News tagged with iphone apps

Scientist creates 3-D scanner iPhone app (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Leave it to an iPhone app developer to turn a tool that cost hundreds of dollars a year ago into something that can be done with a 99-cent app. Grant Schindler, research scientist in Georgia ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Study finds the mind is a frequent, but not happy, wanderer

People spend 46.9 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they're doing, and this mind-wandering typically makes them unhappy. So says a study that used an iPhone web app to ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Facebook launches iPhone camera app (Update)

Facebook released a "camera" application Thursday that lets people take Instagram-style pictures that can be shared with iPhones.

Technology / Software

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Georgia Tech develops braille-like texting app (w/ video)

Imagine if smartphone and tablet users could text a note under the table during a meeting without anyone being the wiser. Mobile gadget users might also be enabled to text while walking, watching TV or socializing ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Potential drunk drivers now have an app for that

(PhysOrg.com) -- You have spent the night out on the town and had a few drinks with friends. At the end of the evening, you figure you have only had a few drinks. You should be fine to drive right? While this ...

Technology / Software

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 8 | with audio podcast weblog

Mac App Store downloads top 100 million

Apple on Monday said that more than 100 million mini-programs tailored for Macintosh computers have been downloaded from the Mac App Store since it opened at the start of the year.

Technology / Software

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

HP to offer webOS as open-source software

(AP) -- It may be one of the technology world's most expensive efforts to give something away: Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday that it's making its webOS mobile system available as open-source software that anyone can use ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

New study is first to test the actual impact of branded apps on consumers

A new research study co-authored by an Indiana University professor suggests that interactive applications for mobile phones such as Apple's iPhone and Google's Android may be some of the most powerful forms of advertising ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

After long wait, Facebook set to release iPad app

One of the big, enduring questions of the technology world: "When will iPad users get their very own Facebook app?"

Technology / Software

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

FBI launches phone app to help find missing children

The FBI joined the booming mobile phone app market on Friday with the launch of a tool to help parents find missing kids.

Technology / Software

created Aug 05, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Withings makes a $129 blood pressure monitor for Apple devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you were to open the App Store in iTunes and put in the world health you would find a wealth of apps ready and waiting to help you get healthy. Most of those apps feature advice or information. ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

iPhone app uses crowd sourcing to help the blind

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of innovative thinkers from several universities working together on a joint project to merge existing technology (the iPhone) with a real-world crowd sourcing application to help blind ...

Technology / Software

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Android smartphones winning over 'app' makers

Google is the new darling of software wizards out to cash-in on the world's love for customizing smartphones with fun, hip or functional applications.

Technology / Software

created May 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Google account users get extra security

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google announced on Thursday that they are giving their Gmail users additional account security, free of charge. As of Thursday Google account users can turn on a "two-step authentication" ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Google translation 'app' hits iPhone

Google software that turns iPhones into interpreters became available at Apple's online App Store on Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 15