New Bell TV App - watch tv anywhere

Bell's latest TV App gives subscribers the ability to watch tv on the go or at home via wi-fi or high speed internet at no extra charge, via their tablet or smart phone,  as outlined in the official Bell Canada Enterprise (BCE) press release :

Watch TV anywhere with the new Bell TV app - at home or on the go, over Wi-Fi or high-speed wireless networks

• Bell TV app delivers the most live and on-demand channels to tablets and smartphones
• Bell Fibe TV customers can stop shows on their television and resume watching on a mobile device
  

MONTREAL, Aug. 19, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Bell today announced the launch of the new Bell TV app that lets customers watch popular channels they receive in their programming package at home on tablet or smartphones at no extra charge.

"Bell has invested billions in building next-generation Canadian wireless and fibre networks to execute our commitment to deliver the best TV experience across every screen," said Wade Oosterman, President of Bell Mobility and Residential Services, and Chief Brand Officer at Bell. "The Bell TV app gives customers the flexibility to watch TV everywhere, at home or on the go. It's the latest proof that with Bell, TV just got better."

Navigating the Bell TV app is easy thanks to an innovative programming guide and interface that supports searching by program name, description, channel, live or on-demand. Bell Fibe TV customers can also stop and resume on-demand programming between their TV at home and their mobile device.

The Bell TV app includes the industry-leading Bell Mobile TV service that already enables Bell Mobility customers to watch TV anywhere over Bell's high-speed wireless network or Wi-Fi. With Bell Mobile TV, Bell TV customers now have access to more than 100 unique live and on-demand channels.

10 hours of Mobile TV connectivity is provided with many popular Bell Mobility rate plans or as a $5 a month add-on that does not affect data usage in a customer's plan. Current Bell Mobile TV customers are automatically upgraded to the Bell TV app (some customers may need to do so manually depending on their individual device settings).

In addition to conventional networks CTV and CTV Two, the Bell TV app provides subscribers access to specialty channels Bravo, A&E and History, premium channels TMN, SuperChannel and Movie Central, children's programming on Teletoon, Treehouse and YTV, sports on TSN, Leafs TV and NBA TV Canada, 24-hour news on CTV News Channel, CBC News Network and BBC World News and a wide variety of French language including Super Écran, SRC, V and Canal D, RDS, RDI and LCN.

The Bell TV app is available for Android devices at Google Play, BB10 devices in BlackBerry App World and iOS in the Apple and iTunes App Store. For more information, please visit Bell.ca/TVAnywhere.

About Bell
Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers and business customers with leading TV, Internet, wireless, home phone and business communications solutions. Bell Media is Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio and digital media. Bell is wholly owned by Montréal's BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For more information, please visit Bell.ca.

The Bell Let's Talk mental health initiative is a national charitable program that promotes Canadian mental health across Canada with the Bell Let'/s Talk Day anti-stigma campaign and support for community care, research and workplace best practices. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk.

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SOURCE: Bell Canada

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Blackberry Halloween Apps

Our pick of 3 free apps for Blackberry owners :

Create an Halloween themed avatar with Jingu - Smartphone

Track down the ghosts, find the hidden objects with Hidden Object - Night of Spirits  - Playbook

Design your Pumpkin your way - Jack O'Lantern Maker - Playbook

Image Source : 27 Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns - Readers Digest

Bump your photos to your computer

One question we encounter, here at ICT North, is how do I download my photos from my mobile phone. If you already have the Bump App we have great news for you.  The app has been updated to allow the transfer of photos from your smartphone to your computer.  The original Bump application that enabled transfer between smart phones (iPhone or Android) of contacts, apps, music and photos now can share to your desktop or laptop via the Bump web interface. 

The transfer process is easy, install the app, bump to another smart phone by bumping the phones or to your computer by bumping the spacebar, just confirm to complete the process.  Photos are transferred to Bump's website and can be dragged, dropped to your harddrive,  shared to social media sites or via a url, that you create, to friends and family.


