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Turn your WordPress websites into iPhone Apps using Appifier

By | January 12, 2012 | Startups |

A new Montreal-based startup, Appifier, has developed a solution that can turn into WordPress based website into a native iPhone app within minutes of signing up for their service without a single line of code.

Appifier charges $39.99 a month or a one-time $499.99 lifetime for the app development which includes submitting the app to Apple’s App Store. Appifier requires that you are a registered Apple developer ($99 per year). Appifier will submit the app on your behalf but after the submission you should have access to handle anything you wish with the app including charging fees to download the app.

The only other requirement I could find on their website is that their service currently works only with WordPress.org websites, not any of the premium WordPress.com websites.

One question that seems to pop up a lot on Appifier’s Twitter Feed is how Appifier validates the ownership of a specific WordPress website and the good news is that there are two safeguards. The first is that a plugin needs to be installed on the WordPress website and then there is a second unnamed verification method during the publishing process.This definitely would come into play as if there wasn’t a validation system in place anyone could create a mobile version of any WordPress website including websites like CNN and NY Times blogs.

Checkout the video below to learn more about the Appifier process.

Zynga releases Scramble with Friends

By | January 7, 2012 | Mobile |

Mobile games powerhouse Zynga has released Scramble with Friends for the iPhone, the latest in its popular “with Friends” franchise.

Scramble with Friends™ is the fast, fun game of finding words in a jumbled grid. Quickly slide your finger over adjacent letters to form words forwards, backwards, sideways…any way you can!

Players are given a four by four letter grid and the goal is to swipe as many words you can within a 2 minute period. Gameplay is similar to Words with Friends where each player’s turn does not start until the other player finishes their turn. The player with the most points after three 2-minute rounds wins.

To make the game a little more competitive, the point values on the letters increase round by round. The first round letters are given a standpoint value while the second and third rounds allow the player to double or triple the word values depending on the highlighted letters. There are also Power-ups available before each round that allows the player to freeze the clock, get word hints and even scramble your board to get a fresh set of letters.

Going by how popular Zynga’s previous “with Friends” games are, SwF will be yet another distraction in boardrooms across the country.

The game is currently available in the App Store in both a free and a $2.99 version.

Apple looking at opening stores inside 25 Target locations

By | January 7, 2012 | Business |
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Apple Insider is reporting that Apple is planning on opening store-within-a-store locations in up to 25 Target retail locations later this year focusing mainly in locations that currently can’t support a standalone Apple store. It is unknown if these stores will operate in the same manner as the current Best Buy locations with “Apple Shops” or if they will have a larger footprint.

MOO Cards giving out Ten Million Free Facebook Business Cards

By | January 6, 2012 | Facebook |
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To celebrate their new partnership with Facebook, online printing service MOO.com is giving the first 200,000 Facebook members a chance to order 50 free Facebook Cards based upon the user’s Timeline. Read more…

Seismic Games secures $2 million in first round funding

By | January 5, 2012 | Startups |

Los Angeles-based Seismic Games has just completed its first round of funding and secured $2 million to help the studio create high quality, next generation social games franchises across digital platforms.

The studio has yet to release a game to the marketplace but hopes to debut their first title during the first quarter of this year.

The folks over at Inside Social Games has a great in-depth interview with Seismic’s CEO Greg Borrud.

How To Copy / Backup iPhone Voicemails to Mac or Windows

By | January 5, 2012 | How To |
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Thanks to the holiday season and a lot of my family and friends receiving brand new iPhones, I’ve been asked many times if it’s possible to save visual voicemails to a computer. The easy answer is yes. Read more…

Parse.ly to launch Dash, a startup to predict future blogging trends

By | January 3, 2012 | Startups |
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For publishers, the ability to see what the next hot topic will be before their competitors is basically the holy grail and Parse.ly hopes their new startup, Dash, will do just that. Read more…

Most Engaging and Influential U.S. Presidential Candidates on Facebook [infographic]

By | January 3, 2012 | Facebook |
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Social media analytics company Socialbakers has released a snazzy infographic analyzing the 2012 Presidential Candidates influence and engagement on Facebook.

Politicians and brands have a tremendous opportunity to go beyond counting the number of ‘fans’ or ‘likes’ – they must pay attention to why people are talking about them and what they care about. Fan and community engagement is the key to success. Politicians today can measure public information about Facebook user engagement to make more intelligent decisions about what to post, when to post and how to best stimulate conversation. – Jan Rezab, Socialbakers CEO

Read more…

Justin Bieber hits the 16 million follower mark on Twitter

By | January 3, 2012 | Twitter |

Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. Justin Bieber started off 2012 with a bang by hitting the 16,000,000 Twitter follower mark yesterday and his fanatics have been celebrating by using the #16millionbeliebers hashtag.

According to Twitaholic Justin Bieber is still holding strong at #2 on the Twitter follower list with only Lady Gaga and her 17+ million followers in his way for Twitter domination.

Note: As you can see Twitaholic has not updated their numbers since Justin hit the 16 million mark as of the screen.

 

SoundCloud raises reported $50 million in new round of funding

By | January 3, 2012 | Startups |

Web audio service SoundCloud has raised a reported $50 million in funding in the latest round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

SoundCloud has seen exponential growth this year in terms of users and greatly evolved our product offerings. With Kleiner Perkins’ impeccable track record for recognizing and investing in companies with a long-term view, and their understanding and support for the potential of sound, we couldn’t be more excited about working together. — Alexander Ljung, SoundCloud Founder & CEO

According to SoundCloud the funding “will allow SoundCloud to continue to expand more rapidly.”

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