Watch a demo of the Goosechase platform in action
GooseChase is a really cool scavenger hunt platform that lets you set up a “mission” on the web, create teams, and immediately participants can open their app and begin the hunt. The app works for both BlackBerry and iPhone, so you’re sure to cover almost all of your friends and coworkers.
The process is simple:
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The Blackberry Playbook Youtube Downloader application being reviewed has many useful features. Besides acting as a Youtube video downloader the app can be used to watch videos privately as recently watched videos are not stored. Another plus is that bandwidth is transferred through private servers, rather than busy Youtube, so the videos are always loading quick and downloads are fast as well. When available you can draw 480P, 720P and 1080P MP4 videos and download them directly to your Playbook for later viewing.
You can download the app via a .Bar file and sideload it to your Playbook.
http://playbookyoutubedownloader.com/TubeGrab.bar
Once you load the app this is your initial screen. Here you will see the recently watched videos (by everyone) and a search bar.
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Although Seesmic may have given up their efforts for the BlackBerry platform that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty of other developers out there ready to go ahead and fill their void. Tweetcaster has now re-launched their Twitter client for BlackBerry in beta form. Yes, I say re-launched because the app they released before was scrapped in favor of a new UI and additional features such as multiple account support, image uploads and list integration.
You can download the app now for free but it will cost you a Tweet basically promoting the release of the new application. If you’re into checking out new Twitter apps, give this one a go and let us know how it’s working for you all.
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The app economy is growing at a pretty tremendous rate and one of the major innovations in the space is in-app purchasing. With in-app purchasing, users are downloading the apps for free, and purchasing upgrades or new features to the app. There’s a lot of cool stuff you can do with in-app purchasing like buy new levels in a game, buy virtual currencies or credits, or upgrade the app in a free-trial sense.
With in-app purchasing, developers will see far more downloads because there is no barrier to entry. With a free app, users can download the app and see whether it’s worth purchasing. Since there are far more opportunities to monetize the app, and users can choose what they want to pay for rather than put the money upfront, there will be more money spent and more satisfied users. We’re seeing a lot of growth with in-app purchases and my prediction is that this strategy is so successful, we’ll soon see the end of paid apps entirely.
The first to implement in-app purchasing was Apple. Apple enabled in-app purchases as far back as October 15th, 2009 and effective for free apps June 17th, 2009. The main difference between the way Apple and other companies implemented this system is that Apple is a closed ecosystem where other app stores leave a few payment options. Apple forces the user to use their Apple ID to pay which streamlines the process to some degree but in the end we know an open system will prevail globally where many different types of payment options are preferred.
RIM followed a couple years later and on January 17th, 2011, RIM announced their BlackBerry Payment Service SDK in beta. The payment service allowed developers to sell digital content, additional functionality and digital services to the end user from within the app. The service is still a little lacking in that developers can’t sell virtual currencies or in-app credits which are pretty crucial to the whole experience. This was the same when Apple launched their in-app system and it seems like it just takes some cleaning up of old policies and practices. We’ve asked about this and the reason RIM can’t sell in-app credits or virtual currencies is an accounting issue they need to rectify. It’s also probably tied to RIM legal which is an incredibly inflated department at RIM (thanks NTP).
The last of the three major platforms to implement in-app purchases is Google, who just a few days ago announced they had implemented. On the 29th of March, Google announced the Android Market In-app Billing to developers and users. As an Android developer, they can now publish apps that use In-app Billing and their users can make purchases from within apps. This will definitely help those apps that are free find new and interesting ways to make money on their apps.
Companies that have yet to implement in-app purchases are the affiliate and third party networks like Mobihand. For some reason Mobihand is trailing behind the rest when usually the small company has been able to lead in terms of what it can offer developers. Whether it’s a legal, accounting or technology issue, affiliate networks are going to have to figure out how to implement in-app billing or be dead in the water.
While Apple, RIM and Google have all implemented in-app purchasing, the effect so far has been prices dropping with revenues increasing. Here is a roundup of data collected by the people at Distimo that points to in-app purchases and free apps becoming increasingly prevalent.
This graph shows prices in Apple’s App Store dropping between December 2009 and February 2010 dropping in every region.
Apple app revenue share generated by in-app purchases has steadily increased over the course of 2010. The revenue generated by in-app purchases from the highest grossing free apps more than doubled for the iPhone and iPad. Remco van den Elzen, co-founder of Distimo, said he believes in-app purchases now represent about 30 percent of all iPhone App Store revenue.
