Do the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions have you down-and-out? Feeling a little glum with all this talk of ash clouds and delayed flights? That’s what the folks at Lonely Planet are banking on, and to make you feel better they’re offering up some of their iphone city guides to you, absolutely free. Lonely Planet’s ‘Volcano Relief…
Wild Calls iPhone app is made to increase awareness of the plight of endangered species worldwide
The Center for Biological Diversity is using the iPhone as a medium to spread the message and spur people to take action to protect wildlife. Their app is called Wild Calls and it brings endangered species sound each week to the iPhone and iPod Touch users. Here’s the official pitch (from the press release): The…
Firefox, Bolt and NetFront probably won’t follow Opera to iPhone
The big news of the last week was – Opera Mini is in the AppStore. Soon afterwards, it hit the first spot in top lists of AppStores worldwide, and then we heard Skyfire is ready to follow the example. That made me wonder – what’s happening with other mobile web browser developers such as Mozilla…
Did AT&T have a hand in rejecting Google Voice from iPhone AppStore but letting Opera Mini in?
Google Voice for iPhone. Just the mention of Google’s place-shifting telephone service should bring up memories of the fiasco surrounding Apple’s decision to ban Google Voice from the AppStore. Mention Opera Mini, however, and most people will probably react with mild surprise and a healthy curiosity for the newly approved iPhone web browser alternative. You’d…
LTU technologies Introduces lookthatup iPhone App
LTU technologies has announced new updates to its image recognition platform including functionality optimized for mobile image matching. The company has also launched a new release of lookthatup, (www.lookthatup.com) an LTU-powered mobile application featuring visual search for the iPhone (see pics above). LTU technologies has made its APIs open and with its newly introduced developer…
Sygic Aura for iPhone hits App Store in Singapore & Malaysia
Sygic AURA (a nex-gen Sat Nav app) has got released in to the wild – mapping Singapore on Malayisa on its first regional outing. In case you are wondering what’s nex-gen about it – well, it’s apparently a “revolutionary combination of full-featured turn-by-turn car and pedestrian navigation with social networking, packed with latest maps and…
iPhone App gives you ‘second opinion’
Well iPhone Apps come and go don’t they? Some are good, some are bad, and some are seemingly a mix. Take ‘Second Opinion‘ for example – it gives the impression of something with a bit of a cheese factor when you first see it, but actually it could potentially be quite good fun! And better…
Looking at the next iPhone
The weekend offered some slight glimpses of the next iPhone but there wasn’t any definitive proof. Well friends, it looks like the real deal is out in the wild and the Gizmodo’s breakdown indicates that is could be a radical departure from previous versions. If this is the next iPhone, it’s going to look a…
Gowalla for iPhone Adds Spot Search, Friend Sorting By Location
Gowalla, who had recently unleashed events support, has just added spot search and friend sorting to the latest version of their location-based check-in app for iPhone. It used to be that if you wanted to check in somewhere, you would have to browse a list of spots already created around your GPS location, and if…
Atari 2600 Emulator for iPhone Caught on Video
Time for some retro crazy-cool gaming action… all on the iPhone. If you grew up in the late 70’s or early 80’s, chances are this will pull at your heart-strings… that is, if you were into gaming back then. Remember the Atari 2600? Well, it turns out that Manomio (the folks that put together the…