Summary: Ancestry Behind the Scenes – Mobile Apps

The Behind the scenes chat with Crista Cowan and the Ancestry.com Mobile Apps Product Manager Branden Neish took place just a few hours after originally planned earlier today. It was short in my opinion (I would love to hear their mobile plans expanded upon!), but interesting. Below is a brief summary of the chat. Any errors in transcription or understanding of what was being said are mine – Branden and Crista kept it clear and to the point, but I was typing as I was listening, so errors are bound to creep in.

Android version of the Ancestry App
Kindle Fire. This is something I did not know and that could grow the market for both the Ancestry app and those e-Book readers.

Note: Originally it was the Nook Touch that was mentioned, but Ancestry.com got back to me and clarified it was the Nook Tablet instead.

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Ancestry 3.1.2 iOS – First Retina iPad Genealogy App?

It’s been about a week and a half since Ancestry 3.1 for iOS was released as well as Apple’s new iPad with it’s high resolution (2048×1536 pixels) touchscreen display and as of earlier today, the Ancestry.com iOS genealogy app/front-end now supports the new iPad with Ancestry 3.1.2. There was an … Read more

Ancestry 3.1 iOS App Reviewed – Genealogy Tools

Ancestry.com released Ancestry 3.1 yesterday, a significant update. While I’m working on a post discussing Apple’s announcements about their new iPad (iPad 3 or iPad HD?) as well as the iPhoto and iWork updates, I thought I’d point out a nice review of the new version of Ancestry. Ben over … Read more