The Apple App Store, the Android Market and BlackBerry’s AppWorld have a surprising new competitor. The United States government. According to a story at Gadgetwise, the government announced a Mobile Apps store at USA.gov, featuring four new free apps to accompany 14 others that the government created while the marketplace was presumably under development in […]
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According to The Gary Post Tribune, Jeff Will, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Valparaiso University, came up with the “Here Kitty, Kitty” app, for sale at iTunes for 99 cents, which plays sound that cats might find so appealing they come out from under the couch. He figured if cats came
There’s one surefire way to solve the iPhone 4 antenna problem: don’t let your hand or fingers come in contact with its metal band. Easier said than done, right? Unless you’re willing to constantly use the speakerphone, a headset, or a pair of gloves, your only viable option is to keep the iPhone in a
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According to The New York Times, there is a new challenge to typing on phones. More phones are using virtual keyboards on a touch screen, replacing physical buttons. But pecking out a message on a small piece of glass is not so easy, and typos are common. Cliff Kushler thinks he has a solution. His
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TechBeat reports that consumers in North America pay more by far for mobile applications than people in all other regions of the world, according to a new study by wireless consultant Chetan Sharma. The study was commissioned by Getjar, a company that sells downloadable software for mobile phones. Last year, North American consumers paid an
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Fast Company takes a look at four App developers with major ideas. All age 16 or younger, they’re part of a generation raised with multi-touch and social media, and they’re cranking out profitable ideas for new devices and platforms as fast as manufacturers let them. Andrew Rauh, 16, Dearborn, Michigan When did you get started?
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Fast Company takes a look at four App developers with major ideas. All age 16 or younger, they’re part of a generation raised with multi-touch and social media, and they’re cranking out profitable ideas for new devices and platforms as fast as manufacturers let them. Stephen Huber, 14, Chicago, IL When did you get started?
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Fast Company takes a look at four App developers with major ideas. All age 16 or younger, they’re part of a generation raised with multi-touch and social media, and they’re cranking out profitable ideas for new devices and platforms as fast as manufacturers let them. Today: Jonah Grant: The Ideas Man, 14, Chicago, IL When
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Apple’s iPhone would have seemed a super-futuristic gadget in 1970, when fiber optics were a new invention and Americans celebrated the first Earth Day. USA TODAY offers up 5 iPhone apps to help you go green: FindGreen: Search more than 56,000 green and sustainable businesses to make everyday choices that will reduce your environmental impact.
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According to the LA Times, Steve Jobs was making a direct attack on Google when he announced Apple’s new advertising platform, called iAd, Thursday. Industry experts predict that the mobile advertising business will balloon to $1.5 billion by 2013, a prospect that has both companies scrambling to make an advertising platform. The technology would allow
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