It is time to ditch your wallet and use your mobile phone instead?

The Mobile money Manchester event on 9 September 2013 is sponsored by Penrith-based mobile software and applications specialist, Penrillian and equipped with a presentation of its founder and Chief Technology Officer, Charles Weir. The theme for the event is mobile phone money & payments and there is no better equipped to discuss this issue than Charles.

Charles has consulting in mobile phone since the very first days of the mobile phone. He was instrumental in the development of the world's first smartphone Ericsson R380, in the late 1990s. These days the two major challenges that makes Charles ' greatest attention are mobile money and mobile security.

It is money-supposedly-that makes the world go around, but the current generation of mobile wallet apps have a long way to go before they are ready for the mass market. And safety, which is always a central concern. If you want to understand the anatomy of a successful "money" app, start business and standards contexts, where it will operate, and the systems that it will work together here. Mobile phone Monday Manchester is one of a series of global Mobile Monday (www.mobilemonday.net) events, which are informal networking groups. The purpose is to share the experience with building and deploying mobile products and services. The monthly networking events encourage lively discussions around topics and trends of interest to the UK mobile industry.

If you are passionate about mobile or just want to learn how the evolution of mobile phone can benefit your company is an ideal opportunity to meet some of the experts on Penrillian, all specialists in their field.

The event will be held at Dukes 92, 18 Castle Street, Manchester M3 4LZ from 18: 00 to 21: 00. To register go to http://www.momomcr.org/

About Penrillian:

Penrillian is a mobile software and applications specialist providing tailored, secure and innovative solutions to some of the UK's leading brands such as Vodafone, EE and BlackBerry. Penrillian helps companies to remain at the forefront of mobile technology by creating the next generation of mobile payment applications. Penrillian software is to help organizations of all sizes and markets to engage users and drive revenue and retention. If you have ever used a Vodafone data dongle, bought 2-for-1 cinema tickets on Orange Wednesdays from a BlackBerry or purchased items using a mobile phone, are chances Penrillian created by the software. Penrillian's agile approach to developing applications means that clients are able to get a better product on the market quickly.

Penrillian was founded in 2000 by Charles Weir. Under his guidance, Penrillian has grown into a very capable and talented technical team, able to respond to some of the most demanding projects across new and changing mobile platforms. Some specialize, while others are very flexible and can put their good grounding in computer science and software engineering effective application across a number of projects.

For more information see www.penrillian.com, join us on Linkedin www.linkedin.com/company/penrillian or follow us on Twitter @penrillian

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Los Angeles Design Festival Announces Highlights and Launches New Mobile App for 2013

The Los Angeles Design Festival (www.ladesignfestival.org) (LADF) is proud to announce the line-up of events for 2013. With over 40 events planned throughout the city from June 13 – 30, 2013, the LADF – now in its third year - continues to grow, proving that the City of Angels has embraced its global status as a design capital. Events range in size and scope from special exhibitions, symposia, and film screenings to design tours, conferences and even a design-themed Ping Pong party. Also new this year, LADF has launched a new mobile app that allows visitors to receive updates about LADF events in real-time.

“We’re thrilled to see such a variety of events on the calendar,” states LADF CoFounder Michael Sylvester. “LADF is a young festival that is only just beginning to scratch the surface, so to speak. It’s a reflection of the rich diversity of creative talent in this city and we can’t wait to see how it will continue to grow.”

LADF 2013 Highlights include (in chronological order):

Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in LA
(June 13-30 | Throughout LA)
Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A., an initiative of the Getty, is a collaborative celebration of Southern California’s lasting impact on modern architecture. It includes exhibitions and accompanying programs presented by seventeen area cultural institutions from April through July 2013. June programs are listed on the LADF calendar.

LA Design Caravan hosted by Chris Nichols and Lyft
(June 15 | Tour starts and ends at Griffith Park)
Author, civic booster, and LA magazine columnist Chris Nichols will lead guests on a special tour of LA’s hidden design gems; historical, current, and oddball. Lyft will provide complimentary pink-mustached rides. The design caravan will depart Griffith Park at 10am and return in time for a late picnic lunch at the Observatory. Tickets are $25/person and go on sale May 23.

DMI: Design Thinking Conference
(June 17-19 | Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica)
The Design Management Institute brings its annual Design Thinking Conference to Los Angeles for the first time this year. The conference engages educators, researchers, designers, and leaders from every design discipline and every industry in an important dialogue about how design is transforming business, transportation, education and the public sector.

