Samsung SPORTSFLOW Top-Ranked Sports App in Many Asia Pacific Countries

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and convergence technologies, through its Media Solutions Centre (MSC) in Southeast Asia (MSC-SEA), has announced that SportsFlow is among the top-ranked apps on Google Play Store’s Free Sports Apps Category. The SportsFlow app is the top ranked free sports app in Singapore, and number 2 in Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines and number 3 in Thailand.

SportsFlow was launched in September 2013 at the inaugural Sports Matters conference in Singapore.
Maurizio Barbieri, Head of Sports for MSC, Southeast Asia said: “Sports is about uniting fans with their passions and we are happy to be part of that journey for many sports enthusiasts through SportsFlow. It’s satisfying to be the sports app of choice by our customers and to be able to offer them a customizable, content-rich app on their Samsung devices.”

Customizable and social…all the better to kick-off conversations about your favourite games

SportsFlow is a news and content app for sports enthusiasts. Through SportsFlow, fans can get access to news articles, article summaries and photos for a wide range of professional sports, including football (English Premier League, Italian Serie A), motor sports (Formula 1, MotoGP), cricket, basketball, baseball, tennis, golf and more. Fans can get all the sports information through one single convenient app, without having to be sent from website to website or app to app to access news and content.

The app is highly customisable according to a fan’s favoured sports and geographies of interest. Fans can easily access and read content as well as share through built-in social feeds such as Facebook and Twitter.
SportsFlow is uniquely designed to take advantage of the high definition quality of Samsung’s devices to display a visual stream of sports news sourced from global information outlets including Yahoo!, BBC, Bleacher Report, Kick TV and NewsCorp’s BallBall, Asia’s premier mobile app and website for exclusive Europe football clips and coverage.
 
Pricing and availability
SportsFlow is currently available for sports fans using the Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 8.0, GALAXY Note 8.0, GALAXY Note 10.1 and the GALAXY range of smart phones. The app can be downloaded for free from the Google Play Store.

Google Best Apps of 2013 Winner “whoscall” Released on LINE

LINE, the world’s leading mobile platform with 320 million users worldwide, today announced the release of LINE whoscall, a free call-filtering and number management app for Android developed by Gogolook Co., Ltd., a world leading caller ID service company.

LINE whoscall for Android devices will allow users to identify the source of incoming numbers and filter out unwanted calls and messages. The app is a reworked interface for LINE users based on whoscall, which has been downloaded more than 5 million times worldwide, and was selected for the Google Best Innovation Award of 2013 in eight regions, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

LINE whoscall utilizes a database of over 600 million numbers, including businesses and shops, sourced from the Yellow Pages and other public data resources to automatically identify and display the source of incoming calls and messages as they arrive. This allows users to filter out suspicious numbers before they answer a call or message.

GoinOut Social Networking App : Very Much APPreciated!

Gotta love the Pick-Up Line "I must be dancing with the Devil, because you're HOT as HELL!" It's one of the pick-up lines I see in an app that I just downloaded a few minutes ago.

I got a request to review a social networking app that lets you know of exciting events happening globally while interacting with your online friends and other subscribers. Since my blog is all about anything and everything happening in Manila, or the Philippines as a whole, and even outside the country for events  and issues which every Filipino share the interests globally, I believe I would APPreciate this appAPP very much.

I welcome the relaunch of a new network app called GOINOUT - the premier dedicated nightlife social networking platform.

Trying out the app was so fun and it was very easy for me to navigate around the program. I logged in using my Facebook account so I didn't have to register, and it was really user-friendly. Easily comprehensible instructions and I was surprised that quite a number of my online friends, especially the ones who are always out on a gimmick checking out the different bars, clubs and other events places.

Sencha Demonstrates HTML 5 Can Be Faster Than Native iOS or Android Apps

You've heard that Facebook switched from HTML 5 to "native" apps on iOS and Android recently to "speed them up." That pissed off the developers from Sencha http://www.sencha.com/

So they built a Facebook app completely in HTML 5 that's even faster than the native Android and iOS apps that Facebook released.

Sencha builds HTML 5 programming tools and the video discuss the market for app developers and the choices they have to make.
 
I've high hopes for HTML 5! A little caveat though - this is a promo for Sencha. But still...

If they can make an HTML 5 web app that is/can be faster than native apps, then why can't we? Practice time! 

WebFWD Helps Startups Hit The Accelerator

WebFWD by Mozilla helps open source innovators create businesses to change the world.

WebFWD is a three-month business creation program for startups around the world. The program consists of weekly training sessions & exercises, office hours with industry experts, ongoing coaching and guidance from the world's best technologists. Upon graduating, teams can qualify for follow-on funding from Mozilla.

Traditional startup accelerator and incubator models aren't designed to address the demands and advantages of open innovation. WebFWD is uniquely positioned to share Mozilla's experience and skill with world-changing, mobile-focused web startups.

WebFWD entrepreneurs worldwide are committed to building new web technologies that align with Mozilla's values, and support our mission to promote openness, innovation and opportunity on the Web. Our goal is to help you jumpstart your technology vision and build it into a business.

Apply for the Feb 2013 Class now!

https://webfwd.org/apply/

Wakajaka Is Now Launching Kids Into Space!

A message from Wakajaka:

Conquering space has always been a dream and aspiration from preschoolers to presidents. For people who never had the astronomical budget to make it happen, Waka Space offers a unique and economical way to realize your dream. Use anything from household appliances to stuff from the junkyard to create your rocket of choice.

Once launched into space, the experience that awaits is something traditional astronauts could only dream of. Planets that turn into flowers, trains and the occasional jellyfish.

Despite rumors spread by film-makers and scientists, space is extremely safe – actually we made it safer than any other place on earth.

Top Apps at the PinoyBBDev Hackathon

Philippine BlackBerry developer group PinoyBBDev hosted the PinoyBBDev Hackathon 2012 last August 4 and 5. Almost 100 developers gathered from around the country and spent 35 hours to develop apps for BlackBerry.

Twenty-Two Teams accepted the 2 day hackathon challenge last Aug 4-5. Attendees from several companies, schools, and freelancers join forces to create 22 Blackberry applications using different platforms namely Adobe AIR, HTML5, Native C++, Android and Cascades.

Best Free Apps for the BlackBerry

1. Slacker Radio
2. Pandora
3. Foursquare

4. Twitter
5. Facebook