Marko Todorovic is a photographer behind the streetartlove.rs, an augmented reality art book that documents Belgrade street art scene. Each page of the book, including the cover, “doubles as the platform” for updatable augmented reality content. When a page is viewed through the junaio browser on a smartphone — iPhone or some Android-powered smartphone —…
E-card app YourCards hits the AppStore just in time for Valentine’s Day
YourCards is a new e-greeting card app for iPhone and iPod Touch, unveiled just in time for Valentine’s Day. Available as a free download, it makes it simple for users to “show how much they care.” Plus you can use it not only to send greeting cards, but also to receive them — all while…
Sentio UI – The Android home replacement to rule them all
One great thing about Android is the ability to change your default home UI – whether it’s through custom ROMs, or home replacement applications, the dev community has you covered with a wide selection of Android homescreen flavors. The latest such homescreen skin is called Sentio UI, but it won’t be available for some time.…
iTrump Transforms Your iPhone into a ‘2-Inch Trumpet’
When I was in junior-high, I played the trumpet… Horribly. While I enjoy music as much as the next guy, playing it (whether it was the trumpet, the piano or the guitar) never really added up to much for me. I was decent… but that’s where it ended. Thankfully, now that the old instruments have…
Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread gives full NFC capabilties
While Android 2.3 Gingerbread had NFC as one of its main features, it only had the read functionality but Google has just pushed out a “small feature release” that boosts the NFC capabilities. According to the search giant’s developer blog, Android 2.3.3 now includes: – A comprehensive NFC reader/writer API that lets apps read and…
iOS Game Publishers Offer Valentine’s Day Sales for Select iPhone & iPad Games
When I think of Valentine’s Day I think of Cupid prancing around, shooting his arrows into people to help them fall in love, couples planning their days out with brunches, picnics, and an elegant dinner at a 5 star restaurant. I also think of the rest of you poor bastards who say that you’re fine…
GetGlue Launches BlackBerry Check-In App in Beta
Last night, the GetGlue social network finally launched a check-in app for BlackBerry in a private beta. This follows on the heels of Android and iPhone apps, which also let you share what your watching, who you’re talking about, what you’re playing, what you’re thinking about, what you’re reading, what you’re listening to, and lots…
Alien Dalvik: For those of you who want to run Android apps on your Nokia N900
The smartphone platform wars wouldn’t really matter if you could run applications made for one operating system on a competitor’s handset. While we’re not yet at a point where Android applications can run on the iPhone, or vice-versa, the folks at Myriad Group have created a way to let users of Nokia’s Maemo running N900…
CardStar iPhone app now integrates Groupon deals
CardStar’s mobile loyalty app has been updated to integrate with Groupon, bringing all those lovely Groupon savings (estimated at $1 billion) to CardStar’s 1.3 million iPhone users. Once your CardStar app is updated, you will be able to access deals offered by both national and local retailers in more than 160 cities. With this Groupon…
Tru launches Business Elite voice and data plans for U.S.-based business travelers
Tru aka Truphone announced new voice and data plans for U.S.-based business travelers. Called Tru for Business Elite, the new plans are actually bundles of minutes, data and texts that can potentially save businesses tons of cash on their international roaming bills (when compared to business roaming rates). Included in the deal are data, minutes…