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Hi all mobile lovers,
i have developed an application to share your location information with your friends and employees. I know that there is Google latitude and others, but hopefully this products is different and focusses also on the bussiness side / implementation of these technologies.
Some features:
- Send TraQ Code to your contacts, so they can follow you 'live' for an hour online.
- Map View shows your friends live on the map including speed information,
when GPS is used. I mean really live and animating and all
- When TraQCode Contact is also destination, the route is calculated and drawn on map, including live destination distance and ETA !!
You can watch a demo video on http://www.vimeo.com/paltraq for how TraQPro works and looks like...
I need some beta testers who want to test the functionality of this product.
so where to ask then @ xda developers . Currently it only works with VGA/WVGA devices!
People who want to download and Beta test, please register at:
http://forum.traqpro.com
* Please post all bugs and feature request at forum.traqpro.com *
and i'll send you a private message with your account information.
Thank you and special thanx to those who want to participate to make it a better product.
Cheers,
MrQ.
Was looking for something like this! Allready started to develope my own! But yours is better
SO: Please send me the Beta Version, I allready registered in your forum!
How fast is the update rate for the GPS position? Can you let people decide for themselve how often it is updated? Because some people want to conserve battery, but on the other hand it is not as precise...
(Less battery consumption <-- vs. --> More precise position)
I think I can even help you to develope... or to translate (to Russian or German...)
Hi Koffein Schluck,
good to hear that you like it Check your private messages in the TraQ forum for your BETA account details.
The update rate is 1,5 seconds in the mapview, to get the live tracking experience of your friends or employees. When you are in the main menu the update rate is 15 seconds on MPS location updates and when GPS is on and fix it's 1,5 seconds
I already have the option for the user to determine the update rates on MPS, to spare you the battery power. Further more there is also a second application which runs on scheduled times to report your position to the servers and sleep again, pulling as almost nothing from your battery live !!
Must do some more testing with it to release it, but stay tuned.
Also de website wil be in Silverlight technology to view your Trips and some other info.
Busy as hell, more to be released soon..
Stay tuned
Btw, check out the TraQCode feature, it's really coOl. Select a contact and send him a code with email or sms or both so he can track you live online.
Next,
If you say the person whom you are sending your traQcode is also your destination, you see the complete route on the mapview including destination distance and ETA information!!
Also check out the resource folder after installation if you want to customize the graphics.
The languages folder contains text files with all languages available. If you translate the english
one to german and to russian we have to more languages available in the app!!
Btw, please post your findings on TraQPro forum..
People are always in a hurry to get somewhere. A common issue is to inform someone waiting for us that we are, let’s say, a bit late and maybe reassure him that we will be there in some time. It would be great if we could send a message to that someone telling him our approximate location and an estimate time to reach the destination ( maybe along with some excuses )
Sorry I'M Late was developed to achieve this task. This application allows a user to get his aproximate location and then send it to someone else though an SMS. While the idea itself is not new, my objective was in the first instance to create a User Interface as easy and friendly i could, secondly I wanted to exploit CellID localization instead of GPS. The last thing i wanted to do was to provide a more human readable message to be sent: most of the application i've tested, use GPS positioning to get a precise localization but then they send Latitude and Longitude coordinates or Google Maps links and usually when i want to tell someone where i am, i use street names instead of coordinates
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[17/07/2010] Today I've released the new version of Sorry I'M Late with some new additions and fixes (thanks for all your hints and suggestions). Following is the updated feature list, along with the changelog (for more technical stuff).
