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Using Livestream Procaster, users can stream live from their webcam, video camera or even broadcast their PC or Mac desktop. Livestream producers can start streaming live to the addressable iPhone and iPod Touch audience over 3G or Wi-Fi connections, with less than five minutes of setup.
Livestream is the first to offer a turn-key streaming service that uses the new H.264 HTTP live streaming functionality included in the native QuickTime player that Apple has pre-installed on the iPhone. This means that Livestream producers do not need to obtain iPhone App Store approval to launch their own iPhone live streaming channel, nor do their viewers need to install any application. Streams are viewed using the iPhone's Safari browser.
Using Livestream Procaster, users can stream live from their webcam, video camera or even broadcast their PC or Mac desktop. Livestream producers can start streaming live to the addressable iPhone and iPod Touch audience over 3G or Wi-Fi connections, with less than five minutes of setup.
Livestream is the first to offer a turn-key streaming service that uses the new H.264 HTTP live streaming functionality included in the native QuickTime player that Apple has pre-installed on the iPhone. This means that Livestream producers do not need to obtain iPhone App Store approval to launch their own iPhone live streaming channel, nor do their viewers need to install any application. Streams are viewed using the iPhone's Safari browser.
Livestream has also provided a simple Representational State Transfer (REST) API for developers to integrate live streaming into their own iPhone websites or their own iPhone applications. Livestream Procaster includes a free streaming encoder, which means that no third party application or license needs to be purchased in order to stream live to the iPhone using Livestream.
Sony Music with Azuki
Systems will create mobile versions of its artist websites, offering video,
photos, news, and more for the music fan on the go with the Michael Jackson's official website will be the first mobile site to
launch at m.michaeljackson.com. The Michael Jackson mobile website will feature Michael Jackson news, photos and streaming access to classic videos such as "Billie Jean," "Beat It," and the unforgettable "Thriller."
The site allows mobile music fans to experience Michael Jackson's celebrated artistry.
The Michael Jackson mobile website is available at m.michaeljackson.com for Android, BlackBerry Storm, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Palm Pre users. Azuki and Sony will roll out full support for mobile browser handsets by the end of the year.
Sony Music will roll out mobile versions of other artists' websites in the coming months.
Apple is now the world's most profitable handset vendor in Q3 2009.
Nokia dropped to second as margins have been hit hard by
both the economic downturn and a stagnant presence in the United
States, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics.
Global Handset Operating Profits in Q3 2009
| Global Handset Operating Profits (US$ Billions) | Q3 '09 |
| Apple | 1.6 |
| Nokia | 1.1 |
Alex Spektor, Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, "We
estimate Apple's operating profit for its iPhone handset division stood
at $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2009. Apple overtook Nokia for
the first time, which recorded a lower $1.1 billion of operating
profit. With strong volumes, high wholesale prices and tight cost
controls, the PC vendor has successfully broken into the mobile phone
market in just two years."
Available at the App store the new UPS Mobile App for the iPhone enables users to track shipments, create shipments using the My UPS address book, calculate shipping rates and time-in-transit and then find the nearest UPS location.
The free shipping app joins other UPS-enabled solutions for Apple users. NRG Software, LLC., a UPS Read strategic provider, recently added NRGship Mac to its shipping software lineup as a native Mac application.
"Apple users are an innovative group of customers who appreciate the capabilities that make the most of their devices. These new solutions help them take full advantage of the world's largest package delivery company," said Jordan Colletta, vice president of customer technology marketing at UPS.
Disney announced a new free Disney iPhone appp with Disney content including areas
dedicated to Characters, Music, Video and Games. Content in the app
will be updated regularly, providing kids and families with instant
access to the latest Disney news and entertainment. Features off the new Disney App include:
- Disney at your fingertips - instant access to the latest Disney news and entertainment.
- Characters - interact with hundreds of Disney's most popular characters through customizable photo frames and audio greetings that can be customized by users.
- Music - listen to Radio Disney live, play "Name that Song," watch music videos and purchase the latest Disney music from the iTunes Store.
- Videos - watch new featured and original videos each week including Disney.com's "Backstage Pass" and "Spotlight" segments.
- Games and My Disney Apps- download and manage free and paid Disney games and other apps.
Due to pressure from offended women, Pepsi has taken the "Amped" score with more women app off the iTunes shelves.
The "AMP UP Before You Score" a free application promoting PepsiCo's Amp Energy drink and was dubbed a "road map to success with your favorite kinds of women." The portrayal of women was sexist and included stereotypes.
