Apple to unveil new Final Cut Pro at NAB event?

It's been awhile since a new version of Apple's Final Cut Pro video editing software was released, but that may change at next week's annual National Association of Broadcasters show. A new report from ProVideoCoalition says Apple plans on "taking over" the 10th annual SuperMeet event taking place on April 12 to announce a new version of the software.

Run Android Apps on Windows PC using Bluestacks

Have you ever wanted to try out an Android app without needing for Android Device handy ? then you must try outBluestacks !!

You may want to know what is BlueStacks and what does it do, alright it is simply a basically virtualization for Android, all what you have to do is to install BlueStacks on your Windows and Automatically the software will allow you to run an instance of Android right inside the app. From here the experience is just like having an Android device – except the phone calling thing.

Well there is nothing new in the app as we’ve been doing it for years with VMware or Parallels but this is the first time a mobile operating system has been invited to the party. Of course, why you’d really want to run Android on your computer we’re not entirely sure, but we’ve no doubt it will float someone’s boat out there.

Right now the BlueStacks website isn’t quite behaving itself and downloading the virtualization software is easier said than done, but if Android on Windows is your particular bag then keep trying, we’re assured it does work eventually!
Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re off to run Android, in Windows, in OS X on a Mac – just to see if the world implodes.

This App you can smell and taste it [Humor]

Yummy, did you smelled this Aroma ? it taste good, April fools day is long gone, but we thought we would let our readers in on a joke gone viral. Fox News San Diego’s Raoul Martinez pranked his co-anchor, Shally Zomorodi, into believing a new iOS app, Shock Top, left users smell and taste food. The result is pure fun.

Not only did Zomorodi eventually smell an iPad, but she proceeded to lick the iDevice too. Once she realized it was a joke, she left the stage, obviously embarrassed. Check the Video out :

On a lazy Wednesday, perhaps you too could trick somebody with the Shock Top app, available for free in the App Store.

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Google Books for iOS gets landscape mode and search

Google has updated the Google Books application with half a dozen bug fixes and two new features. The updated universal binary with version number 1.1.0.2247 is now available from the App Store and it added convenient landscape reading mode on iPads and the find feature that shows all matches in the book as you scroll down.

The full list of features from the App Store and a couple of more screenshots are right below the fold…

• Read Google eBooks in Landscape mode on your iPad
• “Find” feature shows all matches in the book as you scroll down
• Tapping “Get eBooks” signs into Google eBookstore with the username used to login into the app
• Added a clear no-network error message alert
• Removed magnifier

Updated bug fixes:

• Overall application speed improved
• 3-D page turning available on iPad on iOS 4.3
• Better Google eBooks downloading experience
• Better experience on iPad 3GS with no network plan

 

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New Apps for Your iPhone and Android

Both iPhone & Android

SocialCam: This app offers you an easy way to share videos with your friends. With the app, you can record, tag and share your videos in addition to browsing, liking and commenting on those belonging to friends.

Kazaa: Instead of launching in the official app stores, Kazaa made its music subscription service available on mobile via www.kazaa.com. The decision was made primarily to thumb its nose at Apple, because of the company's "recent announcement that it will now keep 30% of revenue generated by new subscriptions and media purchases," says Zazaa.

Color: At launch, this location-based photo sharing app was widely denounced by reviewers who weren't pleased with the user experience (but who were likely just expecting more given the outrageous $41 million in funding its creators received). Curious what all the fuss was about? Color is free for iPhone and Android.

iPhone

QuickCam: A seriously fast iPhone camera app is perfect for taking photos quicker and allows for fast switching between photo and video mode. You can even hold the button for rapid-fire photos or take stills while shooting video. (Note to parents with small, wiggly children: it's a must!)

Qik Video Connect: Post-Skype acquisition, Qik launched a new iPhone app that offers video calling, video messaging and video sharing. A Plus version for $2.99 offers more features including real-time effects, video editing and HD support.

Vimeo: The popular video-sharing website now has its own iPhone app - and it doesn't just let you watch videos, it lets you edit and share them too. Take that, YouTube!

