Mobile Apps

August 7 2018

App: Bible Lens from YouVersion

Download Bible Lens from the Apple App Store

Introducing the next all-new app from YouVersion, Bible Lens. Bible Lens lets you see your favorite pictures through the lens of God’s Word. Go to www.BibleLens.com to download! #BibleLens

See your life through a different lens.

When you take a picture with Bible Lens, it identifies objects, expressions, and more… searches the Bible for a verse to match, and overlays it as beautiful, high-quality art. Bible Lens overlays its first suggestion in a stylized font and color, shaping the text around important focal points (such as faces or objects).

OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 6, 2018)—This week, the creators of the YouVersion Bible App are celebrating the release of their newest app called Bible Lens. The free app matches relevant Bible verses with a person’s photos and automatically creates visually appealing, sharable artwork. Bible Lens launched Saturday, Aug. 4. Within the first weekend, the app reached more than 265,000 installs, earning it the number one ranking in the App Store’s Lifestyle category and number two of all free apps.

“As technologies emerge and create new possibilities, it’s important to us that the Bible be at the forefront of innovation,” said Bobby Gruenewald, Life.Church Pastor, Innovation Leader and YouVersion Founder. “We believe Bible Lens will make it easier for people to see connections between the Bible and their everyday lives, and we’re encouraged by the number of people who have shown an interest in engaging with the Bible in this way.”

Using a form of artificial intelligence known as machine vision, Bible Lens analyzes content in a photo like objects, backgrounds, colors, and more to identify themes. Then the app searches the YouVersion database for the most relevant Bible verse to suggest to the user. With software that balances design elements like font choice and white space, the app automatically and artistically renders the verse on top of the image, creating beautiful artwork for sharing.

“If I take a picture of my left hand, Bible Lens would identify my wedding band and likely create an image that highlights marriage. If the app identified a source of light in my photo, it might suggest a Bible verse about how Jesus is the light of the world,” said Gruenewald. “It’s incredible technology that affords us the unique opportunity to help people see their world with a different perspective.” Read More

July 11 2018

REVIEW: Church Minutes Done Right! (Get Minute)

Get Minute offers you a completely new way to hold meetings: digitally and on-line, in real-time cooperation. In the iPad / iPhone app or web app, you draw up the agenda together, add digital documents and make notes and agreements together. The result is more efficient meetings that do not require the use of paper as everything is stored and shared in the cloud.

Before the meeting

Create meetings or import a meeting from your Google or Office 365 Calendar
Set a recurrence for the meeting
Invite others to a meeting
Set user permissions (‘can read’ or ‘can edit’)
Create (sub) agenda items, including duration per agenda item
Save your agenda template for future meetings
Import documents from your local drive, Google drive, Evernote, Microsoft Office 365 or Dropbox
Link documents to agenda items

During the meeting

Annotate documents
Add notes to the meeting (real-time)
Add private notes
Add and assign tasks including due date
Assigned tasks automatically synced to your favorite tools through Zapier
Add decisions to the meeting

After the meeting
Export the meeting summary to Evernote, Dropbox, Microsoft Office 365, Google drive or per email to the participants
Create a follow up meeting
Close the meeting

Facebook Introduces Watch a New Platform for watching Shows

August 10 2017

Facebook Launches Watch a New Platform for watching Shows

Facebook Launches Watch. It’s Like Netflix for Facebook.

Facebook just announced its latest platform, called “Watch” Already renamed by bloggers as “Facebook TV” it’s social media platform for watching television shows online with friends. Watch is a platform for all creators and publishers to find an audience, build a community of passionate fans, and earn money for their work. We think a wide variety of Facebook shows can be successful, particularly:

Shows that engage fans and community.
Live shows that connect directly with fans.
Shows that follow a narrative arc or have a consistent theme.
Live events that bring communities together.

Introducing Watch

We’re introducing Watch, a new platform for shows on Facebook. Watch will be available on mobile, on desktop and laptop, and in our TV apps. Shows are made up of episodes — live or recorded — and follow a theme or storyline. To help you keep up with the shows you follow, Watch has a Watchlist so you never miss out on the latest episodes.

