Hooters Interactive iPhone and iPad App
Hooters Interactive App
Being one of the most recognized brands in the world means your mobile strategy should match your visibility. The Hooters app delivers exclusive, redeemable in-store mobile Coupons to users, driving increased foot traffic to Hooters locations. The app also engages users outside the restaurant with Events Calendars, Hooters Girls profiles, Polling, and a fun Photobooth feature to help users add Hooters Girls to photos and share them.
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Smartphone Health Apps Patients & Providers Can’t Live Without
There were over 155 million people in the U.S. who owned a smartphone in 2012, according to International Data Corporation. Many people are beginning to rely on this technology to monitor their health and fitness routines. But its nearly impossible for the average consumer to know which apps are truly legitimate and helpful. Medscape reports that one company, Happtique, can help people wade through the vast number of apps, but many in the industry believe the FDA should have a hand in regulating medical apps.
Consumers must wade through some 15,000 health, medical and fitness apps and determine which are safe, secure and potentially helpful. The following are some of those apps that receive consistent high praise from users and medical professionals.
Skyscape Medical Resources
Want information on prescription drugs, medical devices and medical diagnoses? How about medical calculators and clinical information? These are among the topics right at your fingertips with this app. Some other features include an electronic version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for psychological disorders and a human anatomy atlas. Skyscape is available for iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry devices. There is free version and also various paid options to download premium content, according to Skyscape.com.
AT&T adds push to talk to iPhone 4S and iPhone 5
AT&T made a big announcement that got lost somewhere in the cracks of WWDC 2013. The carrier launched a new iPhone app that allows enhanced push-to-talk on the popular iPhone 4s and iPhone 5. The app named “AT&T Enhanced Push-To-Talk allows users to communicate quickly using VoIP technology to deliver one-to-one or group calls over AT&T’s 3G and 4G networks…
From the App Store description:
Key features of Enhanced PTT include:
* Fast call setup times and low latency
* Advanced push-to-talk features including real-time presence, Instant Personal Alerts, free/busy status and Supervisory Override
* Scalable to support large contact lists and talk groups
* Organizations can use a Corporate Admin Tool for easy management of users and groups
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24 features in iOS 7 that Apple failed to talk about at WWDC 2013
WWDC 2013
Due to time constraints and certain restrictions Tim Cook failed to mention these 24 things during the WWDC 2013 keynote speech. Notice on the banner behind the podium at all the different topics that were left out.
Whats New With iOS 7?
iOS 7
Tim Cook and his staff just revealed the next version of their mobile operating system, iOS 7. This is the biggest update to the platform since it was introduced in 2007. This is a much needed makeover for the operating system. From what we were hearing around the Apple community was that if they didn’t make a change soon a lot of current users were going to jump ship to possibly the Android OS.
The Lock Screen:
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With all the data privacy issues, now seems like a good time to be with AT&T
The latest tech news going on right now is the NSA and how they are collecting cellular data from the American people. The Guardian reported about the secret court order that demanded Verizon to release “telephone metadata” about all of its domestic business customers during a three month period last year. This shows you we have no privacy…if the government wants it….. they will get it. Unless you are an AT&T customer. The NSA tried to get the same information from AT&T and they refused saying that it would infringe on the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.
Metadata can include your number, the numbers you called and the unique serial numbers of those phones with the precise location of the callers along with the duration of the call. The fact is, that the U.S. government is prevented by law from becoming just such a big data operation, but so it has become!
iOS 7 is going to be “Very Different” and a “Big Change” according to analysts
iOS 7
This year has been a very different type of year for Apple. Their stocks have not performed well and now the device release pattern is all out of whack. I personally think ever since the passing of Steve Jobs the company has gone in a negative direction. Steve Jobs had a very different way of thinking, hence the slogan “Think Different”. No one will EVER be able to emulate that. That being said, Apple is supposed to focus all of their attention on software and iOS 7 at this years WWDC 2013 on June 10th.
The analysts are speculating that iOS 7 is going to be “very different” from what we have been used to since 2007. The way it is mentioned by Digg co-founder and Google Ventures partner Kevin Rose is, do not put much faith in iOS 7 renderings and mockups that have been floating around the web…
“I heard that the next iOS is very different,” Rose said on the show.
