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Awake 1.5 is now in review

Markus — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:18:01 +0000

I just finished and uploaded the next update to Awake. In Version 1.5 you will have the option to show the latest news from the diner just below the button. In this textfield, Awake will show the latest tweet from the diner so you can rest assured that you wont miss out on updates and promos coming from us.

Also I updated the advertising SDK inside Awake. This will reduce crashes on startup and I also removed the pinch media advertizing SDK, which was used as a backup when AdMob fails.

If you need or miss something special in Awake, just let me know! Send me a mail an we will see what I can do for you! :)

On Advertizing in Freeware

Markus — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:22:49 +0000

In the news today the analytics numbers of PinchMedia are widely discussed. PM claims that the average user doesn’t use free software for long and hence using advertizing to make some money isn’t your best choice at all.

After reading this I gave my ownnumbers gathers since late october last year a closer look and in fact it looks alsmost identical to the graph PM is showing. If you spread the money I made by advertizing over the units downloaded I got around 2 US-Cent per Unit, leaving about 1 cent after taxes! Wow…impressive, isn’t it? ;)

On the other hand the money I made with advertizing was three times the mones I made with the ad-free version of Awake. Well but if you consider that Awake itself is one of the better suited applications for advertizing since you probably use it several days a week repeatedly, this whole advertizing-experiment is a big failure in my opinion.

Right now I’m thinking about combinig both versions of Awake to just one that is sold for $0.99 only…maybe that’s the best way to go. We will see!

Awake 1.3 is in review

Markus — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:47:38 +0000

Just a few minutes ago I uploaded Awake 1.3 to the AppStore and it is now in review. As a new feature you can now configure the port number on which the magic paket to send on. This isn’t always necessary but on some routers the higher ports (which Awake uses by default) are closed as a security precaution.

So, within the next few days you will be able to download the new Version.

AwakePlus now with Autowake-on-Start Feature

Markus — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:11:45 +0000

AwakePlus recently got a new feature: You can now specify to automagically wake your computer upon application launch. That means: you only need ONE button press to start your Computer or Apple TV or whatever. :-) This feature is an AwakePlus-only feature! So go get it…

Awake is ready for download

Markus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:15:49 +0000

As of yesterday Awake is approved by Apple and ready for download on the AppStore. Go get it, it’s free!!!

Awake is coming

Markus — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:04:08 +0000

A few days ago on October 5th I have released my new Application named Awake. Right now it is still in review but in the meantime I thought I could give you all some info about it. To have a look at it and see some screenshots, go over to the Product-Page of Awake