As a result, you'll often find yourself looking for something and not finding it (and not just obscure apps either, but
big name apps like the Android version of Google's Chrome browser).
When it comes to book reading apps, users of iOS devices have got plenty to choose from — from
big name apps like Kindle from Amazon, Nook from Barnes & Noble, and Apple's own offering — iBooks.
Not exact matches
A former Google executive credited with creating the search company's simple, colorful aesthetic, Ms. Mayer turned her attention at Yahoo to beating Google at search, creating new mobile
apps, and turning Yahoo into a video powerhouse with television - style broadcasts featuring
big -
name talent
like Katie Couric.
You likely know about the
big -
name apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and many more that help you share photos, listen to music, connect with loved ones.
Combining video - centric features from social
apps like Snapchat, Instagram, and Skype, Luvr offers users a familiar, yet unique digital matchmaking experience that stands apart from the
biggest names in the online dating space.
While the
big names in the dating
app world —
like Tinder, PlentyOfFish, OkCupid, Zoosk — have enjoyed a comfortable reign, the increased popularity of newer location - specific, female - centric, and less appearance - based
apps in 2015 set the stage for a far more diverse 2016.
Now, new dating
app companies are incorporating the same blockchain technology into their matching and verification processes to compete with
big -
name brands
like Tinder.
These include
big name dating websites,
like OkCupid or eHarmony that developed an
app that mirrors the features of their site.
Songza is a popular music streaming
app, competing with
big names like Spotify and Pandora, with an emphasis on curation so that you can find exactly the song you want at exactly the moment you need it.
Plenty of the
big -
name apps will still look fine on Android tablets: Netflix, Spotify, Chrome, Microsoft Office, and the
like.
All of which is just another way to agree that Charles is right and that replacing drm with watermarking is the only viable plan c for publishers (though I'd also suggest to add in my cost cutting plan above and hire a tech firm
like kobo etc. to launch their own brand Facebook linked e-reader
apps with a 6 month release window advantage on their own
big name authors while they still have locked - in
big name authors to speak of!)
While Amazon's sold - out Kindle is missing in action this Christmas, Apple's iPhone is becoming a more attractive e-book reader: NYC - based ScrollMotion has just started selling the first of many e-books it'll sell via the iPhone
app store, including
big -
name books
like Philip Pullman's «The Golden Compass.»
They have agreements with
big names like Samsung and RIM to get these manufacturers» devices preloaded with the Kobo reading
app, which will be a
big deal in the expanding tablet PC market place, and have stated that they hope to see their software preloaded on over 20 million individual devices over the course of 2011.
Like other mobile tie - in
apps that launch alongside
big -
name console releases, Far Cry 4 Arcade Poker actually offers a benefit to players of the full game: you can earn currency which you can use in the full game on console or PC.
We use our deep connections with the
biggest names in gaming and sales —
like Walmart, GameStop, Amazon and Target, and platforms
like Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo, Steam, Twitch, GOG.com, the Humble Store, and the Mac
App Store — to ensure your game is published in the right place.
Nova Launcher's $ 5 «Prime» version is currently # 23 on Google's list of the top paid Android
apps — which is even more remarkable when you consider that almost every entry ahead of it is a mainstream game, many of them by
big -
name firms
like Electronic Arts, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon.
With new talent on board in the form of CloudOn, Dropbox is now intent on perfecting its enterprise offering through deep integration with core
apps — and if it can get other
big names like Microsoft on board, it'll stand a pretty good shot at achieving its goals for growth there too.
While I was able to find some of the more common
big -
name apps like Facebook, Twitter and Netflix in the Windows Store, there were plenty of missing titles.
There are other
apps,
like Strava, Flipboard, and, for some reason The New York Times, but those are the
biggest names currently in the store, and that's a real bummer.
Fitbit boasts «more than 550
apps», which doesn't quite compete with the
likes of the Apple Watch, but it does include
big names,
like Flipboard, Hue Lights, Nest, Strava, Surfline, Weather and Yelp.
From
big names such as Apple and Samsung to traditional watchmakers
like Tag Heuer and Fossil, dozens of companies are creating smartwatches that deliver notifications,
apps and more to your wrist.
A new ADT
app with always - available monitoring, a refreshed Uber experience and Spotify streaming music highlight the bunch, but there are lots of other
big names like Yelp, BMW, NPR, CNN, Glympse, USA Today, WatchESPN and Nest that are still available.
Apple can probably keep tabs on things
like Facebook, and other high - profile
apps that gain plenty of attention from
big -
name third - party developers, but there is a question about all of the other smaller
apps out there.
And while many great
apps from
big companies debuted or received major updates throughout the year —
like Facebook's Messenger, Google's Photos, and Snapchat to
name a few — we wanted to concentrate on showcasing the lesser - known
apps or ones that you may have missed.
As it stands, a handful of
big -
name apps already support the service and those include the
likes of Airbnb, B&H, Dice, HungryHouse, Instacart, Fandango and others.
Google Play is pretty well populated with Android Wear
apps now, there are
big names like WhatsApp, Endomondo, Tinder, and IFTTT to
name a few.
There have been similar agreements in the past with other
big names like Xiaomi, LG, Samsung and Asus with their gadgets offering the Microsoft
apps out of the box.One of the recent noteworthy deals before Lenovo was the pact with Samsung last year.
The number of
apps available for Android Wear is steadily increasing, but it still feels
like it lags behind the options you get on the Apple Watch, although
big names such as Spotify, Runtastic, Foursquare and Uber are all present here.
It has been difficult for Microsoft to get the major
app developers on board with Universal
apps and programs for Windows 10 Mobile — Google famously decided to snub Windows Phone — so we'll have to see whether
big names like Netflix and Twitter are among the ranks of developers working on Holographic
apps for HoloLens» commercial launch.
Alexa works with dozens of IoT products and platforms, including Nest, SmartThings, Haiku Home by the entertainingly -
named Big Ass Solutions, Hue lights, Wink, Vivint, and more, bypassing the
app and letting you control the house
like you're in Star Trek.