The Fantastical Mac Calender Application Now Available For iPhone Users

One of the most popular and well-liked OS X calendar, ‘Fantastial’ app has been released for the iPhone users on Thrusday.

The app has been integrated with most of the similar features as the Mac version of the application offers, the Fantastical app makes keeping up with both your home and work life extremely easy to do.

You will get to notice a DayTicker at the top of your screen while you are making use of the app, which enables users to swipe through their upcoming calendar. Every single date shows a small visual illustration of what you have actually planned for the particular day, with particular events that are listed below on the specific day you have already marked.

Once you pull down the DayTicker right from the top of your screen, you will be able to view the calendar fully. Sporting a view to some extent is very much same as of the Apple’s built in calendar app, the calendar month view has dots that are shown on the dates you have scheduled an event on, and the display becomes more details which show details regarding the events you already have.

The most interesting and amazing feature the app offers to its users is perhaps the voice scheduling competences. It is pretty much the same as you are interacting with the Apple’s Siri, the Fantastical app’s original language processor enable users to only mention it while you are considering scheduling a meeting or event in order to do so. You can even specific some of the reoccurring events such as birthdays of your loved ones or meetings that you want to schedule as well.

The app supports a natural and original language engine, which certainly makes it an intelligent and smart note take that is completely capable of understanding days of the week, holidays, different locations, events and a lot more.

Fantastical app incorporates well with the calendars you are already making use on your iOS gadget, such as the Google Calendar and Exchange. Thus, all you have to do here to get started is simply by downloading the application from the App Store. The Fantastical app for your iOS is available now. For sure, it is going to enhance your user experience to a great deal. You will greatly be able to schedule your events as per your needs and requirements.

Google Play Store Revenue Growing Rapidly Than Apple’s App Store

Google Play – Android’s official application store has been generating massive revenues from  its apps, and they have been growing to an extent of 311% between the time frame of October 2011 and October 2012, mentioned in a report that has been lately released by the App Annie, which is an app analytics Corporation. When compared to the Apple’s iOS, the revenue only grew 12.9% over the 12 month period from October 2011 and October 2012.

Regardless that growth, in October 2012 the international revenue from the Apple’s App Store was 4 times larger as compared to Android’s Google Play. In that report, App Annie was not able to disclose any actual or exact financial numbers.

CEO App Annie, Bertrand Schmitt stated that the gap between the global revenues of both Google Play and iOS persists. However, it gets to shrink down on a monthly basis, creating a large number of opportunities and prospects for publishers to generate considerable revenue growth in various countries concerning on the Google Play.

The figures are totally different when it comes to downloading the free apps. Over the 12 month period, the Google Play store grew approx 48%, whereas for iOS it was just 3.3%.

The App Annie’s Thrusday Index has been the very first one in what will be an array of monthly reports from the company concerning App analytics.

As per the App Annie stats, the top 10 iOS publishers of revenue for the month of 0ctober 2012 are:

GungHo Online Entertainment, Electronic Arts, SQUARE ENIX, Applibot, Apple, Gameloft, Zynga, Supercell, Kabam and Gree.

When it comes to Android, the top and the best performers are the: NAVER, Gree, GAMEVIL, Zynga, LTD, WeMade Entertainment, GungHoOnlineEntertainment, COLOPL, DeNA Co., Gameloft and NextFloor.

Zunga has been the only company that has been able to make to the list of the top 10 for both the Android and iOS platform. The toppers list from both the platform includes various developers who until now have offered just one or even two of the high-performing application, and a few are those who have above 50 apps available on the stores.

The app publishers normally have two vital options when it is about making a global app store a success, that is by distributing a large number of applications, marketing just one or two superior quality apps. For most of the developers, both the business models work, from large publishers such as Zynga and EA, which have been enjoying the same level, to small publishers like Supercell, which got to have a runaway accomplishment lately with Clash of Clans.

The revenue grabbing war between the two platforms continues. It does not have an end as more and more gadgets keep hitting the market, and the numbers are simply growing to grow larger. Let us wait and watch who grabs it all in the end!

Android Chrome Update Brings Stability and Performance Improvements

Finally Google has updated android chrome browser for version 18.0.1025308. Android users can easily download latest release from Play Store. Google Says this update will helpful for malicious sites reanimation contained and can not impact the entire web browser. But Sandbox will be available for Android jelly bean 4.1 user’s.

However google official ChangeLog is about maximum 10 word”s, does not mention anything specifically, There are some known issues with both verities of chrome browser. Apple devices owner might experience a data un-available errors generally when trying to save images, and disappointed for find out there is no history record option to viewing previous history detail’s. Android users experienced font size inconstancy on some sites, instructions for non-mobile version of chrome, leggy scrolling as well as loading black…

Google Chrome updates also makes few changes regarding Youtube videos performance  in chrome, Video controls, Full-screen mode, Video now automatically continues playing after a screen Lock Unlock, SwiftKey of Swype will work much better with new release.

Source: Google Play Store | Chrome Release Blog

Windows 8 Store Downloads Beat The Apple’s Mac Store But Only One-Fifth The Revenues

The Microsoft Corporation came up with a big endeavor to make sure that when the Windows 8 OS goes live, all the apps available in the Windows Store do not disappoint, declaring that it holds more apps as compared to any other portal at the time of launch, and later on cracking more than 20,000 applications within the very first month. According to the figures provided by the Distimo, the App store gets to have a strong downloading activity, and the daily volume concerning the downloads is more than 300 apps, which is 3 times higher as compared to the apps downloaded over the Apple’s App Store.

