SuperBowl Sunday is already one of our favorite days of the year. And why not? There’s the game, the parties, the ads, the food, the beverages…. Need we say more?

But in 2012, it’s not enough to simply watch the game with your friends. You want to know what the experts are saying about it. And you want to know now! But how?

The answer is SportCaster for iPhone and Android. It connects you instantly with expert analysis on EVERYTHING having to do with the SuperBowl. Oh, and it’s FREE.

Here are the top 9 ways it will make your SuperBowl Sunday epic:

1. Pre-Game Chatter - It’s still a few hours until game time, but you want to know what’s being said by the experts. Just tap on the game in SportCaster and you’ll see all the pregame commentary, as it happens.
2. Live Game Tweets – You just watched the play, now what do all the experts analysts think? Simply tap on the game in SportCaster and you’ll see a live stream of tweets from the most credible sources, both national and local.
3. Ad Commentary – Half the fun of the SuperBowl is the ads. As soon as one airs, you’ll see opinions and breakdown, before you can find it anywhere else.
4. Score/Play Updates - Gotta get up and grab another beverage? Take your phone with you, and you won’t miss a thing. SportCaster updates each play, as well as the score.
5. Live Game Stats – Who’s having the better game, Brady or Manning? Check the live player stats and you’ll have it at your fingertips.
6. Season Stats – Debating with your buddy how many yards Wes Welker had during the regular season? Go to the teams section and find team and player stats for the whole season.
7. Send Your Own Tweet – Want to respond to one of the comments you see? Log in to Twitter (optional) to send a reply tweet or to retweet something you liked.
8. Post-Game Analysis – Once the game is over, the talking heads will be on TV breaking it down. Open up the game in SportCaster to see even more commentary.
9. You’ll Be the Smartest Guy/Gal in the Room – The real power of SportCaster is instant knowledge. You’ll know more (and faster) than anyone at your SuperBowl party, no matter the topic.

So, there you have it. Go get SportCaster FREE for iPhone and Android. And pass the bean dip…..

NEW APP:  1Weather

Sure, there are lots of great weather apps out there, but we saw an opportunity to take a different approach with unique animation and graphics to create a more stylish experience.

Last week we released 1Weather exclusively for Android on the Android Market and immediately saw a fantastic response to the app, including these reviews by our friends at AndroidStatic and AndroidPolice. The app is also rated 4.5 stars with more than 350 user reviews posted in the Market. We’ve been amazed at the overwhelmingly positive response to the app and sincerely thank you all for your support and feedback.

Today, we wanted to provide a quick update on the app that will hopefully help answer some of your questions and concerns…

1. International Support – We are excited to report that we’ve now expanded 1Weather to support more than 80,000 international locations in our 1.1 version currently available on the Android Market. However, international locations outside of the US will not have Radar available.

2. Ice Cream Sandwich/Galaxy Nexus compatibility – The app was code complete at the time ICS launched, but we have now fixed the force close issues when force GPU (hardware) rendering is enabled.

3. Device availability - 1Weather was specifically built for higher-end Android devices based on resolution as it uses heavier animation and graphics than other apps. To ensure the best performance we decided to limit to the best devices and currently do not have any plans for that to change.

4. Ads-free version – While the current free version is ad-supported (we have bills to pay too!), we will be releasing an ads-free version very soon if you want to pay to get rid of the ads.

Download now via the Android Market here.

We will be pushing out additional updates regularly and we’ll do our best to keep you updated on these changes as they happen via Twitter, so make sure to follow us @OneLouderApps. Thanks again for your support and feedback…keep it coming!

Enjoy!

