The Coolest New Year Resolution Apps

It's still the first week of the New Year and many of us would have already realised our resolution to come to ground zero reality of failing apart. While others would go that extra mile to keep up with the hope of seeing it turning into reality, it has never been so easy. We all know that.

The most common resolutions people usually make are getting fit, save money, get a better job, get rid of any debt, quit smoking or alcohol and some more on similar lines. We bring to you some of the coolest apps that would help in keeping these resolutions intact.

1. Concur

 


It is a cloud based service that updates and upgrades automatically. It keeps a track of how your company spends money- travel, expenses, invoices-matter and not just the bottom line. It also helps with productivity in the office and on the road. And they can give you all the information you need to plan for the future. Their customers range from small businesses to the Fortune 500 and can scale up or down based on your company's size, spending goals, policy complexity and travel program needs. A travel expense report can also be generated at the customer’s convenience.

Download - Concur is available for Android and iOS platform based devices for free.

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2. Quitter

 


Being a "Quitter" has never been so rewarding! This FREE application will keep track of how long you've been smoke-free and how much money you have saved since giving up smoking. Quitting smoking can be one of the most difficult things you will do but a quick glance at the dollar signs on your iPhone will help you stay on track. Go ahead, be a Quitter. Not only will it help you determine the real reasons behind your smoking habits, but it is designed to help motivate you through its character's messages, built-in achievement system, and your social network.

Download - Quitter is available for Android & iOS phones.

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3. Soworkit

 


Sworkit is the app for working out anywhere. Simply choose what part of your body to focus on and how long you have. Sworkit will create a custom circuit training workout using just your bodyweight. Using customizable settings one can set daily and weekly goals. You can also challenge friends on Facebook & Twitter.

Download - Sworkit is available for Android & iOS phones.

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4. Monster

 


Monster is an app best known as a job search tool. The Pre-Interview section of the app is packed with helpful advice and interview strategies, including tips on how to conduct pre-interview research, ask the right questions, and use proper follow-up etiquette. Additionally, the app can offer advice on how to dress for your interview, and automatically send you reminders as the big day approaches.

Download - Monster is available for Android & iOS phones.

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5. My Minutes

 


My Minutes is a time-management app. To get started, you simply have to set up a goal. Using "at least" and "at most" goals like Spend 'at least' 1 hour getting exercise, or 'at most' 30 minutes checking e-mail, My Minutes delivers a two-pronged boost to your productivity. You cut down on wasted time, and spend that time being more productive. Daily starters, Editable goals, Motivational streaks are some of the highlighted features.

Itzz.Me - A Smart Way To Send Messages That Your Friends Will Definitely Read

Well you know how you have to open your email inbox to check an email on your phone? or you have to open up your text message inbox to read a text. Well none of that is needed with a push message. It appears right on the home screen and is fastest way to read a message is reading without unlocking your phone. It wont cost more than 5 secs to read a push message, so anyone will be ready to spend that tiny factor of time for a message. Which means whatever message you send get's seen 98% of the time

Till now a lot of Advertisers used to nag mobile users with 'Push Messaging' now you can use this Push Messaging technology to send your friends messages with a new messaging app called - IttzMe, this app will send messages as push notifications. Itzz.Me is available in both Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Itzz.Me allows its users to send push messages to their friends. You can send message to your friend just by @mentioning his/her handle in the message (Eg: "Hi @vasanth"). You can send group message just by @mentioning as many recipients as you want. You can even add a new contact just by sending a message to that handle, for example - "Hi @tom @thomas @vasanth how are you guys?"



Your message is not stored anywhere in any server, not even temporarily. If you didn't receive your messages in a day then they are lost forever.

Other messaging apps like WhatsApp, Line, WeChat and Viber require internet connection via WiFi or 3G/4G services whereas IttzMe doesn't require internet connection and moreover when you send messages via WhatsApp or other such services the recipients requires to open app and then go to inbox to read the messages which is not in the case of ItzzMe, recipients do not require to open the inbox the message flashes on home screen however unlike WhatsApp you cannot send pictures or videos via IttzMe, this is one demerit that IttzMe have.

Take Selfies Pictures without touching phone screens with GoCam App

Happy? Click! Sad? Click! Hungry? Click! Angry? Click! To all the selfie addicts out there, who just love clicking their photographs in every mood possible, your life has now been made easier by Crunchfish, a Swedish start-up.

The Swedish Start-up has come up with a unique app which lets the user take selfies or photographs of themselves without even touching the screen of their Smartphone. The application uses touchless technology for making this possible. Photographs can be taken from a distance of up to 3m.