Watch is personalized to help you discover new shows, organized around what your friends and communities are watching. For example, you’ll find sections like “Most Talked About,” which highlights shows that spark conversation, “What’s Making People Laugh,” which includes shows where many people have used the “Haha” reaction, and “What Friends Are Watching,” which helps you connect with friends about shows they too are following.

We’ve learned from Facebook Live that people’s comments and reactions to a video are often as much a part of the experience as the video itself. So when you watch a show, you can see comments and connect with friends and other viewers while watching, or participate in a dedicated Facebook Group for the show[themify_button block=”true” link=”https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/08/introducing-watch-a-new-platform-for-shows-on-facebook/”]LEARN MORE[/themify_button]

September 4 2016

Mevo – The Live Event Camera Hits the Appstore

Mevo – The Live Event Camera by Livestream Inc. has made it way to the AppStore. The app is virtually useless without the camera, so save your money for the camera first. keep searching internet https://appsto.re/us/5XCfdb.i

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July 28 2016

Tracking for U.S. Mevo Camera Pre-Orders to be emailed Saturday

Could LiveStream’s Standalone Wifi Camera actually be in consumers hands as early as next week? That’s what LiveStream’s Company email announced today, Thursday July 28, 2016 as they seem to be coming awfully close to missing another launch deadline. Messages posted on Social Media outlets suggest agitation from delays and from receiving little to no updates on the product they were initially told would be delivered in April. LiveStream Customers/Early Adopters were originally promised this product back in April of 2016 but were told just days before the launch that they would be waiting until late July due to some hardware issues.

Read LiveStream’s Email Update for The Mevo Camera

It’s this the end but were told the day of July and – even though it’s a squeaker – Mevo has started to ship!mTwo years ago we could only dream of the day when you would use your camera with your own audience. We’re looking forward to seeing what you create with your Mevo.
Tracking numbers for U.S. Mevo camera pre-orders will be emailed Saturday. These camera orders will begin arriving Tuesday, depending on your selected shipping method.
Unfortunately, Boost and international orders will be affected by a minor delay. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

Boost will ship in August. The Mevo Boost accessory is awaiting FCC and CE certification. If you ordered the Mevo Pro Bundle prior to July 14th and have a U.S. delivery address, you will receive a tracking number for your camera and stand this weekend. We will ship Mevo Boost to you later, in a few weeks.
International orders are scheduled to ship in August. Some of the international certification paperwork required to ship Mevo and Mevo Boost is still pending approval. As a result we are prohibited from shipping orders outside of the United States at this time.
If you have any questions regarding your order, visit the newly updated Mevo help center at getmevo.com/support and our Customer Care team will be happy to assist.

Thanks again, and enjoy your Mevo!
Livestream Team
Mevo is created by Livestream,

May 11 2016

Instagram Gets A Facelift

Instagram just announced a major change in the platform’s look & feel. They’ve totally revamped what many have come to know and love as Instagram. They did away with the iconic brown camera icon and replaced their original color pallete with a colorful gradient of bright colors framed by a thin white camera icon.

To be honest, the icon kind of looks like an entirely different social network until you open the app, where right away you know it’s still just Instagram.

So what prompted this change? Read what Instagram just released on their official blog here.

“We’ve made improvements to how the Instagram app looks on the inside as well. The simpler design puts more focus on your photos and videos without changing how you navigate the app.

The Instagram community has evolved over the past five years from a place to share filtered photos to so much more — a global community of interests sharing more than 80 million photos and videos every day. Our updated look reflects how vibrant and diverse your storytelling has become.”

I actually love the video translation of how they came up with the final concept the best, it was creative and reflective of how much thought, care, & creativity goes into building a brand that people will enjoy, embrace, and engage on. What are your thoughts, do you like Instagram’s new look?

