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Cunard Sees Significant Booking Uplift From iPad App(0) Cunard Cruise Line, the luxury cruise operator, has achieved significant booking uplift via its Apple iPad app since the app’s launch in June 2011. The Cunard app features the latest cruise brochure and includes the company’s full programme of voyages, latest fares and special offers. It additionally features videos depicting life on board, a slideshow of photos of the fleet and access to Cunard’s social media channels.
The YUDU Media-created app also allows users to book cruises, with Cunard finding its average cruise order value increasing significantly compared to transactions made solely via its website, www.cunard.co.uk.
With over 10,000 app downloads to date as well as a high opt-in registration rate, Cunard will soon expand the app to include its weddings brochure as well as its quarterly Cunarder magazine. This will allow Cunard to directly link all relevant content on its website and social media sites to create an even smoother user journey.
Cunard’s Senior New Media Executive, Laura Beasty, says: “The app has been our first real step into mobile devices and something we want to continue to build on. Our website is now far more mobile friendly and, significantly, our bookings are beginning to reflect this”.
YUDU Media’s CEO, Richard Stephenson, says: “We create iPad and iPhone apps for some of the world’s leading brands and we are not surprised by either the strength of sales originating from Cunard’s app nor the increase in order values”.
Stephenson continues, “the latest iPad has 3.1 million pixels which puts it ahead of the average HDTV resolution. This allows users to view Cunard’s app and ‘virtually’ experience what it is like to be on board, say, the Queen Elizabeth at sunset. It’s the ultimate sales tool”.
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For further information please call Ana Sharkey on 0207 484 2785 or email ana.sharkey@yudu.com
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About YUDU Media
YUDU is an award-winning publishing support service provider, enabling professional publishers, brand owners, marketers and retailers to publish interactive, rich media content to the Web, mobile and tablet. The YUDU cloud publishing platform allows content providers to publish magazines, catalogues, brochures and books in multiple digital formats. With offices in London, Lancashire and Boston, MA, YUDU offers advanced professional publishing with Yudu.com.
About Cunard
Cunard Cruise Line is one of the world’s most recognised brand names in ocean travel with a classic British heritage and is part of Carnival Corporation & PLC. Continuing the tradition of luxury cruising that began in 1840, Cunard currently has the world’s youngest fleet.
The most recent addition to the fleet was Queen Elizabeth, named by Her Majesty The Queen in October 2010. Her sister ship, Queen Victoria, was successfully launched in December 2007 whilst Queen Mary 2 continues her scheduled transatlantic crossings, the only luxury ocean liner ship to do so. www.cunard.co.uk
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Take centre stage with Yamaha THR amplifiers and new ‘Session’ App and join your dream band(0)
Yamaha have launched an amazing new App for their acclaimed THR Practice amplifier range. The new free of charge ‘Session’ App allow users to to play along with, and learn their favourite tracks by deploying the App’s cool ‘ Extraction’ feature which isolates and mutes the guitar track allowing guitarists to play along, practice and learn solos with the band and their guitar heroes . This nifty function provides a great practice and learning tool, ideal for ‘At-Home’ rehearsals, users can practice songs and techniques quicker and more effectively than conventional methods. Other useful functions include a ‘slow down’ function which slows tracks down without any loss of audio quality, for those difficult moments any segment of the track can be repeated and the key changed. The App is available now for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4/4S, iPod Touch and iPad The app can be viewed here |
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Orbit your iPad into space with iSpaced(0) Today, Oscium is thrilled to announce a new product to their line of iOS test equipment, iSpaced. iSpaced is an accessory designed to launch an iPhone, iPad, and iPod into space, orbit the planet, and return. iSpaced is the first accessory for the iOS family of products, or any personal electronic devices, to orbit the earth. iSpaced weighs a mere two pounds, measures 4”x4”x5.3” and has a default orbiting altitude of 30,000 feet. iSpaced features an easy to use interface that allows the user to customize altitude height and inclination. The interface will adjust the orbit velocity and time based on the user defined altitude. iSpaced also comes with a remote that allows the user to initiate takeoff and landing of the iOS product. iSpaced retails for $49,990 and is available worldwide. “At Oscium we pride ourselves in pushing the boundary of what is possible.” said Bryan Lee, President of Oscium. “First we started with rethinking the oscilloscope, then the power meter, and then we had an epiphany. Why be weighed down by having to carry your iOS products? We believe that this is the breakthrough of the year.” Availability |
