Practice for your learner's licence on your ipod or iphone
Posted by Blaine Bertsch — July 29th, 2010
Fission Media just launched the AMA Driver Training app in the iTunes Store. Practice for your Learner's Licence exam right on your iPhone or iPod Touch!
It's almost that time of year again!
Posted by Blaine Bertsch — July 27th, 2010
Make sure you come down to Strathcona and enjoy the fun! Last year was the biggest yet for the Edmonton Fringe and this year promises even more! Fission Media is proud to be the Design Sponsor for the Fringe again in 2010. Thanks to Jaime and Cam for the striking images plastered across the city!
How to get your app noticed in the iTunes store
Posted by Blaine Bertsch — June 3rd, 2010
According to contributor Tim Tang at Wirelessnorth.ca "What is truly important, and the more difficult question to answer, is how to improve monetisation and increase revenue per app. In my research, I found two actionable recommendations for App Store developers. Both recommendations resonate with bigger issues in Canada and around the world today: how to become more competitive in the knowledge economy and how to commercialise digital media assets? The answer, as Jacek Utko has eloquently put it on TED, is design."
We wholeheartedly agree. Our focus on design and user-experience guides our decisions in our software development. We think it's working. Although niche products, our apps routinely rank well in the iTunes store. 'Fishing Knots' in particular, generally ranks in the top 200 sellers in the sports category in 30 to 40 countries daily. Most notably the app ranks in the top 100 sports app in USA and the UK and the top 50 in Canada and Australia, our largest markets. That places 'Fishing Knots' in the 99.995 precentile in sports apps. 'Fishing Knots' has even broken into the top 300 of overall app sales in a few countries over the last month. We credit the design and user experience for our ranking. We don't offer the most knots but we do offer a terrific design and clear instructions for tying many of the most popular fishing knots.
Golf Etiquette is free for a limited time!
Posted by Blaine Bertsch — May 13th, 2010
In honor of our truly horrible golf games, sister company Coffee Entertainment is offering Golf Etiquette for free! The app will jump back up to $0.99 once one of the Coffee Entertainment or Fission Media staff actually makes par on a hole.
Cool Comment From Leonard Nimoy
Posted by Blaine Bertsch — May 13th, 2010
Fission Media created a video for Travel Alberta featuring Leonard Nimoy and his trip to Vulcan, Alberta. We received this comment via Government of Alberta... Cool.
"The video has been forwarded to me I have seen it and enjoyed it. Well done. Please accept this Email as approval for its use.
Warmly, Leonard Nimoy"
Check out the video!
Download our deluxe knots app in the iTunes Store
Posted by Blaine Bertsch — April 19th, 2010
Our affiliate, Coffee Entertainment's new app, Best Knots features all of the knots from their knot tying series available in the iTunes Store. Debuting on April 18, 2010, 'Best Knots' has some great design upgrades and is an excellent price. Check it out today!
Breaks into the top 15 for sales in sports
Posted by Blaine Bertsch — February 24th, 2010
Our Fishing Knots app is proving popular in Australia, ranking in the top 15 for sales in sports. The app has also broken into the top 60 in the sports category in the USA.We'll have to wait for the snow to disappear for our local Canadians to take notice.
Alberta Olympic Athlete & Artists
Posted by Cameron Wakal — February 12th, 2010
Just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, we've released a handheld guide to the Olympic athletes and artists from Alberta entitled ABto2010. This new app is sponsored by WinSport Canada in partnership with the Government of Alberta. The app connects users to when and where Alberta’s athletes will be competing and highlights the musical artists who will be playing live at Alberta Plaza each night of the Games. News feeds will enable you to keep up-to-date on how they’re doing, and maps will show you when and where to find them.
And we haven’t forgotten the many other handheld users out there. Working in collaboration with web developer Balance Media, the two high tech companies have created a website at ABto2010.com for easy access by BlackBerry and other handhelds. The goal is to make sure users can easily track Albertan athletes and musical performers at the Games.
Read about at EdmontonJournal.com.
Edmonton Journal article features Fission
Posted by Blaine Bertsch — December 15th, 2009
"Free iPhone app from Edmonton developers keeps tabs on the distance to Santa's HQ"
The Edmonton Journal's David Finlayson wrote an article on our Santa GPS iPhone app we made for the holidays! Visit the Edmonton Journal or see the front page of the business section on December 15 for the article.
Download the Free SANTA GPS App in the iTunes Store
Posted by Blaine Bertsch — December 8th, 2009
Happy holidays from Fission Media! In honour of the season, Fission has created a Santa GPS app for your iPhone or iPod Touch. Download the app for free in the iTunes store and see how far from Santa you are!
Complete with a Christmas Countdown Clock, a world map that pin-points your location in relation to the north pole and your distance in miles and kilometres, the Santa GPS is a must-have app for everyone counting the days!
Download from the iTunes store
