Worldscope Webcams APK for Android

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Developer’s Description

Spy the world!

With Worldscope Webcams you can view the weather, visit foreign places, or just spy the world with more than 16,000 webcams from around the world.This app is amazing if youre homesick, want to check on an old vacation spot, or want to travel for free without flying and carrying a passport. You have access to more than 16,000 webcams in the palm of your hand. The choices are endless of places to visit!One of the best features is setting a favorite webcam as your screens background. You can also group a few of your favorite webcams and set to rotate; watch the pics rotate and the land changes throughout the day! Discover webcams near your current location or go blindfold and see what pops up; the spin-and-point method. Other key features include:- Save current views on your SD card- Bookmark your favorites into multiple groups- Point anywhere in the worlds map and discover neighboring webcams- Search with Keywords, Most Popular, Random, and more- Share places via Facebook, Flickr, Picassa, and other social media streamsWorldscope is ad-supported and can be converted to ad-free through in-app purchase. In order to use homescreen widgets and automatic wallpaper refresh, you must install our free app, Worldscope Widgets. Explanation of the various permissions and why they are needed:Permission: YOUR LOCATION/COARSE (NETWORK-BASED) LOCATION, FINE (GPS) LOCATIONPurpose: to be able to find webcams near your locationPermission:NETWORK COMMUNICATION/FULL INTERNET ACCESSPurpose: to get webcam information and current images, as well as to serve adsPermission: PHONE CALLS/READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITYPurpose: phone identity (serial number) is used by Worldscope to check validity of the registration key for the ad-free version. It is also required by Mobclix ad exchange to access a unique identifer that some ad networks require to track impressions. See http://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.html#getDeviceId()Permission: STORAGE/MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTSPurpose:to be able to save favorite images to SD card and for back-upPermission: SYSTEM TOOLS/PREVENT DEVICE FROM SLEEPINGPurpose: restoring favorites or refreshing all favorites can take a long time and you don't want this process to be interrupted by the device going to sleepPermission: NETWORK COMMUNICATION/VIEW NETWORK STATE, VIEW WI-FI STATEPurpose: to check if the device is connected to Wifi in order to perform network operations and skip them if disconnectedTo contact us regarding new features or issues, please e-mail or visit our web site http://worldscopemobile.com. Worldscope Webcams is official app by http://webcams.travelLive webcams streaming available through tinyCam Monitor for Android (http://tinycammonitor.com) We recommend installation of our free app Worldscope Widgets if you use homescreen widgets or automatic wallpaper refresh.Recent changes:-new logo and launcher icon-add custom webcam URL to favorite-working folder changed to /mnt/sdcard/worldscope_webcams. Please referesh all your favorites-tablet-friendly layouts-Honeycomb hardware acceleration enabled-UI changes-integration of ActionBarSherlock library, available under the Apache Licence 2.0-further small improvementsContent rating: Low Maturity