Last Night Never Happened: This awesome app lets you automatically delete the (drunken, embarrassing) social networking posts you made during your lapse in judgement. Supports Facebook and Twitter, and allows you to remove posts, photos, comments, tweets and direct messages. Genius.

Addieu: This app lets you connect with new friends on Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare in addition to adding them to your Contacts app list. Maybe this should have been in the SXSW section below, but it's actually handy long after the SXSW party week ended.

Follows: Obsessed with your stats? Follows tracks data related to your social networking profiles on services like Twitter, Facebook, Feedburner, MySpace, Vimeo, YouTube, Flickr and LinkedIn. With this app, you can easily see your follower count, reader count, friend count and more.

TechDygest: An intelligent aggregator providing relevant news, summarized for quick reading. There are four different apps to choose from Dygest.com. TechDygest for tech news, iDygest for Apple news, gameDygest for gaming news and celebDygest for Hollywood gossip.

Mozy: The new iOS app works with the online backup and storage service allowing you to locate files, photos and other media using your phone. You can then open those files, share them via email or post to Facebook.

Pimp Your Screen: A useful tool for iPhone customization without jailbreaking, this app provides backgrounds, icon skins, app shelves, neon combos and more. And it lets you preview your customizations before applying them.

Ditto: From Jaiku founder Jyri Engeström, this location-based app lets you post what you're doing and where, under categories like "at home," "eat out," "work," "see movie," and more.

Zapd: This app lets you create an attractive website from your iPhone in minutes using templates.  And it's free! Isn't technology amazing?

MyStreamApp: Instead of sharing headphones, this app lets you share your music over a Wi-Fi connection.

Android

Flow: A Facebook app for Android that brings push notifications, comment liking, tagging friends in statuses and other missing features from Facebook's official app. (Actually, Facebook allows for push notifications, but not to the same extent as provided in Flow).

Thrutu: This app enhances phone calls by allowing you to share your location, photos, contacts and other files with callers without disrupting the conversation.

ReadItLater Pro: This 99 cents app lets you read your saved reading list items from the online service via your Android phone.

Feedly: This RSS app's popular online magazine-style reader comes to Android. It integrates with Google Reader, Twitter, Read it Later, bit.ly and Instapaper.

Dynamic Paint Live Wallpaper: From KittehFace Software (oh, the name), this fun live wallpaper lets you spray and splatter paint onto your home screen with a touch of your finger.

Wave Launcher: Not a full launcher, but more of a pop-up bar for launching favorite apps through a simple gesture.

Launcher 7: Lusting after Windows Phone 7? This app lets you modify your start screen with the Metro UI look and feel.

Firefox 4: The newest version of the Firefox for Android Web browser brings Firefox sync, tabbed browsing, HTML5 support, and speed to Android. But it's 14 MB in size, be warned.

Comcast Xfinity: The Xfinity app, now available on Android, brings remote DVR management, TV listings and OnDemand searches to Android. No remote TV viewing, though. Bummer.

Slate: Popular online mag Slate arrives in Android format.

imo instant messenger: This multi-protocol IM app launched into beta for Android in late March. Supports Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Skype, MSN, ICQ/AIM, Yahoo, Jabber, and Myspace.

Scannify: Discover, manage and connect to devices on your Wi-Fi network using this new app.

The Apps of SXSW

Beluga: Acquired by Facebook just prior to SXSW, Beluga was the app of choice for team RWW at SXSW. This group messaging app lets you create "pods" where you can chat with friends in private chat rooms, share photos and share your location. iPhone/Android supported.

GroupMe: Similar to Beluga, this group chat app also made waves at SXSW. In addition to text-based group chat, another feature gives each group a unique phone number for conference calls. GroupMe also just added support for brands, allowing users to engage in conversations about favorite TV shows, bands and events.

Yobongo: A location-based mobile chat app lets you communicate with those around you, a feature which the company calls "ambient real-time communication." The app is currently available in NY, SF and Austin only.