Big City Forum
(June 19 | Standard, Downtown)
Big City Forum is an interdisciplinary project that encourages conversation at the intersection of creative knowledge making and social engagement. This special LADF session will explore how design is intrinsically linked to visual language. The panel discussion will feature leading designers, publishers, and art historians in exploring and defining key questions dealing with design, history, identity, and community. Features speakers include Lauren Mackler and Brian Roettinger. The conversation will be moderated by LACMA’s Lisa Mark.

Never Built Preview Party
(June 20 | Union Station Harvey House, Downtown LA)
Join Never Built Los Angeles curators Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell for an exclusive preview of the upcoming exhibition at the Harvey House. Proceeds from the event go to support the Never Built Los Angeles exhibition that opens officially in July at the A+D Museum. Tickets cost $75.

Dwell on Design
(June 21-23 | LA Convention Center)
Dwell on Design is America’s largest modern design event. With more than 400 exhibitors, 200 speakers, 2000 products and an expected 30,000 attendees, Dwell on Design demonstrates how influential design is in every aspect of our modern world. A 2-day weekend pass costs $40.

AUS/USA/LAX 2013
(June 22 | Kim Sing Theater, Chinatown)
Quench and Flagship co-host AUS/USA/LAX 2013, an event highlighting the leading edge of Australian products, design, and culture. Moving beyond the stereotypes, Quench and Flagship have curated a scintillating mix of exciting next generation Australian designers and brands. AUS/USA/LAX 2013 features furniture, design objects, motorcycles and bicycles, electronics, fashion, food, wine and much more.

Pecha Kucha x Ping Pong
(June 26 | SPiN @ Standard, Downtown)
Pecha Kucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. This very special LADF Pecha Kucha, cohosted by de LaB and curated by Santino Medina, will give presenters from across the design disciplines 20 seconds to show 20 images, followed by a Ping Pong party hosted at SPiN LA, Susan Sarandon’s Ping Pong social club at the iconic downtown Standard hotel. Tickets cost $15/person and go on sale May 23.

Design Shopping Night
(June 27 | Throughout LA)
Selected design shops throughout Los Angeles open their doors for LADF visitors. Participating shops and showrooms will offer discounts, nosh and maybe even a bit of bubbly. Shop the best in modern design and discover new neighborhood shops with other design fans. Participating stores include A+R, HD Buttercup, Ilan Dei Venice, Matters of Space, Ligne Roset, Poketo, and more.

Chinatown Design Night
(June 29 | Chung King Road, Chinatown)
Chung King Road galleries, shops and studios open their doors late for an evening of art, design, and music. The annual design street party also serves as the official closing party for LADF. Among the highlights, TBWA\Chiat\Day’s Let There Be Dragons will host a rare open “house”, showcasing their bus-turned-mobile-creative-studio. Fifth Floor Gallery and California Home and Design magazine will host a closing party for Craft + Design, a special exhibition for the Furniture Society Symposium.

LADF has also launched a new mobile app for iPhone and Android phones. The app can be downloaded for free from iTunes or Google Play to get the latest breaking news and festival updates. It also features directions to the various event locations and exclusive notifications for smart phone users.

For a full list of events or to download the new app, go to www.ladesignfestival.org.

ABOUT LADF (www.ladesignfestival.org)
Los Angeles Design FestivalTM is an annual series of events staged around greater Los Angeles celebrating outstanding local and international design talent, organized by a brand agnostic non-profit organization of the same name.

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To have more fun with a new Mobile Android App

Air Horn is a new android mobile app that allows people to have more fun. The app can be found at Google Play. It is 100% free. In fact, it is so high that it is impossible not to notice it when someone starts to play with it.  People use it and fall in love with it because it works very well, when people want to surprise friends. When people download air Horn-app from Google Play, they get a picture on their phone. It is when everything fun begins. Press on the picture and you will hear a loud air horn sound. It's not annoying. It's just fun, that's all. press the button up to 11 seconds and your phone begins to vibrate.

"This new mobile app will bring people closer. I wanted to create a fun app that can serve a lot of people. There are moments in our life when laughter is there just isn't. Sometimes even when people find time to party they do not get into the fun-loving atmosphere easily. That's when the air Horn app comes to the rescue. This mobile application will help people start a party. When the air Horn sound Blaster off-everyone knows that it is party time ", says Richard Stranberg, the passionate developer of the app.

The air Horn app can be used at sporting events. A phone can be hooked to speakers and even higher. Download android app here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.myairho ... and show it to all your friends and have fun.

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Turn your iPhone into a mobile scanner for free!

Pixelnetica, an established leader in mobile computer vision application development, is pleased to announce the release of a new Free version of SharpScan with all of the functionality of the Professional product. SharpScan is the industry-leading mobile scanning app for the iPhone. Its unparalleled image processing speed and quality allows user to scan documents and photos on the go in less than 3 seconds per page. 

