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The Photo App for the Serious Phone Photographer
Dec 22nd
Smashwire.net Featuring Camera+ App for iPhone
Phones are no longer crappy cameras that give us “good enough” photos to share online, but now actually take photos that are good enough to print! Which is perfect because when we don’t have our camera on us, we always have our phones. Camera+ is a new app that maximizes the iPhone‘s capability to take photos. With easy to use options for exposure, clarity, multiple shooting modes, zoom, and even a photo flashlight! There’s lots of photo apps out there, but this one takes it further by providing you with every shoot option needed for the phone photographer. You can also set-up your lightbox for easy browsing, get photo info such as ISO, focal length, shutter speed, etc., and instantaneously share pics on flickr, facebook, and twitter. If you like photography and rock an iPhone, this is a no brainer app for only $.99 (Limited time only)!!
Saks Fifth Ave Wishing You a Happy Holidays in 3D
Dec 20th
Remember the good ol’ days when people would ooooo and ahhhhh over a giant Christmas tree lighting, in wonder of a million twinkling bulbs? Well, in a world of technology, kiss those days good bye and start drooling over the new craze of 3D projections. Saks Fifth Ave takes the reins and drives home a wondrous transformation of a regular building into a mad house of holiday cheer. While they aren’t the first (following companies such as Oakley, Ralph Lauren, Nokia, and Speedo) to wow with this digital illusion, they sure know how to do it right! Happy Holidays!
Sync Your Fitness Goals With Progress
Dec 19th
The Withings WiFi BodyScale
Packing more pounds than gifts this holiday season? This super tech scale will keep you in check with constant updates anywhere and anytime on your weight goals. The Withings WiFi Body Scale has a super stealth design and wifi integration allows instant access to your progress via iPhone, Android, iPad (first and second generation), and your computer. While some say its too much information, its probably exactly what you need to actually make that New Year’s resolution on trimming up happen.
Features
- Easy weight and fat mass monitoring on a private website secured by a password
- Personnalized multi-user monitoring thanks to an automatic user recognition (up to 8 users)
- Body analysis (fat mass, lean mass and BMI)
- Free iPhone application to monitor your weight and fat mass
- Graduation 0.2 lbs (0.1 kg) – 4 sensors, Maximum weight 396 lbs (180 kg)
- Uses 802.11g for extended range and low-power consumption
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Best Siri Commercial Parody
Dec 12th
Siri certainly seems to be ever so intuitive. But just how intuitive can she be? Watch our favorite Siri commercial parody yet on College Humor.
Holiday Essentials 3: How to Gift an App
Nov 28th
Congrats! You’ve survived the dreaded Monday post Turkey Coma Weekend. And now that holiday season is officially in full effect, it’s about time you start making a list and checking it thrice. (That’s three times, for our OCD readers.)
This year, show you pay attention to their interests and gift an app through iTunes- all you need is the email address of the recipient you wish to send it to.
Follow these 3 steps to gift an app to anyone and everyone on your list:
1. Go to the iTunes Store and search for the app you want to gift.
2. Underneath the app’s logo on the left side of the screen, you’ll see a price and the words “Buy App.”
Click on this arrow and select “Gift This App” from the drop down menu.
3. You’ll be taken to a green screen where you fill out the necessary information, and click send. The recipient will get a notice and can download the app from there.
Happy Gifting!
Learn more: http://mashable.com/2010/03/22/itunes-app-gifting/, http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2736
Gadgets Humping on SNL
Nov 13th
If you happened to catch last night’s SNL, something very special happend. Emma Stone and Andy Samberg show us how technology gets frisky. No really, it gets pretty real. But with a catchy song that won’t escape my head, “We’re gonna make technology hump,” and two annoyingly industrial-esk hosts in khakis and colorful tees, it is just well… PERFECT.
“Clean, close-up shots of tech humping.”
You’re Painless Guide to Holiday Travel
Nov 9th
It’s that time of the year: it’s dark when you leave work, Starbucks rolls out the latest 600 calorie (but most delicious) holiday drink ever and you’ll be boozing more than the usual due to holiday-parties-a-plenty.
It’s also time to see book your holiday travel, and in this day in age- there IS an app (and many websites) for that. Ditch your run-o-the-mill Travelocity and check out our list of holiday travel websites and apps to make it as painless as possible. But don’t look to us for dealing with the Crazy Aunt. (Don’t worry, we all have one)
- - TripIt — Once signed up for the free service, forward travel confirmation emails to TripIt, which will automatically create a master itinerary of an upcoming trip accessible through the web or a mobile device. The itineraries even include the tidbits we seem to forget like weather updates, local maps, and directions.
- - Google Flight Search — Book that plane ticket before prices rise any further! Google’s flight search engine incorporates travel basics like price point, maximum number of connections, and preferred airline with an easy-to-use interface.
- - Hotel Tonight — If there are too many relatives in one house, scan the last-minute hotel deals in Hotel Tonight for a chic getaway at a discounted price. Every day three hotels in a city reveal their discounted rates starting at noon, and you then have until 2 a.m. to book the deal and take advantage of a peaceful room.
Check out three more apps your phone must include for this traveling season: More >
iPhone Finder by BiKN (Dead or Alive)
Nov 9th
Photo Courtesy of Bikn.com
BiKN.com (a foundational group of Treehouse Labs, LLC) has innovated a case and app package that allows you to turn your iPhone into a locatable device when misplaced, whether it is dead, muted, and/or turned-off. A price hasn’t been set on this cool little leash for your phone, but is expected to hit floors in December 2011. Definitely something to look into as the holiday season approaches.
Business Cards That Sing
Nov 9th
Photo Courtesy of richard.ritornell.at
Ritornell for Musicbox from Ritornell on Vimeo.
Katharina Hölzl designed a business card that not only makes a lasting impression with eye ogling typography and feel good paper stock, but this card really sings… literally! Simple technology mixed with some creativity takes the everyday standard into a personalized musical experience.
Source: Richard Eigner
Turn That Misfire Into A Smooth Start
Nov 1st
Photo Courtesy of CarMD.com
There comes a time when our day to day routine is interrupted by the song of “ding ding ding” that chimes from our dashboard. The check engine light is now shining brightly in your face. All of a sudden, your day goes from routine into a flustered shuffle. The question begs to be answered “Do I need to take my car in or can it wait?” CarMd has developed a little piece of mind to get you over the initial worry of when to take action and what to expect when you get to the dealer. Although a supplement to your normal vehicle maintenance routine, it will surely give you a little more insight to your ride’s current condition.
Source: CarMd.com
