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Apps & Software
Program To Track Your Missing Mac Laptop Free Until 2011
There’s a free application to track your missing iPhone, so why shouldn’t there be a free program to track your missing laptop?
In an act of Christmas spirit, Hidden is offering a free download of their laptop tracking application, good for iMacs or Mac Books. The program only activates when you go to Hidden’s official website and ask …
Apple Explains Why They Banned The Wikileaks App
The Wikileaks saga for freedom of the press will continue now that Apple has banned the Wikileaks App from their store. Apple claims that the app violated the law and could potentially put some people at risk. Here’s the cache since the App Store site is no longer available.
“We removed the WikiLeaks app from the App Store because …
App of the Week: WordPress for Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7 owners who run WordPress blogs now have an official app for their phones. The free WordPress for Windows Phone 7 works with both wordpress.com and self-hosted wordpress.org accounts, providing quick access to posts, comments and stats.
Post creation provides basic features such as rich text formatting, media uploads, …
The Internet Is The Enemy Of Journalism, Claims Internet CEO
The internet is killing journalism – but tablet culture may save it. Or, at least, that’s the view of Mike McCue, chief executive of Flipboard (Apple’s App of The Year) and new board member for Twitter, who told the LA Times that he thinks that the reading experience of the internet is detrimental to… well, reading:
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New App Lets Your Phone Become a Translation Tool
Don’t you hate when you’re traversing the hills of Ouagadougou and you come across that sign that you just can’t read. Alas, if you had only known that it was warning you about the blood thirsty pigmy goats, life would be so different. Fear no more: Word Lens will translate anything for you, as long as you can fit it in your iPhone …
Playstation App Coming to iPhone, Android
Soon, you can have PlayStation news on your smartphone. According to the official PlayStation blog, developers are finishing touches on the Android and iPhone apps for the gaming company. The app will be compatible with iPhones and iPod Touches with a minimum OS 4 and most Android phones OS 1.6 and above. The first version will be …
Google Maps Update Brings 3D Buildings, Offline GPS Features
Google has updated its Google Maps Android app to include 3D buildings and offline storage capabilities. These are both features that Google’s Andy Rubin showed off at a recent tech conference, if you recall.
The new 3D buildings feature allows users to tilt and rotate maps at various angles, and Google’s new use of vector graphics …
Bing Updates: Let The Search Engine Make Decisions For You
Microsoft officially launched Bing 2.0 Wednesday night with changes to both their online search engine and mobile phone apps. Bing has been trying to compete against Google for dominance since it launched in June 2009, particularly by calling their program a “decision engine.” And that’s what these upgrades mostly are: additional …
Make Your Own Android Apps, No Programming Skills Required
Mobile app developers. What a pretentious lot. Drinking their frothy coffee with their pinkies in the air, discussing the latest in Boolean logic and data-driven design—enough! We can all be app developers now.
Google’s App Inventor software was initially released to education-focused groups back in July, but it’s now available to …
Apple Computers Get Mac App Store on January 6
Apple’s upcoming Mac App Store hopes to make the process of finding, downloading and installing computer software as simple as downloading apps on an iPhone or iPad. The store will launch in 90 countries on January 6 for users running the Snow Leopard version of Apple’s operating system.
Software applications will be available in both …
ESRB App Lets Parents Read About The Violence in Video Games
It can be tricky picking what video games are appropriate for certain age groups without trying the game for yourself. While the Electronic Safety Ratings Board (ESRB) isn’t giving out free demos, their updated app might make it a little easier to figure out if that first-person shooter is appropriate for a 10 year-old. The non-profit …