Today we’re pleased to announce the release of BaconReader 1.2 to the Android Market.  It has some significant new features and it integrates some of the most requested items redditors have asked for including:

• Search function available through the menu

• Improved Save and Hide functions

• Updated Menu Structure

• Sort “Top” and “Controversial” by all, hour, day, week, month, and year

• Orange Envelope when you have unread messages waiting

If you’re already using BaconReader, thank you.  We’ll keep giving BaconReader the “Bionic Man” treatment – “Better, stronger, faster.”  You’ll continue to see real improvements in the coming months including an UNDER the hood makeover that will increase the speed and stability of BaconReader.  If you haven’t tried it yet, consider giving it a shot.  If you’ve tried it previously and weren’t sure if it was the app you’re looking for, please consider giving it another go.  Still not sure…..keep watching as there is plenty more to come as we are committed to the reddit experience.

Shortly after the new release, tomorrow, January 18, 2012 to be specific, reddit will be having a 12 hour “blackout” from 8am-8pm EST to protest the SOPA/PIPA legislation that has been making the rounds in Congress.  reddit has some good reading as to why they’re doing this on their blog and we will block access to BaconReader as well, posting a reminder message about what’s going on if you try to open the app.

At OneLouder, we don’t just make apps, but create tools to improve your interactions with the social media universe.  Once reddit comes back online at 8:01pm EST, we hope you’ll hop on with BaconReader and be part of the discussion.

2012 will be a year of simplification and curation.  OneLouder’s socially-powered apps have done great, receiving both critical and marketplace success.  I’m proud to have top apps in every category where we choose to play.  We will continue to organize and simplify social content for mobile without dumbing things down.

There is a common thread to what we are doing.  We are making interactions with mobile/Internet content easier and more interesting.  TweetCaster provides ZipIt!, SmartLists, and SearchParty……..all innovations that are better ways of finding and consuming Twitter content.  FriendCaster has always been about doing Facebook right.  Going forward, this will be about helping people organize and present the content they product, and curate the social content shared by their friends.  SportCaster combines traditional sports content with filtered social commentary to deliver a great new mobile sports experience.  ChannelCaster is the first community-powered app enabling mobile users to create and broadcast their own Channels by combining news and entertainment from thousands of dynamic sources like Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, news websites, and blogs.  BaconReader will be the absolute best way for the more than 34 million (and growing!) folks visiting Reddit each month to post and consume that content from a mobile device.

We have a roadmap established outlining serious enhancements for all of our current offerings and you’ll be seeing those updates in action soon.  Additionally, we will be delivering a new way to use Twitter that could be a game changer.  We LOVE Twitter and see so much more potential than is being realized currently.  Again……organizing and simplifying without dumbing down.

Good writing is a combination of the skill of the writer and creative ideas.  Similarly, good apps are a combination of form/function coupled with the actual content.  We are playing in a sandbox that contains unbelievably interesting content.  In 2012, we will curate and present that content in interesting ways that continue to deliver the best interactions.  Stay tuned.

Evan.

Today we’re announcing FriendCaster 4.1 with the addition of our new Photo Plugin. I’ve been really excited to get this release out there as we’ve put a lot of time into it. Posting photos to Facebook is a pretty common experience for myself and many of my friends, but the additional ability to stylize my photos with filters and more importantly to slap chat bubbles and captions on my photos really takes the Facebook photo thing to a different level. Not only can you edit new photos you’re posting to FriendCaster, you can also go back through your old photos and re-post newly edited versions of them with our plugin.

But wait, there’s more. You can also dive into any of your friend’s photo albums and repost edited versions of their photos to your news feed. I’m gonna stop here for a moment and give you a second to go download FriendCaster  because honestly I can only imagine what clever antics may ensue now that you’re aware of what you can do with the new Photo Plugin.

Ok, now that you’re done slapping a beard and related thought bubble on your sibling let’s stop giggling and continue….

Along with the new photo features we’re adding a dark theme (saves a little battery life on some screens), made some additional interface tweaks and further worked to improve on the stability of the overall app. So, if you haven’t already, please do snag the latest update to FriendCaster now. You’ll be glad you did… and your Facebook photos will never be the same again. Use this new power wisely, my friend.

Download now at www.friendcasterapp.com.

