Showing posts with label appstore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label appstore. Show all posts

Saturday, 3 April 2010

Digg on the iPhone

DIGG is the latest to join the app revolution.

In a release to its followers, it says:

"We realize that many Diggers are often on the go and want to take Digg along for the ride, so we're excited to announce not one, but TWO new apps for your mobile devices. Whether you're in Boston or Bangladesh, Digg is now always at your fingertips.

Digg iPhone App-

Browse the latest Digg stories, search for the topics you care about, and even save stories to read later...the official Digg iPhone app lets you join in the curation by Digging and burying right from your phone. And to help get the word out, we're giving away a custom Digg-branded iPad every day through April 7th.



Digg Android App -
For those of you using Android devices, we've got something for you too! We just launched the Digg Android app that also gives you the power of Digg even when you're away from your computer. Just like the iPhone app, you can Digg and bury stories, read the top comments, and unique to Android phones, it also supports landscape mode. Because it works with an in-app browser, you can easily pan around and zoom in and out of content.


These are just a few of the things we're working on in the mobile space. If you don't have an iPhone or Android device, you can always use our current mobile site - m.digg.com - which is optimized to work on any mobile browser. We're also making quite a few improvements and iterations to both the iPhone and Android apps in the coming weeks, many drawing off some of the changes we're working on for Digg.com, so stay tuned and be sure to let us know what you think!

Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Free app to track down Cask Ale locally

TODAY sees the launch of CaskFinder, a new iPhone application available free of charge from Apple’s AppStore to coincide with National Cask Ale Week.

CaskFinder is designed to help consumers enjoy and appreciate Cask Ale wherever they may be in the UK!

Combining data from The Cask Marque pub quality inspection scheme and The Cyclops Beer standardisation initiative, both industry sponsored bodies, CaskFinder uses the location-awareness of the iPhone to show consumers nearby pubs, brewers and events.

Finding a Cask Marque quality approved pub couldn’t be easier – there are over 6,000 in the UK and growing all the time – just click on the Cask Marque pub icon on the downloaded app and CaskFinder shows you automatically on a map where your nearest pubs are.

Once you have found a pub, you can click on its icon and find out what beers it serves, based on its Cask Marque quality inspection.

If you are unfamiliar with the beers or just want to try something new, you can click on the beer logo and immediately view the Cyclops Beer database information held for over 1,000 beers. The Cyclops database contains standardised tasting information compiled by trained inspectors, including Head Brewers, so you’ll know they know what they are talking about!

If consumers find a beer that interests them, they can search in reverse i.e. find nearby pubs where the beer is served, using a “Where to Drink” facility. If they like a particular brewer’s beers, they can find out more about the brewer and even see what other beers they produce – and find out which pubs you can drink them in. Or they could just browse through the database and choose any one of the 1,000+ beers at random!

In addition to finding pubs and beers, CaskFinder includes a number of other useful features – a list of Beer Festivals complete with contact details, admission prices and maps to show you where to go – a Beer Blog from award winning writer Pete Brown that gives you an inside track on the beer industry – and Beer of the Week, a featured beer of interest from your region.

The Cask Marque website www.caskmarque.co.uk has a SatNav coordinate download feature so that you will have no difficulty in finding your nearest Cask Marque pub even without an iPhone! Also available is a text messaging service - Text CASK followed by a FULL STOP and your post code i.e. CASK.CO4 9HT to 60300 and within 30 seconds you will be sent details of your 2 nearest pubs.
With a 46% consumer awareness of Cask Marque by cask ale drinkers these new information services will be of great benefit to the Cask Marque award winning pubs and cask ale drinkers.
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