[18/07/2010] Released 1.5.1 version. I forgot to add compression to the network calls o) so this is basically just a patch release
Some features:
Doesn't require GPS antenna
Finger friendly UI thanks to SenseSDK from Steady Software
Call history access to guess the most probable recipients
Native SMS application used to send message to allow last minute changes
Currently localized in 12 different languages (English, Italian, Czech, Polish, German, French, Spanish, Portoguese, Russian, Dutch, Swedish and Japanese) *new v 1.5*
Support for custom messages via template *new v 1.5*
Reduced network bandwidth usage *new v 1.5.1*
Requirements:
.NET Compact Framework 3.5 required
data connection is used to retrieve street names so be aware of this before you start the application
Changelog:
1.5.1
- added compression support on network calls to reduce bandwidth usage
1.5
- added internationalization resources (12 languages support)
- improved position approximation, now integrated with landmarks from Wikipedia
- moved localization algorithms to a remote server to reduce network calls and CPU load
- added icons
- new option menu
- added option to append a link pointing to the location on Google Maps
- added option to create a template message to be used instead of default one
- fixed single line help on main screen (at least i hope so )
1.0
- first public release
Notes:
Currently the remote server is located on a free host. Usually it's fast an reliable but network problems can occour
In order to display the new application icon on the Start Menu, a soft reset may be required
As you may have noticed, there is a new "Twitter" option available but it's disabled. I'm thinking whether include it or not in a future release.
Last but not least, thanks to:
- Jack_Surfer (for polish translation)
- claus1953 (for spanish translation)
- dr.cryo (for czech translation)
- mike2nl (for dutch translation)
- Cunione (for french translation)
- Mad Marc (for german translation)
- Celso Marques (for portoguese translation)
- PlackSlayer (for japanese translation)
- scanie (for swedish translation)
- serfer222 (for russian translation)
- the0ne (for video review on YouTube)
- Cunione (for icons)
- billyJ (for icons)
- bernabap (for icons)
- tunnuz (for icons)
Lol, I saw the tittle and thought this was an (AI) app that generates intelligent excuses given some contextual information
Anyway, great app.
Installed, but can't find icon. I also installed to SD card? Thanks
EDIT: ok I'm running it from the sorryimlate.exe file in file browser. Works, don't understand the contact selection just yet. It seems like from call history. Pretty neat so far. Thanks.
noellenchris said:
Installed, but can't find icon. I also installed to SD card? Thanks
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Sorry for the missing shortcut, my mistake . I've updated the cab so now it creates the proper start menu shortcut.
noellenchris said:
EDIT: ok I'm running it from the sorryimlate.exe file in file browser. Works, don't understand the contact selection just yet. It seems like from call history. Pretty neat so far. Thanks.
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You're right! Actually the contact list is populated with numbers fetched from the call history. it is a very simple algorithm that group the caller IDs and count them, then the list is ordered from the most called to the less. the idea is that if you need to send someone a message to say you're late, it is very likely that it is a person you call or receive calls from. you're still able to pick a contact from the address book however, selecting the first option and then searching for it just before sending the actual SMS.
As ai said, for now it is a very simple algorithm, maybe in the next release i'll try to refine it a bit, for example considering also the date of the calls.
Cool little app ;-)
It would bee even better if it was possible to choose more then one contact from the list.
And there is missing a dot at the end of the message.
Thanks for the suggestion i think that this will definitely come with the next release.
Maybe set an own default message? So I can set in my own language.
first of all.. this is a wonderful idea.. and i'm glad to see the sense interface once again.. but for some reason whenever i run the application it disconnects me from the network and starts looking up a signal. after it finds one and i click "find it", it disconnects me from the network once more...
when i try choosing from the contact list the app crashes..
hmm
jan-willem3 said:
Maybe set an own default message? So I can set in my own language.
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yes, you can expect that on the next release
oh and by the way, for now there are only English and Italian as available languages, but if someone have a little time to translate the strings in other lenguages i will surely appreciate that.
nir36 said:
first of all.. this is a wonderful idea.. and i'm glad to see the sense interface once again.. but for some reason whenever i run the application it disconnects me from the network and starts looking up a signal. after it finds one and i click "find it", it disconnects me from the network once more...
when i try choosing from the contact list the app crashes..
hmm
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the fact it disconnect is actually a desired behavior. When the application boots up it forces a network deregistration and then reconnects in the hope to associate with another GSM tower and thus have two distinct point used to approximate the position instead of just one.
speaking about the crash, can you tell me please the exact steps you perform before the problem shows ?
