• 0 Video Poker Jacks or Better Game App

    • Games
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 04/15/2026

    You can find a ton of places online to teach you how to play one of the easiest video poker games. There are 9 basic hands that make you a winner in Video Poker Jacks Or Better. The winning combinations are always shown on our gameplay screen. Some things you'll like about our Video Poker Jacks or Better for both iOS and Android: no real money is needed. The game supplies you with all the unlimited credits needed to play. When you run out of credits, just grab some more! Gameplay credits are internal in the app. There's no downloading from an external site. No game player info of any kind is needed to add more credits. Play a winning hand, and you'll start to pile up credits based on the value of your successful hand! So, get the app and start now to master... video poker jacks or better You touch the cards of your choice to make a play. Written Tutorials YouTube has some really good video poker game tutorials. You'll have to wade through a few of them to decide who you are going to trust (the most) and which videos are relevant to you. Seek out the video poker jacks or better version of the game. Here are three paperback books that I have. I've read them all. These books inspired me to create the Video Poker Jacks Or Better mobile app. As hinted earlier, I wanted a video poker game app that didn't need any real money to play. Of course, the gameplay had to be 100% authentic so it would mimic a video poker machine that you would find in a real casino. These are the books. Fundamentals of Video Poker by Mason Malmuth and Lynne Loomis. Nice and simple. Perfect for beginners. 65 pages. The Basics of Winning Video Poker by J. Edward Allen. This one is also geared toward the beginning player. 59 pages. Video Poker For the Intelligent Beginner by Bob Dancer. Bob is known as America's top video poker expert. The book is excellent, however you will really get into the weeds with his charts, his approaches to learning the game, and his detail about all of the video poker variations. If you are a real serious player, even if you are a beginner, this book delivers. 237 pages.

  • 0 Black History Inventors You'll Enjoy

    We consistently get five star reviews for our Black History Inventors mobile app. The iOS version features over 50 discoverable inventors in a list you can scroll through. Text and audio reinforce the fact based info about each inventor. The Android version adds four more sections: Inventors trivia, based on the highlighted inventors Inventors 'inventions' match 3 game Inventions match game Draw your own invention(s) on-screen sketch art This video highlights Black History Inventors

  • 0 Black History Mobile App Updates

    • Apps
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 02/19/2026

    A couple of iPhone app updates were recently sent to the App Store. Same thing for Android (Google Play). The video below is a quick overview. Thank you for your support!  Recent Google Play Store Reviews: July Seven talks about Black History Audiobook: "Well done indeed! Thanks." Simon relates about Black History Quotes Express: "I think this app is one of the best apps for people of color that has come along in quite some time." Valerie J. G. says: "On time...Quotes that never fade." A.D. writes about Black History Express: "This shows that the world is different from what the mainstream portrays. Keep up the good work." Google Play User comments about Quit Smoking Audiobook: "Very useful app to have with you! You can tell the creators are passionate about the subject they speak on. Very clear cut advice on quitting smoking."  Black History Quotes Express info page Black History Express info page Black History Audiobook information All the apps: Quikthinking.com  

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    0 Under My Thumb, Video Thumbnails

    • How To
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 01/02/2026

    When apps are done, and video fun, requires a story to tell, the cover you see, should fill you with glee, and desire to watch curiously. That's what a video thumbnail is supposed to do: make you want to watch. Did you read the first sentence as a limerick? Photo Editing A laptop - desktop version of Adobe Photoshop Elements is an application that I use almost every day. I'm lucky. I purchased Photoshop Elements 10, then Photoshop Elements 12. Those versions cost about $59 each as one time purchases. "Elements 12" has successfully made the jump from my Windows XP, to Windows 7, to Windows 10, to now a Windows 11 Professional machine. You can find tons of online instruction about how to use different image editing software suites. It's also fascinating to watch how the mobile versions of social media apps tackle photo editing. Mastering Instagram's system, using two finger dexterity, takes patience. Here's a quick look, showing you how each layer in the video thumbnail is stacked. A thumbnail is the first frame you see in online videos. I don't go into detail about how to do gradients, opacity adjustments, image background removal, and other topics. This is how we do it! 

  • 0 Holiday Cheer inside a Selfie Frame

    • Apps
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 12/20/2025

    Holiday greetings to you and yours! The gold medal I'm wearing is the 2025 Readers' Choice for best non-fiction book award in the music/entertainment category for Powerhouse Radio: Rough Roads, Radiance, and Rebirth; My True AM - FM - Satellite - and Audio Streaming Survival Story. Also join me on Instagram, with a more glowing connection @kingsleyhsmith.  