This unique app has been appropriately named GoCam for iOS devices.  By using gestures to control your camera, the app provides an amazing camera for taking selfies and groupies without touching your phone screen. Now the user doesn't need to rush into her favourite pose or hold it for long time intervals just to get that perfect click. With GoCam, you just have to set your phone and click a photograph whenever you are ready with the app intelligent detect your gesture and click the photo.

In order to function properly, the mobile app accesses all the photographs on your Smartphone. To allow this, the user will have to go to settings, then click privacy, then select photos and then finally click GoCam.

The app is currently available only for iOS users. It can be downloaded free of cost right now but the offer is valid only for a limited time duration. The app was released on July 1, 2014 and is 24.9 MB in size.



Crunchfish, the company behind the app is based in the southern Swedish city of Malmo. It has a vision of simplifying interaction with mobile devices by providing a more intuitive touchless interface. The start-up was founded in 2010. Gesture recognition is considered as one of the best innovations made by the company till date. The company was even awarded as 2013 Red Herring 100 Europe Winner and recognized as a cutting edge technology company.

The company boosts that GoCam is the very first touchless camera application in the market with video recording, which allows the user to record videos touchless. The app lets the user capture spontaneous moments and then make the photos personal with filters and editing tools before sharing it with friends and family.

The app requires iOS 7.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.  GoCam has been specially optimized for iPhone 5.

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Take Selfies Pictures without touching phone screens with GoCam App

Happy? Click! Sad? Click! Hungry? Click! Angry? Click! To all the selfie addicts out there, who just love clicking their photographs in every mood possible, your life has now been made easier by Crunchfish, a Swedish start-up.

The Swedish Start-up has come up with a unique app which lets the user take selfies or photographs of themselves without even touching the screen of their Smartphone. The application uses touchless technology for making this possible. Photographs can be taken from a distance of up to 3m.

This unique app has been appropriately named GoCam for iOS devices.  By using gestures to control your camera, the app provides an amazing camera for taking selfies and groupies without touching your phone screen. Now the user doesn't need to rush into her favourite pose or hold it for long time intervals just to get that perfect click. With GoCam, you just have to set your phone and click a photograph whenever you are ready with the app intelligent detect your gesture and click the photo.

In order to function properly, the mobile app accesses all the photographs on your Smartphone. To allow this, the user will have to go to settings, then click privacy, then select photos and then finally click GoCam.

The app is currently available only for iOS users. It can be downloaded free of cost right now but the offer is valid only for a limited time duration. The app was released on July 1, 2014 and is 24.9 MB in size.



Crunchfish, the company behind the app is based in the southern Swedish city of Malmo. It has a vision of simplifying interaction with mobile devices by providing a more intuitive touchless interface. The start-up was founded in 2010. Gesture recognition is considered as one of the best innovations made by the company till date. The company was even awarded as 2013 Red Herring 100 Europe Winner and recognized as a cutting edge technology company.

The company boosts that GoCam is the very first touchless camera application in the market with video recording, which allows the user to record videos touchless. The app lets the user capture spontaneous moments and then make the photos personal with filters and editing tools before sharing it with friends and family.

The app requires iOS 7.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.  GoCam has been specially optimized for iPhone 5.

[Top Image - Flickr]

Pocket Avatars - A 3D Mobile Chat App by Intel turns you into a cartoon character

In order to make your daily mobile chats more fun and exciting, Intel recently launched a mobile app which assesses your mood and facial expressions through an on face-tracking technology.

This wonder app from the Intel Company is called Pocket Avatars. It lets you use three dimensional avatars to chat with your friends but there is something more to it. The app even tracks the user’s face and expressions using the camera on the Smartphone and then these emotions and expressions are reflected on an avatar of the user’s choice during a chat.

The app is currently available for Android and iOS devices.

According to Mike Bell, who is the Vice President and General Manager of the New Devices Group at Intel, Pocket Avatars is just a fun thing on top of standard messaging. According to him, all these avatars on the app act as an alter ego for those users who don’t want or like to put their real face on screen.

Emoticons have now become a standard and monotonous tool for expressions in daily mobile chats. There have been many times that we have written 'lol', 'haha', or 'rofl' without even cracking a smile but by using the app, if the user is happy or sad, the avatar will show it. An animated chat that reflects the user’s real mood is much more engaging and fun.

The camera has the capability of capturing lighting conditions, moving faces and a range of human emotions like kisses, blinking of eyes and smiles. These recordings are then processed using an algorithm. After processing they are mapped onto an avatar of the user’s choice in real time. The app then immediately deleted all the information.

According to Intel, Pocket Avatars reflects the fun side of its research team. There is a huge momentum in the messaging and chat software market nowadays and by launching Pocket Avatars, Intel wants its share of piece from the cake. The Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 billion strongly indicates the boom in the market for chat and messaging software.

