Category: Apps World
Bringing Ideas on the Move onto Interactive Boards
In the weeks that lead up to the Christmas of 2011, Hungarian cloud-based presentation tool Prezi received a fresh US$ 14 million round of investment from Accel Partners and Sunstone Capital, testament to its growing popularity of 7 million and growing users. And wide adoption meant service such as Spain’s Prezitations, which provides customised Prezi files for expressive [...]
![Pirika, Japan’s Garbage Picker and Mission to Cleaning the World [startup]](http://evanhugh.com/wp-content/themes/wp-davinci/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://evanhugh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Screen-shot-2012-01-04-at-3.20.58-PM-150x100.png&w=150&h=150&zc=1 "Pirika, Japan’s Garbage Picker and Mission to Cleaning the World [startup]")
Pirika, Japan’s Garbage Picker and Mission to Cleaning the World [startup]
Type Pirika into the search engine and dozens of nonsensical terms come into view, as random LinkedIn profiles one doesn’t even bother to know more about. Yet scroll down a little further and there appears a rare headline that makes any environmental geek cheer. Last month in December Techcruch reveals some interesting Japanese startups, one [...]
The iFarm Predictive: Nutrition, Precision, Fun and Sustainable Development
Farmers are a busy bunch. The majority of their times are spent on the field, not in front of a computer, save an effortless peek into their smartphones and tablets. And it never gets more demanding. As global population continues to surge, the United Nations estimated that by 2050, farmers would need to increase food [...]
Games Industry Explodes Down Under
The success of animated feature films such as Avatar and renewed interest in the online games industry by investors has helped fill the sails of digital game developers across New Zealand. Chairman of the New Zealand Games Developer Association, Stephen Knightly recently reported that the local industry grew by 46% and created over 100 new [...]
Sparrow, Coming after Google’s Gmail App
Google released its disappointing Gmail app for iPhone and iPad. Both were buggy and in the end it had to pull its applications back. Ironically, Sparrow for Mac app will be available soon for iPhone too in a-few-month times. Those circulating rumors about iPhone version of Sparrow are validated now. Sparrow team is putting the “final touches” on [...]
BiteHunter: Search dining deal in your area with new iPhone app
BiteHunter has announced its latest version of ‘Kayak for Restaurants’ app, called BiteHunter 1.3 after its first app launched in June 2011. The latest version is built to cater nationwide customers and allow users to locate convenient dining deals, specials and information in real-time. Plus, the app is also revamped to become more user-friendly in terms of its [...]
Asia Top 50 Apps: 160 nominations with more than 25000 Facebook Likes
Techventure gathers investors and start-up entrepreneurs from every corner together annually. It was a success event throughout the two-day period, with an amazing number of participants. This year, SingTel Innovation Exchange (SiX) and e27 held an award, namely Asia Top 50 Apps. As a spiritual encouragement to move forward, it differed slightly from the last year’s edition. [...]
Melon Meter: iPhone app that tells watermelon ripeness
Melon Meter is an iPhone app that tells melon ripeness by just knocking on the melon. It’s an innovative way to help everybody from consumers to farmers. Did you know that up to 60% of watermelons purchased today are either over-ripe or under-ripe? We often see sellers knocking the watermelon before passing it to us and say, [...]
NASA: International Space Apps Challenge, solutions to encounter global issues
There are many environmental issues revolving around our mother planet, for example weather impacts on the global economy and depletion of ocean resources. As a concern, NASA is now launching a competition that welcomes scientists, developers and space fans worldwide to build new software and hardware. It is named as ‘International Space Apps Challenge‘, a [...]
Alfred gets clever on iPad now integrates with Facebook, to curate Group-Deals
Perhaps you remember our last post on Alfred in July. Guess what, it gets clever. Previously made available on iPhone and Android smart phones, the mobile app has now arrived on iPad with some added features. With its latest deep integration with Facebook, Alfred learns more about you via its Facebook data mining feature. So, whenever [...]
![What is Mobile Payment [Infographic]](http://evanhugh.com/wp-content/themes/wp-davinci/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://evanhugh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mobile_payments_today_what_is_a_mobile_payment_infographic-72x150.png&w=150&h=150&zc=1 "What is Mobile Payment [Infographic]")
What is Mobile Payment [Infographic]
What is mobile payment? We’ve heard about many phone application enabling you to make online purchase, receive payment with Square, tapping mobile device at counter like what Google Wallet does and sometimes, transfer money via phone with Paypal, but do we know what category of mobile payment does all these applications fall into?. Or, you may [...]
