PasswordBox was the live winner while
Ballerz won the online votes.
I attended again the Mobile Apps
Showdown at CES 2014 on January 9, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. As in
previous years I also took part in judging the best of the best mobile
apps.
According to the CES recent report, by the end of 2013, about 50
billion mobile apps will have been downloaded. So it is indeed
exciting to know some of the finalists. For lack of space, I decided to
list only some that were offered for free.
PasswordBox is the only mobile app that allows you
to 1-tap login instantly to your favourite websites and apps without having to
type in, or even memorize, your passwords; collaborate, for personal and
business purposes, with secure account sharing; create secure notes while
keeping track of credit cards and other sensitive personal data in your digital
wallet; and empower your ability to assign your digital estate to someone you
trust should something ever happen to you.
Ballerz
Developer’s
Description: Ballerz mobile game integrates social networking with friends
and is compatible with Apple, but soon to be available on all platforms.
Through social networking portals, Ballerz makes playing a pick-up game with
friends as easy as scheduling an event. No more calling or driving around
searching for friends that are already playing a game. With Ballerz you can
simply upload your game information via social networking sites and notify all
your friends. Ballerz also finds games playing in your area via the gps
technology. When you are finished playing, our complex algorithm allows you to
be rated, rate other players, and post results through social networking in
order to improve your rankings and become the best player in your city!
True3Dudio
Developer’s Description: True3Daudio – Music Player
Gabrieli – Canzoni e Sonate (Venice,
1608) Imagine a new music experience – as real as being there yourself!
In 1608 the famous Giovanni Gabrieli composed a beautiful concert
for the unique acoustics in the Saint Marcus church in Venice, and it has been
a favorite of many music lovers ever since.
Its first public appearance was posthumous
in 1615. However only now you can enjoy this concert, with a truly remarkable
authentic reproduction in 3D spatial sound – based on the True3Daudio
technology in the Intelligent Headset by GN Store Nord.
Together with Newcastle University, International Centre of Music
Studies, they present this first-of- its-kind app.
In this first release, you can move your
avatar on the floor plan of the church, and next release will use your actual
movements, so if you close your eyes you can almost..
FEEL THE SOUND MOVE YOU!
Smart Document Scanner
Developer’s Description: Smart Document Scanner is the app that
will help you manage your documents, enabling you to scan, scan to PDF, sync,
OCR, file and enhance the final scanning result of notes, receipts, invoices,
prescriptions, meeting minutes, whiteboards and much more.
Glasses.com
Developer’s Description: The glasses.com app is changing the way
people browse, try and buy eyewear.
With 3Dfit technology, the glasses.com app allows users to
virtually try on thousands of brand-name frames, each sized to scale on a 3D
model of their face. Shoppers can compare frames with side-by-side images,
select favorites, and share with family and friends via Facebook, Twitter or email.
Cliiiimb
Developer’s Description: Cliiiimb is an innovative combination
of wearable technology and a compelling iPhone app that brings real-time King
of the Mountain data to Strava users when they need it most: during their
segment, not after. Users can run or ride against a virtual training partner or
a previous personal best from segment leader boards. The app tracks your
progress while the hardware gives you real- time audio and visual feedback on
your position and progress.
Zubie
Developer’s Description: Zubie makes driving safer, easier and
less expensive. The Zubie app uses data collected from the Zubie Key (free with
service), which is a hardware device that plugs into the OBD port of your car
and monitors your driving and your cars health.
Perfect365
Developer’s Description: One tap is all it takes! Perfect365 is
a unique face enhancement app that lets users easily apply a natural touchup or
a trendy makeover to their photos with a single tap. Using advanced facial
detection and photo editing technology, users can create studio quality images
to post online or send to friends in seconds. There’s never been an easier or
more entertaining way to get perfect portraits. It’s time to get your selfies
on!
Maluuba
Developer’s Description: Maluuba is a personal assistant app
that provides exact results for everyday queries. It is a do- engine that
allows users to speak naturally to their mobile phone to get stuff done.
Whether it’s looking up movies playing at nearby theatres, or figuring out where
you are going to stop for dinner, Maluuba will be there providing fast, precise
results.