Really great app, works flawlessly on my TouchPro. Thanks !!
I would really like to see this on WP7 as well
how to do translation in txt file?
i've attached to the first post a txt file containing some xml tags. you just need to translate the strings inside <Value></Value> tags.
Thanks a lot
It sounds very interesting, because a all the time stop and go traffic here in our country, this app can help out .. possible.
Polish translation
Hi,
here is my Polish translation of the strings.txt for this interresting app
View attachment strings.txt
Attached spanish translation text.
Thanks to claus1953 and Jack_Surfer for translations, i will include them in the next release (due to next week, so stay tuned )
Czech translation
Hi Stefano.
Very useful app! Thanks for it.
I'm sending Czech translation. Please send me message in case of further releases and new strings for translating.
Regards
Pavel
And here the 1st ducth translation. Possible some changings to do, because i have made the translation before i have used the app.
Ciao Ste !
Nice app and very useful !
Here my french translation.
I had a few bugs :
- In the help, the description box, is only on 1 line. Not multi-lines like you show it in the screenshot.
- Is it possible to add a "." after the location ? (at the end of the sentence)
Ex. : "Hi! I'm around xda forum. I'll be there in 15 minutes.
- Can you add the localisation name (the city name) after the address ?
- Where is located the language file ? Is it possible to make a function that will check a language folder insted of including it in a .cab file ? (should be easier for all translaters)
I tell you back that's a nice app.
Bravo, bel lavoro. Quand'è che fai la version 1.5 ???
thx
hey!thx a lot! it is a great idear!
what wouldbe great: a map link in the sms, so the receiver have only to click on the link zo see my position on Google maps.
possibility to send a email
thx one more time, its great!
This weakend all Gameloft Games ore discounted to 1 €. For the European users, other countries i don't know.
Thanks, but not all all Gameloft Games are discounted, only a few ones.
For who wants to keep up to date with the discounts of the SamsungApps I discovered that ther's an app named "AppList" wich is thought to "Spoof" your game BUT it also has an interesting function of "Search Discount".
Here the link to download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SWTGV528
The pass is "StyleTechBlog"
P.S. : I translated the application into Italian ('cause i'm italian ) but i have also the English version. So i'll upload the English one too if you want.
you do not need an app for that: http://www.krishanadmin.de/samsungapps/
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For who wants to keep up to date with the discounts of the SamsungApps I discovered that ther's an app named "AppList" wich is thought to "Spoof" your game BUT it also has an interesting function of "Search Discount".
Here the link to download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SWTGV528
The pass is "StyleTechBlog"
P.S. : I translated the application into Italian ('cause i'm italian ) but i have also the English version. So i'll upload the English one too if you want.
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Can you please upload the english version?
Sure, here you are.
I made same changes:
* United Kingdom was moved as first filter to search.
* Some minor country has been deleted.
Here the link to download:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4Z97NJ2A
Pass: StyleTechBlog
Give me your opinion (I emphasize that I am NOT the creator of this program but only the translator. The real person who made it is someone called "wertyzilla" and to him goes all the rights) Thanks.
P.S. : Soon i'll translate ALL the other countries so I'll be able to upload the "Full" version. (Maybe i'll improve also a little the GUI)
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Sure, here you are.
I made same changes:
* United Kingdom was moved as first filter to search.
* Some minor country has been deleted.
Here the link to download:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4Z97NJ2A
Pass: StyleTechBlog
Give me your opinion (I emphasize that I am NOT the creator of this program but only the translator. The real person who made it is someone called "wertyzilla" and to him goes all the rights) Thanks.
P.S. : Soon i'll translate ALL the other countries so I'll be able to upload the "Full" version. (Maybe i'll improve also a little the GUI)
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Really Great! The translation is awesome! Except for the category list, which still a load of unreadable bull****
Fahrenheit51 said:
Sure, here you are.
