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UberSocial App Review – Mobile Tweeting

UberSocial App Review – Mobile Tweeting

Twitter’s official app for Android is notorious for its limited features and overall lack of functionality. Let’s face it – if people had a choice between the official app and using a computer, they’d choose the latter. Or maybe...
By Christopher Mead on 10/11/11 Comments Off on UberSocial App Review – Mobile Tweeting
From Wikipedia’s Editing to See A Birth of A New Methodology

From Wikipedia’s Editing to See A Birth of A New Methodology

Abstract Wikipedia is a knowledge base, whose foundation is cooperation and sharing, and used for free in network. It has established its reputation as the largest encyclopedia ever, offering and ever-growing database of free knowledge for all Internet users....
By Duohuai Zhang on 10/11/11 2

App Review: Avoidr & Anti-Social Networking.

Avoidr is a plugin powered by Foursquare which allows users to see check-ins of those they want to avoid. It seems perfect for dodging that awkward moment when you bump into an ex, evading conversations with that annoying or...
By Liam Voice on 10/10/11 Comments Off on App Review: Avoidr & Anti-Social Networking.
App Review: Google Goggles

App Review: Google Goggles

I have to admit that I do not own the app I'm about to review. In fact, I have never used it. But I want to discuss this app here because I feel that in the long run it...
By Jorrit Schaap on 10/10/11 2
Instagram lets us discover our hidden talents

Instagram lets us discover our hidden talents

Fortunately or not, I am not a smartphone user and I hardly play with applications different than alarm watch and calculator on my very old school Nokia. Believe me or not, they work and they do their job! Sometimes...
By Natalia Miszczak on 10/10/11 1

We’ll protect you from patent trolls and gay men in underwear!

In the most recent edition of the raging patent war between tech giant Apple, Google and Mirosoft, Apple has filed for a patent that would, if permitted, give them an edge over the app distribution systems of the competitors. A...
By Eelke Hermens on 10/10/11 Comments Off on We’ll protect you from patent trolls and gay men in underwear!
App review: Prey – open source anti-theft solution for PCs, Macs, and phones

App review: Prey – open source anti-theft solution for PCs, Macs, and phones

Prey lets you keep track of your phone or laptop at all times, and will help you find it if it ever gets lost or stolen. It’s lightweight, open source software, and free for anyone to use. And it...
By Daniel Luiz dos Santos on 10/10/11 2
Prey – an open source anti theft solution for Mac, PCs & Phones [Review]

Prey – an open source anti theft solution for Mac, PCs & Phones [Review]

Prey is a program that should help you feel more relaxed when using your brand new macbook pro in public. It lets you keep track of your phone or laptop if it is lost or stolen. For the...
By Clément Adam on 10/10/11 1
Digital finger painting

Digital finger painting

Digital finger painting – Using iPhone as canvas Brushes is a painting application designed from scratch for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Featuring an advanced color picker, several realistic brushes, multiple layers, extreme zooming, and a simple yet...
By Aurelie Ghalim on 10/10/11 1
App review: Soundcloud

App review: Soundcloud

Today I’m reviewing one of my favourite apps: the Soundcloud application. With the Soundcloud app you can access SoundCloud directly without using your Internet browser. It allows you to stream or download all tracks available on SoundCloud. The SoundCloud...
By Sebastiaan Smink on 10/10/11 Comments Off on App review: Soundcloud
App review: TomTom Places (iPhone)

App review: TomTom Places (iPhone)

What makes a good app? Does it have to be groundbreaking and revolutionary, extremely useful, addictive or just nice and decent? For the last few days I’ve been testing an app that might not be very revolutionary but is...
By Floris Spronk on 10/10/11 Comments Off on App review: TomTom Places (iPhone)
Autoguard app review

Autoguard app review

This is a free Android app that serves as a black box for a car.
By Andrian Georgiev on 10/10/11 Comments Off on Autoguard app review
Blendr. It Won’t Work – How About “Straight” Grindr?

