Category: Mobile Apps

New AR Walking Dead Game lets you blast zombies in your daily life

John Montgallo
AR Walking Dead Game - The Walking Dead Our World Game - Screencap YouTube

Join Rick Grimes and his crew for the battle of survival. Next Games has launched its new AR Walking Dead game called “The Walking Dead: Our World.” The free-to-play, location-based augmented reality (AR) mobile game is available for both iOS and Android smartphones. Players take on zombies in their real-world surroundings. Themed after the hit AMC TV show, based on Robert Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead” comics, the AR Walking Dead game uses Google Maps and augmented reality technology to give players a map of their actual surrounding, which is populated…

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Walmart back-to-school app designed to help people shop in stores

Jorge Gonzalez
Walmart back-to-school app - Back to school blocks - paper - pencil

The discount retail giant launched new app features to improve back-to-school in-store and mobile shopping. The new Walmart back-to-school app feature enables parents to search and shop for their child’s actual school supplies list. They can then use the app to locate the store isle where they can find the item, according a recent announcement from Walmart. Items can also be delivered directly to their homes. For those parents with busy schedules or who simply don’t feel like making the trek to their local Walmart store to buy the items…

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Cleveland patients granted mobile health data access

L. Green
mobile health data access - iPhone and stethoscope

Cleveland Clinic patients will be able to access their health records via their iPhones. Patients will be able to obtain their personal health information and history through their computer or via mobile health data access through Health Records on iPhone and through the MyChart application. Patients will be able to see all their health records through the mobile apps. Regardless of whether patients obtain their mobile health data access via Health Records or MyChart, both will provide a full view of their health records. This includes information, such as allergies,…

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Giant Eagle Mobile Shopping Improves Checkout Convenience for Shoppers

Stephanie Beck
Giant Eagle Mobile Shopping - Giant Eagle Store in Pennsylvania

Scan Pay & Go Service is launched by Giant Eagle Inc. A new Giant Eagle mobile shopping experience has been launched by the Pittsburgh-based supermarket chain. Now, mobile consumers, who like to use their phones for shopping can enjoy faster and more convenient checkouts at the store with Scan Pay & Go. Customers can scan groceries as they shop. The Giant Eagle mobile shopping system gives customers of the supermarket the ability to scan groceries as they shop. Groceries can be scanned with their smartphone using the Giant Eagle Scan…

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Free mobile gaming app helps combat overtourism in London

Jorge Gonzalez
Free Mobile Gaming App - London - Sign - England

A Mr. Bean-themed mobile game has been created specifically for London tourists. Central London is struggling with overtourism and a free mobile gaming app called Play London with Mr. Bean was launched last fall to help tackle the issue. The game shows tourists different city attractions. London travelers who download the free mobile gaming app will be shown different attractions around the city. If travelers visit these attractions, they can earn points and redeem them for discounts and vouchers around the city. The game features different levels. For instance, players…

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Improved mobile ordering makes prepurchasing beer easier for Ontario consumers

John Montgallo
Mobile Ordering - The Beer Store

The Beer Store’s mobile commerce app is getting an upgrade. Customers of The Beer Store, a beer retail chain in Ontario, Canada operated by Brewers Retail Inc., will likely see a mobile ordering upgrade in the near future. This improvement is expected to enhance the efficiency of prepurchasing beer for pickups via The Beer Store’s mobile app. The improved m-commerce feature will be available in 100 store locations by the end of June. By the time July hits, Canadian consumers will have the option to prepurchase beer from The Beer…

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Beat Fever mobile game successfully connects fans and music artists

Sam Lambert
Beat Fever drives players to music streaming services - Apple Music on smartphone

The mobile game is driving millions to music streaming services Beat Fever is a relatively new music-based mobile game app that helps to bring music artists closer to their fans. It has successfully driven millions of streams to music streaming services including Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube and others. The music game has dramatically boosted music streaming. It is not uncommon for music from popular artists to be used in games for consoles, mobile and tablets. That being said, in most cases, fans rarely engage with the music they hear outside…

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New Apple Health Records API open to app developers

Jesse Collins
Apple Health Records - Apple - Health

Apple’s upcoming software update will have a new mHealth feature. Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced iOS 12 at the start of WWDC 2018 and revealed the new features of the upcoming software update, among which include an Apple Health Records service update. The mHealth feature, which is designed to help monitor and improve a user’s health and wellbeing, will give users the option to share their medical data with third-party apps. Apple users will not only be able to access their medical records but share this information with their favorite,…

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New AR mobile game Jurassic World Alive launches globally on Android and iOS

Amanda Giasson
New AR Mobile Game - Jurassic World Alive - Official Game Trailer - Jurassic World - YouTube

The Pokémon Go-like game is based on the Jurassic World films With Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom set to open in theatres on June 22nd, the new AR mobile game Jurassic World Alive has been officially rolled out on a global scale across Android and iOS mobile devices. The game, which is not unlike Niantic’s popular Pokémon Go, enables users to find and capture dinosaurs in the real world. The free game features both AR-based imagery and location-based technology This new ar mobile game is the third in a series of…

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New Snapchat feature makes location sharing less invasive

Jennifer Goula
New Snapchat Feature - Social media - smartphone

The social media app now lets users send real-time locations to a friend. Snapchat has just made location sharing more intimate for its iOS and Android users with a new Snapchat feature that allows users to send their ongoing real-time location to a friend or request their friend’s location in return. This information shows up within the user’s message thread and on their Snap Map. Snap Map had a turbulent start. Launched last June, Snap Map became known for its controversial location-tracking functions. Snap Map made users wary because it…

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Mobile banking apps usage predicted to surpass online banking by 2019

Sam Lambert
Mobile banking apps - Increase in mobile banking over computers

More and more consumers are turning to their smartphones for their banking needs. The CACI reported that 22 million people chose to use mobile banking apps to manage their accounts via their smartphone in 2017. It’s forecasted that by next year (2019), more consumers will choose their phone for banking than their computers. 35 million people are expected to bank via a smartphone app by 2023. In addition to this CACI report prediction, it was said that by 2023, consumers would likely visit a bank branch only twice per year.…

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