I made same changes:
* United Kingdom was moved as first filter to search.
* Some minor country has been deleted.
Here the link to download:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4Z97NJ2A
Pass: StyleTechBlog
Give me your opinion (I emphasize that I am NOT the creator of this program but only the translator. The real person who made it is someone called "wertyzilla" and to him goes all the rights) Thanks.
P.S. : Soon i'll translate ALL the other countries so I'll be able to upload the "Full" version. (Maybe i'll improve also a little the GUI)
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Hey! Just realized. There is no India in the country list! Please add India. I don't think India is a minor country. Also, I think you should add all the countries irrespective of whether they are major or minor.
You're right. Every region is as respectable as the other .. the problem is that the whole list is HUGE! So I had to delete someone for reason of time. I'm adding India but in nearly future I'll add ALL the other country, as they have same rights of us.
Download AppList ENG w/ India: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4UIT3FCX
Same pass as before.
Also:
* I have enlarged the size of windows for a better experience
* Fix "Region" and "Category" box size
* Put India as 2° filter.
Currently doing a total rewrite of this, and it's also renamed to izPassKeeper !
The development progressed and ended up in a Windows Phone 8 app, PassPro
izPassKeeper
General Info - This post
Changelog - Second post
Screenshots - Third post
Coming features - Fourth post
Credits and references - Fifth post
Latest Version: 1.0.511.536 (DOWNLOAD)
Description:
This is a simple app for storing usernames, passwords, links and descriptions for various accounts.
You have the option to have the passwords encrypted.
Other info:
This app might be sold to a corporation later on.
I had my first meeting with the corporation and they wanted me to get some feedback, so here I'll post the XAP for you XDA members.
Try it out and return with some feedback and suggestions.
Please like the Facebook page
Regards!
Izaac
Changelog
Changelog
1.0.511.536 - 2001-12-10 (↓)
Removed the forgotten build date test that didn't work xD
1.0.509.1813 - 2011-12-08 (↓)
Some bugfixes and some new features:
Fixed the add page
Added copy function for Username/Password and Description (single tap or in appbar)
Links now open in default browser
Changed versioning to standard .NET.
1.0.0.0 - 2011-12-04 (↓)
First public release
Screenshots
Screenshots
Coming features
Coming features
Syncing information to a secure server
Password required for decryption
Encryption for selected items only
Customizing the list items
Edit account information
Credits and references
Credits and references
Credits
HTC - for this fantastic device !
Microsoft - an awesome platform and an awesome IDE
XDA-Developers - being a place to learn and publish a lot of stuff ! The only forum for me !
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MSDN (AesManaged, XML, IsolatedStorage)
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Good application but needs some improvement
Application is useful..however the text field is somewhat small in size. Also, I am unable to scroll down to 'description' and 'password' field is easily...
Have a look at the screenshot. I am using HTC Mozart
Also you will need to allow to copy the password or the account name e.g. twitter handle
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Application is useful..however the text field is somewhat small in size. Also, I am unable to scroll down to 'description' and 'password' field is easily...
Have a look at the screenshot. I am using HTC Mozart
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Thanks for the info. I'll look into it and fix it
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Also you will need to allow to copy the password or the account name e.g. twitter handle
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That's being added to the list Never thought of that actually Great idea (Y)
1) Also the text box should be bigger so I can See what is getting typed in.
2) I should be able to edit it.
3 ) When pushing the encrypt button the app exists on me.
You should provide an option to have a 'master password' kind of thing. This will keep our encrypted data safe from others. Decrypt option can be used to access all the sensitive information like password, site.
See youtube video link for better idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZyEslVBVCE&hd=1
IzaacJ said:
Thanks for the info. I'll look into it and fix it
That's being added to the list Never thought of that actually Great idea (Y)
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You should provide an option to have a 'master password' kind of thing. This will keep our encrypted data safe from others. Decrypt option can be used to access all the sensitive information like password, site.
