Windyty is a beautiful weather app with great animations. #Weather #Apps

There is no shortage of weather apps available today and thats a given,we are spoiled for choice and to what one is the best this will always be an arguable topic.For me I use quite a few such as Dark Sky,Real Time lightning maps and NW storm radar,they all serve the purpose I use them for,I have never been on to rely on long range forecasts and normally check for live information with the likes of NW storm radar..

This app called Windyty has a nice website and app to boot with nice animations and uses several model outputs you should pin it to your bookmarks on your desktop if you require detailed information.. (Windyty) The app is on Android now and coming to iOS soon.

 

 

 

Created by IVO he says

I am an addicted kiter, helicopter and jet pilot, who seeks the wind, waves, METARs and powder snow almost constantly. Since programming is my passion I coded Windyty.com in 2014 as my pet project, using open source codes of Cameron Becarrio. My goal is to keep Windyty small and fast, rather than to destroy it by adding new features, and making it slow and big.

 

 

 

 

 

The Superbook – Turns your mobile phone into a laptop for $99 #tech #kickstarter

There is some really nice pieces of technology out there today which are simple and effective and again Cost Effective.. While costs are coming down with smartphones with high end devices coming in cheaper with new OEMs and so on.There is however tech inventions that we see on the likes of kickstarter that are pointless and clearly not thought out but this one here is different,BUT some might say “hey buy a chromebook” but there is no need too at all and for 99 bucks its just great..

The Superbook is a shell that turns your Android smartphone into a complete laptop. Get the freedom of using just one computer.

https://ksr-video.imgix.net/projects/2510908/video-687977-h264_high.mp4?_=1

 

This idea is a simple yet effective one which is cheap and future-proofed,You can make calls,play games,browse,email,edit and create documents and code and good battery-life to boot…

 

Your smartphone is an incredibly powerful computer.

You already do a lot on your smartphone: it’s convenient, portable, and holds all of your apps, files, and contacts.

In fact, you could accomplish a lot more with it, but are often held back by its small screen size and limited mobile interface.

That’s why we created the Superbook – to remove those restrictions and give you the freedom of using just one computer.

What is the Superbook?

At its core, the Superbook is a smart laptop shell that provides a large screen, keyboard and multi-touch trackpad, 8+ hours of battery, and phone charging capabilities.

When plugged into your Android smartphone, it launches our app to deliver the full laptop experience.

Think of it as the ultimate accessory for your smartphone.

 

This is so simple to use,you just need your Android smartphone and an app plug in and off you go…

Specs.

  • 11.6″ LCD display at 768p (1080p upgrade available!)
  • 7.6″ x 11.3″ x 0.7″ (19.3 cm x 28.7 cm x 1.8cm)
  • 2.0lb / 0.9kg
  • Supports Type-C and Micro-B smartphones
  • 8+ hour battery life
  • Simultaneously charges smartphone
  • QWERTY keyboard (Android OS layout)
  • Android-specific navigation keys (Home, Back, Menu, Recent)
  • Multi-touch trackpad
  • Port 1: Custom Charging Port w/ Standard US Charger (Micro-B)
  • Port 2: Connecting Port (Type-C)
  • Port 3: Extra Port (Full Size A)

Like this idea?? Head to Kickstarter you dont have much time left.

You can now experience the Hyperloop in VR. #VirtualReality #INDG

The Hyperloop is the futuristic travel transportation idea which Elon Musk and Space X came up with to basically shorten travel time,for those who travel long distances yes its an ideal option but we are some time away from it being a reality. But now you can take a look inside the idea in Virtual Reality..

The app now on Android on iOS and free gives you a tour of the pods and a drive inside the transportation system but I felt the ride was a little boring in the app you are going in a straight line but nonetheless its worth a look especially the technical aspects in it.The app gives you a virtual ride from Amsterdam to Paris which would take normally 3 hours to complete but with Hyperloop thats slashed to just 30 minutes..

