Native or Web site? Bizness application adds HTML5 platform for small and medium-sized businesses create their own applications — to both

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Bizness Apps launch, which gives small businesses the means to quickly and easily create a mobile application that launched in October 2010, and is growing like gangbusters, reaching more than 1000 applications that 10 languages and more than 20 countries in less than 9 months. She also recently teamed with WuFoo to give small and medium-sized businesses the ability to create and seamlessly add contact forms, online surveys and invitations for their applications. Startup also has interesting founding story that provides useful lessons for your business. Check out our April coverage here.

Bizness Apps value proposition is simple: run wants to make mobile applications available, customizable and easy-to-small business owner. Thus starting offers DIY iPhone, iPad and Android application platform that enables SMB to create, edit, and manage mobile applications without any programming experience required. You start with a template, customize them to meet your business and then Bizness Apps makes them native apps and distributes them on iTunes and the Android market.

Run is not without competitors in this space as iSites, SwebApps and mobile Roadie are targeting similar endpoint. But real Apps Bizness advantage that this product is easy to use, well designed, yet remains accessible. Price for use iOS or Android platform-$ 39, while those who want to create Android applications and iOS are paying $ 59. This accessibility is very appealing for small business, wants to take advantage of the mobile business without having to fork over thousands of dollars to do so.

Native apps are great and all, you could say, but what about this should HTML5 revolution? Where is my Web applications? Accelerated, the fact that heated debate whether the app developers should go to HTML5 or native apps (as evidenced by mg on the post titled back in February), the Bizness Apps founder and Executive Director Andrew Gazdecki said that he thinks that the best approach is to place a bet on mobile as a whole — not one or the other.

That is why the launch today announces the launch of HTML5 version of the platform for their DIY mobile applications for small businesses. With this new Web feature service, users now have the ability to create almost identical mobile experience for every mobile platform, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and so on — they can go native HTML5, or both. For an additional $ 10 per month.

Within the framework of the launch platform for HTML5 Bizness Apps built QR code enabled mobile marketing template to provide a simple and affordable way to market their mobile applications for clients small and medium-sized businesses. Image template, as shown above, is automatically generated (with the possibility of printing) with one click from within the platform for HTML5.

The idea here, said Gazdecki, is to help direct business customers for the relevant applications based on what type of mobile device they are using. For example, if a user has an Android phone, they scan the Android themed QR code assigned to business Android app.

Another important piece of the puzzle in the establishment of a development tool agnostic application platform for small and medium business is the existence in the mother and HTML5 and accessibility and the new possibilities of mobile marketing, Bizness Apps became an interesting platform and is well-positioned to weather the native vs. web apps debate.

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Windows phone application 30000 reaches market opens for submissions mango

Currently available 30000 mobile applications for Windows phone, the latest mobile operating system from Microsoft Corporation. It is a huge leap from 11500 Microsoft reported in March, but remain far from industry leaders, iOS and Android. For comparison purposes have 425000 iOS apps and over 250000 on Android, at least according to the latest official figures. However, the 30 K apps not bad for an operating system that has not yet even a year ago, we approve.

All existing Windows phone applications will run on Microsoft Windows phone "Mango", Microsoft says – last updated mobile operating system due out sometime next month. No fragmentation is here!

Mango is a major update that will introduce a number of new features, including background sound, fast app switching, multiple double side live tiles, better search integration and hundreds of other functions.

Windows phone SDK hits RC status

Microsoft on Monday opened its Windows Marketplace phone app to accept submissions from developers of mango. And it also now updated phone Windows SDK (software development kit) 7.1 status release candidate (RC). The SDK is available in English and Japanese, says Microsoft.

The SDK includes "Go Live" license that allows developers to publish their applications on the market of mango ready after they have been recompiled. In addition the SDK includes the final version of "the market test Kit" and a new Profiler, which allows developers to test their applications for certification prior to its submission. This helps speed up the approval process – means that applications will hit the market soon. Telephone advertising Microsoft Windows SDK, a new SDK, too, for those developers who want to integrate ads into their mobile applications.