In a statement, the Pepsi said removing the iPhone app was the "most appropriate course of action" after listening to "a variety of audiences."
It divided women into 24 categories. When the user identified the kind of woman he was trying to score, the app provided "a cheatsheet on the stuff she's into, with lists, links and some surefire opening lines."
What's even worse if the user got lucky, the app let him keep a "Brag List," with names, dates and other details and then suggested users to "flaunt it," by sharing the lucky women list with friends via e-mail, Facebook and Twitter.
This shouldn't be confused with another Score Mobile app sponsored by Budweiser, that show sports scores.
DFC Intelligence predicts the
worldwide market for portable and mobile games is expected to grow to
$11.7 billion by 2014. The primary driver of this growth is expected to
be the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch systems.
By 2014, sales for games on
the iPhone/iPod Touch are expected to account for about 24% of total
portable game software sales.
"The dedicated portable game systems from companies like Nintendo and Sony are still expected to lead the market, but it appears growth for these devices has peaked. The platforms from Apple are expected to be responsible for the bulk of market growth over the next few years," says DFC analyst David Cole.
DFC also released some results from a study on the mobile game habits of over 8,000 game players in North America and Europe. 54% of respondents in North America and 69% of respondents in Europe had played a game on their mobile phone in the past year.
Apple released the latest update to the iPhone and iPod operating system version to 3.1.2, less than month after the release of OS 3..Previously, some iPhone and iPod touch devices using iPhone OS 3.1 sporadically may not wake from sleep. Symptoms include:
- Device does not wake from sleep when pushing Sleep/Wake or Home button.
- Device takes several minutes to wake from sleep, or requires multiple presses of Sleep/Wake or Home button.
- Device requires a reset to wake from sleep.
There is now CBS News application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The free application delivers breaking news, video, and instant access to Twitter feeds on hot topics from CBS reporters, as well as users from around the globe. The new app also offers dedicated sections for each of CBS News' award-winning shows, featuring full-length episodes on-demand and access to CBSNews.com original programming. The application is available now from the App Store.
BRIDES magazine launched BRIDES Dressing Room, the first ever wedding dress locator of its kind on a mobile device. The current version if for the iPhone.
In the BRIDES Dressing Room, users will browse a variety of wedding and bridesmaid dresses, and sort by silhouette, designer or price -- then check availability, and schedule an appointment with a local bridal shop for consultations and fittings. Users of the BRIDES iPhone app can also email a photo of a wedding gown or bridesmaid dress to friends to get their feedback. BRIDES is the first magazine in its category to launch a mobile application.
Functions of the BRIDES iPhone app include:
- Search by style.
- Location awareness within 50 miles.
- Concierge calls to stores for appointments.
- Maps to nearby stores.
Adobe introduced Photoshop.com
Mobile for iPhone app. It gives iPhone users the ability to fix/edit photos, adjust color, make special effects as well as 2 gigabytes of photo storage which can store up to 1,500 photos.Photoshop.com Mobile provides consumers a convenient way to edit photos, apply effects and share images instantly with friends - all with the flick of a finger. Seamless integration with users' free Photoshop.com accounts enables photo sharing and data back-up, saving them valuable space on their iPhones. The application is available free of charge at Apple's App Store.
Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone provides a way to view photos with full-screen previews and edit images with gesture-based editing. Users can transform their photos with essential edits like crop, rotate and flip. Users can correct and play with color by adjusting the saturation and tint, enhancing the exposure and vibrancy and converting images to black and white.
Starting Friday, iPhone 3G and 3GS users were able to download the MMS update from iTunes to be able to send and receive MMS messages from their iPhones. Reports of problems and glitches of the MMS update appeared over this weekend.Ubergizmo reported, "a lot of iPhone users are reporting that the service is not available for them. AT&T has confirmed this issue, and it seems that there are MMS latency issues across all states."
The glitches with iPhone MMS update appear to be battery drain from using MMS, delayed messages (up to two-day), the operating system has to be updated to OS 3.1 first, and problems with video clarity/audio.
We scanned Twitter for iPhone MMS update Tweets and we found many mixed MMS mesages:
- IPhone owners with hacked or jailbroken iPhones have had problems with MMS. They loose their tethering hack because they have to upgrade to 3.1 that jailbreaks the jailbreak.
- An MMS sent to a boyfriend's Android phone took 48 hours to get to him.
- Expletives: I'm excited!, Awesome. Sooooo nice!!!, WhoHOO! YAY?