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    0 RnB and Hip Hop Trivia Mobile Game App Gift For You

    • Holidays
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 12/09/2025

    A free gift for you, right now, is our popular RnB and Hip Hop Quiz trivia mobile game. Here's how you will see the game represented on the App Store, and on Google Play. Got a new phone? Why not grab the game now! The game works perfectly on an iPhone. It's not just for iPad. Here is the Android version... For a book lover in your circle, try these two books that I have written. The brand new one uses a pen name (my real middle name). They are great gifts. Not sure? You can try the eBook or audiobook first, then after you're convinced of the quality, go for the paperbacks as gifts. Find them at KingsleyHSmith.com.  

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    0 Ugly Sweatshirts and Colorful Santas

    • Shop
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 11/24/2025

    In the annual cycle to update apps, we've updated 16 of our Android apps over the past month, so they can run on Google's Android 15 (Level 35). You'll see one question mark in the video. Will it be on the chopping block? See Navigating The Mobile App Hamster Wheel for eye-opening background. They're Back The game inspired some adorable ugly threads. This sweatshirt returns in the Fall and early Winter, only to go back into hibernation shortly after the new year, when it is unavailable. Get yours now in the Quikthinking Shop from Spreadshirt. See the other wonderful gifts we have to offer too.   

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    0 Thanksgiving Mobile Games

    • Games
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 10/29/2025

    What do you, or the young ones do, to brighten up the holidays? Enjoy these three Thanksgiving mobile games anytime. Thanksgiving Match 3 Game for iPhone, Thanksgiving Retro Match 3 Game for Android, and Always Thanksgiving for Android. Thanksgiving Match 3 Game for iPhone (you'll go to the App Store) Thanksgiving Retro Match 3 Game for Android (you'll go to the Play Store) Always Thanksgiving for Android (you'll go to the Play Store) Here are all three games in this short 20 second video. 

  • 0 Black History People Game for Your Finger's Finesse

    • Games
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 09/18/2025

    A fun finger workout using your mobile device's keyboard is guaranteed when you play Black History People Game (Android & iOS). Inside the game, behind the info button, is a list of several hundred people that you can scroll through. I tell you what their expertise is. You may not know what their contributions to society are, but for this app, knowledge doesn't matter. You're inside the game just to play! Playing the game Watch me play the game. You'll see my thumbs take care of business. My play is recorded by a Samsung phone. I'm playing the game on a Motorola phone. Gameplay is the same on an iPhone or iPad. To keep the video to 60 seconds, I do speed up only the gameplay segment to double speed. How does this game challenge you? You have to type in the letters of each name before the letter falls to the middle of the screen dividing line. You'll see Unity's cross-platform game engine development system. I used it for this app. You'll also see a quick peak inside of Microsoft Visual Studio, where I wrote the C# code (C Sharp).   

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    0 Black History People NAME Game For Your Brain

    • Games
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 08/20/2025

    First, let me say that our Black History People NAME Game (Android), is completely different from our fast paced, keyboard busting Black History People Game (iOS and Android). I'll focus on the 'NAME' game in this quick 'how to.' Hopefully any confusion is out of the way! This video explains, shows, and tells (in the audio) what the game concept is. The big differences between 'NAME' game versions 2018 through 2024 are revealed. Here's how the game works. You are presented with 4 words. 3 of them are associated with a specific person. Simply choose the one word out of the group of 4 that does not belong. Game master You can master this game by trying our Black History Express app first. Black History Express has a knowledge base and trivia game. It's the knowledge base that will give you the boost to discover more about the people I've picked that are included in the 'NAME' game app.   

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    0 Navigating The Mobile App Hamster Wheel