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Cutting-edge COVERit App Uses Your iPhone® In An Original Way(0) This new breed of app unlocks iPhone’s potential, allowing users to manufacture their own customized paper cover. COVERit allows an iPhone® or iPod Touch® to change its style daily and be protected from everyday jostling. With COVERit, everyone can easily make their own individualized paper case for their mobile device. This remarkable app combines multiple iOS technologies allowing the user to operate the camera and the wireless print function as well as send email and view web video. The user first takes a new picture or uses an image from the camera roll and then edits the image and adds text if desired. COVERit merges this edited image with one of its fold guideline templates. COVERit then prints directly to a wireless printer or sends the customized template to any email for home printing. The user watches the “how to” video and folds the new cover. The whole process from opening COVERit until folding the completed cover takes about 5 minutes. COVERit has another distinctive feature. It operates in three languages. The user has a choice of making the cover with directions in English , Spanish or Portuguese. This app may change the way people think of covering their mobile devices worldwide. COVERit allows the user to make covers in two styles. The pouch offers maximum protection against other objects stuffed in a pocket or bag and its construction requires a small piece of tape. The open face offers complete finger-tip functionality of the screen at all times and requires a scissors and a hole punch for completion. Glossy paper gives the cover a brilliant shine; however, regular computer paper works well also. The COVERit app can be used successfully with any printable paper. Users are encouraged to experiment with photo paper, card stock, colored paper, tracing paper or construction paper. COVERit can be used to make a unique cover for every day or any occasion. Applications for COVERit are limited only by the imagination of the user. Purchasing the app for a one-time cost of $.99 allows one to use it over and over again. |
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ChannelCaster Personalized News App Launches for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch(0)
Building on its mission to simplify and organize social content on mobile, OneLouder today announced the launch of the ChannelCaster App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, now available on the App Store. ChannelCaster enables iOS users to create and broadcast their own custom Channels by combining news and entertainment from thousands of dynamic sources like Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, news websites and blogs. “It’s not just about glorifying magazines, newspapers or other media on mobile this year,” said Evan Conway, President, OneLouder. “The ChannelCaster App defines a new way to collect and browse news and entertainment, putting users in the director’s chair.” The ChannelCaster App features thousands of pre-populated Channels, including everything from celebrities, YouTube sensations, news, sports, off the wall entertainment and more. Each week a dedicated editorial team selects 10 “Featured” channels. For example, this week’s featured channels include Mad Men, Hunger Games, and March Madness. A ‘Tier One’ section also features top Channels in each category to help users discover new content and find favorites. Users can create their own Channels based on any person, topic, or trend by mashing together relevant content from multiple sources that update in real-time. This helps to streamline content in one place, rather than having to check multiple sources. Channels can be set private or users can share them with the ChannelCaster community. Channels can be built via the ChannelCaster App or at http://www.channelcasterapp.com. |
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Cronote Releases New iPhone App for Scheduling Future Messages(0)
The Cronote Reminders iPhone app is now available. The app provides a clean and efficient interface for scheduling email and text message reminders. Cronote Reminders is unique: it sends reminders automatically to any email address or US cell phone number. Traditional reminder apps do not send reminders to other people. They only function as local notifications. In addition, other text message reminder apps require the user to manually approve each message before it is sent. The app’s user interface was designed to minimize the time needed to schedule a reminder. Contacts are accessible via a single finger swipe, and reminders can be sent to multiple recipients at the same time. The iPhone app also allows users to create recipient groups, a useful feature for sending reminders to friends and family. Screenshots are available on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cronote-reminders/id509124131?ls=1&mt=8. Cronote charges five cents per text message reminder but does not charge for email reminders. New users receive ten free text message reminders. Additional text message reminders can be purchased in packs of twenty ($0.99), one hundred ($4.99), and two hundred ($9.99). All purchases can be made within the app through the In-App Purchase mechanism. Past and present reminders are stored in the Cronote database. Users can view reminders they have received as well as reminders they have pending to be sent. Reminders can be deleted at any time prior to delivery. All of the app’s functionality is also provided on the main Cronote website at http://www.cronote.com. |