- "I got my first MMS today. It took 2 years to ever get a single one (on iPhone).
- MMS drains battery. Battery life took a nose dive. Update is killing my battery.
- "still can't get my iphone to send mms messages... way to suck, AT&T..."
- You have to reboot your iPhone to get MMS to get it to work properly.
- Video received by friend didn't have audio (multiple reports.)
- Still no MMS for some.
- YFrog will Tweet MMS.
- Works flawlessly in Las Vegas.
Here's how to do it:
The delay according the Seth The Blogger Guy, was to assure that the network was ready.
GoldSpot Media launched the miApp
platform for developing smartphone apps and ad campaigns. The platform includes ntuitive web-based drag and drop design studio for
creating applications and interactive ad campaigns once. They also offer infrastructure to deploy the apps across multiple apps stores and devices.
They contend that the miApp
dynamic application framework helps publishers simplify app creation by
eliminating mobile device-specific application development and campaign
creation costs.
miApp provides a single web interface that enables publishers to create, update and manage applications and advertising across all mobile devices, without ever needing to write a single line of code.
The USB Implementers Forum sided with Apple for modifying its iTunes USB sync so that the Palm Pre work-around wouldn't work.Apple changed the latest update iTunes software to block access by Palm's smartphone.
Palm voiced their complaint to the group in July for Apple's improper use its USB vendor code to block competitors. The forum disagreed in a letter sent to both companies on Tuesday. They also warned that if Palm changes the Pre's software to include Apple's vendor code, it would violate the forum's rules.
The USB-IF Letter states:
Your letter also states that:
"Palm will shortly issue an update of its WebOS operating system that uses Apple's Vendor ID number for the sole purpose of restoring the Palm media sync functionality."
I attach for your information the USB-IF's adopted and published policy regarding Vendor Identification Numbers (VIDs). Under the Policy, Palm may only use the single Vendor ID issued to Palm for Palm's usage. Usage of any other company's Vendor ID is specifically precluded. Palm's expressed intent to use Apple's VID appears to violate the attached policy.
Please clarify Palm's intent and respond to this potential violation within seven days."
Palm's first letter stated
"We engaged with the USB-IF because we believe consumers should have freedom and choice in how and where they use the non-rights managed media they already own. We are reviewing the letter from the USB-IF and will respond as appropriate."
Intelius launched its Date Check mobile application today at DEMOfall 09. Now you can perform instant background checks on potential dates directly on an iPhone. Their moto is “Look-up before your hook-up.”With only a name or cell phone number, the Date Check mobile application searches publicly available information to instantly provide an on-the-go background profile of new acquaintances.
Besides basic information like name, age and address, Date Check can be used to check popular social networking sites like LinkedIn for data on employment history and education records. The Sleaze Detector feature scans criminal records to determine if anyone matching that name has been charged with offenses such as drug possession, assault and battery, sex crimes and DUI, among others. The Net Worth function gives users information about assets that include property value, as well as ownership and home details.
ESPN launched their ESPN Radio app. It gives millions of ESPN Radio listeners access to live, crystal clear radio streams, fan favorite shows, the latest SportsCenter updates every 20 minutes, popular podcasts, play-by-play broadcasts, live scores, newsfeeds and text messaging and call-in capabilities directly to ESPN Radio and ESPN affiliate stations.
Apple introduced the App Store Resource Center, a single
destination designed to make it easier for developers to find details on distributing apps on the App
Store as well as how to prepare for app submission and managing apps once it's been posted.The News and Announcements section of the iPhone Dev Center shows tips on submitting apps to the App Store, turnaround time for app review, new program features, and guidance on everything from development and testing to distribution and marketing.
In order to see the App Store Resource Center, you must be an Apple developer with access to the app developer community.
The Wall Street Journal will no longer offer free unlimited access via it's mobile apps for BlackBerry and iPhone. Starting October 24, some content from mobile apps and their mobile website will be free, while access to premium content will require a subscription."Our new mobile subscription model will enable us to continue to invest in the world's most essential news content and deliver it to our subscribers wherever and whenever they want it," Gordon McLeod, president of the Wall Street Journal Digital Network, said in a statement. "This transition also reinforces the value of our content on mobile, just as we've done online for more than a decade."
Mobile-only subscribers will be charged $2 per week and WSJ.com-only subscribers will be charged $1 a week. If the subscribers already have a print and online edition they will receive free access to the mobile content. Subscribers are billed annually.