The intersection of social & mobile, as well as old and new media, continues to provide fertile ground for OneLouder to deliver socially-powered apps. We’ve proven our leadership in the space with best-in-class mobile offerings and look forward to expanding even more with our entry into the interesting, funny and sometimes scary world of Reddit.

Today we’re launching BaconReader for Reddit on Android. For those of you not familiar with reddit.com, it’s a social link sharing site where members can post links or contribute content and other users (“redditors”), vote the post “up” or “down” to create what Reddit refers to as “the front page of the Internet.”  It contains an unbelievable wealth of creativity, commentary and complete nonsense.  Start in one place and end up in various nooks and crannies that are educational, funny, or frightening.

Reddit has experienced incredible growth, recently announcing they doubled their volume over the last 6 months to 1.9 billion page views and 29 million unique visitors in the month of October.  We hope to help them grow that number by providing the best way to interact with Reddit on Android devices.

BaconReader offers the features those who have become familiar with Reddit expect including stuff like subreddit grouping, keyword and domain filtering, direct picture uploading, and yes……..even the “rage face.”  But BaconReader is easy to use and I think it will find favor even among the uninitiated.

We have a long list of improvements and look forward to interacting with redditors to meet their needs.  Thanks for joining OneLouder as we continue to connect people with people, people with content, and people with great mobile apps.

To download now or for more information about BaconReader, visit www.baconreader.com.

Not literally, but we are on the new Kindle Fire! If you’ve got a Kindle Fire or are planning to get one this weekend during your crazy Black Friday shopping spree, make sure to check out all of our apps available in the Appstore. All are available to download for FREE now!

TweetCaster for Twitter – The #1 third party Twitter app!

FriendCaster for Facebook – The #1 third party Facebook app!

FriendCaster Chat – The best Facebook Chat apps to connect you with your friends!

SportCaster – Your new go to sports app for all the latest sports scores, stats, schedules and more, with a social twist!

ChannelCaster – Top rated news and entertainment app enabling you to combine content from thousands of dynamic sources!

With black shirts, blue jeans and Apple devices in hand, the OneLouder and Handmark teams got together today to commemorate and reflect on the passing of Steve Jobs. We wanted to take a moment to pay tribute and honor his legacy for the profound impact he had on the mobile industry and our business. While we were in the business of building apps long before the iPhone and the App Store were introduced, it was Steve who forever changed the game. He opened our eyes and opened doors that have created great opportunity for us and other developers around the world.

Thank you, Steve. You will forever remain one of the pillars of our industry.

OneLouder is part of another industry that in many ways is standing on the shoulders of Steve Jobs.  Apps were available long before the iPhone of course, but he and his team changed the game…completely.  Apps and smartphones are becoming more prevalent than “programs” and personal computers.  We appreciate the opportunity provided by his creativity and diligence.

The OneLouder team honors Steve Jobs every day by continuing to push the boundaries of what apps can be. The quote below, drawn from his speech at Stanford, demonstrates his commitment to…..well…….everything he chose to pursue.

Thank you for your contributions and RIP.

Evan.

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” — Steve Jobs, 2005

Did you know….nearly 70% of all breast cancer is detected through self exams?

That’s why we’ve partnered up with the Feel Your Boobies® Foundation to help spread the word through our connections in social media and mobile with TweetCaster PINK. This Special Edition Twitter app includes all the best features from our renowned TweetCaster Pro for Twitter app with a distinctive pink theme to support breast cancer awareness.

Since launching the Android version of the app earlier this year, OneLouder has helped fund more than 1 million ‘Feel Your Boobies’ reminders around the world.

Today, just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we announced TweetCaster PINK is now available for iPhone/iPod touch on the App Store as well!

So, what are you waiting for….show your support and download TweetCaster PINK now on your Android or iPhone device for $9.99. OneLouder donates 50 percent of all TweetCaster PINK proceeds to the Feel Your Boobies Foundation.

Download here: www.tweetcaster.com/pink

….oh, and don’t forget to ‘feel your boobies’