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Did You Know That MusicParty Shares iPhone Music Safely?(0)
KAYAC Inc., has released an iPhone app called MusicParty which is now available in the Apple iTunes App store. MusicParty allows the user to share their music with their friends in close proximity. MusciParty also allows a user’s friends to share music with through bluetooth or wireless to their iPhone. It can share music with up to five people. To use MusicParty, a user creates a ‘Party” in the app. Others can start the app on their iPhone and if they are in close proximity via bluetooth or wireless, they can add tracks to the user’s “Party.” The user selects the music tracks that they want to play. Up to five people including the “Party” orginatory can share music. Once the user’s phone is out of range of the other phones then the “Party” is disconnected and the user will have to create a new “Party.” This app can be useful for parties, roadtrips or events where a music background is needed. “This App allows a person to share music locally to create a new music experience,” says Daisuke Yanasawa , CEO of KAYAC. “Our mobile world has changed the way we interact and our devices must encourage a natural human interaction.” This app can be downloaded from the iPhone App Store. |
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VDO Notifier 1.0 for iOS – Create + Share Video Notifications and Alerts(0) League of Revolution today is pleased to introduce VDO Notifier 1.0 for iOS, the first video alarm Productivity application where users create scheduled video notifications for personal use or to share with others. Functioning as either an alarm or reminder, VDO Notifier alerts users with a video clip in lieu of the standard text or voice options. Bridging the functionality of an alert system with the creativity and customization of videos, VDO Notifier has taken notification systems to the next level. Users create notification videos that may be used as alarms, reminders, special messages, and more. With VDO Notifier, users set the exact date and time at which they wish the video notification to be employed. When the alert is sent, users receive a pop-up alert according to their custom alert settings. However, once a user views the alert, instead of the static voice or text alert associated with other alarms, VDO Notifier users receive a dynamic audio/video clip. Creativity and imagination are the only limits to the versatility of VDO Notifier. Featuring both audio and video, users may create custom videos for personal or professional use. From custom birthday messages to scheduled business team announcements for employees on the road, VDO Notifier broadens the capabilities of scheduled notifications. Customized videos enable creative and personal alarms, notifications, and alerts that can express emotion, depth, and originality not available in static text or audio alerts. Feature Highlights:
VDO Notifier allows users to share notification videos with other iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users, in this helpful application available only in iOS 5. VDO Notifier users connect easily through the Sharing Center tab. When the Connect button is tapped, the device begins looking for other iPads, iPhones, or iPad touch users who have also tapped the Connect button in the application on their device. A list of possible connections is displayed and the user selects the device with which they would like to connect. Users are given the option to accept or decline connection requests. Once connected, users may send scheduled notifications, creating a unique opportunity to share a scheduled personalized video message. Users may also designate whether a sent notification is editable or not, giving the sender the choice of keeping the video and alert exactly as the sender intended, or allowing modifications by the receiver. When adding a notification, users tap the “Plus” button in the Notifier list. Users are given the options of setting a title for the notification, the time and date the notification should be sent, a toggle On/Off button, and a specific video to be used in the notification. Selecting a video, users are given a choice of all videos from the camera roll of their device library. Users may review the video before choosing to use it. Once the video is chosen to be included in a notification, it is compressed and added. Users may use any video from their device video library, or create a new video for each notification. When recording a video, users have the option to view, retake or use the created video. All videos recorded with the VDO Notifier application are also stored in a users device album. With an easy-to-use graphical interface, users can effortlessly navigate, create, customize and send video notifications. Users can view the status of all notifications in the Notifier list. From this list users have the option of turning notifications on or off. Notifications may also easily be deleted by tapping the trash can icon. “VDO Notifier has completely redefined the way people use notifications systems,” stated League of Revolution’s Derrick Edwards. “With customizable audio and video alerts, the sky is the limit to what you can do. Let our innovative technology launch your communications to the next level.” Device Requirements:
