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  • Reliance Games and Lakshya Digital launch Rage Warriors for iOS

     

    MUMBAI: Reliance Games, a leading international mobile game studio, has come up with a gritty fighting game ‘Rage Warriors’ for iOS devices. Developed independently by Singapore-based Lakshya Digital, ‘Rage Warriors’ is a jarring and fierce mobile fighting game that takes inspiration, both in graphics and story, from classic hardcore console games.

    The storyline is set in a future where Earth has been nearly obliterated by an unknown catastrophe and humanity hangs on the brink of extinction. The surviving population has been left scarred and mutated, driven mad by decades of war. The only thing these humanoids love are the fights, bloody battles that serve as society’s savage entertainment.

     

    “As game developers with a nine year history in the mobile business, we understand what it takes to thrive in today’s competitive landscape and are ready to share our knowledge and experience with developers all around the world,” said Reliance Entertainment Digital CEO Manish Agarwal. “We aim to publish the most high-quality and entertaining games and that is what Lakshya Digital has delivered. ‘Rage Warriors’ is full of gore, carnage and intense competition; fighting game fans are going to love it!”

    “We are excited and proud to bring ‘Rage Warriors’ to the market. We made ‘Rage Warriors’ with so many fantastic worlds, epic characters and with such intense combat, we wanted to give the player an incredible console-like gaming experience,” says Lakshya Digital co-founder and president Dib Chaudhuri. “Working with Reliance Games made all the difference. We can already tell they have the developer’s best interests at heart. Their history in games and unparalleled knowledge has helped us create a polished and unique mobile game and we couldn’t have done it without their assistance.”

  • Google announces ‘Helpouts’, a help-for-cash video chat service

    Google announces ‘Helpouts’, a help-for-cash video chat service

    MUMBAI: Google has quietly launched a website for “Google Helpouts,” a new p2p video chat helpline service. Anyone can sign up to receive or provide help, and providers can make money off chat sessions.

     

    While Helpouts is yet to launch, a good deal of information can be gained from the support site. Anyone can sign up to provide help; just enter in your skills, availability, qualifications, and pricing, and Google will match you with people in need of your assistance. You can even include an introductory video of the services you’ll be providing. Once you’re all set up, customers can schedule a video chat session during your available hours.

     

    Of course, the service requires a Google+ account. If you choose to charge someone for your time, payments will be handled by Google Wallet, and Google will take a 20 per cent cut. The support pages confirm support for desktop browsers, Android, and iOS, and Google is promising a 100 per cent money back guarantee for unhappy customers.

     

    The setup for some helpout listings can be pretty elaborate. This page shows that you can style your helpouts like a structured course, including any preparation or materials the person might need before starting. Google even has a process in place to verify medical certificates and licences.

  • TaxiForSure.com launches iOS & Android apps in Bengaluru

    TaxiForSure.com launches iOS & Android apps in Bengaluru

    MUMBAI: TaxiForSure.com, the Uber and Hailo equivalent of India has announced the launch of its mobile application on iOS & Android platforms. With the mobile app, TaxiForSure lets consumers book taxis in just 15 seconds and customers can just place a request for a taxi. The new mobile apps are now available for download on itunes & Google play stores.

    With this launch, TaxiForSure.com ensures that consumers get ready access to a large network of taxis in the city. With just two taps, customers can place a request with all free taxis in their immediate vicinity. Interested drivers accept the request and customers can track the assigned taxi right to their doorstep. The app also closes the trip with the exact fare information to be paid and a copy of the bill is automatically emailed to the customer.

    Commenting on the launch, Co-Founder and Director Raghunandan G added, “We use technology to efficiently map a customer to the nearest possible driver and vice versa. With the mobile app, we aim to revolutionise commute in India. We plan to equip every city and every person in India with the ability to get an economical taxi ride at their fingertips.”

    The application is currently available in Bangalore and will be launched in Delhi and NCR region soon.

    TaxiForSure.com was founded by IIM Ahmedabad graduates Raghunandan G and Aprameya Radhakrishna in June 2011 in Bangalore. Within a time span of two years the company launched its services in Delhi and NCR region and is looking at presence in 15 cities by the year 2015.

