Ok, in my previous post I wrote that speech recognition in bitsofMine is an experiment and not a feature. Well, I still subscribe to that view. But when experimenting with Cortana, we came to the conclusion that it would be nice to have a couple of more commands to make the experiment meaningful. Plus, more…
Which of your Facebook postings got the most likes? You don’t know? Now there is an app for it! Hey, I always wanted to say that. 🙂 In the latest bitsofMine release, published today, we have added an InfoGraphics page which gives you some interesting details about your bitsofMine collection, such as: how many items…
Today is a day I’m really proud of: we just submitted our new bitsofMine release for certification to the Windows Store. And it’s a release that I personally consider to be the best we have done so far. Swiping the timeline is now much smoother. *Much* smoother. *Much* *much* smoother! 🙂 And: we have added 1-Click Maintenance! 1-Click…
Windows 8.1 has been publicly released more than six months ago. For all Windows 8 users, Windows 8.1 is a free update (free as in free beer). And since it’s distributed via the Windows Store, the update is as simple as installing a Windows 8 app. By now, all Windows 8 users will have done…
Two weeks ago, the 2014 incarnation of Microsoft’s biggest developer conference, also known as //build/, has closed its doors. By now all the important stories have been recorded, distributed and forgotten. And it’s time to recap the stories that made it through my 2-week filter 🙂 So what are my three longer-term memories? …
bitsofMine makes it easy to collect your memories from various sources with 0-click effort. It sorts everything automatically into time-based folders. It allows you to casually browse your memories while swiping on one continuous timeline. And you can time travel to dates directly. Neat. But one thing is definitely missing: Search. Ladies and Gentlemen, starting…
And so the bitsofMine story continues. We started bitsofMine with support for digital cameras and Facebook “only”. In version 1.1 we added Twitter. Now in version 1.2 we added your local camera roll and Instagram. I guess you can see the pattern…!? 😉 But what else is there in bitsofMine1.2? bitsofMine has now become Windows 8.1 native….
Amidst all the migration to Windows 8.1 turmoil, we almost forgot to tell: bitsofMine has been accepted for the 2014 App Awards in Finland! Lovely!!! Competing with the likes of “Hill Climb Racing” in terms of number of downloads is definitely a tough call, but we are not giving up without a fight! So if…
Happy New Year, Everyone! At bitsofMine, we decided to celebrate the new year in style and changed our development environment at the same time: Windows 8 became Windows 8.1. Visual Studio 2012 became Visual Studio 2013. That also means that from now on, we will target Windows 8.1 instead of Windows 8. Shouldn’t be much…
Times they are a-changin’. A decade ago, in computer’s pre-touch dark ages, you had to think hard when you were about to push the release button at the end of your development phase: How many people will be affected by this defect you knew about? How many people will miss that feature that hasn’t been…