 

 

Sit inside the Delft Hyperloop pod
·         Use the pointer dot to activate different experiences
·         Travel from Amsterdam to Paris at speeds of up to 1200km/h
·         Explore the technology of the pod through exploded views
·         Dive into the levitation, braking and stabilization systems
·         Compare the Hyperloop to plane and train travel

 

You do not need any controller here but as I always recommend I suggest you use headphones it makes the experience much better in most apps on VR.

See INDG for more..

 

NVIDIA announced they’ll bring their GeForce 10 GPU series, portability with new NoteBooks. #NVIDIA #Notebook #Gamers

Something all gamers have always dreamt of, is having the same performance of their more than capable desktop computers when going on the road, but even the “gamer laptops” tended to be a little under powered compare to those bigger siblings.

All that is just about to change thanks to NVIDIA and their newly announced GeForce 10 series of GPU made for NoteBooks

Earlier this week, the company let us know that thanks to the new Pascal architecture made for laptops, we can now have the GTX 1080, the 1070 and the 1060 running inside “ultra-portable” NoteBooks.

And according to them, you´ll see only 10% drop in performance compare to desktop cards and up to 3x better performance over previous generations.

Some of the specs we have are:

GeForce GTX 1080 GeForce GTX 1070 GeForce GTX 1060
GPU Architecture Pascal Pascal Pascal
Frame buffer 8 GB GDDR5X 8 GB GDDR5 Up to 6 GB GDDR5
Memory type speed 10 Gbps 3 Gbps 3 Gbps
Boost Clock Actual 1733 MHz 1645 MHz

 

 1670 MHz

Thanks to Pascal, we also have VR ready laptops, with support even for 120Hz monitors.

By now, we’ve seems lots of OEMs jumping on the train to have the latest offers, but something to have in mind will be cost.

There’s no official price at the moment but the MSI computer that already carry the cards are nowhere near “cheap”.

So is up to you, Will you get your “portable Master Race PC” as soon as they become available? Or will you stick to game just at home?

Let us know in the comment section below or join us on twitter

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Poke Catcher case for @PokemonGoApp just $10 from Irish company @tech4go.

PokemonGO is a huge success no matter how much you look at it,love it or hate it its huge and companies are cashing in everywhere in the world on it and sure why not,If the opportunity is there go for it…

Irishmen Jack Manning and  have set up a new venture  to provide users with products for PokemonGO and the first one has just been released costing just $10.Earlier this year we had seen products on etsy for the hugely popular game.

Jack Manning tells us…

So myself and Johnnie Bell have been good friends now for nearing 13 years. I went to play school with him so I’m nearly sick of him at this stage! During last year we set up our first business together called JC-Learn. This is an online study resource for JC students which is now expanding into the Leaving Cert. 
Obviously JC-Learn is really only active during the school year so the summer had us a little bit bored. I did a few websites and marketing for small businesses but then when we both saw the Pokemon go craze kick off we knew we had to jump on it somehow. It was always in the back of my mind to create an ecommerce store just to widen the portfolio and I was searching for products. I then thought of a Pokemon go themed store. Obviously Pokemon go is just a fad so we didn’t want to completely brand as Pokemon go. The name Tech4Go gives us be ability to change over ‘trend’ as we like to call it. 
When we saw the Pokemon go case we immediately knew it would be massive so decided this to be the first product. We are currently in the process of increasing our product range to include Pokemon themed power banks, normal phone cases and a few other things which we can’t release yet!
We actually set up the business without even meeting face to face with each other. I thought of the Pokemon idea standing in line getting on to a plane to Bulgaria and by the time I landed in Dublin after 2 weeks we had already made our first sale. 
We don’t handle any of our goods as all of our products are drop shipped directly by the manufacturers which makes our job extremely easy! 

 

 

Description..

Are you frustrated that you cannot throw a ball straight in Pokemon Go? Stop wasting time and Pokeballs now! This simple and effective solution to your problem is 100% made in the US using 3D printing technology.

With the Poke Catcher you will always throw the pokeball spot on. All you have to do is flick the pokeball on the poke track and you won’t waste anymore Pokeballs! Currently, just for the IPhone 5/5s/5c/SE/6/6s at this time but come back later for extra phone models.