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WWDC 2013 June 10th, will it be an iPhone 5S, iPad 5, a new iPad mini?
The banners are going up at the Moscone Center in San Francisco for WWDC 2013. It looks like Apple will primarily on an iOS redesign. It appears that for iOS 7 we will be getting a totally redesigned icon set along with a complete user interface makeover.
The official WWDC 2013 tagline will be: “Where a whole new world is developing”.
According to Tim Cook, he said the teams amped up their innovation and collaboration.
“We recognized that Jony had contributed significantly to the look and feel of Apple over many many years, and he could do that for our software as well,” he said.
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iPad rumor claims that a redesigned iPad is coming Q3 and new iPad mini in Q4
Apple has been kind of slow with product releases this year. Here it is already June and still no news about a new iPad or iPhone being released. Maybe something will surface at WWDC 2013, but this time last year the iPhone and iPad blogs were on an iPhone 5 rumor rampage .
Apple is expected to release both a new iPad and iPad mini this year. And according to a new rumor report out of China, the former is coming in Q3, and the latter will arrive just before the holidays…
DigiTimes reports:
“Volume production of a new-generation 9.7-inch iPad will begin in July-August with shipments in the third quarter estimated at five million units. Meanwhile, a second-generation iPad mini may see its volume production postponed from September to November, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.”
WWDC 2013 app released by Apple
Apple released the WWDC 2013 app just in time for the event to begin one week from today. It features a keynote by the company and a wealth of resources for 3rd party app developers.
The app will help attendees stay on top of the latest Apple iPhone and iPad news and help them navigate their way around the venue (Moscone West)
All registered Apple developers will be able to watch session videos from the conference.
WWDC 2013 will run June 10 to June 14 and Apple has already announced that its keynote will be coming on Monday morning, opening day.
From the App Store description:
Make the most of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference with the WWDC app. Even if you can’t join us in San Francisco, you can still follow along each day — session videos are just a tap away for all Registered Apple Developers.
• Browse times, locations, and descriptions for sessions, labs, and special events
• Mark schedule items as favorites with a simple double-tap
• Watch session videos, available daily
• Start watching on one iOS device, and pick up where you left off on another
• Keep up with the latest news, get important notifications, and see daily snapshots
• View maps to find your way around Moscone West
• Provide feedback on session content and speakers within the session details view
• Add your attendee information to Passbook for speedier on-site registration
Is It Time to Get Your Tween a Cell Phone?
Making decisions about technology usage for a tween is not always easy. You are balancing your parenting beliefs with the reality of what your tween is seeing in school each day. According to the Pew Research Center, 78 percent of teenagers own a cellphone and roughly 47 percent use a smartphone. While the numbers are not surprising, it might cause you to reevaluate if your tween is ready for that responsibility.
Is It Healthy?
Although cellphones have benefits, the health concerns are a key consideration when you are deciding if your tween is ready for that smartphone. According to WebMD.com, lack of sleep is the primary health concern for your children. While some parents might worry about radiation, WebMD.com suggests that studies have not found a link between the small amounts of radio waves emitted from cellphones and any form of cancer.
The lack of sleep is the primary health concern because tweens can take the cellphone to bed and text late into the night — causing them to get less sleep than the recommended amounts.
While you can set rules regarding appropriate hours to text and call on the phone, you might not feel that your tween is ready to set aside the phone at a reasonable time. That concern is legitimate and valid reason to hold off if your tweens maturity is not yet at a level that suggests a phone is more beneficial than harmful.
Setting Clear Guidelines
Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks iTV,iOS 7, iPhone 5S and More
Tim Cook talked about the upcoming Apple products with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher during the D11 conference. Cook answered all kinds of questions from what he thinks of Google Glass, to his thoughts on the state of the TV market. He even confirmed Jony Ive is working on iOS 7 and the iPhone 5S.
Mossberg mentioned that Samsung has grown stronger and is possibly more popular than the Apple iPhone and how Apple has lost its “cool”.
Cook responded:
“Absolutely not. Let’s zoom out and get perspective. We’re a product company and we think about products. We’ve sold 85 million iPhones. 42 million iPads.
