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Skitch focuses on swiping with iOS app update, and makes it easier to share to Evernote

Jun12
by on June 12, 2014 at 4:05 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Evernote-owned image-editing app Skitch has been given a number of handy new features on iOS today. Previously, you had to tap and choose from a list. Now, you can swipe between the Photo, Camera, Map, Web, PDF, Draw, and Settings modes, while you can also start new Skitch markups simply by swiping left or right too. Little animations upon each tab also lets you preview each type.     Other updates include being able to share from Evernote directly to a specific notebook, or procure a share link to distribute directly from your account. Furthermore, PDFs can also now be shared…

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Double Fine brings its $3.3 million Kickstarter game ‘Broken Age’ to the iPad

Jun12
by on June 12, 2014 at 3:33 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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If you own an iPad and love classic point-and-click adventure games, you’ll want to check out Broken Age. This is the passion project from Tim Schafer – formerly of LucasArts – and the rest of his development team at Double Fine Productions. The game was originally pitched on Kickstarter and smashed records with over $3 million in pledges. Broken Age has already been released on Windows, Mac and Linux, but its simple control scheme should be well-suited to the iPad. The slower, reflective mood of the game also lends itself to Apple’s popular tablet – this is a title you…

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Breaking News mobile app now brings you breaking news based on your proximity to the breaking news

Jun12
by on June 12, 2014 at 2:38 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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NBC’s Breaking News service has been, well, breaking news via the Web and mobile apps for a while already. But with the latest update for iOS, location is now very much part of the picture. Indeed, you can now set proximity alerts, which are basically localized push notifications based on where you currently are. So it moves with you, rather than remaining static based on a pre-designated ‘home’ location. You’ll be asked to enable it when you launch the latest version of the app, but this can be disabled again within the settings.     In terms of what’s classified as…

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The Golden Curve: Determining player value in freemium apps

Jun12
by on June 12, 2014 at 2:10 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev

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Julian is a heavy-duty number cruncher for Wooga, a mobile games developer based in Berlin.  There’s one unfortunate truth about mobile game development. You cannot make a great game, offer it for free and depend on the masses downloading it. The app marketplace is packed, with every publisher desperately vying for players’ attention. This makes that attention all the more costly to acquire. Most developers will, at some point, face the problem of getting people to use their app without dangerously overspending while doing so. They need to buy users at a price where they get a positive return on…

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ITV will bring UK football fans near-live highlights of World Cup action on Twitter and Facebook

Jun12
by on June 12, 2014 at 2:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK

London-based startup Grabyo is really starting to ramp up its media partnerships now. Just a couple of days after we revealed it was teaming up with the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to bring near-live highlights to Wimbledon fans around the world across a myriad of social platforms, Grabyo has now announced it’s doing the same for football fans during the World Cup. To recap, Grabyo’s technology makes it easier for broadcasters to capture and edit clips from their own videos, to share across any social channel in real-time. The result should look a little something like this: Video: If…

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