BUY HERE  

#IrishApp – Goodness Grains Gluten Free App is ideal for #Coeliacs #Food

This new Irish app is something Coeliacs would like to download which is now available on both Android and iOS and of course its free..

Goodness Grains is a young Irish Company set up in 2013 to bring quality Fresh Gluten Free Products to the Coeliac Consumer in Ireland and increasingly non-coeliacs choosing a Gluten Free Diet.Located in Longford, our bakery is one of very few purpose built gluten free bakeries in the country. This offers Coeliacs complete peace of mind in relation to issues of concern for them, i.e. traceability and cross contamination of GF products. In all, the bakery has over 40 years of gluten free baking expertise.

 

 

I am for sure no food expert and a pretty limited palate but I can see how this app would be ideal for Coeliacs due to the lack of information in food outlets and so on.This app aims to give advice on where people with a gluten free diet can eat and comes in several languages and with options to suggest more..

This App has 2 primary functions to hopefully make life a little easier for you – (1) A Coeliac Eating Out Card translated into 12 languages and (2) A non-definitive guide to restaurants throughout Ireland that provide a Gluten Free offering.

 

 

The Eating Out Card will ensure that you can visit restaurants when abroad and confidently explain your requirements in the native language. The App includes many European languages as well as Chinese and some faraway places such as Nepalese!

The Restaurant Guide is a simple non-definitive aid to help you locate a restaurant, hotel or café serving a gluten free option in your locality. Particularly helpful if you are travelling throughout the country and also visiting new places in Ireland. As with the language translations, we can also add a new restaurant if you notify us.

The App also contains a Help is Here page which contains useful tips for Coeliacs and those following a gluten free diet. We also have included a short questionnaire which sets out some of the key symptoms of Coeliac Disease.

If you would them to add a new language,email to info@goodnessgrains.com

 

Samsung Officially confirms they will have the Gear S3 by the end of month. #Smartwatch #GearS3

Thanks to an IFA invite, we confirmed Samsung’s new Smartwatch is just around the corner.

Although the event will take place in Berlin,  today the company shows everyone  that the Gear S3 will be unveiled on August 31st, a couple of days ahead of the main IFA presentation.

The Gear S3 is said to come in three variants, whether we’ll see a bigger display is still unknown, but we can expect the same rotary bezel found on previous generations.

Are you exited to get the next Smartwatch of the company? Will you upgrade over the S2?

Let us know in the comment section or sound off over twitter.

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What Makes Exceptional Customer Service. #CS #Business #CRM

Do you know how much your bad customer service cost you last year? When you look at the economy as a whole, it’s not an insignificant sum—$83 billion.

Now let’s talk about the flipside of that—good customer service. Commit to it and you can see a noticeable increase in return customers, which in turn can impact your bottom line—up to 95 percent in some cases.

That’s the wow figure of customer service, and it’s worth spending time on. But what is outstanding customer service—how do you define it and how do you refine it. It’s a shared set of emotions and processes that you can implement, company-wide. It’s a set of questions that leads to solutions that customers don’t expect, but nonetheless improve how they feel about your company and your brand.

This graphic explains more about customer service—how to analyse it and how to fix it.

 

Thanks to Kiersten Bush / salesforce

 
 

#REVIEW – Invivo cardboard VR viewer from @INVIVOcom #VR #VirtualReality

The good folks over at invivo.com has kindly sent us over their own cardboard VR viewer  and we just though we would give you a better look at it and an idea how it operates and what it looks like and how easy it is to set up.

Like any cardboard viewer its a simple process to set up taking a few seconds and you just pop your mobile phone in,What is good about the cardboard viewers is they are not restricting their potential and do not require proprietary devices to use them plus there is a huge amount of apps to try out now which is only going to grow in the coming year.

 

 

 

 

Check out the app first though….

The combination of INVIVO’s world-class 3D content and technical expertise has created a virtual environment like no other. An immersive educational experience, Bloodstream and CNS Explorer transports you to the interior of a blood vessel or into the CNS to learn about human anatomy from an impossible viewpoint.

 

 

 

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