April 20 2016

Katch.Me Is Closing Down

Most people know, I typically become emotional about Start Ups that don’t make it. I’m not sure why I tend to take the news so personal but I do. I’ve started many businesses in my life that weren’t super successful, but I’ve never started anything where my investment cost me my dream. Many readers may not be familiar with the web application Katch so I’ll introduce you and divorce you in the same sentence. Katch.me is/was a video harvesting site for live Periscopes. Periscope only allows replays to your followers 24 hours after you have created your scope. 24 hours really isn’t enough time to maximize curation on high quality scopes. This is where Katch stepped in. Users would sign up for a Katch account, using their Twitter account and grant permissions to your Periscipe account. Once you scoped and copy of that session would be caught by Katch and tweeted out so your followers would be able to Katch the replay at a time more appealing to their personal preference. In a brief letter on Katch’s homepage they announced their final plans for closing and offered loyal supports gratitude for assisting with their massaivs growth in just under a year.

March 31 2016

Longer Video Coming to Instagram

Instagram just announced on their official blog that users will now be able to share up to 60 seconds of video content on their pages. That is a whopping 45 extra seconds to create, record, and share your favorite clips from concerts, events, and or other special moments. This change may prove huge for churches, non profits, and pastors who have struggled in the past to trim down their sermon points into ten seconds video clips that lost the original meaning of the sermon/message. Other changes Instagram introduced included an update on their IOS platform that would allow users to record multiple clips that can be merged together to create one 60 second video clip. This isn’t new technology, the feature was actually removed by Instagram but it seems they have decided to bring it back for their users! Here’s a quote directly from the Official Instagram Blog:

the last six months, the time people spent watching video increased by more than 40 percent. And longer videos mean more diverse stories from the accounts you love, whether it’s Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) hanging out with friends or beauty star Bretman Rock’s (@bretmanrock) latest makeup tutorial.

For iOS, we’re also bringing back the ability to make videos out of multiple clips from your camera roll. To learn more about multi-clip video on iOS, check out the Instagram Help Center.

Longer video on Instagram begins rolling out today and will be available for everyone in the coming months. Multi-clip video is available this week as part of Instagram for iOS version 7.19 in Apple’s App Store.

January 9 2016

Live Video Now Available on Select Facebook Profiles

Stream Live Video on Facebook

What are your thoughts?

Is the “Live Streaming” feature a little too late or will it be as big as the purchase of Instagram was for Facebook? “Live” for Facebook kind of just makes sense, considering Facebook is generally how most people receive information about a brand, product, and or service, but lately the platform has become less of an engagement channel and more of an informative feed.

While this might be great news for content creators, users of the platform may have their patience tested with so many people now competing for the attention of its followers in this “reality show” like social media campaign technique.

In all honesty, I think live streaming video on Facebook is a great feature for Facebook, but what will really be the determining factor lies in how a brand decides to use these features to monetize, bring exposure, and engage with their loyal supporters.

How do I share a live video to my Timeline on Facebook?

Please note that Facebook is rolling this feature out and this feature isn’t available to everyone right now.

To start a live broadcast from your personal Timeline:
Tap From your News Feed or Timeline on Facebook
Write an optional description for your broadcast
Tap Go Live to begin your broadcast
When you want to end your broadcast, tap Finish.

During your broadcast, you’ll see the number of live viewers, the names of friends who are watching and a real-time stream of comments. Your broadcast can be no longer than 30 minutes. When you end your broadcast, it’ll be saved on your Timeline like any other video.

Note: You can block viewers during a live broadcast by tapping the profile picture next to a viewer’s comment and then tapping Block. You can unblock someone that you’ve previously blocked. Visit Facebook Help Pages here for more detail on the use of thus feature.

January 4 2016

Movi – The Live Event Video Camera

Heads Up for all the Livestream users out there, there’s a new sherrif in town and Livestream is call him Movi.

Movi claims to be everything you need to start your production.

Movi comes equipped with a universal mount for mic stands and tripods, a 10 foot USB cable to keep your camera charged, and a 16 GB microSD card to save your videos. Movi is available in the U.S. for pre-order with a $200 savings and is slated to ship April 2016.

Movi only works with iPhone 5 & higher, and there is no Android version in the works.

What are your thoughts? Pre Order Livestream Movi.