CoPilot Navigation for Windows 8 Devices Now Available

In the world of operating systems on the market for mobile devices the big two are Android and iOS, but there is a third contender that is gaining some traction in the market. Windows 8 phones and Windows 8 devices are becoming something that large scale app companies have to consider, compatibility wise, on the market. The last time ALK Technology had the chance to go for Windows 7 integration, they opted to simply focus their attention on full Android device compatibility. Now, they have gone the other way and decided to make Windows 8 on their list of compatible operating systems.

This is big news for those who love the flawless help in finding their direction from CoPilot apps but use Windows 8 devices. Previously they would be simply out of luck, but now they can have the same awesome interface and spot on direction as the rest of the mobile world.

Some of the amazing components of CoPilot that the Windows 8 community can now enjoy are:

  • ActiveTraffic – which calculates the fastest routes based on actual live traffic flow information
  • CoPilot ClearTurn – which makes turning through intersections that are busy or blocked safer
  • On screen speed limits and speed warnings
  • Multiple Route, simultaneous planning/drag and drop instant editing

An app like this can struggle in the world of free services such as Google Maps, and Apple Maps, but somehow they have managed to not only stay afloat, but stay on the lead of innovation. CoPilot is one of those companies and services that has been around for over a decade and has evolved in every way it needed to to stay current and competitive. If the past and present are any indicator, CoPilot will be staying right on the cusp of integration as mobile devices grow and evolve. Getting this app on any device, now including Windows 8 devices, will make your trip planning and navigation a breeze.

Source: CoPilot Web Blog

[Image Credit: CoPilot Mobile Navigation]

Huawei Ascend P2 running Jelly Bean 4.1 equipped with 13 megapixel camera

Huawei recently announced the Ascend P2, its new Android device equipped with Android Jelly Bean 4.1, 4.7 inch HD display. Huawei Ascend P2 is the sequel to the Ascend P1 smartphone, which released in Europe last summer. According to Huawei Ascend P2 is the world fastest smartphone with hi-silicon K3V2, quad-core 1.5 GHz processor.

“Ascend P2 is the perfect combination of elegance and power, and further proof that there’s no need to compromise when desiring a perfect smartphone,” Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group

Ascend P2 smartphone included interesting specification like 13 megapixel camera, Gorilla Glass 2 layer, 2420 mAh batter, 1080p video recording, HDR available on both videos and images, 3G with HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS & NFC and much more ..

The new smartphone will be available in two basic colors black & white. and expected to launch in Q2 of this year 2013 about 400 Euro per unit.

Fresh Paint: The Best New Painting App for Windows 8

The world of “finger painting” or digital painting has been exploding in recent years. Not only for simply recreational scribbling, this method of creating art has been tackled by some of the greatest names in modern art history. Unleash your potential with the newest and best painting app for Windows 8.

Fresh Paint is the latest release for digital art on the Windows 8 app store. It has a shockingly realistic feel if you’ve ever worked with paints. It is great for anyone from a child who simply wants to put colors on a blank canvas to the highly critical art student or artist. The potential for creating very high quality, realistic art is there, but it is also a venue for simple creative flow.

The best part about this app is the real feeling of the colors and paints. You can pick multiple colors of paint from your pallet and choose how and where to mix them just like real paints. This is not only a great tool for teaching children art, but color theory as well. The options for various style of brushes and canvases will give you an even wider array of choices to create your own art. Not only can you choose the tooth and the style of the canvas, but you can also import images saved on your device to paint over.

Personally, I love to mess around with digital art and doodling and painting anything that comes to mind in real life and on tablets and mobile devices. This is one of the best apps for all around user friendly art creation that I have come across. With the options to expand the app and get even more add-ons for children or to teach you how to paint, the options are endless.

Source: Fresh Paint for Windows 8

[Image Credit: Windows Store]

Status Snapper: The Google Chrome Extension for Capturing and Saving Facebook Posts

Everyone these days has a Facebook. Whether it’s your grandma or younger sister, people are posting things to Facebook everyday, usually multiple times a day. There is always that time when you see something on there that you wish you could easily just take a screen capture of and share with your friends on Facebook. Well, now the day has come where this can easily happen with just a few clicks.

