You can now use your iPhone 3GS’ camera to help you find the nearest bus stop, as the transportation agency of Portland, Ore., has teamed with Metaio to use augmented reality to help you get around. Metaio’s iPhone app, Junaio, can now be used to access real-time schedules for the next bus. It’s interesting because…
Wired teams with Adobe for iPad app
Wired is bringing its technology-magazine goodness to the iPad thanks to a little help from Adobe. The magazine has worked with Adobe on a new digital publishing technology that enables it to create the print and digital version simultaneously. It didn’t dive into the specifics of the technology but it skirts around the banning of…
Foursquare for webOS Updated with Push Notifications
Foursquare on the Palm Pre and Pixi has been updated with a few bug fixes and push notifications for friend check-ins. A few minor aesthetic tweaks were also made, like changing nearby specials from in-line with the venue title to a bigger splash button in the top-right, and a magnifying glass next to the search…
WordPress for BlackBerry Updated to Version 1.2
If you use the WordPress app for BlackBerry, take note. The app has been updated to version 1.2, and many new features have been built-in that are worth noting. I’ll list the changelog for you below, but so far, perhaps the biggest improvement I’ve noticed is overall performance. It’s easier to login and the app…
New Sports Tracker updated with S60 3.2 support
We’ve already talked about renewed Sports Tracker, which is no longer a Nokia’s project. Rather, a separate company, Sports Tracking Technologies, is behind it with all the same people who made it while working for Nokia developing the software. The new Sports Tracker application/client is no longer a “touch thing” only, as the company unveiled…
London Evening Standard gets its mobile app(s)
The London Evening Standard is going mobile in partnership with Handmark. The new mobile news application has been made to work across platforms, including the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Mobile and touch-enabled Symbian S60 5th Edition. Using London Evening Standard’s app, users can easily browse through news categories, including Business, Sport, Showbiz, and Life and…
Sprint EVO 4G does screenshots without root access
TheSprint HTC EVO 4G takes screenshots like a champ, and it does it without needing any root access. Rather than have you jump through a couple of hoops, and install the Android SDK in order to get screenshots, the EVO 4G parts with most of the Android pack and allows you to capture your current…
Hotels testing using smartphones as keys
We’re quickly moving toward a future where your smartphone is the center of everything, as the good folks at Holiday Inn are testing a program where you can use your iPhone, BlackBerry or favorite device as a room key. The hotel is using technology from Open Ways (warning: that website is loud and annoying) to…
Internet Controlled Soda Machine Sells on eBay for $76
Retrofitting old junk with new guts always grabs my attention. That’s why, when MIT computer science grad Chris Varenhorst re-jigged a dirt cheap soda machine to his specifications, I had to chuckle. So what did he do? Chris not only managed to hook the machine up to the internet, but he also made the soda…
Gowalla for webOS Updated With Search and Facebook Viewing
The recent update to Android’s Gowalla app has been followed up with a roughly equivalent one for webOS, including stuff like comments and picture uploading for particular spots. Searching and filtering spots is included in this update, which came to iPhone awhile back, as well as a redesigned passport, the ability to peruse trips made…