Super Blood Moon

In a few hours at 0:17 UTC on September the 28th 2015 you can observe the rare event of a super blood moon in many parts of the word. A super blood moon is a combination of a total lunar eclipse (which always goes together with a full moon) and a super moon event where the moon appears bigger because it is almost at its nearest distance to the earth.

If you don't want to miss these events in the future I have 3 apps for you:

1. Moon Phases (for the full moon)


2. Lunar Eclipse


3. Super Moon


For iOS you can get them all together in one pack (with 2 more apps):

Solved: Android Wear functionality not visible

Trying to publish my next Android Wear app Sun Compass I got the famous:

• Your app does not have Android Wear functionality that’s visible to the user

feedback from the Play Store review team.

I checked all the usual suspects like:

• Include all the permissions declared in the manifest file of the wearable app in the manifest file of the mobile app.
• Ensure that both the wearable and mobile APKs have the same package name and version number. 

But the app still was rejected with the same error message.

Finally I found the reason. I used two different version of the Google Play Store library in the mobile and the wear part of the app. Setting them both to the same (latest) version solved the problem.

Why? I can only guess that different library versions require different permissions. This way my mobile app didn't include all permissions of the wear app and failed to install on the device (without any error message).

Summary:

Make sure you use the exact same version of the Google Play Store library in both the mobile and the wear app. 

Heaptop - Available for Android

Heaptop is now available for Android phones and tablets as the free Heaptop app:

and as the paid Heaptop Pro app:

Chess Clock - New app for iPhone, iPad, Android, WP7 and BlackBerry PlayBook

A chess clock consists of two connected clocks which can't run at the same time. Use it as a game clock to measure the time used by two players for their moves e.g. in game of chess. Stopping one clock will start the other one. The purpose is to keep track of the total time each player takes for his or her own moves, and ensure that neither player overly delays the game.

Features:

• choose the same time for both players or individually
• count the time down or up
• pause the clock for both players
• runs in the background while the app is closed

chessclock.speedymarks.com

Pay Timer - New app for iPhone, iPad, Android, WP7 and BlackBerry PlayBook

Measure the time you work and calculate your earnings. The timer keeps running even when you close the application. So there is no need to keep it open all the time.

You can save a history of calculations locally on your phone and email them to yourself for backup and further processing.

paytimer.speedymarks.com

Egg Race - New app for iPhone, iPad, Android, WP7 and BlackBerry PlayBook

Remember the old egg spoon races on kids birthday parties? Now you don't need an egg and spoon anymore. Just run it from your device and your kids are ready to go. Even better there won't be any dirt from dropped eggs on the floor.

You can choose between a classic and modern game. While the classic game simulates the egg on the spoon (more or less) the goal of the modern game is to stay below a certain maximum acceleration.

For the classic game you can choose whether you have to hold the device level (gravity) and/or calm (acceleration) in order to keep the egg on the 'spoon'.
For both game types the difficulty level can be chosen as well which adapts the sensitivity to the applied forces.

eggrace.speedymarks.com

Astro - for the iPhone and iPad

Explore the night sky, the mars or our old moon with the help of Google Sky. Click on the map to pan around quickly and zoom in to examine craters, spots or nebulas in more detail.

New: State Quiz in the iPhone App Store

Test your knowledge and spot the states of the USA on the map.

Welcome Chrome

It's good to see that there is a new contender in the desktop browser game: Google Chrome. Especially its speed and the support for standalone web applications looks very promising. All of my web applications seem to work fine and fast so don't miss the chance to give them a try:

CountDownr - Countdown counters, generic and from Google Calendar

SpeedyMarks - Visual bookmarks

WorldClockr - Animated world clocks with sunrise and sunset times

WorldWatchr - Webcams, radar, traffic, ...

Don't miss the chance to add application shortcuts to your Windows desktop, start menu or quick launch. Just open the menu and select Create application shortcuts.

New iPhone Project: Map Mailer

This applications makes it easy to send any Google Maps location via email. You can use it to show to others where you are, where to meet, places you like or you would like to go.

Just select the location on the map. Enter subject and text press send. The application automatically appends a link to Google Maps with your selection to your email. So the receiver only has to click it to see your location, whether on the iPhone or the desktop computer.

mapmailer.speedymarks.com

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New iPhone Project: Holidays

Get countdowns for the upcoming holidays in different countries. The holiday events are provided by Google Calendar.

holidays.speedymarks.com

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New iPhone Project: Events

Creates a number of counters which countdown to the upcoming events from public Google Calendars. Any public calendar can be the source for a counter. You can select the number of events you want to see at once.

events.speedymarks.com

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