See youtube video link for better idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZyEslVBVCE&hd=1
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A masterkey is already being worked on, and it will also affect the cryptation of the data.
I will hopefully release a new version today with:
Site URI clickable and opens in Webbrowser
Able to copy Username/Password/description
Add accound page fixed
Looks nice. But I have one question, can I import passwords database in kdb format (create on PC using KeePassX)? When not are you plan to make this function?
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Ups, didn't see that is for WP7.
Cool. I shall wait for the new version..I will post the video as soon as I get my hands on the new version. Ability to open link in the new browser, masterkey, ability to copy-paste will definitely make this application much more useful.Al the best.
withwindows said:
Cool. I shall wait for the new version..I will post the video as soon as I get my hands on the new version. Ability to open link in the new browser, masterkey, ability to copy-paste will definitely make this application much more useful.Al the best.
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Just posted the update
EDIT: Just added a new version which removes the build date thingies in the about page that I forgot to remove
Soo, no comments on the updated version?
This will be posted on wAppStore, just waiting for confirmation
Rewriting this from scratch ! Doing some changes on the basic workings and a major graphical overhaul
Hello!
I'm software developer from Russia, and made one very popular app in local market. Very soon I realized that I need an ability to give licensed version of app for my friends or reviewers or someone else.
Unfortunately AppHub doesn't provide such functionality(private distribution is pain in ass), so I created a webservice for myself.
After two days I realized that it may be useful for other developers, so here it is:
promo.g33k.ru (here I wanted to post url, but I can't due to low post count. You may find it in my profile->interests)
Now it has:
- JSON/SDK with RSA1024/SHA1 sign for additional security checks
- Binary SDK available
- Russian localization(if anyone cares ) (btw, if you can help translating to other language(s) or correct english misspellings - i will appreciate this).
Now this service works in beta mode.
So for developers I have two questions:
1) Is such service useful for you?
2) How to develop it further, in which way?
Not yet clear
I am sorry, but after reading your post and also checking your website I am still not sure what you offer. For me there is just not enough information to understand and then judge the usefulness of your service.
Maybe you could give a step-by-step scenario: Dev does this, then interested user does that, dev then this ...
Ok, I'll try to describe a little more details:
1) Developer wants to add capability of promo codes in his app(to give some specific users full licensed app).
The first problem is that developer need his own server for checking of promo code validity(hardcoding is not an option, of course).
2) So, Developer registers in my service, add his app's guid to his app list and create a promo code for specific app via web.
3) Developer adds support for promo codes in his app by:
a) adding an text box for user to enter promode
b) adding a web request to specific URL for promocode activation
c) adding to his license check web request for checking is current user activated a promo code.
Benefits for developer:
- Add support for promo codes without owning a server.
- Simple way to give full version of program to friends
Benefits for users:
- User may found promo code for specific app somewhere and use it to get full version of app in simple manner.
Benefits for reviewers/portals:
- Developers can easily give promo code for reviewing purpose or as giveaway for news post.
Clear now
Thanks for the additional info, now it's clear
Well yes, sounds useful. Properly implemented is probably really easier than Microsoft's "closed beta" mechanism, and of course can be used for other, non-beta apps as well.
The icing on the cake would be a "frame application" as sample code that basically does nothing more than asking for a promo code and then check against the list of valid codes on your server.
Sounds intresting but how do you ensure security?
chabun, I thought about security and situation is same as with default checking for trial - there is no security Man-in-the-Middle and direct cracking of xap will work, and there is no way out. I could use RSA signing for MitM, but still cracking of xap is very easy option today, so no one really interested will try to use MitM. When WP8 SDK will be out(I believe it will be in several weeks) - some developers may implement trial checks in native code - this will be much harder to crack.
As for server part there are following possible problems
- App's ID squatting(same as domain, someone else could reserve developer's app's guid). Don't know yet what to do with this, may be think about it later when this happens?
