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Braintree = More Choice

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Andy Shaw | 0 Comments

Its been a couple of weeks since we updated our blog. We have been very busy making some changes to our Shopify store. We have been working at introducing an alternative to PayPal and are proud to announce that we have partnered with Braintree to be able to provide a credit card option for our customers. We have also spent some time looking at how we can offer better value to you our valued customers. Whether you are a new or returning customer we now offer free shipping on orders over €35/$45. As we are now ground shipping in the US we are now much more efficient at getting Maglus into peoples hands and we are also looking at more warehouse options worldwide to get Maglus to our customers in those further to reach places.

We have been getting lots of requests for Maglus from Amazon customers. Customers will not find Maglus on Amazon yet but we hope to get it onto their systems in the next while. We will let you know when this happens.

Keep an eye out on Twitter and Facebook for some cool image work we have received from customers who use Maglus and other updates in the future.

Thanks for reading

Noel and Andy

Repix

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Andy Shaw | 0 Comments

Here at Applydea we are fond of checking out new apps to use with our tablet computers and Maglus. Lately we have been using a great app called repix which is available now on the Apple app store. Remixing your photos is fun and easy with this cool app and getting to grips with it is a doddle.

Before Repix

After Repix, very arty!

With over 3 million downloads so far the guys over at repix have been busy bringing new features on board to give the app that little bit extra!

Check out Repix here

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id597830453?ls=1&mt=8

Until later thanks for reading.

Andy and Noel

SimplePhysics

Posted on April 01, 2013 by Andy Shaw | 1 Comment

Hey guys

This week I have been playing a pretty cool physics game called SimplePhysics available on both the Google play store and the Apple app store. It is an educational game teaching the user physics primarily through trial and error of building a structure and then hitting the play button to see if your structure can withstand the stress imposed on it. This is one of the puzzles that requires the user to build the support structure for a stairs. The robot then tests the structure and if it has weakness's it will fail. The objective is to create a structure using the least amount of parts which equates to spending the least amount of money. Spend less money and you achieve a higher score.

You can change the structure to another setting which allows the user to see the stress points by changing from green to red as pressure is applied. Its pretty cool as you can identify very quickly how to solve the puzzle by putting in more support. The puzzles become more difficult but you are learning quickly what will and will not work.

Here is a link to a video of the game in action showing one of the more challenging games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuNmEevvGZI

A great educational game for all.

Until next time thanks for checking out the blog!

Featured Artist : Louis Dyer

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Andy Shaw | 0 Comments

Hi Everyone

Ever since we launched Maglus we have been fortunate enough to have some incredibly talented artists using our product. We are launching a new section on our site over the next while that will have images uploaded by users. We hope to build a community of users who can share their experiences of using their Maglus. Here is a little info on Louis and his inspiration. Check out the images below they are awesome!

Louis Dyer is a professional artist who explores and expresses the visionary state, his source of inspiration manifests from his awe inspiring lucid dreams and meditative practices. Louis says painting offers the chance to make his intangible images more concrete in this reality and existence.

Louis loves utilizing the iPad to create and capture these images because of its portability and convenience. For example he could be meditating, lucid dreaming or astral projecting and then within seconds of those experiences be painting on the iPad and immediately share his art with the world!

Louis says the Maglus has been a vital tool allowing him to paint away from his home work station; he also finds it very effective for accurately producing the intense aesthetic of light and geometric patterns that his work often features.

digital art by Louis Dyer

Artwork of Louis Dyer produced on iPad

Digital art by Louis Dyer

Artwork of Louis Dyer produced on iPad

digital art by Louis Dyer

Artwork of Louis Dyer produced on iPad

If you like what you see check out Louis site here

http://www.louisdyer.com

And facebook page here

www.facebook.com/plaguedbyimages

Thanks for checking out the post.

Andy and Noel

Having fun with Photoshop Touch

Posted on March 07, 2013 by Andy Shaw | 0 Comments

Hi Everyone

We have been playing around with Adobes Photoshop Touch app for iPad which is now also available on iPhone. Its one of my favourite apps to use with our Maglus stylus. If you know Photoshop or use Photoshop the apps interface will become second nature quickly and you will be making alterations to your photos in no time. One of the cool things is being able to take a photo on your iPad and then instantly being able to use tools that are familiar to you to work on it. You also have the option to upload the finished work to Adobes creative cloud. Its a great app for working on photos on the fly and I can see it becoming one of my staples for when we are doing product shots for Maglus.

Check out our photos we have been working on.