With Pocket Avatars, Intel shows the willingness to dabble and experiment in new areas.  Currently, the app is available free of cost for Android and iOS users. The avatars available on the app include Lego characters; famous people and also YouTube star Annoying Orange. Some of these avatars are available free of cost while others can be bought for $0.99 for unlimited use.

The app currently offers only forty avatars but Intel has plans of adding more capabilities and avatars in future as the app evolves.

Pocket Avatars - A 3D Mobile Chat App by Intel turns you into a cartoon character

In order to make your daily mobile chats more fun and exciting, Intel recently launched a mobile app which assesses your mood and facial expressions through an on face-tracking technology.

This wonder app from the Intel Company is called Pocket Avatars. It lets you use three dimensional avatars to chat with your friends but there is something more to it. The app even tracks the user’s face and expressions using the camera on the Smartphone and then these emotions and expressions are reflected on an avatar of the user’s choice during a chat.

The app is currently available for Android and iOS devices.

According to Mike Bell, who is the Vice President and General Manager of the New Devices Group at Intel, Pocket Avatars is just a fun thing on top of standard messaging. According to him, all these avatars on the app act as an alter ego for those users who don’t want or like to put their real face on screen.

Emoticons have now become a standard and monotonous tool for expressions in daily mobile chats. There have been many times that we have written 'lol', 'haha', or 'rofl' without even cracking a smile but by using the app, if the user is happy or sad, the avatar will show it. An animated chat that reflects the user’s real mood is much more engaging and fun.

The camera has the capability of capturing lighting conditions, moving faces and a range of human emotions like kisses, blinking of eyes and smiles. These recordings are then processed using an algorithm. After processing they are mapped onto an avatar of the user’s choice in real time. The app then immediately deleted all the information.

According to Intel, Pocket Avatars reflects the fun side of its research team. There is a huge momentum in the messaging and chat software market nowadays and by launching Pocket Avatars, Intel wants its share of piece from the cake. The Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 billion strongly indicates the boom in the market for chat and messaging software.

With Pocket Avatars, Intel shows the willingness to dabble and experiment in new areas.  Currently, the app is available free of cost for Android and iOS users. The avatars available on the app include Lego characters; famous people and also YouTube star Annoying Orange. Some of these avatars are available free of cost while others can be bought for $0.99 for unlimited use.

The app currently offers only forty avatars but Intel has plans of adding more capabilities and avatars in future as the app evolves.

This iPhone App Turn Text Articles into Video Summaries Automatically

A new free news app for the iPhone released today enables users to turn text-based web pages, such as articles and blog posts into video summaries automatically. The App - Wibbitz, is an alternative for reading long text content on your tiny mobile screen. Wibbitz creates beautiful video summaries out of text articles and can be seen as an alternative for reading long text content on your tiny mobile screen.

To stay updated on the latest news of your own subject you don't have to keep an eye on news article's textual words anymore especially when you are on the move, if you have iPhone or iPod Touch, Wibbitz lets you watch the news you love in the form of video summaries instead of having to read it word by word.

To 'watch & listen' articles choose news sources like world, business, technology, sports and around 50 different kind of sources you can choose from, swipe up anywhere to watch them, swipe down anywhere to go back, you can even arrange your feeds in the order you want. The resulting videos typically takes between 60-120 seconds to form, and include natural voice narration.



Using artificial intelligence, advanced text analysis and smart algorithms Wibbitz creates beautiful and short video summaries out of pure text to save you a lot of energy and time.

Wibbitz visualizes the story by taking full advantage of the iPhone’s beautiful screen and algorithmically generate video summaries out of text articles using large images, video clips, animated infographics and natural voice, the Wibbitz technology literally brings stories to life.

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To get published in Wibbitz app, Publishers can contact Wiibitz to apply as one, turn their web-pages video avatar capabilities, moreover publishers can even monetize your videos summaries weaved together from your web-pages. Currently there are about 50 different publishers in Wibbitz app.

Wibbitz technology allows to automatically transform text-based web pages, such as articles and blog posts, into beautiful short video summaries by applying a variety of smart natural language processing algorithms and machine learning capabilities to fully capture the essence of a story.

Wibbitz is backed by top tier investors including Horizons Ventures (famous for investment in facebook), Li Ka-Shing's private investment fund, Initial Capital and young VC company Kima Ventures. Yotam Cohen, Co-founder of Wibbitz told us that - the company is planning to launch the app for Android OS as well, it will be released within coming few months.

Office Mobile for iPhone - First Run Experience

Today, Office Mobile for iPhone is available in the Apple App Store free of charge for Office 365 subscribers in the U.S. Office Mobile for iPhone will be available in international markets in the following week. Office Mobile for iPhone provides mobile viewing and editing experience across Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Android users have to wait for office app however as there is no official announcement  from Microsoft about same.

