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Apple Developer Account for free

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We welcome our readers in today's issue. Many of you have devices based on the operating system iOS, but not all users can take the opportunity to install license applications for free. Today we will give users the ability to register your iOS device and get a free developer certificate to sign the application. The certificate also allows you to set free a beta version of iOS, which is only available to developers and use it in its entirety.  Company Lerigos Broadband received quota for registration of a large number of devices, so in honor of the beginning of the school year, our managers were able to register any member in the program developers. The user who sent the registration message can register your device in our developer program by 100%.  Send an E-Mail message to google@broadband.ga :  Subject: Apple Developer Certificate for iOS  <EXAMPLE OF MESSAGE> Full Name: Steve Jobs  Device: iPhone 5S 16GB SPACE GRAY  UDID: 2b6f0cc904d137be2e1730235...

Samsung teases new APIs and tools as it opens sales of tickets to its 2014 US Developer Conference

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Samsung today announced that registrations for its annual developer conference in the US  are now open. The event will take place from November 11 – 13 at Moscone West in San Francisco and the theme this year is ‘Connected Living, Connected Developers’, so we’d expect to see a focus on content and services designed for things like smart homes, wearables, the Internet of Things (IoT) and a range of other device types in addition to the usual smartphones, smartwatches and tablets. “Samsung sees developers’ role as more critical than ever as connecting multiple personal devices becomes a key for creating differentiated user experiences,” said Won-Pyo Hong, President and Head of Samsung Media Solution Center. The three day conference looks at nine categories in total and over 85 technical and business sessions, as well as keynotes, demos and a host of other sessions. Teasingly, Samsung also said that there will be a slew of new products aimed at developers, like SDKs and othe...

Easy website builder Jimdo has some stylish new looks for your next homepage

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Say “easy website building tool,” and most tech bloggers’ eyes will glaze over – we get loads pitched to us and there’s often not a lot to choose between them. However, if you’re in the market for a WYSIWYG approach to creating your next website,  Jimdo  is definitely worth a look. The Germany-based company has launched a new interface and set of templates this week, and they bring its offering bang up to date with some very modern designs. Each template comes with a number of variations, and the new editor makes tweaking those to your heart’s content a simple process. Jimdo’s sites don’t have responsive layouts yet (that’s in the works, we’re told), but you can tweak a mobile-specific version of your site to ensure that it fits the needs of your visitors who are on the go. ➤  Jimdo

Dropbox Pro goes big with 1TB of storage, password protected shared files and remote wipe of devices

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Dropbox just announced that Dropbox Pro will be consolidated from three pricing structures to a single price point of $9.99 a month with 1TB of storage. Plus, it’s introducing features that’ll make sharing files and links more powerful. The new Dropbox Pro features the ability to add view-only permissions to shared folders, passwords for shared links, and expiration dates for shared links. On top of that, users will be able to remotely wipe a device with a Dropbox account and all the files associated with that account. The view only permissions feature should solve the problem of sharing a folder with someone and having them either delete the contents or change the files inside the folder without your permission. Files in the folder cannot be edited and can’t be moved within the folder. They can be however dragged out of the folder and a copy is made. Passwords for shared links makes sure only the person intended to see the files. When sharing a file from the Dropbox site, via the ...

Cotap brings its enterprise messaging service to the desktop

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Business messaging service  Cotap  has gone beyond its mobile-first approach with the release of desktop and Web versions. The  OS X version  is available today on the Mac App Store, and the Web app is available on the  Cotap website . Cotap, which was started by two of Yammer’s earliest executives, still plans to remain focused on mobile, but the addition of desktop options provides continuity for workers across their different machines. Notifications are synced so that messages read on one device will be marked as read on others. So far, Cotap has appealed to companies that have a mix of employees at desks and in more active roles. Coffee companies like  Philz Coffee  and  Blue Bottle Coffee , for instance, have taken to Cotap as a convenient way to send messages to baristas and office workers. “By bringing the desktop application, we want to start moving up the stack to companies that I would say are more traditional,” Cotap co-founder Jim Patt...

Eliminating pain points: How to design an app that won’t get abandoned

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Anyone who has gone through the process of building a mobile app knows it’s no small feat in spend, time and resources. It’s estimated that  companies invest  anywhere from $20,000 to $150,000 in app development. In today’s mobile centric world, where having a mobile optimized site alone isn’t enough, it’s more important than ever to protect this asset. With the number of  smartphone users expected to rise to 1.75 billion  this year, consumers are more app-savvy than ever. Translation: They are not afraid to delete your app if it doesn’t work flawlessly.  One in five apps  is only opened once. For mobile app providers, it’s time to get serious about eliminating pain points to give your app the best possible chance to not just survive but thrive. Easy as 1, 2, 3 Apps without an intuitive design and interface are destined to fail. Your app doesn’t need to be everything to everyone. In fact, it d...

Facebook responds to Messenger backlash with ‘Get the Facts’ explainer in its mobile app

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When Facebook decided to  remove messaging from its main iOS and Android apps, forcing users to download Messenger, it caused  quite a stir . Not least because an article from a  radio station , coupled with an older  Huffington Post  piece, flagged the app’s required permissions as a reason to reject the app entirely. Today, I spotted an alert inside Facebook’s mobile apps with the headline “Messenger: Myths vs. Facts” and follow-up message “see how the app really works.” It was positioned at the top of my News Feed and the green button, coupled with a jovial Bigfoot character, meant I couldn’t miss it. It seems today’s alert hasn’t rolled out to everyone, however; some of my colleagues are yet to see the new message. Tapping the “Learn More” button takes you to  this page . The post is brief and reiterates Facebook’s position regarding its required app permissions. “Like most other apps, we request permission to run certain features, such as making c...

Twitter is rolling out its Tweet Activity dashboard to all users

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Twitter has begun opening up its new  Tweet Activity dashboard  to all users. An update to a  support article  shows that the dashboard is currently available to English, French, Japanese and Spanish users who have had an account for at least 14 days, and it will roll out to everyone soon. Previously, the tool was only available to advertisers, Twitter card publishers and verified users. The Tweet Activity stats show you an  abundance of information  about impressions, engagement and clicks that your tweets are getting.

How a community is born: The rise of Polish startups

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Brys Musielak is the founder and CEO of Filmaster. When we raised a seed round for Filmaster from a German fund HackFwd in Spring of 2011, we were one of the first Polish startups to work with a foreign investor. Traditionally, Web companies in Poland were focused on the local market of 40 million people, which seemed big enough to scale their business. Big European and US­-based VCs, however, were not impressed. They looked for startups with global ambitions, something the Polish ones lacked. Three years later and Poland has got a number of well-­funded startups disrupting global markets. What the hell happened? By accident, community is born With fresh funding on my company account, I started looking for a nice place to work. The search wasn’t going well. All the cool lofts were either too expensive or too far away from the Warsaw city center. It turned out I wasn’t the only desperate one. With Kuba (Netguru) and my friend from college Anna...