Microsoft is also giving developers a green light to cross to submit their games in the newly supported mango country, along with any game ratings information via hub App.

RC version of the SDK is not the final SDK, but is still set to arrive in September this year, presumably along with mango and public launch.

But there's a bit of bad news: Although mangos apps will arrive on the market back-end systems, those of you running mango beta build will not be able to run them yet. You'll have to wait until September, like everyone else!

Update: Android now has 250 K apps, Google spokesman tells us.

Update 2: we see that Microsoft's blog says there are "almost" 30000 apps. For what it's worth, the statement we got from Microsoft to post going read as follows: "... all Windows phone application and 30000 game titles will run on mango. (This is the first time we've Shared The 30 k Figure publicly). "

Whether it's "almost or exactly 30000 splitting hairs a bit, but is well worth noting.

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Miramax launches Facebook application for streaming movies

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After the example of Warner Bros., Paramount and universal Miramax jumped on the bandwagon Facebook application, offering the film in exchange for Facebook credits. In addition to watch videos and play games, users will have access to full-length feature films from the library of Miramax, including Secretaries, kill Bill, good will hunting and no country for old men.

As of right now, the application is still in beta. It was built in just eight weeks, "so you should expect some bugs and glitches in the beginning. US Facebook users will have the choice between 20 films, each of which is worth 30 credits, Facebook's lease is the equivalent of $ 3. The service was also available in the UK and Turkey this morning, with France and Germany on the deck, according to Miramax blog.

Once you rent, you'll have a full 30 days access to the film. However, after the beginning of the film, only you have 48 hours to finish it before it expires. The IPad and Google TV are also working with the application. For a complete list of movies available right now (all 20 of them) can be found here.

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Urbandig the application wants to take you to the experts local tours

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The newest addition to the app space in local detection, an iPhone app Urbandig is designed to help you find a Novel local experience. To make this team, which consists of former Myspacers Mike Macadaan, Daniel Lehman and others pulled the domain expertise of local bloggers like LA Weekly Assistant music editor Rebecca Haithcoat and Bay Area foodie Daria Pino summer tomato, with a view to creating thematic tours as where you can see the amazing live music in La or grab a taste of local SF food.

Co-founder Macadaan tells me that this expert curation as an application intended to compete with crowdsourced tips and advice features apps like Yelp or Foursquare.

"We create original experience on picking the curator site and what to do once you're there," he said. It also underlines the fact that Urbandig, the Village Voice "Best Of" app focuses on unusual activities as "Cougar Dens" tour, spotlighting places to find the "Cougars" (oh just Google and search for the Urban Dictionary definition) on the prowl in SF or "Heaven" hangover, "escape, where to scoop up the best food hangover in La. "This is quality over quantity, uncensored voice expert," he said.

Users can open the Urbandig application and view the collection place for SF, New York, LA and Vancouver, sifting tours through both the city of GEMS, drink, movies, food and music, or curator and proximity. In addition to a small tour description and tutors notes on each page where you can see each tour stop on the map, and check out at various locations on the tour through Urbandig.

Because the application will do anything these days without some sort of social function, Urbandig allows you to save tours and places outside and share them with friends on Facebook. After friends (going to the profile and clicking on the parameters of the wheel) will allow you to fill in your feed to their activities.

Urbandig hopes to eventually support at least 30 locations, to Portland, New York, Austin, Minneapolis, Chicago and DC before the end of the year and also plans on coming to Android in early 2012. Initialization commands and Angel.

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Why pay for Lion boot disk? Use this application to make your own

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When Leo was released, we linked to a page describing how to create your own boot disk lion. But if you absolutely have to have a graphical user interface and don't want to go in the application package, this little tool might be useful.

Leo Diskmaker is a simple application that retrieves the necessary elements of the embryonic Lev installation (i.e. package downloaded from Mac App Store) and records them to DVD or USB drive. Here it is! Single server app I am sure that many will find useful.

All you need is a removable 4 concert (SD card, thumbdrive, DVD) and a copy of the finished installation, Leo. Don't forget to thank the author, donating, or at least once.

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