Microsoft Office Mobile is the official Office companion optimized for iPhone. You can use, view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents from almost anywhere. With 'Cloud' connect support one can also access documents from anywhere with phone that are stored on SkyDrive, SkyDrive Pro, or SharePoint or even documents that you have recently viewed on your computer can be readily available on your phone in the recent documents panel. It even has support for charts, animations, SmartArt Graphics, and shapes.



To get Office Mobile for iPhone simply install "Office Mobile for Office 365 subscribers" from the App Store. If you have a Windows 8 Phone, you already have the latest version of Office Mobile pre-installed. An Office 365 subscription or trial account is required to use the Office Mobile for iPhone app. Office Mobile for Windows Phone does not need an Office 365 subscription.



As per office News blog - Office Mobile has been optimized for the small screen of your phone so you can get the important things done quickly. For instance, the Slide Navigator allows you to page through PowerPoint presentations fast while Speaker Notes help you practice presentations on the go. When reviewing Word documents on your phone, the Resume Reading feature takes you to the exact point in the document where you left off on your computer so you never miss a beat.

More in-depth first run experience on - Office 365 Tech blog

Paytm Launched Bus Ticket Bookings via Android and iOS apps

Today when mobile internet consumers are growing at fast pace, a very steadily growing sector of "Mobile bus ticket booking" in India spreading fast and giving healthy competition to key players such as MakeMyTrip.com.Today Paytm.com, which is already a well established online destination for online recharges and bill payments for Mobile, DTH, 3G data, and utility services, has launched bus ticket bookings via its own Android and iOS apps.

Paytm.com is offering for smartphone users to book bus tickets online for over 12000 bus routes across India. For iPhone/iOS users they can download the app from here, while Android phone users could click here to download the app on their phones.

There are few mobile services in India that offer bus tickets booking, some prominent ones are RedBus.in via RedBus Mobile and an Android app (here) from myBusTicket.in.

Paytm.com, which is a part of Noida based One97 Communications claims to recharge your mobile prepaid connections via mobile itself within 10 seconds. The bus ticket app have features like previous order details and booking history will make booking another bus ticket a job of seconds as well.

 

 

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New Delhi, May 13, 2013:  Paytm.com today announced the launch of Bus Ticket Bookings on its Android and iOS apps. This coincides with Paytm’s recent celebration of crossing a million app downloads on Google's Android Play Store. Additionally, customers will now find more exclusive deals on this app.

With this, Paytm has taken another stride in mobility. Now customers can book tickets anywhere, anytime using their Smartphones. Features like previous order details and booking history will make booking another ticket a quick few minutes’ job. Harinder Takhar, CEO of Paytm said, “A utility like this is an indispensable tool in the hands of any Smartphone user. Now our customers will have everything from recharge to travel, right on their mobiles. While we have already been noticed for our quick and trustworthy online bus booking service, Paytm app has also made news with its million plus downloads and close to 14,000 five star ratings. We're now all set to reach out to many more millions.”

Paytm.com besides being a popular recharge destination offering online bus booking for over 12000 bus routes across India, has quickly become the fastest growing online bus tickets booking service.

Accessible on iOS and Android platforms, this app comes with another new feature for recharge customers. Now they can avail exclusive offers from select brands such as Bookmyshow, Domino’s and Café Coffee Day and more. These are offers Paytm has sourced in a bid to bring more value to its customers. Speaking about this, Takhar said, “Consumers now would not have to look at any other place for a better deal or coupon ever. We've always believed in bringing the best to our users and these coupons are yet another step in that direction.”

Existing Paytm app users will be able to access the new features by upgrading their app, while new users can visit iTunes or Android App Store to download. Quick links for new users: iPhone users can click here, while Android phone users could click here to download the app on their phones.

About Paytm

Paytm is India’s preferred destination for prepaid recharges and bill payments for Mobile, DTH, 3G data, and utility services. Its online Bus Ticket booking service caters to over 12,000 bus routes all over India. Available at Paytm.com and all app stores, it offers incredible user experience and support.

Backed by marquee investor like Intel Capital, SAIF Partners and SAP ventures, Paytm is part of One97 Communications, India’s mobile Internet pioneer.

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Amazing Fictional Durex iPhone app to Convince for Safe Sex

A creative team of students from called V+A has created a Durex baby case, a fictitious iPhone app and was created for the Future Lions 2010 competition. The advertisement is for Durex, a condom manufacturer and the creative ad shows how to scare guys of having unsafe sex and than having a new born and than experiencing it through their iPhones.

This fictional iPhone app, if ever existed will work if rubbed on other iPhone device it will than let the owner of that iPhone to experience all those hard day and night work that  a man could have after having a baby. Watch the video below;