Simply taking a picture of a document with the iPhone camera does not result in document quality images. Photos display geometric distortion resulting from the angle of the camera in relation to the document and often have unwanted background shadows. SharpScan was created to overcome these inherent shortcomings and to produce high-quality documents from the iPhone just as if they were scanned with a conventional scanner. Scanner-quality documents can now be produced on-the-go quickly, easily, and conveniently from any iPhone.

SharpScan’s unique Smart Crop feature offers fully automated boundary detection, cropping, image alignment, and perspective correction for fast, accurate image acquisition, though these parameters may be adjusted manually by the user as well. 

Non-destructive image editing features are included that allow the user the freedom to edit and experiment with their documents with the confidence that they can always revert to the original image. 

SharpScan it is the only mobile scanning app on the market that creates tiny true Black-and-White, scanner-quality, PDF images. Combined with the lossless image compression results in files which are up to 20 times smaller than a normal JPEG, an extremely important feature when data transfer speed or cost is an issue.

SharpScan’s provides a pleasant mobile experience through its intuitive user interface. The menus are laid out clearly and are easy to navigate and the controls are simple to master allowing users convenient access to all of its advanced features, including document password protection, printing and integrated sharing via email, Dropbox and etc.

 “SharpScan raises the bar for mobile scanning applications to a new level,” says Pixelnetica CEO, Dmitry Harchenko, “It’s designed to take full advantage of the iPhone’s hardware capabilities such as muticore processing and GPU acceleration. Our proprietary artificial intelligence algorithms that accurately identify the edge of a document and automatically make cropping decisions without help from the user are unmatched by our competitors.”

But Pixelnetica is not resting on its laurels. The company is hard at work on a new version that will feature improved algorithms, faster speeds, and high quality as well as support for tablets and synchronization across devices via the cloud. Users of the current version will receive the upgrade free of charge.

The only difference between the free version and the full versions is that the free version includes in-application advertising and the PDFs include a reference to the product, though the images themselves remain unaffected. These minor limitations can be eliminated at anytime by purchasing the full version conveniently from the app.

Both SharpScan and SharpScan Pro are available through the Apple store. For more information, including screenshots, demonstration videos, tutorials, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions, please visit www.pixelnetica.com.

Pricing and Availability:

SharpScan is currently available for download on the Apple App Store for Free in the Productivity category. Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 6.0 or later. App is optimized for iPhone 5.

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Stanfy promotes Native iOS & Android Mobile Technologies to SXSW 2013

Stanfy (http://stanfy.com) works with innovators and brands to create an exceptional mobile experience for its customers. The company has a strong presence in the international mobile market and, since 2009, has published more than 60 iOS and Android apps for customers around the world. Many mobile development companies have published a wide range of solutions for the creation of cross-platform applications or the construction of tools, that allow a developer to launch a mobile application without ever writing a line of code.

Stanfy team is of the opinion that, on the other hand, the best user experience can be achieved only by native development. It is the best way to improve the experience of trademark users and make a company or a more competitive brand on the mobile market. To the South by Southwest Interactive Trade Show 2013, team not only favoured Stanfy application development native but also educated the participants at the Conference about the differences between the native approaches and cross-platform application development; and the results in terms of user experience, performance of the app and the mobile strategy of brand, which are specific to each approach.

"We support the creation of libraries and frameworks that make mobile development faster and more efficient. But the only way to create a mobile application really powerful, beautiful and remarkable, who will promote your business is to develop native applications. You need to work on every single screen from scratch, sharpen the interactions at every point and always fight for the best performance. » - Pavel Bashmakov, CEO and co-founder of Stanfy

On Stanfy

Stanfy (http://stanfy.com) is a mobile UI/UX-based development firm and native iOS & Android app and mobile design development. Stanfy is a team of more than 30 people with a research and development in Kiev, Ukraine and a Management Office and sales in San Francisco.  Since Stanfy 2009 has created more than 60 iOS and Android applications for its customers, who have been highly appreciated in applications stores and appreciated by end users. Stronger fields of Stanfy of expertise are strategy consulting mobile, mobile UI/UX design and native development of business for iOS and Android applications.

On SXSW Interactive

The 20th edition of the SXSW Interactive Festival took place on 8-12 March 2013, in Austin, Texas. The event included five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events organised by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup community ideas has to offer.

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Wouxun USB Programming Cable and Software CD for Wouxun KG-UV920R Car Mobile Radio

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Applicable radios:

Wouxun KG-UV920R 

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