The Keynote at the WWDC 2011 had most of us glued to our screens. With the rumor-mills at their best in predicting what would be awaiting us at the Keynote, nothing prepared us for the awesomeness of it all! The iOS 5 and Lion a.k.a OS X 7 indeed have some amazing features. Some of our favorites on the iOS include the Volume Shutter which enables you to capture your photos with your Volume button, the really cool basic editing features such as the Red Eye Removal, Exposure control, etc. in the default camera with Twitter sharing, iCloud and the Notification centre. And the iMessage. This is one killer feature!

The Lion too has something really good going on for the Mac. For starters it gives you an iOS-kind of a feel. The Launch Pad, Photo Booth, Mission Control are some really cool features too. I particularly liked the Face Detection feature of Photo Booth, and as Craig Federighi says, “You can spend hours with this.“

Looking at the beta now, I can’t wait to have the final stable version in my hands, ‘cos it looks so good. Meanwhile, our developers are already working on and ironing out the iOS 5 and Lion compatibility issues with Camera Plus Pro and Photo Delight, and Voila and Boom, respectively. So if any of you have already installed the betas of these, and find that your apps are not working as intended, then in the words of Malcolm Barclay, “There’s a reason it’s called ‘beta’ software“. But on a more serious note, we have already fixed most of the issues, which should be ready in time when iOS 5 and Lion are shipped. We also have something really cool coming up, so you might want to follow us on Twitter, Facebook or subscribe to our Newsletter to be the first ones to know.

We also have updates regarding a few of our older apps. Any developer, be it for an iPhone or Mac, would know the amount of effort that goes behind developing an app. Thus each app is almost like a baby to its developer, who has put in some much of time and effort to create it.

Charm, the math logic app; Wisen Up, the medical know-it-all app; and Word Digest, the dictionary app, too are no different in the value they hold for us. I still remember being a part of these apps since Day One, and the numerous fun interactions we have had, with contests and giveaways, and I was always overwhelmed with the enthusiastic responses from all of you. These apps were our first foray into the App Store and you can call them App Store veterans, since they were among the earliest apps on the App Store.

However, with the recent iOS updates, and most of our effort being spent on improving  Camera Plus, Camera Plus Pro, Photo Delight and Photo Delight Lite, and on the Mac platform for Voila and Boom, we feel that we will not be able to do enough justice to our older apps. We certainly don’t want to hold back any effort on improving and providing you with new and amazing apps. Hence this decision of retiring them.

Thank you all for trying out Charm, Wisen Up and WordDigest, giving us all your feedback, support and love on the App Store.

-Vaishnavi

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“I was reading a dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything” said Steven Wright, an award winning actor and writer. Having this thing for dictionaries, I totally agree with Steven and I am sure many of you will too. My tryst with dictionaries began way back in my school days when Miss Gomes would insist on our carrying a dictionary to class. Those were the days. But what joy! Here at Global Delight I get to work with dictionaries again! Yup, I am referring to WordDigest, the English Dictionary, Thesaurus and Spell Checker app for the iPhone/iPod touch. All of you have loved this app, now you have more reasons to love it. WordDigest v1.2 is out  with a sleeker and nicer UI and additional features. Have a look at what the UI looks like now:

From the screenshots you may have guessed what the new features might be. Lemme list them down:

# Words of the day: Five random words appear as you start the application. Click on any one of them and their meaning appears. You can go back to the Words of the Day by clicking on the Featured tab in the menu bar.

# Crossword and Anagram Solver: Crossword enthusiasts are going to love this feature. Type in the answer pattern and a list of probable solutions will appear.

# Tab customization: With this feature you can choose to re-arrange the menu items thus giving you a lot more flexibility.

# Pull up Menu button: When you use the Dictionary feature, on selecting a word, you will notice a pull up menu button appearing. Once chosen you have an option of favoriting the word, send the word and its meaning via mail, make notes if any or use the web to know more about that word.

# Notes: An interesting feature of the new version is the ability to make notes against any word. You can thus note anything interesting that you may have come across for that word.

# Mail: Enables you to instantly send the meaning of a word across via email.

WordDigest is not just a Dictionary, it also has an amazing Thesaurus and Spell Checker. Now if that wasn’t enough, I have something else to tell. I have saved the best for the last. WordDigest is on SALE!!! A 50% off! Yes, you can now grab a copy of WordDigest v1.2 with all the cool features at just $0.99 only! Hurry to the App Store and grab your copy of WordDigest today ‘cos this offer is on just for a limited period!

Miss Gomes would be so proud of me! *Sniff*

Peace!

-Vaishnavi

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Phew! What a week this has been. With Wisen Up out on the App Store, it’s been one roller-coaster ride. It’s really nice to see this personality quiz cum infotainment app picking up steadily. Yeah, and we owe it all to you, of course. Do show us your support by downloading the app, rating it and giving us your feedback, so that we can work on improving it. There are some great reviews on Wisen Up, which I shall cover in my next post. This post is mainly dedicated to tell you what we have been upto and what’s up.

First, what we have been upto. Of late, there have been some problems faced by some of our users of Voila Mac screen capture tool after updating to the latest version 2.1. Also, we have been testing Voila on Snow Leopard and also in the OS upgrade scenarios. Well the good news is, in most of the cases we have been able to identify the issues, a big thanks to our Customers who have been cooperative in troubleshooting. The bug fix is in progress and hopefully in the next few weeks we should have an update ready for release. So go ahead, continue using your Voila, bug-free (pun totally intended ) and send us some of your creations. We would love to showcase them on our site and on Flickr.

Just recently I downloaded some great High Quality videos using Web2 Delight. To make things even better, we have slashed the price of Web2 Delight to $9.95! Isn’t that just fab? It’s amazing how you can download your favorite videos from any video sharing sites from one location. I have created my own collection of some of my favorite videos using the organizer in the application.

We have released a new version of WordDigest, an English dictionary, thesaurus and spell checker app for your iPhone and iPod touch. This useful reference app has got a facelift with new interface along with some new features too. You can now add quick notes to the words, solve Crosswords and Anagrams on the fly, and learn few new words everyday. It’s a free update to the existing users, while the new users would pay just $1.99. The new version is available on the App Store, download it now and don’t forget to send us your feedback.

Well, next is what’s up. Hmmmm….. I shan’t tell you anything yet. Let’s see how good you are at guessing. Here’s the hint to what we are upto next:

Not really great at Cryptography, but there’s always a first time.
So keep guessing what’s up.
Until then, Peace!

-Vaishnavi

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