag and drop and you’re ready to go. No tons of programs, no uncountable hours to processes.
The app is currently only available on iOS with an Android version soon to come.
Would you give it a shot? What are you thoughts on this kind of apps? Let us know what you think in the comments below
If you use multiple social media apps it can be tiresome checking up and following people across all of them,This new app is said to consolidate all of this under once interface and connecting to others by scanning a barcode.There is already several of these apps out there but this one claims to make life easier..
“Add Me solves this issue by empowering users with the ability to exchange all their information with a single click.”
Description
Add Me is an application that enables users to quickly add, friend, and follow their friends on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, as well as retaining contact information. Simply link the social media you want to share and generate a QR code. From there, other users can scan your QR code and add you on the various social media platforms.