    As some of you may know, I have one published paperback, eBook, and audiobook with a second paperback/eBook completed for released in January, 2026. The first book has won multiple awards, including the Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Non-Fiction - Music/Entertainment genre! Those books don't deal with mobile app development, but there's a ton of baggage that I could reference to support a third manuscript about Android and iOS odysseys. It takes some effort along with luck to pivot from a very successful first career into a productive second one. That's what I did. With all of that in mind, here's how 2025 has presented some screwy Android challenges behind the app coding screen. You've Got Mail The predictable Google nastygrams stream into my inbox between the nice reviews that some of you have posted to Google Play. Here's one that was dispatched in June. "24 of your apps are affected by Google Play's target API level requirements." This one is actually normal. Every year, developers are pushed to upgrade to a new application programming interface for Android standardization and security enforcement. This request is cool. I just have to be prepared to get my fingernails dirty when the API changes break some of my code. About 30 days later, this note came in from the little green robot's central command center. "8 of your apps are affected by Google Play's 16 KB page size requirements." Oh boy, what a hoot! "From May 1, 2026, if your app updates do not support 16 KB memory page sizes, you won't be able to release these updates." This change is similar to when 5G was introduced but many connected devices (microwave ovens, other appliances, and automobiles) only supported 3G. I won't go into the technobabble, but the mandatory 16 KB fix is not difficult, especially for developers that use the integrated development environment software Android Studio for apps. We are told app performance on mobile phones will improve with the 16 KB hocus-pocus magic. Third-party terror exploit in the bits Second half of 2025 fun continued with this pleasantry from Google about 5 of the apps we have in the Play Store. I'll condense the super long "developer update." "Your app *** requires a critical security fix due to a vulnerability recently identified that could affect games and applications built in Unity **** and later for Android." Google did add that "there is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability, nor has there been any impact on users of customers." Users of customers?  Another mind-blower. We use Android Studio, Unity, and B4A (Basic 4 Android) to support all of our app development. Their logos are up top. Unity promises to update their cornucopia of IDE integrated development environment versions to fix this app crisis. They maintain support for many versions of Unity. Directives, Fixes, and Courtesy Handling the stream of unexpected written encounters requires patience, wisdom and analytical experience. After thirteen years of app development, I stopped panicking years ago when the uninvited flood gates of woe would pour into email messages one after another. Up until this point, I have been able to handle them all. More in the months to come about navigating the mobile app hamster wheel. By the way, the notes from Apple for our iOS apps are much more polite!

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    0 AAeMojis Hall of emoji Selfie Frame Fame

    • Apps
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 06/25/2025

    Which one of our Android/iOS apps has been updated the most since 2018? Which one gets a bushel full of paid downloads every month from the App Store? Which one receives the most criticism in the Google Play store because users ignore a simple element of the bullet-proof installation experience? This app also receives the most email requests for new images. That's why we've consistently increased them from the 2018 image count (100), to the 2025 count of 164 today. Many of the newer images were by request. In the coming months, as we do more in person events, you too may also have an opportunity to enter the AAeMojis selfie frame experience!

  • 0 No Menthol Sunday

    • Apps
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 05/16/2025

    Did you know that there is a national USA push for a law to remove menthol from tobacco products? This year, Sunday May 18th is a nationwide day of action led by The Center for Black Health & Equity. No Menthol Sunday Do you support organizations that provide resources for you, your family, or your friends struggling with a tobacco or vaping addiction? If you do, you'll want to learn more about this positive grassroots effort at https://nomentholsunday.org Our own resource to open your ears about smoking is the Quit Smoking Audio Book App for iOS and Android we developed. I've written a lot about this subject. Here are just a few posts: The Great American Smokeout Smoke Free, Fresh Air Motivation Blowing Cigarette Smoke During A Pandemic Quit Smoking App Ignores Doctors Nicotine Knowledge Quit Smoking Audiobook

  • 0 Black History Mobile App Feedback

    • Feedback
    • by Kingsley H. Smith
    • 05/07/2025

    I always appreciate your support when leaving feedback about any of the mobile apps we've developed. Your ideas and thoughts contribute to ongoing tweaks and updates. Both of the opinions below are in the Google Play store about Black History Express knowledge base, and R&B and Hip Hop Quiz Game. These reviews are automatically forwarded to me when verified by Google. You can always contact me directly with your questions and feedback. iOS fans, yes we appreciate your App Store feedback too!      A User has written a new review for Black History Express       

  • 0 Skype Sails Away

    Have you used Skype recently? The app started with voice, expanded to video, then embraced file-sharing during its fourteen year run with Microsoft. Some app developers that I've worked with in the past, have insisted on using Skype for two-way communication. This is one of the reasons why I had to jump onboard. When I learned Skype was going the way of MCI, I immediately deleted Skype from a couple of PC's to regain hard disk storage space. Note, the long-gone MCI Inc. was a telecommunications company. During their day, MCI was the second-largest long-distance telephone company in the United States behind AT&T. In recent years, Skype usage has dramatically dropped. Occasionally, you'd still see a live Skype video connection on a podcast or television interview. Skype seemed to always present technical problems when using the app on a smart phone. Now that Skype is out as of May 5, the preexisting Microsoft Teams app will be pushed as a replacement. Update as of May 5 Here's what you'll see if you try to open Skype Now...