GOGII Launches textPlus Application on the Android Market

Marina del Rey, Calif. (PRWEB) January 4, 2010

GOGII, Inc. announces today the launch of textPlus, its popular next generation texting application, on the Android Market. Previously available only on the Apple App Store, the unique textPlus app now brings sponsor-supported free and unlimited messaging to Android users and allows them to have instant group "conversations" in text with friends on most U.S. carriers.

"We've already seen overwhelming consumer response to the textPlus app in the Apple App Store thanks to the millions of consumers who've embraced our game-changing features - from casual texters to the staggering number of consumers who text as their primary mode of communication," said Scott Lahman, CEO and co-founder of GOGII. "We're pleased to make textPlus available to Android users, and offer even more text-happy mobile consumers this tricked-out, next generation

texting service."

By leveraging GOGII's interactive messaging technology, textPlus allows both old-style texting - one-to-one conversations - and next generation texting - rich, engaging environments and instant group text conversations. A useful 'reply-all' feature, similar to email, turns texting into a chatroom that lets users make plans with several friends at once, introduce people to one another or just carry on a group conversation - all in text and all for free.

Additional features make it easy for Android texters to make textPlus their preferred SMS service, including the international ability to send free messages from abroad to friends in the U.S. using a U.S. 10-digit phone number and free Notifications when messages come into the app, even when closed. What's more, textPlus lets Android users communicate with friends who aren't using the app - they simply pay for texts through their existing carrier plan.

GOGII expects the textPlus Android app to be met with the same degree of consumer fervor on the Android Market that it has on the Apple App Store. To date, the textPlus app has already seen almost 3.5 million downloads, and over 350 million messages have been sent using the service since June. And while only the top 5% of applications in the Apple App Store reach 100,000 unique monthly visitors, textPlus exceeded that by over 7 times in its second month of release.

Coming soon to Android are textPlus "text addresses," which let users personalize texting and facilitate conversations, all without requiring a phone number.

The textPlus application can be downloaded for free from the Android Market.

GOGII, Inc. announced an $ 8.2 million Series B round of funding from Matrix Partners and Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers last month.

About textPlus

textPlus leverages GOGII's next generation text messaging platform to bring free, ad-supported one-to-one and group texting, and enables seamless interaction between textPlus users and their friends using regular text messaging (SMS). The service is currently available on the iPod touch and iPhone on the Apple App Store and on Android phones from the Android Market.

About GOGII (go-jee)

GOGII provides customers the next generation of text messaging through its flagship product, textPlus, the leading feature-rich and fun third-party text messaging application.

GOGII, Inc. is backed by venture capital firms Matrix Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' iFund, which is exclusively focused on developing applications for Apple's products. GOGII, Inc. was founded in 2008 by the three founders of JAMDAT Mobile, the leading mobile entertainment publisher that was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2006.

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Kidoodle Apps Fosters Children's Creativity with Pirate Scribblebeard's Treasure, Launching on Android Tablets

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 17, 2011

Pirate Scribblebeard's Treasure, the flagship app in series of Oscar & Josephine adventures, was developed by Michelangelo Capraro, owner of Kidoodle Apps, to encourage his own son to use touchscreen devices as creative tools and not only for media consumption and entertainment.

Michelangelo describes the impetus behind the app - "As graphic designers, my wife and I spend much of our time using computers to create things. We were really conscious about our child getting sucked into addictive smartphone and tablet games or endless video watching on these gadgets. We wanted a more creative experience for him and other kids, and to show them that these devices can also be creative tools".

A recent Newsweek article discussing the creativity crisis amongst children in the US spurred Michelangelo to create something that attempts to encourage creativity in children. Michelangelo noticed that there were many educational iPad apps, but very few that encourage children to be creative and imaginative. He and his wife set off to create an app that would offer a more creative experience, especially to the growing number of parents with iPads and other touch screen devices for their children. They landed on the idea of a doodle book, where children complete a drawing that's already been started for them, in any way they choose. They wanted the children to exercise their problem solving and imaginative skills by thinking and drawing rather than coloring in a pre-drawn, already-perfected character.

Michelangelo took some cues from the many traditional paper doodling and activity books that have existed for years. Sometimes called "anti-coloring books", they encourage the child to create their own drawing by completing a partially drawn scene however they see fit. He extended the idea into the digital world.

In addition to offering a starting point for young doodlers, Michelangelo created two young animated hosts of the app, Oscar and Josephine, who encourage children to draw burly pirates, pirate ships, even the captains beard. Once the child is ready to move to the next page, their drawing comes to life and is incorporated into a bigger animated scene.

On one page, children are asked to turn a banana into a sea monster and then a ship and cannon appear to fire a pirate right at the giant fruit. On another page, waves appear and ocean sounds play after a child is asked to turn a bath tub into a pirate ship. These are just 2 examples of the 14 animated pages that are included with the app.

Shortly after the release of Pirate Scribblebeard for the iPad, reviewers and their children responded with positive reviews, including an Editors Choice Award from bestappsforkids.com, a Golden App Award from appsforhomeschooling.com, and a recommendation from Wired Magazine's GeekMom site.

In addition, several sites that are focused on the special needs community reviewed the app and found it helpful in encouraging children with learning difficulties or diagnosed with autism to draw, communicate, and exercise not only their imaginations but their motor skills as well.