  • Robosoft picks up investment from Kalaari Capital to hasten growth

    Robosoft picks up investment from Kalaari Capital to hasten growth

    MUMBAI: Robosoft, a leading developer of mobile apps and games, announced that the company has received funding from Kalaari Capital (formerly IndoUS Venture Partners) to accelerate growth and fund expansion. The new investment is a push to Robosoft’s rise as one of the premier mobile application developers. It also boosts the company’s vision to be the Partner of Choice to implement and enhance mobile experiences to leading brands and enterprises the world over.

    Robosoft builds engaging applications for the iOS, Android, and Windows platforms. The business had traditionally focused on the US market but is now gaining traction in Europe, Middle East, and India too.

    “Robosoft has established some great partnerships in the last few years in the mobile space. We’ve achieved this with our focus on customer delight, engineering excellence, and investment in our people,” said Robosoft Founder and CEO Rohith Bhat. “The new investment from Kalaari will help us turbocharge our growth in new markets and industry segments, add new sales, design, engineering talent to our team, and help us move toward a full-service model.”

    Commenting on the investment Kaalari Capital MD Kumar Shiralagi said, “Robosoft’s wealth of engineering talent, their successful track record of building consumer facing products for some of the best brands in the world and their leadership position in the mobile services segment got us interested. Equally enticing were their initiatives in building global IP like ‘WordsWorth’, ‘Camera Plus Pro’, ‘Game your Video’, ‘Boom’, and the amount of traction they already had there. Their clear vision for the future got us interested and we are confident about their ability to execute on that potential.”

  • LINE, a free calling & messenger app launches brand and marketing campaign

    LINE, a free calling & messenger app launches brand and marketing campaign

    NEW DELHI: LINE Corporation has launched a brand marketing campaign through a series of TV commercials targeted at the Indian youth to promote its new mobile messenger service in India capable of various types of communication with free call, voice chat and sticker chat.

     

    LINE, headquartered in Shibuya-ward Tokyo and headed by Akira Morikawa as CEO, says its popular global messenger application is available on both smartphones and PCs across multiple carriers and operating systems including iOS, Android, Nokia Asha, Windows phone, BlackBerry, Windows and Mac. LINE messenger app comes packed with new features and functionality for a truly connected experience.

     

    LINE has launched its first TV campaign in India on 30 June with two very interesting advertisements highlighting the ‘group voice chat’ and ‘sticker’ features. The primary thought behind the ads was to target the Indian youth, by associating the key app features to their day-to-day activities.

     

    Born and headquartered in Japan on 23 June 2011, LINE has already achieved over 180 million registered users across 230 countries. LINE has already become popular messenger app in Asia with Japan having more than 45 million users, Taiwan and Thailand holding more than 15 million users respectively and 10 million users in Indonesia. LINE’s popularity is going beyond Asia with Spain now claiming more than 10 million users and South American countries such as Mexico and Argentine also witnessing significant registrations.

     

    Going forward, with its fast paced growth in overseas markets and expanding user base, LINE will further add new features and improve the usability of its service, with the aim to become the most preferred communication platform for consumers globally. LINE will also launch fun stickers that will suit the Indian sensibilities in the near future.

     

    One of the main reasons why LINE is growing so rapidly compared to other major messenger apps is its stickers function. It is extremely well-received by users as they can send large-sized character pictures with the tap of a finger, thereby providing a simple, casual and exciting way to express their emotions. The sticker characters, include LINE’s original characters and a variety of famous characters such as Disney, Hello Kitty and Ironman, are especially loved among the Asian youth, sparking LINE’s growth in many regions.

     

    Elaborating on the India launch LINE Corporation CEO Akira Morikawa said, “LINE has grown at a tremendous speed to reach more than 180 million in only 23 months after its launch. Today, it delivers five billion calls and messages across the world on its network per day. In fact, LINE is amongst a few services globally which has received an enthusiastic response by young generation in many countries in such a short period”.