Fast Society: Launched last fall, this group texting app debuted new iPhone and Android versions for SXSW. Groups can chat, conference call, share location, photos and more. It also supports audio-based "shout outs" that are sent right into the group's stream.

Hurricane Party: This app helped SXSW'ers find the happening parties. We're not entirely convinced the app has shelf life beyond the Austin festival, though. But maybe that's just because we live somewhere really boring.

Ask Around: Yes, that Ask.com This iPhone app is a lot like Yobongo in that it connects you to nearby conversations, but it also lets you find out what people are saying across town, too.

Retrollect: Before there was Color, this mobile photos app let you mashup pics, tweets and status updates to give you a play-by-play of your night, outing or other experience or event you wanted to remember.

Kik: This older group messaging app introduced a "Concierge" service at SXSW, letting users ask questions and get answers in real-time.

Notable Updates

Posterous added private groups to its iPhone and Android apps, allowing users to create private sharing groups on the go, each with their own dedicated website.

Camera+: Everyone's favorite alternative camera app for iPhone was updated to version 2.2, introducing a new feature called Clarity that lets you tap once to automatically adjust a photo to perfection.

LauncherPro: The update to this popular Android launcher brings new animations and a Gmail widget.

Adobe Connect Mobile for Android: This is the second major version of the Web conferencing app. It now supports two-way video, tablets and more.

IMDb: The IMDb iOS app was updated this month to feature a watchlist and enhanced showtimes. It also lets you buy movie tickets within the app.

Via: readwriteweb.com

Watch, Shoot, and Edit Videos with Vimeo's (New Free iPhone App)

The video-sharing website Vimeo has finally released an iPhone app (iTunes link). And it's totally worth the wait. The new app doesn't just allow you to watch videos on your iPhone and share them to various social networks, but lets you actually edit the video as well.

The app is well-designed and easy-to-use. It includes a video recording interface that should make your mobile videos better, letting you capture video with focus control and grid alignment. Then, once recorded, you can edit and trim your videos, adding transitions, titles, special effects and music. Finished videos can be uploaded to Vimeo from within the app as well.

You can upload in high- or low-resolution and - important if you're on 3G - you can pause those uploads and resume them when you're on WiFi.

In fact, you'll be able to accomplish pretty much everything that you'd do on the Vimeo website from the new app: watch videos, download videos, organize your collection, edit titles and tags, share, and view your stats on daily plays and feedback.

The app is free, and I'd say it rivals Apple's own iMovie app which will set you back $4.99. The app is compatible with the iPhone and iPad 2, but requires a free Vimeo account in order to upload your content to the site.

Angry Birds Movie Trailer Released [Video]

When the games are turned into movies usually the results are not always so amazing and ultimately there is nothing to talk about Angry Bids and the amazing success it has. Have you ever tried to think of this title as a real movie?

The entire trailer features a live action setting; in fact, besides the Angry Birds themselves, everything is real, including those filthy pigs…

Would you pay to see an Angry Birds movie?????
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Send Free SMS from iPhone with TextFreek

Do you want to send SMS for free  from your iPhone? Well, new app released on the App Store calledTextFreek, which will allow you to send free SMS from your iPhone. After you have installed this app on your iPhone you will be able to text anyone, anytime, anywhere for free of cost. TextFreek is very fast and easy to use app.

 TextFreek uses Apple push technology to send text messages between devices for free of cost. TextFreekalso includes contact pics, and smileys etc. In order to use this app you have to register for free of cost.

TextFreek App is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and it requires iOS 3.0 or higher. This app is available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Social Networking category for free of cost.

Download and get more information about TextFreek App.

On Apple TV Special Apps, Sports, And The Slow Bleeding Of Cable

Buried today in the iOS 4.3 release is an unmentioned, but very interesting update for the Apple TV: access to both MLB.tv and NBA League Pass. Yes, the live sports are coming to the Apple TV!

