EUGENE, OR (PRWEB) May 11, 2016 -- Concentric Sky, an award winning mobile app developer, today announced the availability of the popular Astronomy Picture of the Day App for Apple TV. Developed in partnership with NASA astronomers, APOD brings the vastness of space right to your iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch - and now to your Apple TV.
“We’re excited to offer Astronomy Picture of the Day for Apple TV,” said Cale Bruckner, president of at Concentric Sky. “NASA’s astronomers have curated an amazing collection of high-resolution photos that are going to look great on Apple TV connected displays. I think the slide show feature will be especially popular with Apple TV owners.”
The fourth generation Apple TV, announced on September 9th, 2015, runs on tvOS and features an App Store that opened the Apple TV for the first time to developers interested in developing for the platform. Concentric Sky jumped on the opportunity to bring APOD to Apple TV, excited about the opportunity bring the amazing collection of APOD images to TV screens across the country as well as offer the new touch-pad enabled Sire remote as a tool for navigating the large collection of images.
APOD for iOS was released in 2009 for iPhone and has since been downloaded by more than 3 million users across a variety of platforms. APOD for iOS is the official app for experiencing NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day on Apple devices. APOD for Apple TV is available for free download from the iTunes App Store.
ABOUT CONCENTRIC SKY
Concentric Sky is an award-winning software development company with a focus on product design and realization. Concentric Sky's mobile work has been featured on Apple.com among Apple’s “favorite apps for learning” and was featured prominently as part of the iPad 2 launch - with a demo app preloaded and on display at every Apple store in the US. Concentric Sky provides web and mobile application development services to a wide variety of notable organizations including The World Bank, The United Nations, Intel and edX, as well as major publishers such as Encyclopedia Britannica, National Geographic and Cengage Learning. Learn more about Concentric Sky at http://www.concentricsky.com
CONTACTS:
Cale Bruckner, President at Concentric Sky
(541) 342-8456 | cale(at)concentricsky(dot)com
Twitter: @concentricsky | http://www.concentricsky.com
Cale Bruckner, Concentric Sky, http://www.concentricsky.com, +1 (541) 342-8456, [email protected]
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