Reading Time: < 1 min One of the hottest category of apps we’ll see in the next year are is likely the Augmented Reality apps. These are programs that allow you to look through your camera, and see the world beyond it with information overlays on it. The possibilities of these kinds of apps are endless. One of the first […]
Archives for August 2009
Chase Bank fully native app
Reading Time: < 1 min The new Chase Bank app is great. From the main screen you can access account information, find atm/branch locations, and contact Chase. Once you sign into your account, you can access all your accounts that are linked together online such as checking, savings, credit cards, and even mortgages! From each account you can schedule credit […]
Chipotle app finally returns to the iPhone
Reading Time: < 1 min Back in January of this year, Chipotle released a pretty sweet iPhone app — you could order food right from your phone. It seemed slick, but was removed from the app store just a few hours after it was released. They had hoped to bring it back out in a few weeks, but it didn’t […]
Improved traffic info on Google Maps: See the side streets and contribute
Reading Time: 2 min Google has just announced that arterial traffic is now available on Google Maps. I’ve noticed more and more roads showing traffic data over the past few months, but today seems to be the day of the big announcement. In fact, there are certainly more roads in my area with traffic data, which could be very […]
A ghost town from space
Reading Time: 2 min Earth is Square has a neat post today about viewing Centralia, Pennsylanvia using fresh Bird’s Eye imagery on Bing Maps. Centralia was an active town of about 1000 residents back in the early 1980’s, but now is home to only nine people. The reason is due to an underground coal fire that’s been burning since […]
Evernote 3.1 released
Reading Time: < 1 min Evernote 3.1 for the iPhone has been released, and it’s a very nice upgrade. The update officially includes: Massive speed improvements! – Speedier snapshot note creation – Much faster searching – Clip web pages from the built-in web browser – Add Evernote email address to iPhone contacts – Manually sync your notes any time – […]
Swiss want StreetView Disabled
Reading Time: < 1 min It’s only been up for a few days, but the Switzerland Data Protection office is asking Google to remove the StreetView imagery they’ve shot in the country. Their primary concern seems to be that “many faces and vehicle number plates had not been covered up or were insufficiently blurred”. If memory serves, that’s not even […]
A real cost saver due to GTD — fewer administrative needs
Reading Time: < 1 min Late last year, I was considering getting an administrative assistant for myself. I simply had too much to do — to many e-mails, too many tasks. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to hire a local person to help, or just use a virtual assistant. During that internal debate, I was also trying to get […]
Twitterfon Update
Reading Time: < 1 min The new Twitterfon update is out! This new update fixes a few bugs in the search, posting of pictures, and followers page. Twitterfon over all is a great application for setting up your Twitter account on the iPhone. Ability to upload photos AND VIDEOS is awesome. Have tried other apps and the video feature just […]
Wikipedia’s First App
Reading Time: < 1 min Wikipedia is finally stepping into the App world with their own application for the iPhone. After looking into it and seeing all it offers, it doesn’t seem that great. The app isn’t much different than the mobile website that they offer. It does offer a history search however, which is convenient when trying to reference […]