That’s great news for Apple TV owners, but such functionality has actually been available for some time on the rival boxes by Roku. Still, the ramifications of this are potentially huge because the lack of sports content has been the one point used over and over again in arguments against these new wave of Internet-powered set-top boxes killing cable. Between this, Roku, and Xbox Live getting ESPN content, we’re definitely getting closer to a full-on cable revolt.

The one element still missing from these boxes is the crown jewel: NFL content. The moment NFL Sunday Ticket launches on one of these boxes — and eventually, it will — you’ll hear screams of pure terror emanating from the headquarters of each of the cable companies. I can’t wait.

But with regard to today’s Apple TV update specifically, there’s something else interesting going on. While Apple still isn’t quick to talk about it, Apple TV does run a variation of iOS. And that has led everyone to wonder when there will be apps on the Apple TV?

The truth is that there already are apps! That’s exactly what MLB.tv and NBA League Pass are. And it’s what Netflix on the device was before that. And YouTube before that. They may not look like iPhone or iPad apps, but they’re apps. The main difference is that they’re made by Apple (with the help of the companies involved).

What peopler really want, of course, is the ability to run third-party apps on the device. And today’s new apps have some worrying that Apple plans to keep the Apple TV platform completely closed — as in, only they can make apps, even with third-party content.

My hunch is that this isn’t the case. I have no knowledge about this either way, but just think about it: the Apple TV running third-party apps has the potential to be absolutely huge. The next big thing after the iPhone and iPad. Why would Apple not embrace that?

Also, Google is gearing up to launch their apps marketplace for Google TV. So far, that device hasn’t been a threat to devices like the Apple TV. But then again, Apple TV hasn’t yet been a true threat to cable. There’s a much bigger picture for all of this. And while sports is one key, apps are the real game-changer. Again, why would Apple not embrace that?

They will. For more proof, see what they’ve doing with the iPad. Alongside the iPad 2, Apple announced two important things: the opening of AirPlay to third-party apps and an HDMI accessory to hook up the iPad to your HDTV. With the former, apps can now stream any and all video content to your Apple TV to play on your television. With the latter, you can run any app on your TV.

Naturally, these apps run through the iPad won’t be optimized for the television, but the fact that not only is Apple allowing you to do it, but providing tools and accessories for it, shows they’re not against apps and apps’ content on the TV. The full-on push is likely just a matter of building out a robust SDK for the Apple TV, similar to what they did for the iPhone and iPad.

There are other challenges in this space since it’s not just a matter of scaling up existing apps 2x, because televisions come in all shapes and sizes. But they’ll figure it out.

And when they do, cable is in big, big trouble.

Angry Birds coming to Facebook next month

The most-played iOS game Angry Birds is about to take its place in Facebook. Creators of Angry Birds said that the game will be launched to 600 million active users next month.

This was said on its official Facebook page that is one of the most liked pages of games on Facebook. It has surpassed 1,280,000 users. We'll be waiting for this much-waited game to get on Facebook.

BarBird Makes Twitter More Fun on a Saturday Night

Without any introductions if you looking to hit the town, just use BarBird iPhone app: a smart little interface that lets you:

1. Map
2. View
3. Filter 

Map, view and filter Twitter updates from nearly 10,000 bars and restaurants in 50 cities around the world.

Twitter is a remarkably easy way for small business owners to use SMS or Facebook to publish their specials, event promotions and other information that makes it easier to identify spots that you might want to patronize. BarBird is like a geo-aware, semantically smart, venue-update browser on your phone. I like it. It's been fun to test so far.


In addition to the mobile app, BarBird also offers a website interface - though I've found no reason to use that - the phone works better. BarBird loads up a Google Map for your surroundings and displays recent updates from bars and restaurants. Each update is placed on a map and represented by a different icon depending on what kinds of language the update uses. You can choose to filter to view only updates concerning events happening tonight, discount specials, live music, ladies' nights, no cover events or happy hour deals.

Hopefully more kinds of filters will be made available in the future. I'd love to be able to view Tweets near me concerning particularly exciting meals. I'm really into hyper-local news, as well as food and drink - so this seems just like a little neighborhood newswire and real-time guide to me.