However, being bigger does not always mean more value, not for now at least.  As more than 86% of the Windows 8 applications available for free, the Apple’s App Store still persists to generate 5 times more revenue through its App store. Presently, the Microsoft Corporation is trying to prove itself as the highest and most prominent-grossing app publisher.

The Apps available at the Windows 8 Store are more focused towards PCs and tablets, thus in case you are weighing it with Apple’s App Store, it puts it somewhere between the Mac Store as well as iPad-dedicated apps that are available on the App Store. As per the stats by Distimo, it has quickly exceeded the best score, which has at the moment, only supports 13,000 apps, however it is very much far away the latter, which has lately passed the mark of 275,000 apps. When compared to the Apple’s App Store, there are more than 700,000 apps, more than 600,000 apps available with Google Play, it is pretty more dwarfing. The existing Windows Phone 7 app store happens to be 10 times bigger.

For now, Microsoft has been able to maintain a balanced mix between several different interfaces that are being provided through the app store. According to Distimo, Windows 8 OS has been exceedingly strong and robust with the localized content –on average above 10% of the applications are in the top 300 standings and are preferred to particular regions. While the bigger markets are being considered, where the developers are being more language specific, the percentage is certainly getting higher. In Korea, 30% of the well-liked apps are available in Korean-language, for Japan; 41% of the apps were available in the local language.

As the Windows 8 app market continues to grow, a question that arises here is if Microsoft will manage to steer more of the paid ones, and a number of purchasing customers, over the platform. Apparently, Microsoft has created a setting where most of the applications are made available for free, but then charging for a content would become extremely challenging, as it already has been over the Internet.

Microsoft Launched Feedback Program For Surface RT Owners

Microsoft Surface Tablet seemed like a big step toward’s the future of computing technology. Microsoft Surface tablet was comes with multiple varieties like Windows 8 RT, ultra-thin keyboard and powered by Intel chips. Obviously Microsoft appears to be willing to take on Apple iPad head on and that’s quit exciting prospect. Microsoft launched survey program for Surface RT tablet owners, Microsoft wants your feedback for Surface RT tablet and lucky person will be rewarded $200.

its seems good opportunity to share your personal opinion to Microsoft expert about how you have experienced the surface tablet so they can improve it in the future. To get started (here), user’s need to signup for feedback program and provide device serial number of Surface. Your serial number ensure that response generated by real surface owner. Unfortunately survey program available for those peoples who living in United State of America.

Hopefully, your response will help them to improve Microsoft surface tablet performance and some technical issues.

Via: Survey

Nokia’s ‘Here’ Can Help You Reach Anywhere You Want!

Nokia has developed its free mapping application and made a debut in the Apple Store on November 20th. The Nokia’s ‘Here’ mapping app enables users to download different portions of maps even for offline viewing. The app has been made available for iOS users as well.

Most of the iPhone enthusiast were furious at the launch of iOS 6, which  has been unveiled in this year Septemter, as it did not support the most preferred and liked app – Google Maps. As an alternative, a new mapping app was integrated which was from Apple, and was being rated as an extremely poor and inadequate app. The app provided users with buggy landmarks, lacked transit directions, and offered turns that led to nowhere, this made the Apple’s mapping app at the punchline, and made Tim Cook, the CEO to apologize to the iPhone users, stating that the corporation is extremely sorry for the frustration the app has caused among the users. As an alternative, the company has offered a third party mapping app to its users.

Presently, Nokia has introduced itself as a third party alternative. It has offered a ‘Here’ free mapping client and especially to the iOS users, being an alternative to the Apple Maps app. The question is, has it been able to live up to the hype it actually has created?

 Vital Features!

  • You can save a map of your preferred area for offline availability with ease. However, you can only save one map at a time, as saving a new one is going to overwrite the prior one.
  • You must tap and then hold anywhere to a particular location, tap once again on the specific label and you will be able to get a list of nearby locations. The data provided is useful and up-to-date.
  • Users will get to have a decent and acceptable satellite imagery. All the maps that are non-satellite provide complete and amazing details, with building outlines at most of the locations.
  • The app also offers a public transport view, which seems to focus on the rail routes.
  • The maps work really well over 3G and Wi-Fi connections.

 Nokia’s Here Vs Apple Maps

Nokia’s ‘Here’ offer some features which are not available with Apple Maps.  First and foremost, users were not able to download the portions of the maps especially when they needed to access the maps offline. On the other hand, Nokia’s app allows users to download the maps for not only offline availability but also provide a voice – guide and turn-by-turn directions even if they are walking.

Contrasting the Apple Maps app, the Nokia’s Here even offer users with an in-app public transportation and directions. Nevertheless, the UI of ‘Here’ is certainly not even close to or as clean or crisp as on the Apple Maps. The information offered to users by Here, such as the real-time traffic updates, are exceedingly rich when compared to the Apple Maps app. The experience with Apple Maps has been marked as quite disappointing, as the Public transit directions provided have been normally ‘nonsensical,’ with transfer to certain trains and busses missing altogether, at least in the UK. The app also had bugs, the cancel button has been often completely ineffective. In several different features, ‘Here’ has been rated  as  more functional and User-friendly than the Apple’s native mapping client.

 Conclusion

Last but not the least, I would consider the ‘Here’ app a success, as well as a useful addition to the Apple Store. Ultimately, users always prefer clear and simple maps, and this is what they were looking for in the Apple’s mapping app soon after the iOS 6 was launched. However, the good news for most of the users is that Google is nearly done working on its own native app for the iOS, which will be submitted to the Apple developers for review. Still there is no word on the official release of the app to the App Store, but it is expected soon.