NQ Mobile Security
Developer’s Description: More than 383 million users
around the world trust NQ Mobile Security to protect them from malware,
spyware, phishing, viruses, hacking, eavesdropping, and other threats. NQ
Mobile Security’s cloud-based database is the world’s largest catalog of mobile
threats, with intelligence on over two billion risk-assessed and rated URLs and
1,400,000 mobile applications, and is responsible for first detecting and
resolving over 75 percent of all new mobile threats.
NQ Mobile’s technology leverages its proprietary mobile threat
database, which is the largest in the world, a powerful “cloud+client”
architecture, and state-of-the-art virus detection software to provide users
with the strongest mobile security on the market.
Iris
Developer’s Description: A Remote Control for your Home.
Your relationship with your home is a close one. Iris gets you
closer with simple wireless home control and monitoring.
Iris is your one-stop solution for creating the smart home of your
dreams. With the DIY expertise you expect from Lowe’s, Iris lets you set up a
reliable and easy to operate system customized to your home.
TiVo’s App for iOS
Developer’s Description: TiVo’s App for iOS provides an
advanced, second-screen companion tool, enabling you to browse & discover
content, stream live & recorded shows & even download programming for
on-the-go viewing.
Doubling as a TiVo remote, the app manages recordings and allows
you to browse the channel guide, information on actors, themed Collections of
movies and TV shows including Academy Award winning films, new Fall TV
programming, Shark Week, etc. all without interrupting what you’re watching on
the TV. Your mobile device is now a remote, dashboard, discovery device &
screen all in one, allowing true content control from anywhere.
Babiis
Developer’s Description: A Common Sense Media Research study
from November 13 recently showed that 38% of children under 2 are using tablets
and smartphones (compared to 11% 2 years ago) this number going up to 72% for
under 8.
Babiis is the first social network for babies & young children
(1-5).
A new iOS App revolutionizing the way toddlers are going to play, learn
and interact with their families through all their mobile devices.
After a 2 year development, they came up with an amazing product that proposes a large panel of social network features into a baby-friendly user interface, allowing everyone to receive video- messages from their children and send some back, wherever they are, and whenever they want.
After a 2 year development, they came up with an amazing product that proposes a large panel of social network features into a baby-friendly user interface, allowing everyone to receive video- messages from their children and send some back, wherever they are, and whenever they want.
Babiis is also a social gaming and
learning platform, allowing baby to learn new words, read stories, play some
games like never before thanks to his family’s involvement in his
digital/online experience
CrowdFlik
Developer’s Description: CrowdFlik is the revolutionary mobile
video app that makes capturing, creating and sharing mobile video better than
ever. CrowdFlik is free and easy to use. Anyone can use the CrowdFlik app when
they are capturing video on their smart phone. Just open the app and start
filming.
CrowdFlik’s proprietary technology combines and synchronizes all
video captured via the CrowdFlik app. CrowdFlik organizes the captured video based
on event – using time and location – and gives users the unprecedented ability
to easily create custom edits of any event using the proprietary and intuitive
CrowdFlik ‘CreteFLIK’ function. Users can easily create multiple custom Fliks
of any length and share, view or save them. CrowdFlik gives users the ability
to share and post their edits to their Facebook page, twitter, and other social
media sites.
DocuSign
Developer’s Description: Sign documents and get signatures
quickly and easily from iPad or iPhone. A must-have app that will save you time
and eliminate the need to print, fax or mail documents and forms for signature.
Safe, secure and legally binding, DocuSign empowers you to sign
documents and get signatures from anyone, anywhere, whether they happen to be
standing right next to you or are halfway around the globe.
Cerego
Developer’s Description: Cerego is the best way to learn faster
and remember longer. Discover hundreds of courses, build your own, and easily
improve memory performance as you learn, all 100% free.
Cerego is built on a powerful adaptive
learning engine that has been trained by over 1.3 million learners and over 3.7
million hours of study time. Research in neuroscience, learning theory, and
cognitive science are built into the platform, and every course is personalized
to you so you learn at your optimal pace.
I advise you to try all of
them. They are all FREE. I guarantee you will be a
better-informed person I promise you!
Check out their
websites. These are all amazing if not
magical products!
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