Pebble has its own
curated app store that's accessible through the Pebble smartphone app for iOS and Android.
While e-voting is being presented at today's event as one possible application to make use of Procivis» secure digital identity management, the platform will be designed to run a government -
curated app store that can offer the full range of public administration services, including tax filings, land registry or commercial registry.
Because it has a full USB port to connect a flash drive, an IR blaster to use it as remote control, access to all of the apps in the Google Play store (Fire tablets have Amazon's
curated app store) and, in my opinion, it looks a lot better than the Amazon Fire.
(Amazon also built up
its curated app store to more than 300,000 apps, three times what it had a year ago.)
Kurio's
curated app store currently offers access to several hundred educational apps, with more being added each week.
Since it launched, the Nook tablets ran on a forked (custom) version of Android, complete with
its curated app and media store.
More apps can be downloaded via Kurio's
curated app store that can be accessed in both the parent and child profiles.
I think Amazon will focus on bringing a solid experience to the device; even though it won't have as many features and will be limited to
the curated app selection in Amazon's store, what it will do, I expect it to do very well.
Advantages:
Curated app store with apps guaranteed to work on your device, integrated ecosystem, low cost.
As Steve Jobs himself has said on many occasions, Apple offers two pathways for developers to put content on the iOS — via
the curated App Store experience and via the completely open world of HTML5 - based web apps.
Amazon has X-Ray, Ivona, audio dictionaries, free ebooks every month with Prime, a massive book discovery network, its own publishing company, and
curated app store.
But if you aren't turned off by the idea of
a curated app collection, the Nook HD is one of the best values you can find in a 7 - inch tablet today.
One of the pitfalls of a heavily
curated app store, with an emphasis on quality, is that sometimes Android or Blackberry apps are out of date.
Third - party developers have praised Barnes & Noble's
curated app model, revenue - earning potential, and the ease in which customers can find, try, buy and download apps.
Their own
curated app markets do not let you download reading apps from their competition.
I think that the Amazon and B&N app stores went into
the curated app stores for the wrong reasons or at least the wrong focus.
B&N announced last week that were integrating Google Play to run into conjunction with their app
curated app store.
A very small
curated app market with apps that don't compete with your core business would be the right move for the big 4.
Hence features like
a curated app store, which prevents developers from creating programs whose only purpose is to go in and suck up all of your user data.
«I think the biggest benefit [of using Flipboard] for a business owner is that you can
curate the app to give you information that's the most relevant to you, regardless of the source,» Honigman says.
Classroom teachers can carefully
curate an app environment on a mobile device that differentiates the learning process and honors the students» ability to make choices.
Barnes & Noble and Amazon, on the other hand, do a great job of
curating apps for their tablets.
The Good e-Reader Kids APP store has been a project six months in development and has around a thousand quality,
curated apps.
There's a lovely section of the Play Store devoted entirely to
curating apps which are «designed for tablets» instead, and there are third - party alternatives for both of the stock titles above.
Or you could just leave the tablet as is — but install some additional applications you wouldn't have access to through Amazon's
curated apps offerings.
Amazon does not include Google's Apps Marketplace since it wants to
curate the apps that go into its stores to make sure they work as designed and assure that they are free of malware.
The Parent Dashboard is available exclusively to parents who own a Fire 7 Kids Edition or Fire 8 Kids Edition that's currently enrolled in the company's FreeTime service, which provides access to 15,000
curated apps, games, videos, and educational content from the likes of PBS, Disney, and Nickelodeon.
The included Silent Store
curates apps that the company deems to have good privacy practices, but brings you to the Google Play store to download and install each one.
Not exact matches
Most revenue from Apple's services business comes from the
App Store, where it can take a cut of any app sales, whether through upfront purchases or micropayments, without bearing costs other than curating and maintaining the App Store's virtual shelv
App Store, where it can take a cut of any
app sales, whether through upfront purchases or micropayments, without bearing costs other than curating and maintaining the App Store's virtual shelv
app sales, whether through upfront purchases or micropayments, without bearing costs other than
curating and maintaining the
App Store's virtual shelv
App Store's virtual shelves.
But even if an American user has already downloaded the
app and signed up for its
curated news feed while in the U.S. (or by using a U.S. proxy address), the feed appears to be disabled if that user subsequently launches the
app in China, according to users in that country.
It has its standalone livestreaming
app Periscope and its six - second - video
app Vine, and in October it launched its Moments tab.Moments brings together highlights of the day's news and trending topics,
curating the best tweet — which often showcases video.
Tebele does what he calls «
curating,» meaning he'll re-post content from other social media users, and credit them in the comments section of the
app.
StephMoji even topped Kimoji, a similar emoji
app curated by Kim Kardashian West.
Unlike Google News, it doesn't
curate stories to appeal to each reader's personal taste, and while Star Touch content can be shared on other social media platforms, readers will find the experience less appealing than it is inside the tablet
app.
«On our platform, the best deals get
curated and distributed on our site as well as in our e-mail, our iPhone
app and across other platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
It also has more than 8,000 other sources of news and content via RSS feeds that it
curates inside the
app.
We
curated this list by polling coworkers, researching the recommendations of other tech publications, and sifting through ratings on the major
app stores.
Within the
app, users will then be able to see all of their liked or screenshotted photos as well as discover
curated channels and new influencers.
Having gone live about six weeks ago, the Mobio Insider
app has about 30 celebrities, (including Lil» Wayne, Slash and Cristiano Ronaldo), using it to
curate questions they receive from followers on Twitter and Facebook.
Its mobile
apps, for example, have lacked cohesiveness, its desktop
apps offer limited utility, and Twitter has yet to build
curated products that capitalize on the real - time nature of the service.
With Caviar's purpose - built courier and order management
apps, delivery is fast; Caviar FastBite, which offers
curated meals, can provide delivery in as little as 10 minutes.
Flipboard has added new features to its
app, such as ways for people to
curate their own online magazine to share, but they haven't gained much traction.
If Hotel Tonight has hope of establishing itself as the go - to
app for deals on
curated last - minute stays it has to expand quickly to even more cities.
Basically there are three configurations: The Kids Edition device costs $ 79 and includes a protective case, a two - year warranty, and a one - year subscription to Amazon's FreeTime Unlimited (a bundle of
curated, age - appropriate books,
apps, shows, and other content that will work on the Echo and various other Amazon and Android devices).
ModCloth's «Fit for Me»
app enables a shopper to input her measurements and have a personalized,
curated series of fashions served up, based on ratings and reviews from community members with similar body types.
Hootsuite, TweetDeck and many other programs and
apps have filter features you can use to
curate who you're reading instead of just scrolling through a large crowd.
Conrad offers its guests an innovative way to Stay Inspired through a
curated collections of 1, 3, or 5 hour experiences, available through www.stayinspired.com or through the intuitive digital Conrad Concierge
app.
Whether travelers use print guidebooks, ebooks, mobile
apps, or Fodors.com, Fodor's provides highly
curated advice on how to travel smarter, including the best arts and culture offerings, where to eat and stay at every price point, and tips and strategies for an authentic and immersive experience.
The iHeartRadio
app, which reached its first 20 million registered users faster than any digital service in Internet history, delivers everything listeners want in an all - in - one platform: Instant access to more than 1,500 radio stations from across the country, user - created Custom Stations inspired by a favorite artist or song, thousands of
curated digital stations «Perfect For» any mood or activity, and the new Shows & Personalities feature giving users access to the best on - demand news, talk and entertainment content available today.
We created the Little Nugget baby photo
app to help you easily capture and
curate those fleeting moments, big and small, so you can share and save them for years to come.»