Status Snapper is an extension for Google Chrome. This extension works in perfect harmony with Facebook and allows you to quickly snap a picture of your screen to share on your own Facebook. Usually doing this before required not only the screen capture, but then to open that captured screen in an image editor to blur or remove the names and specifics from the capture to make it anonymous. Sharing other people’s names without their permission is simply poor taste. The great thing about Status Snapper is that it not only captures the screen, but also in the same step blurs and removes names and places from the newly saved image. All of this being done by the extension itself makes this otherwise tedious task much more simplified. You can also choose what pictures and identifying information is blurred and what is not.

Finally share those hilarious or interesting statuses with just a click of a button. Take a snap of the whole Facebook screen on your monitor to share with everyone you know and make it anonymous at the same time. After you take the image simply click, “Finish”, and have the shot saved as an imgur. This takes all of the previous guesswork and needless excess out of sharing a screenshot of your Facebook. It’s a very simple, but well refined and great app.

Source: Status Snapper for Chrome

[Image Credit: Chrome Web Store]

Apple Maps Now with Street View! The Day Has Arrived

Apple maps was under a lot of pressure from the get go. There were problems with the launch, and the newest OS was ripe with issues in its map app. Even after it was repaired and the latest patch released, there was still one main aspect missing, street view. This staple of the google maps app has set a precedent which all other map apps must now either include or be left to perish. Finally, Apple Maps has Street View. We can sleep easily tonight.

For just $0.99, Street View will automatically be placed into the Apple Maps app and make it a finally complete mapping app with real life images of the locations you’re searching for. After downloading the app, not only is Street View now incorporated into your Apple Maps package, but Street View can also be used as its own unique app to simply view locations as they would appear in Street View without having to navigate through Apple Maps.

It doesn’t seem like a huge deal that the map package has gone this long without Street View, but in this age of information and instant gratification it has big a big stink in the already somewhat weary market of Apple Maps. Now that it is here the app is complete and the Apple Map users will have nothing to gripe about, for now.

App Source: Street View for iPhone

Pilo 1, 2, & 3 – The 3D Interactive Adventure Game to Get Your Kids to Bed at Night

There are a plethora of apps for the iPad that are geared towards children. In fact, learning and experiencing is one of the greatest advantages that children in this age of technology have going for them. With the tablet structure they can easily use their fingers to develop their dexterity and brain at the same time. There is an award winning series of interactive, 3D story books called Pilo for the iPad. These stories are not only incredibly entertaining and make it easy to learn and follow for any kid, but they now offer another amazing feature.

Every parent, babysitter, or caretaker has had to deal with a child that simply would not go to bed, or threw a fit at the mention of a bedtime. Pilo is now here to help. In the second installment of the app, Pilo 2: The Pillow Fairy, Pilo takes an adventure of sleepy time proportions and allows the reader, or the child being read to, to take on a whole new experience of bedtimes. The character of the Pillow Fairy makes bedtime an adventure and takes the dread out of sleeping and replaces it with joy and intrigue.

The waking nightmare of the child who refuses to sleep will exist no longer with the aid of Pilo 2: The Pillow Fairy. The Pilo series in general hasn’t won almost every award there is for being useless, and not worthy of the praise. Pilo is one of those childhood classics of this generation. They will grow up not with paper books and bound tales, but with interactive, 3D animations on tablets and mobile devices. This shift is drastic, but not for the worse. Make sure to check out all of the three Pilo installments for your child’s learning pleasure: Pilo 1: Interactive Children’s Story Book 3D Animation and Puzzle Game, Pilo 2: The Pillow Fairy, and Pilo 3: Interactive Children’s Story Book 3D Animation Cooking Game.

Pilo will add an all new element of excitement and learning joy to any child’s life. Make sure to check it out and find out what Pilo can help teach your child, or even get them to look forward to nap time.

App Source:

Pilo 1: Story Book3D Animation-Puzzle Game

Pilo 2: The Pillow Fairy

Pilo 3: Story Book-3D Animation-Cooking Game