Bump App for iPhone
Bump App for Android
The current Bump App allows sharing : "Your own contact information, including your social network pages; photos; and other people’s contacts." - source Bump FAQs

Bell Aliant, FibreOP TV, Tweet from your TV function added

Atlantic Canda's Bell Aliant FibreOp TV new function allows customers to use Twitter and Tweet directly via their TV.   Now when viewers who are watching shows, via the free Twitter App,  can opt to:

1. Tweet what I'm watching: Share instantly on Twitter what show is being watched;
2. Post a Tweet: Post any tweet using the remote to enter text;
3. Following: Read a Twitter feed while watching a favourite show;
4. TV Tweets: View tweets about a show being watched; and
5. TV Trends: Discover trending topics from across Canada.

Source: BCE Press Release
More: Twitter on FibreOp TV

Lost In The Woods Facing South. The solution.

If you have you seen The Discovery Channel snippet about being lost in the woods :

If you find yourself lost in the woods, stand a stick in the ground.

Mark the end of its shadow with a stone. 
Wait 10 minutes – the shadow will have grown longer.
Mark the new end with another stone.

Stand with the first stone on your right and the second on the left.
Congratulations now you are lost in the woods facing south.

The solution to finding your way home or being found is solved by the free Spot Connect App for iPhone, iPad (iOS 3 or later) and iPod touch owners.  The App "turns your smartphone into a satellite  communicator and one way text messenger."  Once the smartphone is paired with Spot Connect users can send GPS location based emergency communications or messages to predetermined recipients.  Custom texts can be typed and sent directly or the user can select from a pre defined list of 14 messages, popular choices include:

• Check-in/OK 
• SPOT Assist
• Help
• SOS
• Track Progress (automated function)

Messages, via the satellite link, can be relayed to a maximum of 10 groups (each group may contain up to 50 contacts).  Spot Connect service is designed to work in remote   locations: wooded areas, mountain regions, off shore and out on the lake.  Sent texts are delivered to email, Mobile phone SMS (simple message service) or GEOS Rescue Coordination Center (Emergency Response Center).  

Price Point: $180 plus taxes 


The Discovery Channel: 
Bell TV satellite channel 520 (standard definition), 1602 HD 
Fibe TV in high definition on Channel 1523


Photo Credits: 
Spot Connect
Image(s): FreeDigitalPhotos.net "Forest" by dan

Google+ for iPhone updated

Google+ (G+) iPhone users can now install the upgraded App (version 2.0.0.5888).
In their own words.

Google app:
“a feast for the eyes”
“a stream you can swim in.” 

The improvements should make Google+ Hangouts
look stunning and stream more fluidly.


Google+ for iPhone App
Source: Google Blog -google+ with Sense and Soul 

Mac App Store exceeds 10,000 Apps

Since the launch of the Mac App Store on the 6th January 2011 the number of available Apps has steadily grown each month.  At inception the App Store had 1,000 Apps available for download today there are over 10,000.  The App store has 21 categories plus featured, new, staff favourite, top free and top paid. Apps are available for Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Visit the Apple App Store

Google Drive Features

Google Drive is available for PC, Mac and Android devices.  It will soon be available for iPhone and the iPad.  Google Drive accounts start with 5GB of free drive space, extra space is available  at a cost of $2.49 per month for 25 GB or $4.99 a month for 100 GB of drive 
space.  Other features :

• Create, collaborate, comment and share documents instantly.
• Each save creates a new revision of the file.  Saves will be kept for 30 days.
• Assign permissions (edit, view, comment) to files and folders in your drive space.
• Direct link to documents in Google Drive.
• Or use the easy access and sharing within Google+ Circles.
• Open files in your browser (over 30 file types are supported) including files within Apps.
• Powerful search function, text in scanned documents and objects in images recognition.  

Learn More:
Google Drive for Personal Use
Google Drive for Business

Mobile TV Data Plan and App - Bell TV

Want to watch TV on your smart phone.  Bell TV Mobile Data TV Plan and the Bell Mobile TV App for iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Windows Phones and other devices.