Pirate Scribblebeard's Treasure comes with 14 pages for children to draw on and will regularly receive free updates with new characters and pages.

Device Requirements:

Compatible with iPad, NOOK Color, Kindle Fire, Motorola Xoom, Sony Tablet S, Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" and 10", and other large-screen Android tablets.
Requires iOS 4.0 or later, or Android 2.2 and higher
22.2 MB

Pricing and Availability

Pirate Scribblebeard's Treasure with Oscar & Josephine is $ 1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available now worldwide through the Google Android Market, Amazon Appstore for Android, the Barnes & Noble NOOK Color, and the iTunes App Store.

Pirate Scribblebeard's Treasure Product Page

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About Kidoodle Apps

Kidoodle Apps makes art activity apps for kids that are especially designed for the new generation of touchable gadgets like the iPad, Galaxy Tab, Xoom, Nook and others. These apps are designed to engage your child's imagination and help to exercise their creative skills in fun and magical ways. Started in 2010, Michelangelo Capraro began Kidoodle Apps as a way to encourage his own son to use technology as a creative tool rather than a media consumption device. Now the apps are available on a multitude of touch-screen devices.

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The Bible Scholar App for iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone (Mango) Helps Christians Simplify Learning the Roots of Their Faith

Broken Arrow (PRWEB) November 03, 2011

In addition to the iPad, the Bible Scholar app is also supported by the following devices: iPhone,Android (smartphones and tablets), BlackBerry, Windows Phone (Mango), and Symbian (Nokia).

A deep knowledge of the Scriptures and an understanding of the history of the Christian Church are essential to the foundation of every Christian. For so long it has been a big challenge to gain access to a historical account of Christianity with ease without attending a Bible College. Hence, individuals on the go with busy schedules could not fully participate in this quest without radically changing their schedules. To gain this knowledge required attaining a massive library costing hundreds, even thousands of dollars.

The Bible Scholar Interactive App for iPad is the first and only app for the iPad and all major smartphones that successfully provides an in depth account of the Churchs origin by shedding light on the age of the Apostles, Medieval Christianity, Christianity in the Middle Ages, and explores the German and Swiss reformations.

Now any serious student of the Bible can access this information with a simple tap on his or her iPad or smartphone. Considering the wealth of information in this app, it is amazing to know that this iPad app is available on the iTunes App Store for just $ 3.99.

The Bible Scholar app was named one of "25 Incredible iPad Apps Every Theology Student Should Have" by Theology Degrees Onlinea site dedicated to the promotion of ensuring the quality of future religious leaders and scholars learning.

Additionally, The Bible Scholar Interactive App for iPad has a Bible, a quiz with hundreds of questions, two Bible dictionaries, one topical Bible by Naves, seven separate Bible commentaries, The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin, eight volumes of Church history, and much more. This app contains more than 14,000 pages of Bible study gems.

The Bible Scholar was also named one of "40 Awesome Android Apps for Scripture Study" by Masters in Divinityan online site that focuses on promoting advanced degrees for pastors and professional ministry.

The Android version for smartphones and tablets (which is split into two sets) is available on the Android Market and Amazon Appstore for Android (Kindle Fire).

Talking about the Android version, one Dr. Nathan wrote: "Fantastic volume of information. It's equal to 20 volumes of history and contemporary learning that's sure to provide hours of interesting research sufficient to form an apologetic learning foundation. A Great find. Price these apart and $ 200 would be a bargain."

Users of this app can copy and paste the content into emails and transfer to a desktop or laptop and incorporate it into study notes, sermons, articles, research papers or just to share with a friend. Users can also use the share feature to post to Facebook or Twitter.

The Bible Scholar Interactive App for iPad is a scholar's gold mine.

The new Windows Mango version of The Bible Scholar app has all the amazing new features that this new platform offers.

In this premier value rich Bible-based iPad App, the developers have included more than 20 volumes (with more than 14,000 Pages) of wonderful Bible study tools that answer all the questions a person could have about the Holy Scriptures.

Some of the content in the Bible Scholar Interactive for iPad are:

Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary

Institutes of the Christian Religion, four volumes by John Calvin

Peoples New Testament Commentary

Smiths Bible Dictionary

The Treasury of David, Six Volumes by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Introduction to the New Testament
Lewis Berkhof's famous introduction will help the student to understand the history, culture, and authorship of the New Testament books of the Bible. It has more than two hundred pages.

History of the Christian Church Volumes 1 to eight by Philip Schaff

Updated King James Version of the Holy Bible. This contains more than 1800 pages.

Charisma News (founded by Steve Strang), recently reported a study conducted by LifeWay that surveyed 2,000 Bible readers. The article concludes that respondents overwhelmingly prefer a Bible translation that is simpler to understand.

The Updated KJV Bible is the King James Bible without the antiquated words as a way to appeal to a modern generation. Yet, this version retains the poetic flow of the King James Version that has endeared many to this most beloved Bible version.

This is arguably the most comprehensive Bible related app on the iTunes App Store. Every Christian or student of history will find this app to be worth the investment.

About The Bible Scholar

The Bible Scholar was designed to empower the believer to understand the

Scriptures through innovative tools, Bible commentaries, Bible dictionaries, and Church history; thus providing a firm foundation that will stand the test of time.

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