Tag: APPLICATION

What's the best sound in the world to wake up hearing? A rooster crowing? Not unless you're a hungry fox. How about an alarm clock blaring in your ear? Not even close. But what if somebody found a way to combine the sounds of fowls' cries and that foul device? Well, they have, and it's called BirdBox. It just might be the cutest (and maybe simultaneously annoying) app we've come across. ...

We told you about one guy who figured out how to make a killing by developing a dirty iPhone application. When you think about it, it's sort of logical that his app sold well. (Scantily clad 3-D girls always equal tons of downloads.) But sometimes, there's just no explaining why an app rises to the top of the download charts. For example, consider the recent success of the new 'iMussolini' ...

There's an old saying in the relatively new world of iPhone application developers: if at first you don't succeed, create a virtual porn app. Okay, so maybe it's not an old saying, but it is a bit of wisdom that Eugene Lin took to heart. As he explains in this video from Boing Boing, it took Lin several tries to create an application that people would actually want to buy. As he found out, ...

We've all been tempted to do it, and, let's just be honest, many of us have done it before. Paranoia or boredom grips, and we read through text messages or e-mails on our significant other's phone. But when the tables turn, how do you ensure this invasion of privacy isn't perpetrated? A new iPhone application called 'iTrust' takes an interesting (and possibly ineffective) approach. According ...

Like many folks, we've spent our fair share of cash in the iPhone's App Store. From the useful to the useless, it's hard to resist loading up your cell phone with applications. Well, at least until you receive that bank statement at the end of the month. So, just how much can somebody spend with one touch of the screen, you might ask? Costing $999, 'BarMax CA' is the world's most expensive ...

Everybody is always excited to add a new friend on Facebook (and if you're not, social networking probably isn't for you). But what happens when those cyber relationships turn sour? Feelings are hurt, angry Wall posts might be made, and, in many cases, one person will simply delete or "defriend" the other in order to cut off all communication. Thankfully, to avoid yet more drama, Facebook ...

Like moths drawn by a campfire, skiers flock to the slopes with the promise of fresh powder. But what happens when you ditch work, only to find that those six inches of fresh snow reported in the paper are more like two inches on the mountain? If you're a couple of Dartmouth College professors, you research why these false reports occur. According to The Globe and Mail, Professors Eric ...

Are you too cool for gloves? Even those fingerless ones that only hipsters (and the homeless) wear? If you answered yes, then surely you also own an iPhone -- the ultimate barometer of anybody's coolness these days. So just how does one remain both hip and warm this winter? With a new application called Pocketheat, of course. According to Gizmodo, the app uses 100-percent of the device's ...

Seemingly every other professional uses an iPhone at work, so why not a soldier? Raytheon, a military contractor, hopes to bring Apple's do-all device to the battlefield soon. According to The New York Times, Raytheon announced Wednesday the "One Force Tracker," which is an application that shows a person's position on a real-time map and provides secure communication between users. This live ...

We will be the first to admit that reading on the iPhone isn't the most pleasant experience in the world. In theory, it's amazing to be able to carry your favorite book on your cell phone -- an ability that products like the 'Classics' iPhone app offers to users. But when the device displays a mere 50 to 75 words at a time (translating to hundreds of screens of text), reading a novel becomes ...

Thinking about a nip here, or a tuck there? If you're not certain that a face lift or lipo is right for you, you might want to test the waters with an iPhone application. According to Reuters, two plastic surgery apps, both aiming to inform surgical candidates about different procedures, have been released in the past month. The first, the Shafer Plastic Surgery App, was launched in October. It ...

If you aren't well-versed in a native language, traveling to another country can be intimidating. But two new iPhone applications seek to remedy that anxiety by translating foreign languages on the fly. More interesting, the apps use two different methods -- audio or images. PicTranslator, which supports more than 10 languages, can translate text that appears in a picture you've taken with the ...

Sick of of transferring all those photos from your iPhone or iPod touch to your computer whenever you want to print? A new, free app from Canon, which was launched today, will cut out the middleman, making it easier to turn digital image albums into glossy photos. According to Digital Photography Review, the Easy Photo-Print App allows users to wirelessly print photos from the devices mentioned ...

Perverts rejoice! There's yet another iPhone application that caters to your sexual fantasies. We've already told you about the 'Hottest Girls' app, and the 'myMassage' app. Beating both of those apps on the creepiness scale, though is 'Puff!' The goal of this game is to blow into the iPhone microphone until the onscreen girl's skirt lifts up, revealing her underwear. If you blow hard, the girl's ...

If the rumors are true, Research in Motion (RIM), the developer of the BlackBerry, might soon change the way users tweet from their smartphones. There are plenty of third-party Twitter apps, but according to the CrackBerry blog, more details have emerged about a Twitter app designed by RIM, which could unseat apps like TwitterBerry. The as-of-yet unnamed application will boast push features ...