     

    “After witnessing solid growth in Asia, Europe and US, making inroad into the Indian market was a part of our overall strategy. With its huge youth population, increasing mobile and internet penetration, lowering bandwidth costs, India makes a hotbed for LINE messenger application which will change the way people communicate in the country,” he added.

  • BBC Weather app hits a million downloads in two weeks

    BBC Weather app hits a million downloads in two weeks

    MUMBAI: The BBC Weather app for iOS and Android devices has reached the milestone of a million downloads.

    Taking just two weeks to hit the landmark figure, the application is said to have driven mobile traffic to BBC Weather up from 20 per cent to 25 per cent post-launch.The broadcaster reported a 47 per cent increase in mobile access on the weekend of the apps launch, compared to the previous weekend, and the hourly forecast feature accounted for 84 per cent of those users.

    Both the Android and iOS builds of the BBC Weather app offer many of the same features, though the former version includes the option to create a homescreen widget and NFC support.

    The BBC also revealed that the app is most commonly used between 6.00 am and 9.00 am in the morning.

  • BBC Weather launches mobile app

    BBC Weather launches mobile app

    MUMBAI: BBC Weather has launched a mobile application for iOS and Android devices in the UK. The free app enables users to keep ahead of the weather by allowing users to take BBC Weather‘s information on-the-go.

    As soon as a user opens the app it will automatically detect one‘s location and gives one an instant overview of the weather conditions wherever one is. It also gives quick access to the five day forecast with the option to look up further detail such as hourly UK forecasts, and three hourly forecasts for international locations, for the next 48 hours. One can find other destinations from the UK and abroad with a simple search and save them to a customisable list of favourite places.

    The app lets one make the most of this summer‘s big events with Glastonbury, Wimbledon and the British Grand Prix all approaching. There are regular updates for the weather and other information including UV, pollen count, wind speed and humidity.

    The UK pubcaster adds that the app follows an increase in users accessing BBC Weather‘s services from mobile devices over the last year, and brings the breadth of its information into a simple design. The look and feel is consistent across iOS and Android with differences, such as navigation and search, that are designed to be instantly familiar to users of each platform.

    All information and data can be found in either version of the app, but Android users can also add a widget on the device‘s home screen and share favourite locations over NFC (Near-Field Communications) by simply touching two compatible devices together.

    BBC Weather head Liz Howell said, “The new BBC Weather app is the perfect companion for this summer‘s great British sport and music events. We know that our audiences really want that at-a-glance forecast when they‘re out and about, with the option of digging for further detail when they need or want to. That‘s exactly what we‘ve delivered, squeezing in all of our trusted data into an app that‘s simple to use and looks fantastic.”

    BBC Future Media senior product manager for Weather James Metcalfe said, “We‘re making BBC Weather truly mobile with the launch of our new app. As so many of our audiences access BBC Weather from iOS and Android devices, we can now offer them an even better way to keep ahead of the weather on-the-go. This represents a significant milestone in our commitment to provide a world-class weather service to audiences across four screens – desktop, mobile, tablet and connected TV.”

  • Time Warner Cable to offer live mobile TV for iOS

    Time Warner Cable to offer live mobile TV for iOS

    MUMBAI: The Time Warner Cable (TWC) TV mobile app for iOS devices received an upgrade that now allows users to watch from anywhere some of the content which they predominantly viewed from home.

    Until recently, to watch any programming through the app, users had to have a connection to the TWC Wi-Fi router in one‘s home. With this service, if users are away from home, they can use any Wi-Fi hotspot and gain access to up to eleven live channels.

    The TWC TV app is free for Android devices, PCs, Macs and Roku Boxes, but at the moment it‘s only the iOS version that gets the “TV anywhere” upgrade.

  • Zee TV’s mobile app crosses ‘1 million downloads’ mark

    Zee TV’s mobile app crosses ‘1 million downloads’ mark

    MUMBAI: Zee TV‘s interactive mobile app for its non-fiction shows has crossed a milestone of one million downloads according to Mobilox Innovations.

    Leveraging the success of Zee TV‘s popular non-fiction shows like ‘Dance India Dance‘, ‘DID L‘il Masters‘ and ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa‘, the mobile app boasts of a wide array of interactive features that engage users, offering them a unique window of experiencing these shows.