Pricing and Availability: VDO Notifier 1.0 Purchase and download Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2 App Icon |
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AirDisk Pro Turns iOS Devices Into Secure Wireless Flash Drives For Music, Images, Movies, Spreadsheets, Presentations & More(0)
Published by App2Pro, AirDisk Pro turns any iOS device into a personal and secure wireless drive, allowing users to save, manage, edit and view files on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. Connecting via Wi-Fi to either Mac or PC desktops allows files to be easily transferred via Finder or Windows Explorer and then viewed or edited directly on the device using a variety of included in-app utilities. Unlike the current storage facility offered by iOS, which only stores particular filetypes within individual apps, AirDisk Pro allows users to use their device as a virtual wireless hard drive and store almost every popular file format – from music and photographs to spreadsheets and presentations. In-built file viewers allow quick retrieval and editing without leaving the app, including; audio player, image viewer, voice recorder, text editor and document viewer supporting PDFs, MS Office, iWork, Text and HTML documents. In addition, a full file manager allows organisation on-the-go as well as supporting zip and archiving functionality. Full list of supported formats:
When away from the desk files can be transferred directly to-and-from other mobile devices using bluetooth, whilst an in-built personal Wi-Fi hotpot allows wireless connection to any computer, even on the road. Security can be enabledusing a passcode lock, whilst file transfers between mobile device and computer are also password protected. “AirDisk Pro offers iOS users a wireless drive that is incredibly easy-to-use for almost infinite purposes – storing photographs, music, documents even websites.” commented Felix Yew of App2Pro. “Normally any unused iPhone or iPad storage space cannot be accessed directly by consumers. With App2Pro we have designed a fully open system where users can connect to their device as a wireless drive and access files on-the-go without leaving the app.” AirDisk Pro – Wireless Flash Drive is available in the App Store as a universal download for iPhone and iPad at: http://itunes.apple.com/app/airdisk-pro-wireless-flash/id505904421?mt=8. For more information or media inquiries, contact Mark Johnson of appshout! on behalf of App2Pro at +1 408 757 0086 or press(at)myappshout(dot)com. |
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Words With Friends, Move Over – Digital Watchdog’s iPhone® Compatible DVR Is The New App In Town(0)
From playing games with friends to planning tonight’s dinner, smartphones have become an integral part of life – and now, a vital component of home and business security. Smartphone compatible DVRs, like Digital Watchdog’s WMAX DVRs, have increased in popularity, reports iPhone® compatible DVRs retailer, SpyTown.com. The security camera experts at SpyTown.com noted Digital Watchdog’s emphasis on embracing smartphone technology, with the company having recently released an update to their popular “DW VMAX” iPhone® app, allowing Digital Watchdog VMAX, VMAX480, VMAXFlex, and Blackjack NVR owners to remotely access and control their security feeds right through the iPhone® app. The update brought with it with multiple screen layouts, drag-and-drop screens to allow users better control over their display, enhanced network stability, and a fix to prevent the app from crashing. According to the FBI, a home is broken into every 13 seconds in the United States, and yet only 17% of homes have security systems. iPhone® compatible DVRs, like the Digital Watchdog VMAX, can promote greater home owner ease in installing and controlling security equipment. “So many of our customers come to us not before, but after their home has been robbed. They say that they thought it would never happen to them, or they didn’t have time to set up and monitor a security system. iPhone® DVRs have helped the average home owner embrace security systems and have more user-friendly controls through their phone in using the app,” says Howard Geschwind, SpyTown.com Sales Director. Digital Watchdog VMAX DVRs are both iPhone® and Blackberry® compatible, with the company interested in enhancing the usability of their apps, as seen through their recent iPhone® app release which concentrated on the ease of the app’s display. Visit SpyTown.com to learn more about innovative smartphone compatible Digital Watchdog VMAX DVRs. |
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