Social Media

Foursquare adds Save to Foursquare and Follow Buttons

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Foursquare introduced two new features to its existing application allowing online Publishers and Webmasters to integrate Foursquare into their websites. The  “Save to Foursquare” feature allows users to a read a review or an article on a website and save it to the Foursquare To-Do List. The saved information is available for the user based on their Check-in Location or if they are within a particular radius (if Foursquare’s Radar Feature is enabled). The feature has been originally been derived from the company’s previous implementation “Add to Foursquare” launched back in 2010, but didn’t seem to be a successful solution. The next feature called “Follow” allows users to subscribe to any website by pressing the button and getting regular updates to their favorite stuff.

Publishers that have already implemented the features include Time Out New York, Time Out Chicago, CBS Local Digital Media, New York Magazine, Eater.com and Askmen.com

If you are a vivid Foursquare user and do not find the above mentioned features, you can use the Foursquare Bookmarklet which allows seamless integration between your web browser and Foursquare allowing users bookmark any thing on the browser and access it on the application. You can add the same to your web browser via: https://foursquare.com/about/savetofoursquare

Android Apps

Google Maps For Android Gets Updated to V6.0

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Google Maps for Android gets an update. The news was shared on Google’s Official Blog on 29th Nov 2011. The feature additions to the product included Indoor Maps that help you get a detailed view of where you are, one can find his location by pressing the “My Location” button in the navigation bar, the more one zooms the better the detail. Once you are at an airport or a shopping mall Indoor Maps helps you know what is around you so that you reach the correct destination, it includes floor level maps and object view within your radius. The update also includes a new menu bar in addition to the existing navigation bar at the bottom. It is a drop-down menu that helps in navigation to the most commonly used features with ease. Users also have an option to disable screen dimming during navigation. Additions to the features also include popular searches as per one’s location under Places tab. The Indoor Maps feature is available to users in US and Japan.

A simulation on new features and additions to Google Maps and be found on the here:http://maps.google.com/help/maps/starthere/index.html.

iOS

Top Games and Apps For Your iPad

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Top Games For Your iPad


1. PLANTS VS ZOMBIES – $9.99

Plant vs zombies, winner of over 20 ‘game of the year’ awards. Defeat the zombies in 50 fun dead levels of adventure in day ,night and fog modes. Earn 25 iPad exclusive achievements while playing the game with stunning graphics and show zombies that how awesome you are.

2. INFINITY BLADE – $5.99
Winner of 2011 apple design award and tops the list of  apps awards. It  is the best action based RPG game for your iPad, very amazing graphics and comes with a game center.

3. ANGRY BIRDS – $0.99
Developed by Rovio Mobile, featuring 288 amazing levels, a very  addictive game. Birds are aimed using a slingshot at the pigs stationed in various structures.  This game is available for free in various countries.

4. SCRABBLE – $4.99
The best word game of America. It supports multi-player and can be played via Bluetooth, Facebook etc. A new way to connect with your friends.

5. GTA: CHINATOWN WARS – $9.99
The GTA fever is still on with GTA: ChinaTown Wars, now available in HD, developed by Rockstar Games, has some best of the graphics. In this game you can play your own music library or play 100+ radio stations.

6. PINBALL HD – $0.99
Pinball HD, a game that was just made for the iPad. It has impressive controls and delivers the best of an experience which will take you right back to the golden age of the video arcade games.

7. NBA JAM HD – $9.99
NBA JAM HD, packed with more than 30 NBA teams and unlockable legendary players such as Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Karl Malone, Dr. J etc. Rejuvenate your golden era of the 90s arcade machines. Can be played with multiplayer option over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

8. DEAD SPACE HD – $9.99
Electronic Arts’ sci-fi title now comes to the iPad. The alien blasting horrors are served up in abundance. Play the game, and enjoy the frights.

Top Apps For Your iPad

1. MARVEL COMICS – Free
Read comics in their colourfully drawn glory. Marvel’s free iPad app offering a page-by-page view with zoom and pan controls, as well as a panel-by-panel, animated guided view come with a fully integrated store for buying your favorite comics.


2. NETFLIX – Free
Watch movies directly on your iPAD with your Netflix subscription, with negligible buffering. In the latest version, Netflix has made many modifications, like adding star recommendations and removing the status bar while titles are playing.

3. DRAGON DICTATION – Free
Featuring very accurate voice transcription and the ability to share messages via e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter, Dragon Dictation app proves to be really helpful if you’re having internet access on your iPad.

4. FILEMAKER GO – $39.99
With the ability to create new files and charts, FileMaker Go is a useful tool for businesspeople who want to access FileMaker databases on the go. It is a substitute of carrying bulky laptops and desktops every time with you.


5. SAVE2PDF – $9.99
A very useful app for the professionals who want to create and edit PDF files while on the go.

6. SKETCHBOOK PRO – $7.99

SketchBook Pro is a professional-level paint and drawing app with numerous tools, featuring, 75 preset brushes, pencils, and pens and support for up to six layers. The app also syncs with Photo Library and can even produce layered PSD files, for further work in Photoshop or other processing.

7. GOOGLE EARTH – Free
Traveling with free Google Earth is certainly not expensive. You can zip from one location to other in mere seconds. Geo-located Wikipedia articles just add insight to your journey.

8. INSTAPAPER – $4.99
Want to read online when you can’t connect to the Web? Then you must just install Instapaper, an iPad app that lets users save any webpage for anytime offline reading. The pages saved to your account can be accessed from the Desktop, iPhone and Kindle.

Android Apps

Android Photo Sharing Made Easy with Vscreens By Sony Ericsson

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Vscreens is amazing application by Sony Ericsson allowing users to share photos across any device enabled with a web browser. The application can be downloaded from the Android Market and supports devices running Android 2.1 or higher. To enable photo sharing we need to open www.vscreens.com on the device enabled with a web browser and scan the QR Code displayed on it using the Vscreens mobile application. Once the QR Code is scanned it establishes a unique connection between the two devices using your local WI-Fi connection.  Just highlight the photo you want to share and display it on the Big Screen. An easy and quick way to share your stuff when in need. I just implemented the same on my Sony Ericsson neo v and it works great.

A quick video on how-to pair and connect your devices can be found below.