More importantly than the numbers, customers love them. Satisfaction ratings are off the charts — unprecedented. Usage is off the charts. Our share of web usage is 59 percent.
I look at that and say, I feel pretty good about that. I feel pretty good. We came out of December of last year with an unprecedented number of new products.”
Walt Mossberg also asked Tim Cook if Apple is still the same company that used to make game changing products.
Cook responded:
“Yes, we’re still that company. We have some incredible plans that we’ve been working on for a while. We have incredible ideas. The same culture and largely the same people that brought you the iPhone, the iPad mini, the iPod and some who brought you the Mac, the same culture is there. I think we have several more game changers in us. “
Kara Swisher asked the Tim Cook “Google Glass, what’s your take on it?”
His response was:
“There are some positives in the product. It’s probably likely to appeal to certain vertical markets. The likelihood that it has broad appeals is hard to see. I think wearables is incredibly interesting. It could be a profound area.”
Simply Declare: The Must Have Travel App For Your iOS Device
Simply Declare Travel App
Summer is right around the corner and many of you are planning your vacation and travels. Simply Declare Travel App is the only iOS travel app that allows you to add, update and manage your declarable travel purchases. Simply Declare Travel App is a simple and easy you use app that is not filled with all the “bloat” that most apps have just to fill in dead space. Simply Declare does only the things that any traveler and expense tracker would want.
It allows you to keep track of your allowed quota for duty-free limit, you can easily take pics of receipts so you track what you bought, better (overall, track what you buy). Simply Declare also allows you to export any of the data to email. No matter which location you are in, with the App and its real time currency update, you can add purchases and have it measured in your home currency for better duty declaring back in your home country.
Simply Declare is the perfect app to have when you take a cruise. It aims to make declaring what you bought at the customs easy. Not only does the app let you keep a personal track of what you buy but the receipt tracking feature simple: you can click photos of the receipts and they get stored. Even if you are planning a cruise, a beach vacation or a complete world excursion.. this is a must have app for your iOS device.
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Savings, Schedules and Sleep Aids: Apps that Enhance Everyday Life
While your kids might disagree, smartphones aren’t just for Angry Birds and Minecraft. With the overwhelming number of apps available for smartphones, these devices have the power to enhance our lives in the real world. Save money, sleep better or get organized. Your smartphone is the key to a better you.
Osito
Have you ever wished you had a personal assistant to help you track all of your responsibilities? That’s exactly what MacWorld claims Osito can do. It acts as a personal concierge for your iPhone. Check your schedule, traffic and even the local weather report at the push of a button. You can even alert your contacts at your destination that you might be running late if traffic is bad by simply tapping your phone.
SnipSnap Saver
Couponing is still hot. After all, who doesn’t want to save a little money, right? Yet taking the time to cut, sort and store coupons is a hassle, and then you have to remember to bring the binder with you to the store. SnipSnap Saver eliminates this problem. With the free app, which Lifehacker recommends, simply scan the coupon with your smartphone camera, let the app create a sharp digital barcode of the coupon and then present your phone to scan at the register.
If that wasn’t enough to make the coupon addict drool, SnipSnap Saver also lets you access coupons other people have scanned. It will alert you when you are near stores you have coupons for and also when your coupons are about to expire. While you might find some retailers hesitant to accept this type of digital coupon, the app has that problem covered as well. It contains ratings for various retailers so you can decide which one to use.
iPhone 5S Rumor Capacitive Home Button With Finger Print Sensor
The latest iPhone 5S rumor is claiming that the upcoming iPhone 5S will lost the physical home button and be replaced with a capacitive home button with a finger print sensor.
This isn’t new: many Android handsets have touch-enabled “buttons” like Samsung’s Galaxy S series, for example. Apple’s innovation, the story goes, involves using sapphire crystal to prevent scratches and dings and protect the integrated fingerprint sensor…
The iPhone analysts are predicting the finger print scanner to be one of the killer features of the iPhone 5S. PayPal has already said that it expects the next iPhone will kill passwords once and for all by focusing on a more reliable and stronger fingerprint-based authentication method.
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