Blendr. It Won’t Work – How About “Straight” Grindr?

Blendr is a geosocial networking application allowing users to connect with nearby people based on common interests. Created by the same developers as the "hook-up" app Grindr, the focus Blendr has on meeting people through common interests and platonic...
By Autumn Hand on 10/10/11 Comments Off on Blendr. It Won’t Work – How About “Straight” Grindr?
Facebook, towards ubiquitous computing?

Facebook, towards ubiquitous computing?

Last week an opinion piece by sociologist Ben Caudron was published in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. In it, Caudron expressed his views on the latest announcements by Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg at F8. The most interesting new changes...
By Bree Tahapary on 10/10/11 Comments Off on Facebook, towards ubiquitous computing?
The Switch: from Matthew Fuller to mobile apps

The Switch: from Matthew Fuller to mobile apps

Erupting Irruption Ask Elk Grove, launched ten days ago for the city of Elk Grove, California, numbers among the newest localized smartphone applications for reporting civic repairs. Most follow agendas similar to GRCity311, an app developed for Grand Rapids,...
By Kendall Grady on 10/10/11 2

Phone fun — Phone art

With the help of Internet and what follows it, with the help of social media and mobile phones development, today many people percieve themselves as artists. What we can easily observe is that the form of artistic creativity which...
By Urszula Jurgiel on 10/10/11 2

Crowdflow: pretty pictures with our iPhone localisation data

Smartphones have changed the way we think about pretty much all aspects of communication. We’re used to having internet access in our pockets, GPS, barcode readers – you name it. There are thousands of applications to make our lives...
By Ave Tampere on 10/10/11 1

App Review: Wikitude

With the introduction of AR (augmented reality) software and its implementation into mobile devices there has been a considerable rise in apps that use such geo-location and AR features. One of these apps is ‘Wikitude‘ developed by the Austrian...
By Philip Breek on 10/09/11 Comments Off on App Review: Wikitude
App review: Roamler

App review: Roamler

On June the 10th of this year the Amsterdam startup Roamler launched their free iPhone-app bearing the same name. Roamler challenges its ‘Roamlers’, the name for the users of the app, to complete certain tasks on assigned locations using...
By Leander Roet on 10/09/11 4
There’s an xkcd for that! (GeoHash: A Spontaneous Adventure Generator app)

There’s an xkcd for that! (GeoHash: A Spontaneous Adventure Generator app)

(Christmas GPS by xkcd) I’ve been a very avid iPhone user since 2008, ever since then it has been an extension of my arm and brain. It was my first mobile phone and my excitement over having access to...
By Demet Dagdelen on 10/09/11 Comments Off on There’s an xkcd for that! (GeoHash: A Spontaneous Adventure Generator app)

App Review : Foodspotting

When you are in a unknown neighborhood and it is time to eat, it can be hard some times to find a good place to grab a bite. Thinking of that the developers of Foodspotting created an easy way...
By Mario Gesteira on 10/09/11 Comments Off on App Review : Foodspotting

Open social networks and their role in society

Social media has grown to amazing heights the last couple of years. Some people say that these social media platforms help to activate citizens and to help answer social issues. Examples of the power of these platforms are abundant:...
By Wouter Timmermans on 10/09/11 Comments Off on Open social networks and their role in society
App Review: AroundMe

App Review: AroundMe

Where is the next cinema? Are there any pubs and restaurants near by? Where can I find the nearest points of interest? With the help of an iPhone you can answer such questions yourself within seconds. GPS and permanent...
By Jesse Oyegbesan on 10/09/11 Comments Off on App Review: AroundMe
Mobile Application Review: Grindr. It’s a guy thing.

Mobile Application Review: Grindr. It’s a guy thing.

Since Facebook has gained such worldwide success, it was long overdue for gay people to have their own social network. Joel Simkhai made their wish come true and created Grindr. I have to admit, I first found out about...
By Luana Pascu on 10/09/11 2