Download  Bell Mobile TV App

Bell TV Remote PVR - App for iphone

The Bell TV Remote PVR App has been updated for iOS.5.0 users.
Managing and scheduling  a Bell HD PVR when away from home is now possible via the online program guide.

Bell TV Remote PVR App

Apple App Store 1 year old today

It is one year since Apple App Store was launched.

Steve Jobs would be pleased with the App Stores achievements.  On it's anniversary there are over  8,900 apps to choose from and a staggering 100 million plus downloads have been made (excludes Lion sales and App updates).

Visit the Apple App Store

Image Credit: Apple Inc

LogMeIn Free App for iPhone, iPad now Free

LogMeIn have released a  mobile  LogMeIn Free  App at no cost  for IPad and iPhone users  (previously $29.99)


Log in to your computer (Windows or Mac) remotely, view and access your files any time from where you are (subject to WiFi  or 3Gconnection)


Or you can download and install LogMeIn Pro ($39.99) if you need cloud storage, and file management capabilities.

Read full LogMeIn Press Release
Images Credit:  LogMeIn Media Resources

Top 10 iPhone Apps 2011

ICT North's Top 10 iPhone Apps of 2011 :

1. Angry Birds - Game
2. Paypal - Pay for goods online
3. Bump - Exchange contact details with others
4. Yelp - Reviews of restaurants and stores in your area
5. Spotify - Streaming Music  service
6. Sound Tracking - Identify the track that's playing
7. Camera+ - High quality shots and photo editing
8. Garmin Street Pilot on demand - Find your way around town
9. Kindle - Read books old and new
10. Twitter - Tweet about what you're doing

Vlingo Virtual Assistant for smart phones

Vlingo is a Voice to Text Application for your smart phone (BlackBerry®, iPhone, Android, Nokia, Windows).  Vlingo acts like a virutal assistant.  Once installed users can send texts, messages and status updates as well as find services, directions and information.  Voice recognition technology turns your words into actions.  Currently for BlackBerry® owners Vlingo is available free (regular price $19.99 US) until 31st December 2011.



More Free BlackBerry® Apps

Free BlackBerry Thank You Apps

Here are some more Free BlackBerry Thank You Apps   They will only be available for a limited time so download them now to avoid disappointment.

Includes The Sims 3,  SimCity Deluxe 2, Bubble Bash 2,  Drive Safe.ly Pro, Bejeweled, Shazam Encore and Vlingo - Virtual Assistant


TIP
Check out the BlackBerry App World Top Free Apps on a regular basis

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween

 Halloween iPhone App

BuzzOff App for BlackBerry (Call Blocker)

Tired of getting unwanted calls.  BuzzOff call blocker (a BlackBerry App created by Toysoft Inc) effectively blocks unwanted phone calls** on BlackBerry devices running 4.2.0 or higher software.  The Pickup and Hangup feature prevents the caller from leaving you a voice mail. Individual or marketing phone numbers can be blocked all the time or within a specified period of time.

More Information:  (BlackBerry App) BuzzOff phone call blocker ($1.99 US*)

*Introductory Price as at 29 Oct 2011 
  (current regular retail price $4.95 US)
**NOTE   BuzzOff App does not block text messages 

Crazy Pumpkin App for iPhone

The 21st was National Pumpkin Pie Day, which reminded us about the Crazy Pumpkin App for iPhone, iPad and iTouch.  It's Free its decorative and can be downloaded from the App Store

About the Free BlackBerry Apps

RIM (Reasearch in Motion) Free BlackBerry Apps,  following the service outage, are available until the end of 2011

Claim your Thank You Gift from BlackBerry

Oink App coming soon

Milk Inc are hoping to launch oink mid November 2011.

The Oink Application will enable users to rate their shopping, dining and daily interactions.  User's experiences of things will be ranked on a scale;  

• Love it 
• Great
• So so
• Don't like it  

User's will be able to help their friends to find the best  ________  (fill in the blank) whilst helping business owners to identify what they are doing right or wrong and more importantly how their products are rated by their customers.