Other than on Android, Distimo shows that every single app store has a negative change in app prices. Android shows a single percentage point growth because for a while the store didn’t support paid apps in many regions including Canada. Also, many app companies were placing their apps in the store for free because they wanted to see growth but didn’t expect any revenue.
So what does the growth of in-app purchases and free applications mean for everyone? Well for developers it means more work but bigger payoffs. In-app payments takes a little more creativity and coding to implement but it also creates more ways in which the user can purchase from the developer and creates more points of monetization. From a user perspective, this means trying more apps and spending money only on the content you know you want and will be happy with. All of this will result in better end user experiences and more dollars generated. The only question is, how long until there isn’t a single paid application left, and app stores begin to assume your app is free and you’ll charge the consumer entirely with in-app purchases.
Fixmo has launched a tethering product called Fixmo Extend that is currently in free beta. Just like other tethering solutions, all you have to do is download the app on your device and the executable on your PC and you’re good to go. Features of Fixmo Extend include:
It’s great to see more competition in the tethering solution space and we’re surprised Tether had the market cornered for so long. The app was pretty expensive and we didn’t see much competition in the space until now. While Fixmo Extend is in free beta, we’re sure it will be a paid product once it launches out of beta. The question is how much it will be and will it significantly cut into Tether’s sales. Other than time to market, the other big advantage that Tether has is Mac support.
Head over to the NHCBBA App Store to get the free beta app for your device and get the PC download at the Fixmo Extend site.
It’s a few weeks into the New Year, and the folks at Gym Technik are doing their part in keeping BlackBerry owners fit. This BlackBerry fitness app allows you to setup workouts, find workouts, track workouts, track body stats. and schedule a routine on your calendar, all from your BlackBerry. And while you’re at the gym, the app gives you the list of exercises you need to perform, along with the ability to track.
Their newest version now comes with a slew of new features, the most exciting of which is streaming video of their entire exercise library. Members can now watch a full motion video showing the proper form of the exercise they’re about to perform, directly from the app. Once they complete the exercise, they can then track the stats so it’s accessible the next time they perform it.
Go ahead and download the app by pointing your BlackBerry browser to http://get.gymtechnik.com and follow the instructions. New registrations get an automatic 30 day free trial of premium. Existing members get the app upgraded to the newest version.
Looking for a new way to make free international calls using your BlackBerry? Rebtel has released their app for BlackBerry, which looks to target users of Skype. The Rebtel BlackBerry app runs in the background and connects all your international calls through Rebtel. You just call as usual from your regular BlackBerry dial pad or address book. You also get access to free calls and cheap international SMS, just using your local minutes with your carrier, WiFi is not required.
The Rebtel for Blackberry application is compatible with BlackBerry OS 5.0 or later. It has been tested on: Curve 8520, 8530, 8900, Bold 9000, 9650, 9700, Storm 9550 and Tour 9630. You can download the app now by going to App World or GetJar and searching for Rebtel.
One of my most used apps CNN Money just received an update to V3.1 on app world. There is no change log but the UI looks a bit different. Same style but it looks more polished.
App description:
CNNMoney’s BlackBerry application delivers breaking business news and comprehensive market coverage—in a customizable format for your device. This application tops all others in the financial news category with real-time coverage of business news, analysis, data and charts.
Features:
You can download the app at this link
Source: BBR
The RBC Royal Bank has released a new application for BlackBerry smartphones. The app is free and allows users to manage their accounts in different ways. Features include:
The RBC Mobile Banking app is available in English and French for the BlackBerry Bold 9700, 9000, Curve 8900, 8530, 8520, and Tour 9630.
For more info go to rbcroyalbank.com/mobile/blackberry or to download the app OTA click here[qrcode pix=150]http://www.rbc.com/disclaimer-bb-ota.html?link=https://mobile.rbcroyalbank.com/bb/ota/mxinitota.mo%3Fapp%3DRB[/qrcode].
MovieTickets.com has released their BlackBerry app and it allows you to purchase tickets, browse movies and showtimes and find theaters. One of the downsides to many of these applications is the inability to select particular seats for movie premiers which can be really frustrating when you arrive at the theater and get stuck with whatever seats are left. It’s for this reason that you often have to go to the theater’s site to purchase your tickets. So while using these apps can be very convenient, it’s always important to double check.
To download the app point your browser to getbb.movietickets.com.
Source: BBCool
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