I am incredibly excited to announce that Momento has been selected by Apple as the App Store Rewind 2011 iPhone App of the Year Runner-Up in the UK, Ireland and Japan.
In addition the App Store also named Momento as the best of the iPhone Lifestyle category in the US, Australia, China, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden!
I’d like to take this opportunity to say a big THANK YOU to all our users, friends and family around the world who have supported Momento and our team throughout 2011.
Here’s a look behind the scenes of Ustwo’s Whale Trail for iOS which launched yesterday and has already climbed to #10 in the UK ‘Paid Apps’ charts. These guys have done a great job in creating a truly addictive and creative game with interaction and gameplay perfect for mobile consumption. I really hope this carries on climbing the charts!
Tribute to Steve Jobs made entirely from Apple product sounds and Steve’s 2005 Stanford commencement speech.
TestFlight SDK now available
TestFlight is a must for any iOS app developer who wants to get the most from beta testing. Today their SDK goes live providing a deeper insight in to how testers use your app. Some really useful features including Session insights, In-App Questions, Remote Logging, Crash Reports, Checkpoints and In-App Updates.
Safari Omnibar
A very useful plugin for Safari which unifies the location bar with the search bar. Also allows for site specific searches through shortcuts. Free and source available on GitHub.
Momento 2.1 - Much more snappy!
We’re pleased to announce that Momento 2.1 is now available to download. This exciting update introduces the highly anticipated Instagram feed, support for multitasking (iOS4), improved performance and streamlined settings for a snappier user experience.
Creating a Camera+ Effect: Nostalgia
Nice overview of how the Nostalgia effect was created for Camera+. Give’s you an insight (with video run-throughs) in to how the effect is created in Photoshop and then developed in XCode.
TestFlight - iOS beta testing on the fly
We recently adopted TestFlight as our method of distributing beta builds of Momento, and I have to say, it’s a must for all iOS developers! Not only does it make it very easy to recruit new testers, but distributing builds over the air saves a lot of time both for the developer and the tester.
The process — recruit your testers, upload a build, select those you wish to distribute to, your testers will be notified and in just a couple of taps they’ll be downloading the latest build directly on their device! In addition to the ease and speed of the process, a very useful feature is the ability to monitor which testers have installed each version, as well as see which device and iOS version they’re running. Definitely worth checking out.
Great short shot by Tom Guilmette with a Phantom Flex high speed digital cinema camera, shooting at 2,564 frames per second in 1080p. I’ve seen a lot of high speed video work, but the editing and sound in this piece really made it stand out out from the rest.
