Outbreaks Near Me shows infectious-disease reports for your area.
I’m writing this from under the covers. I mean, I know swine flu is going to get us all eventually, but I didn’t know there were reported cases just 35 miles from where I live. Thank you, Outbreaks Near Me!
OK, I don’t mean to make light of a very serious health issue, but this app kinda gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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Gameloft's successful GTA clone is being followed by the actual GTA.
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Well, it turns out not everyone hates Apple ‘s App Store. Gameloft, the ever-present publisher of mobile games worldwide, likes the iPhone and iPod Touch quite a bit. In a recent news release, Gameloft announced that, to date, they have sold more than 6 million games on the App Store, making it its biggest platform.
MMS finally arrives on the iPhone .
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Congratulations, iPhone , you can finally join the cell phone family. AT&T announced Thursday that the long-awaited multimedia messaging would arrive on Apple ‘s device in the United States starting September 25. The iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G will support the service, but owners of the original iPhone will miss out since that handset lacks the proper (more…)
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I recently heard about a trick for iPhone 3GS owners who have the latest version of the Yelp app. Yelp, as you probably know, lets you search for restaurants or other services and read user-written ratings and reviews. I’ve noticed that the Yelp app particularly comes in handy when I’m on vacation–it lets me find out right away what the locals think about a particular restaurant without having to find out for (more…)
Toktumi’s Line2 iPhone app has some similar features as Google Voice, which makes it interesting:
The second number which is essentially a virtual one can be quite useful as you can use one for your business calls while the other you can use for personal calls. This helps you keep the personal number private and is ideal for small businesses. The second virtual number has its own voicemail, call history and contacts.
However, there is one key (more…)
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Last week when it first updated, we related our first impressions of Facebook for iPhone 3.0. Now that’s we’ve spent some more quality time with it over the weekend, we can confirm that the 3.0 update is huge. Sure, it takes up more room on your iPhone (more…)
The iStat app’s killer feature has been killed.
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The version 1.1 release of developer Bjango’s iStat application for the iPhone last week was marked with much disappointment.
To maintain the application’s availability on the App Store, Bjango had been told by Apple that it had to remove what was arguably the most compelling feature of version 1.0: Free Memory, which enabled users to clear (more…)
Vonage is a VoIP network and SIP company that provides telephone service via a broadband connection.
last week that the approval of their iPhone app had got delayed due to some technical issue. But looks like the issue has been resolved as they just made an announcement that their iPhone app has been approved by Apple :
“Vonage has announced that Apple approved its mobile application for iPhone and iPod Touch. Vonage is currently conducting a (more…)
GTA is coming to your iPhone .
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Rockstar Games, the developers behind the Grand Theft Auto series, announced on Monday that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be coming to Apple ‘s iPhone and iPod Touch this fall.
The developer also announced that Beaterator, an app that allows users to create “world-class beats and songs,” will also be made available on the App Store. Like the (more…)
Free apps like Howcast provide video tutorials anytime, anywhere.
I’m not the handiest person in the world, which is why I tend to reach for the telephone more often than the toolbox. (The plumber’s on speed-dial.)
It’s not that I don’t want to drill, cut, measure, and fix things myself–it’s that I usually lack the tools and/or know-how.
All together, now: there are apps for that! Here’s a (more…)
