Lets face it,we all get caught with things we rather not be involved in or something you may have walked into without realising.It happens to me quite often and at times would fail to come up with a genuine excuse but now there is help with a new practical app called “Gotta Go” Sadly for now it is just on iOS and hopefully we will see it soon on other platforms as this could become quite useful.The app was created by Chelsea Handler
Gotta Go is a way to generate excuses and set them as alarms. Its the perfect solution for bad dates, awkward convos with your in laws, boring meetings and whatever else you might want to hit the eject button on.
Creating an excuse is easy! Choose an emoji and craft a story by adding messages and calls. Add the special contact number to your address book and set the alarm. Your excuse will be delivered to you as actual text messages and phone calls from your newly created contact, all the proof you need to smoothly exit an awkward situation. Via ProductHunt
With the new update rolling out for Google Calendar, Google has just updated its Google Calendar with a smart yet unique Smart Suggestion feature for event tiles, places and people in as many as 30 different languages.
Wondering how does it work? Well it’s pretty simple, all you have to do is start typing and the Google Calendar will start giving you suggestions, you can choose to select one or keep typing to refine the suggestions or manually input one fully. You can tap “at” to add the location and tap “with” to add people to the event. Further tapping “on” will allow you to specify the exact date, time and duration of the event and so on. This is done with the aim to improve productivity and save some valuable time.
This new feature is available for both Android as well as iOS devices.
Below are the list of supported languages:
Arabic (ar), Chinese (Simplified) (zh-CN), Chinese (Traditional) (zh-TW), Dutch (nl), English (UK) (en-GB), French (fr), German (de), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Korean (ko), Polish (pl), Portuguese (Brazil) (pt-BR), Russian (ru), Spanish (es), Spanish (Latin America) (es-419), Thai (th), Turkish (tr), Bulgarian (bg), Catalan (ca), Croatian (hr), Czech (cs), Danish (da), Farsi (fa), Filipino (fil), Finnish (fi), Greek (el), Hebrew (iw), Hindi (hi), Hungarian (hu), Indonesian (id), Latvian (lv), Lithuanian (lt), Norwegian (Bokmal) (no), Portuguese (Portugal) (pt-PT), Romanian (ro), Serbian (sr), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (sl), Swedish (sv), Ukrainian (uk), Vietnamese (vi)
‘Boxing Clever’ is a game designed to help pupils to develop ‘story sense’ and understand the structural conventions of a simple linear story. The idea was first published in non-digital form by Alan Peat in the 1990s. This app is the first digital version of the now internationally popular game.
App features:
– A new story creation app from Alan Peat Ltd.
– The official digital version of the internationally popular story-making game, ‘Boxing Clever’.
– A way of quickly generating the key ingredients of a linear narrative in an engaging manner.
– The ability to create your own custom ‘packs’ of images as a visual stimulus for storytelling and writing.
– The ability to easily import images from your gallery or use photos to build unique banks of story making resources.
IMPORTANTLY, pupils/teachers can then use the images to write or orally record their stories in-app
– Includes the function to print and/or save written notes to Dropbox.
– There are over 3.5 billion possible story combinations!
Image/editing apps – There is tonnes of them and for most they all do what they say they do,some good,some not so good we are all familiar with them.There is a new app though that is entirely different and distorts reality and gives you that effect/visualisation you often see on music players on our mobiles or as they like to call it a techno -kaleidoscope. This can be used creatively and looks like a neat idea where users can distort images or videos,pick from filters then save or share their creations. The app is sadly only on iOS at the moment and costs $1.99 for a limited time,so if this is your thing and you have a creative mind check it out now.
Features
—Try swiping through the filters.
—Capture in square or rotate your device for the immersive landscape mode.
—Slide your finger across the view screen to adjust the effects and record it in real-time.
—Use 3D Touch on the view screen for added dimension.
—Capture HD 720p video or take a photo.
—Want to get under the hood? Tap on the selected filter name to adjust the effects.
—Try repeatedly tapping the Wildcard filter for randomized madness.
Windows fans all over the world has always been proud of the built-in keyboard of W8 and W8.1 as it broke a Guinness World Record for the fastest typing when it was launched.
But ever since Microsoft took over the Nokia Cell phone Division some of those key features of WP are starting to be ported to other platforms, one of the “most infamous moves” was when Cortana became available in other platforms even before being completely available on the WP ecosystem.
Well, this time is the same famous keyboard the one being ported, as accordingly to an e-mail sent to some Windows insiders, they want to have the app available on iOS and possibly on Android.
What does this mean to the WP ecosystem?
Well, it depends on you and if you see the glass half full or half empty.
The Word Flow keyboard resembles what third party apps like Swipe or SwiftKey can do on both operative systems, which is not a warm welcome.
The app is apparently being developed for iPhone 5s and above, although the real question is:
Would you use the WP Keyboard on your device if you already have some of the aforementioned apps?
What’s you opinion on Microsoft and multiple apps going outside of their “home”? Let us know in the comment section or tweet us using #techbuzzireland
There is plenty of QR Code scanners available today and to be honest most of them do as they say on the tin,but this one is different,Apart from being Irish made its got plenty to offer that sets it apart from others,one main point is NO ADS. Another thing is it’s super fast and it’s got a nice minimalistic design too, you can also look at QR options.