    According to the channel, Zee TV‘s current non-fiction property ‘India‘s Best Dramebaaz‘ is delivering overwhelming response from viewers across India. Hence, the app is now titled ‘India‘s Best Dramebaaz‘ app and is available on all key digital platforms such as iOS, Android, Blackberry and Symbian.

    In one of the mobile innovations, Zee TV has converted the original mobile app created for ‘DID Season 3‘ into apps for each successive season of its ongoing non-fiction shows, thereby retaining its original user base, while adding more users with each new season.

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises marketing head-national channels Akash Chawla said, “Zee TV‘s shows have consistently topped viewership scorecards, making them the rulers of the on-air space. Even off-air, it is gratifying to note that our non-fiction shows have emerged as the front-runners of the digital space with their mobile app crossing a milestone of 1 million downloads. At a time when ‘on-demand‘ entertainment is the order of the day, we have been successful in providing our viewers with content that has kept them engrossed and engaged.”

    Following a successful collaboration for the mobile application of its previous non-fiction shows, Zee TV has continued its partnership with Mobilox Innovations to develop the WAP and app technology for ‘India‘s Best Dramebaaz‘.

    In addition to keeping the tech-savvy youth connected with their favourite shows, the app provides users with exclusive behind-the-scenes peeks into the shows, connecting them with contestants, judges and skippers. The live chats with judges and personalised dance tutorials by skippers of ‘DID L‘il Masters 2‘ have been crowd favourites while the easy voting feature has seen the contestants register a staggering number of votes on every season of Zee TV‘s non-fiction shows.

    Mobilox COO Rohit Kaul said, “A million app downloads means a million new touch-points on the most personal device these days. Just technology development wouldn‘t have made it successful. The three key factors which helped the app scale to million downloads were Strong Product Concept, App Store Optimisation and App Store Affiliations. Mobilox will continue to do the same for Zee TV and add newer innovations to Mobile App Marketing to achieve multi-million downloads in future. This new benchmark set by Zee, apart from its existing reach via TV, will create newer trends and innovations in the way audiences interact with the same brands on multiple screens.”

  • LinkedIn acquires Pulse for $90 million

    LinkedIn acquires Pulse for $90 million

    MUMBAI: LinkedIn, the world‘s largest professional network, has agreed to acquire Pulse, a leading news reader and mobile content distribution platform, for $90 million as it seeks to expand its ecosystem of content offerings.

    The transaction is a combination of 90 percent stock and approximately 10 percent cash, and the stock being issued in the transaction will be done so in a private placement. The acquisition is expected to close during the second quarter of 2013.

    Pulse was founded in 2010 by Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta while they were students at Stanford University. It quickly grew to become one of the most widely used platforms for content consumption on the Internet.

    Pulse currently has more than 30 million users who have activated its iOS and Android-based news reader apps in more than 190 countries. Pulse is available in nine languages, and approximately 40 per cent of users are outside the United States. More than 750 of the world‘s leading publishers distribute their content through Pulse.

    “We are thrilled to be able to add Pulse‘s considerable talent, technology, and products to our growing ecosystem of content offerings, and we believe that they will help us accelerate our ability to deliver to our members the insights they need to be better at what they do, on any device,” said LinkedIn SVP of Products and User Experience Deep Nishar.

    “To continue to deliver that value to our members, our vision for content is that LinkedIn will be the definitive professional publishing platform, and Pulse is a perfect complement to this vision.”

    “News-the people, the places, the stories-is part of our daily conversation. Over the past three years, Pulse has established itself as a key part of that conversation; it has grown from a small project, to a platform for millions of readers to access their favorite content,” said Kothari.

    Gupta added, “Now that our team is part of LinkedIn, we‘ll work together to expand the possibilities for content discovery, helping readers engage in conversations with colleagues, mentors, industry leaders, and beyond.”

    Following closing, members of the Pulse team, including those from Engineering, Product and Design, will join LinkedIn at the company‘s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. The existing Pulse apps will continue to be supported as the integrated Pulse and LinkedIn teams work to build future generations of professional content consumption products.