Null

Quikthinking Software Blog
  •

    0 Black History Inventors

    He was the only African American child enrolled in a Quaker school near Baltimore, Maryland. In 1753, he built the first clock in the American colonies hand-carved from wood that even chimed the hour. By 1793 he published almanacs with astronomical information about tides, sunrise and sunset, and phases of the moon.   This inventor may be most famous as one of the surveyors for Washington, DC. Benjamin Banneker died in 1806. In 1980, the U.S. Postal service honored him with a commemorative stamp. The Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum, dedicated in 1998 is in Catonsville, Maryland. Banneker is one of more than 50 inventors spotlighted in the new Black History Inventors app for iPhone that joins the already popular Android version. Discover more about our Black History Inventors and watch the videos.

  • 0 Martin Luther King Jr. Message in Quotes Video

    In our app Black History Quotes Express, Martin Luther King Jr. has a large number of messages to contribute. These are powerful words indeed. For MLK Day 2019, here's a 60 second video featuring many of his memorable thoughts. We are finishing up Black History Quotes Express for iPhone and iPad which should be released in February. The iOS versions will join our Android version (in Google Play since mid-2018). 

  • 0 How To Find The Hidden Videos In Black History Audio Book 3 App

    App Developer Hugh Smith. Story telling is a tradition that never grows old. The spoken word carries our culture forward from one generation to the next. Before written text, there was the oral tradition. Audio narratives that were voiced by the educated, the soothsayers, the griot, or our elders are how people learned about everything before the dawn of books. This tradition continues today. Maybe that's why our Black History Audio Books 1 & 2 apps are so popular. We did something different for the 3rd volume. For those of you who like to watch as well as listen or read, we've got you covered. Several videos are also included in Black History Audio Book 3 to support the written words and spoken stories. The video below shows you how to find the hidden videos in Black History Audio Book 3!  We are finalizing the iPhone version of the three Android Black History Audio Books. It is finished. The app is going through advanced testing before we release it.

  •

    0 Black History Audiobook for iPhone

    We've created a new Black History Audiobook for iPhone from our three Android versions. Now you'll be able to listen to all 30 chapters in one app. The iPhone version contains every chapter from all three Android Black History Audiobook apps. Here's a four screen sneak peak from the finished IOS version. We hope to have it in the App Store within a few weeks pending acceptance by Apple. Discover the 3 Android versions of Black History Audiobook right now.  

  • 0 Aretha Franklin: 15 Quotes from the Queen of Soul

    Black History Quotes Express app for Android has thousands of quotes, including many from the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin (1942 - 2018). Here in a new video is a dramatic reading by a wonderful announcer who delivers a respectful tribute to the Queen. Listen to Aretha's thoughts about life, the gospel, and music.

  • 0 6 Black History Apps You Should Check Out Before School Starts

    6 Black History apps you should check out before school starts and use at any time...

  • 0 Black History Expert

    Seven years between updates? Not exactly. One of the first Android apps we published back on July 4, 2011 was Black History Expert, previously released as a Kindle book. We converted the Kindle book into a phone - tablet based swipe through the pages casual reader. That's the way it remains today in an exclusive app version. One of the app stores missed our 2016 update, so the original version sat in that store (since 2011) continuing to get downloads. The 7 year itch is over and it's time for something new! Inside the new Black History Expert you can read about the lives of artists, activists, athletes, and performers in music, sciences, civil rights, sports, entertainment and much more with no ads. You will be the Black History Expert with the awesome new version of the 2018 update. Discover more about Black History Expert and watch the quick 20 second video below.  

  •

    0 Don't Wait Until Black History Month

    How do you memorialize and acknowledge the past? If you believe getting history right is the most important thing an informed citizen can do then you'll probably be very interested in our Black History Express app series. Black History Express, and Black History Quotes Express gather together factual information and thought provoking anecdotes that offer a time slice into culture. Watch this video to learn more about both apps.   