Quick and reliable, the Q scanner is able to detect QR codes from low resolution and off-angle pictures taken directly with your phone or tablets camera, as well as any qr codes stored in your camera’s library from previously taken pictures.
Gerry from Q inc has also told us that this app has had in excess of 60k downloads within 7 weeks and a 96% approval rate,In short that is nothing short of brilliant.. On a side note having tried this app out I can also this is LIGHTNING FAST and hats off to the team for this…. Gerry explains more below..
What is it?
The Q.tk Scanner is, quite simply, the most advanced QR Scanning app available on the market today. It allows you to quickly, easily and accurately scan QR codes whenever, wherever and however you need to!
Does it really work that well?
Yes! The Q.tk Scanner is truly the best of both worlds. On the one hand you have an incredibly sophisticated piece of technology that is going to vastly improve the way you go about QR Code scanning.
But that’s not all! The Q.tk Scanner is not only incredibly sophisticated and powerful, but it is also incredibly easy to use. It doesn’t matter your experience level, in a matter of moments you can have the app downloaded and away you go!
We’ve managed to make the app truly intuitive and an absolute pleasure to use. Who wants an app that’s needlessly complicated? Nobody! The Q.tk Scanner is as elegant and easy to use as it is technologically advanced and 100% ad free.
The process is simple;
Scan
Decode
Display
It truly is as simple as that!
What else do I get?
If getting a reliable, fast and powerful QR Scanner isn’t enough for you, the Q.tk Scanner also allows you to;
View an ‘In-App Preview’ before going on to open the website in a browser!
Detect even low resolution codes with ease!
Detect codes even when they are off angle!
Scan QR Codes that have been stored as photos in your camera’s photo library!
Who can use Q.tk Scanner?
Anyone who is searching for an intelligent QR Code scanner.
• Also Q.tk is perfect for people who looking to perform Advanced QR code scanning and decoding without any unnecessary additions apart from exactly what you need.
Do you know the truly best part? It’s a NO BS or strings attached app and is 100% FREE!
Most of us like to try out new apps and see whats new in the world of apps and daily we see something different and unique.From then on we see several attempts to copy these apps one at a time with some offering more or claiming to do so,true it is that there is some out there better than the first instalment but often the case they lack the same features too..
A new app called Face Swap Live is one such app which is quite cool and fun,sadly just on iOS for now and hopefully there will be an Android and Windows Phone option later on,this app is fun..
This app is not like others that use static photos to make small videos,we have seen this done several times,this app is different and uses your phones own camera and the fun begins..
To use the app…
1. Position: Don’t tilt or rotate your head, or move around too quickly.
( Make sure both faces are angled in the same way for better results )
2. Good lighting: Make sure your faces are not too dark, also avoid very bright lights coming from behind.
3. Brush back any hair that might be around your eyes.
4. Remove glasses if possible; large beards can also cause some shaking.
Face Swap Live lets you switch faces with a friend or a photo in real-time. Record videos or photos of yourself swapping faces with a celebrity, friend or any fun picture from the internet or your phone. Unlike other apps that only can use static photos, this app switches faces live right from your camera’s video feed. Ever wanted to see your talking face on Marilyn Monroe’s photo. Be amazed putting your moving mouth onto a pic of your favorite pet.
Apparently the more we want to avoid it the more common they get but let’s face it, even when not all of us are fan of these sometimes they come in handy like when you’re with a large group of friends or simply want to showcase the place where you and your wife are spending the honeymoon.
Well the solution could be here already, meet StikBox the 2-in-1 case and Selfie Stick.
This beautiful design case has a secret but useful purpose, the patron that can be seen on the back is in fact allows you to have a full length selfie stick with you all the time.
How do this works? Simple! Just pull the rails, rotate the phone, adjust the camera and that’s it!
The Full aluminum rail will hold the phone secure while you take your photo.
This whole idea is brilliant but needs your help to become a reality, right now the project can be found on a Kickstarter campaign that still has a month to go and already has backed almost half of what they need.
There are several options to choose from with all of them offering the StikBox in different combinations, of color and quantity.
The case is just 0.6 inches deep and the case fully contains the 28.3-inch stick that also acts as kickstand for viewing content on the when your hands are full.
So as you can see is a pretty great idea, which can be seen during CES 2016 as the guys are going to be there showcasing their product.
So quoting the CEO of the company Yekutiel Sherman “why carry two things, when you can carry one?”
The case was made with Iphone in mind but due to a high demand of their product they are going to make it also available for the Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge too.
Popular app Viber has launched a new standalone app called Viber Wink which enables users to send messages that will dissappear, however you must be using the official Viber app itself too and you can send the wink within the Viber app..This is a nice addition to the app which already allows you make calls,videos and send messages of all sorts.
The app is simple to use and all that is needed to do is set a time limit,these limits are from 1 second to either 10 seconds or NO time-limit. You can also add text to the image or video in a similar way that is done on Snapchat and any pics you take with the camera within the app can be saved to your gallery..
Viber Wink is only available on Android and iOS for now and no word on Windows Phone yet which is to be expected.