You can also view the updates in list form and the app makes it easy to access all a venue's Tweets, their Google Places information and reviews (look out, Yelp) and get directions to the venue.

Saying these kinds of combo-apps are more appealing than Yelp is no exaggeration. It's one thing to read long-form reviews of a restaurant, it's another to be able to read tonight's updates from a bar that posted by SMS or Twitter app. This combination of technologies really lowers the barrier to publishing updates for small businesses.

Of course all of this presumes that small businesses will use Twitter. If they get results, presumably they will. Apps like BarBird, or integration of this kind of feature into other apps, could help make that more realistic.

Building the Listings
How did BarBird index 10,000 venues from 44 US cities and 6 cities outside the US? That's an interesting part of the story as well. Co-founder Pierce Lamb says that craftiness went a long way.

The company was able to build such a large data set so quickly by leveraging user-generated categorization on Twitter, in the form of Twitter Lists that users curated for their own uses on Twitter. By finding collections of Twitter accounts labeled with titles like "Portland bars," (or whatever the city might be) BarBird was able to collect a large number of likely topical Twitter accounts at least ostensibly connected to a type of business. The team then queried Google Maps to see if each Twitter username captured returned a street adress; if it did not, then it was tossed out.

The self-funded team hopes to offer venue owners an analytic package as their business model. I'm not sure that's the wisest strategy (advertising seems most logical, but maybe I'm wrong) but the nice thing about BarBird is that the Tweets are already out there - this app just finds them and organizes them in a relavant context.
Source: readwriteweb.com

Use your iOS Device While It's Syncing with FreeSync

Ever get annoyed of those long sync times when you plug your iOS device to iTunes as it backs up or when you're syncing a lot of media? Don't you want to use your device while it's syncing? If you do, this the tweak just for you! FreeSync is a tweak in Cydia released today that allows you to use your iOS device during Sync times.

FreeSync is a gret feature for anyone that needs to wait for their devices to finish. With FreeSync, you can now play a game on your device while it's syncing! If you're a multitasker and you're in a hurry, you can check your email and do whatever you need to do while it syncs.

What's so great about FreeSync? FreeSync provides a toggle in the Settings app and it also notifies you when it starts syncing. Once it ends the sync, it notifies you that it is finished.

FreeSync is available for $1.00 in the ModMyi Repo.

Official PlayStation App for iPhone Available for Download

The official PlayStation app for iPhone has just been released for iOS devices. The app doesn't let you play games but it allows the PlayStation faithful to log in with their PSN ID and connect to their Trophy haul, friends list and gaming news via the PlayStation Blog.

Take the incredible world of PlayStation everywhere you go.

The official PlayStation app is your one-stop source to keep you ahead of the game, no matter where you are.

Sign in with your PlayStation Network Sign in ID. If you don’t have a PSN account, you can create one here eu.playstation.com/registration.

In this version (1.0) you can:
- Keep up to date with your trophies, friends’ games and online status.
- Check out all the latest games, news and hardware.
- Read all exciting announcements from PlayStation.Blog

Official PlayStation app for iPhone can be download via iTunes app store from the link below.

Download PlayStation Official App [iTunes link]

Windows Phone 7 can now act as a WiFi remote control for iTunes

Got iTunes? Got a Windows Phone 7 device? Then you'll probably want to check out the new Remote app in the Marketplace. It promises to make the two sing in perfect harmony by making them talk over a WiFi connection. There's a basic set of iTunes controls at your WP7 phone's disposal, including volume, starting /stopping music, and searching by album, artist, and song, and a corresponding piece of desktop software you need to install to make the magic happen.

 It's compatible with both Windows (XP and above) and Mac OS (10.5.8 and above), so all you really need now are $1.99 for the mobile app and the overwhelming desire to control your playlists remotely.
Thanks: engadget.com
Via: Zatz Not Funny!
Source: Remote for Windows Phone 7