  • 0 The App that Reveals what Made America Great

    "You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you'll do it well" -- Condoleezza Rice. These words of wisdom sum up the thousands of thoughts we've compiled into a comprehensive black history resource app that has just been released. As you read through Black History Quotes Express you won't be disappointed.  What I found most interesting in doing the research for this project about the men and women we profile was that their true personalities can't be masked when they write or speak their minds. Follow the link above for all the details about this new Android App. Watch the video below to hear me tell the inside story. This is the app that reveals what made America great.  

  •

    0 Black History Audio Book 3 App

    Black History Audio Book 3 app (brand new) that you see represented on this page in the top and middle images was released in the middle of May, 2018. Up next and completely finished, Black History Express (bottom image). Hop on board. This Android app has 300 reference pages plus an all new quiz game with nearly 200 questions included to keep things interesting. Look for Black History Express in Google Play and Amazon by June 2. Both apps are free. Three screens from Black History Express:  

  •

    0 Black History Museums Video VIP Tour Added to the App

    We've added our Black History Museums VIP Tour videos to the Black History Museums app. You'll now be able to watch all 12 video episodes right inside of the app. Previously, this video series was outside of the app on YouTube. Depending on the version of Android that you have, you'll see the link to the videos at the top of your screen or in the Black History Museums App menu (3 vertical dots). You'll notice that the download size of the app remains the same because we pull in the videos directly from our YouTube channel as you select them. From left to right, the three red circles highlight the controls for the 12 videos. | < go to the previous video > start the video | > go to the next video As you see in the screen shot below "Connecticut," press your phone or tablet back button to close the video window. Download this new version of the Black History Museums app now. Enjoy!

  •

    0 Black History People App Update

    Here are just a few of the new additions recently added to our Black History People App. You can grab it from Google Play or the Amazon App store. 

  • 0 Black History Inventors App Reinvented

      G. Biggs' recent public written comment regarding our inventors project is one an app developer doesn't want to see: "At first, this app was great! But now it keeps shutting down! Seems funny..." Hugh Smith quote: "As the Android version upgrades keep coming, the old apps stop working." We started developing and releasing Windows software in the 1990s based on the C and Visual Basic programming languages with one title launched in 1993 (C) and another in 1998 (Visual Basic). By 2011 - 2012, our focus turned to Android mobile apps. Black History Inventors was one of our first mobile apps in 2012. The structure for the way the app was designed is based on a cookie cutter framework. We all have to start somewhere. It was clear this app needed re-development, but other projects were ahead in the queue. Well, a flurry of recent users including G. Biggs have spoken so we took action. As our app development sophistication has now blossomed, we put aside one day to rebuild Black History Inventors from the ground up. We succeeded. The inside story is that the new Black History Inventors was included as one of four different sections in our 2015 Black History Inventors Quiz app. Inventors is downloaded eight times as often as Inventors Quiz although the Inventors Quiz app user rating is higher. As programmer and writer Will Bontrager from Willmaster.com recently told me regarding both apps: "some people are more cerebral than others. The less cerebral may have uncomfortable school exam memories associated with the word "quiz." As we celebrate Black History Month, we are thrilled that we were able to squeeze this long overdue update into our insane schedule. Watch and listen to the new video at the beginning of this story. Download Black History Inventors from Google Play or the Amazon App stores.   

  •

    0 Audio Game

    Here's a sneak peek screen shot of our new black history audio game (not the real title). The game is finished, but we won't be releasing it until early spring, 2018.  Get a quick email when we release a new app! More details at the bottom of this page

  •

    0 Black History Quiz for iPhone

    Black History Quiz for iPhone is an excellent fact based trivia game for inspiration about people, movements, and pioneers. The app keeps you in the questions until you select the right answer. You’ll find several hundred questions in the quizzes including multiple choice, picture, and true or false. Our Android version of this app has been downloaded over 25,000 times and it's our most successful app in the Amazon App Store. It's in 3rd place in the Google Play Store among our apps. Enjoy the iPhone version! This is the first of many more to come. I'll post the link in the App Store within 24 hours. Happy New Year! Update: Black History Quiz for iPhone ready for download.

Android or IOS Apps. Touch the titles below to learn more.