- Promocode's for App ID bruteforce - could be easily avoided via server throttling, if this ever happens - i'll add such checks
- Server DDoS - every webmaster's nightmare, I hope this never happens(or my Amazon AWS will pour my purse empty
rbrunner7, nice idea, I'll add a sample app as soon as possible on site.
This looks like an interesting concept
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Yop, you can never avoid direct cracking... However, RSA signing would be good I'd say as it will avoid MitM - with MitM you could create simple tools which can be used by every noob outhere. Cracking xaps requires some skill and it will need an unlocked WP7 as well.
I can see this working i have been thinking about something similar also. You can encrypt the data on device before sending it off to the cloud, you can than verify the encrypted data with a password and compare it to the codes registered on the server. Than link a code to a certain device id (once the code becomes 'registered') if a certain code is already coupled to a deice id and the device is not the same than the app will jump back into trial mode. Otherwise one can use the paid mode.
This can defenetly work and will prevent reselling th codes. Although it requires a server. And users can still hack/patch the app ofcourse but that will require an unlocked device so I should not worry to much about it.
Also to prevent spoofing you can frequently check with the server if this device is legitetmately registered.
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I can see this working i have been thinking about something similar also. You can encrypt the data on device before sending it off to the cloud, you can than verify the encrypted data with a password and compare it to the codes registered on the server. Than link a code to a certain device id (once the code becomes 'registered') if a certain code is already coupled to a deice id and the device is not the same than the app will jump back into trial mode. Otherwise one can use the paid mode.
This can defenetly work and will prevent reselling th codes. Although it requires a server. And users can still hack/patch the app ofcourse but that will require an unlocked device so I should not worry to much about it.
Also to prevent spoofing you can frequently check with the server if this device is legitetmately registered.
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That's what I thought of... private/public key
chabun, so, for example, how about following scenario:
for each developer server creates public/private key pair.
when checking license on server: if success server encodes userid with developer private key
when checking license in app: server response decoding via public key(hardcoded in app) and comparing to userId. if ok -> licensed.
You might want to ask @ngreader guys on twitter. They do have this concept implemented in their app.
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chabun, so, for example, how about following scenario:
for each developer server creates public/private key pair.
when checking license on server: if success server encodes userid with developer private key
when checking license in app: server response decoding via public key(hardcoded in app) and comparing to userId. if ok -> licensed.
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I'm not sure if it would be good to encode the request to the server as well but otherwise it sounds really cool now... I'll use this service when I need this (and tell my friends about it)
Here is one way to do it http://stackoverflow.com/questions/599837/how-to-generate-and-validate-a-software-license-key
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Here is one way to do it http://stackoverflow.com/questions/599837/how-to-generate-and-validate-a-software-license-key
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Well, what they suggest is not as good as diverofdark's service which is a lot more secure and still easy to use for the customers...
Greetings everyone!
Today I updated promo.g33k.ru, now it has:
- more detailed about page,
- SDK now includes RSA1024/SHA1 sign for additional security checks
- Binary SDK available
- Russian localization(if anyone cares ) (btw, if you can help translating to other language(s) or correct english misspellings - i will appreciate this).
- Many minor bugfixes.
So, from now this service works in beta mode
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Greetings everyone!
Today I updated promo.g33k.ru, now it has:
- more detailed about page,
- SDK now includes RSA1024/SHA1 sign for additional security checks
- Binary SDK available
- Russian localization(if anyone cares ) (btw, if you can help translating to other language(s) or correct english misspellings - i will appreciate this).
- Many minor bugfixes.
So, from now this service works in beta mode
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Thanks! I will check this out
Hey diverofdark
It would be nice if you update the first post in the thread with all information. That's the way it's usually done in the forum.
A possible user (here dev ) can read it and without having to browse the whole thread, he can use your promocode service...
Thanks for mentioning it, I updated the first post.