SKIDATA, the company behind online ski pass reservation service, is taking the “iPhone route.” Their application is called (guess) iSkiPass and it basically brings their online “process” to the iPhone/iPod Touch, allowing users to quickly and securely buy a ski pass from their beloved gadget. The process involves buying a ski pass, loading it onto…
Evernote iPhone integrations
In addition to the dedicated Evernote iPhone application, the popular note-taking service is also used on / integrated with other apps. Here are some that rely on the Evernote API to deliver a better service: Document reading (OCR) applications that take advantage of Evernote’s handwriting recognition technology include: DocScanner, JotNot, Qipit White and Scanner Pro.…
Twitter calendar service TwitCal gets an iPhone app
Infoteria, the company behind the TwitCal service (Twitter calendar), is launching an iPhone application – allowing users to share, follow and publish event information through Twitter. In other words, you can use TwitCal to: Tweet events – i.e. birthdays, anniversaries, public events, etc. Follow other people’s calendars – family calendars, artists’ event schedules, sports game…
Check out the iPhone game controlled by your mind
While trolling around the Game Developer’s Conference this week, I stumbled upon an interesting app from MindGames which lets you use your brain to play a game. Tug of Mind will be a $5 iPhone game aimed at teaching people how to stay calm under tense situations. You can upload a photo of someone that…
iPhone App My First Game is great for young children
“My First Game” is an early-learning game entirely devised for children aged 3 to 6, which they can play either on their own or along with their parents.”My First Game” offers a total of 12 different activities which are both fun and encourage learning. Many different skills are covered, such as recognizing shapes, writing, memory,…
Mobile devices and kids, specifically 2 year-olds!
I haven’t written a post about Babies and Mobiles for a while, mainly because my baby has now grown up in to a 2 year old toddler. But given how proficient she is with Mobile devices, I figured it might be time to write another one. Before I get stuck in to the post proper,…
Flyscreen for Android integrates Foursquare with new update
For those who are not in the know for that Flyscreen is, it’s a lock screen replacement for Android. When the phone is woken up from it’s sleep state, Flyscreen presents the user with customizable widgets that link up to Twitter, Facebook, weather, sports news, finance, etc. With the newest update, the guys at Cellogic…
Hands-on video: 3D gaming gets serious on webOS
We were at the Game Developer’s Conference this week in San Francisco and we got some good hands-on time with the latest games for webOS. The platform was originally launched with a relatively simple software development kit: it was based around Internet standards like HTML and CSS in order to target the millions of web…
OpenTable Restaurant Reservation App for iPhone Updated to 3.0
OpenTable, an app for finding and reserving spots at restaurants, has updated its iPhone software to include a few new features. You can now search for restaurants by name, rather than searching by location or category. That’s a no-brainer feature, since not everyone is looking to discover something new, but rather know exactly where they…
Barnes & Noble making e-reader app for iPad
If you’re planning to use your new-fangled iPad as a book reader, you’ll be happy to know that Barnes & Noble is planning to bring its electronic-reading application to Apple’s tablet. “Designed specifically for the iPad, our new B&N eReader will give our customers access to more than one million eBooks, magazines and newspapers in…