Archive for March, 2009
Several iPhone to do apps compared
Update 2009-10-26
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It appears that Zenbe is now charging $2.99 for the iPhone app.
I just discovered a new free contender out there that seems very much like the Zenbe lists
Doris
http://beta.dorisapp.com
They have a Mac Dashboard widget, a website and an iPhone app. I haven’t given this a full test, but it looks very promising. It has [...]
The “whole” expierience – twittering for business 101
Twitter, and other third-party communication channels are increasingly being used by brands and businesses to help connect with customers in a purely opt in, semi-personal way. This can be done in a good way, and a horribly bad way. To give you some guidance, Chris Brogan has set up a list of things to keep [...]
Read More..>>Electronic Voting Machine UI leads to voter fraud
Eight Clay County, Kentucky election officials were charged last week with conspiring to alter ballots cast on electronic voting machines in several recent elections. …
The Kentucky officials are accused of taking advantage of a somewhat confusing aspect of the way the iVotronic interface was implemented. In particular, the behavior (as described in the indictment) of [...]
Opera Fingertouch proposes a solution for the ‘fat finger’
This is an interesting solution to the problems of small form elements and pages with lists of text links. Instead of clicking to select or accidentally clicking a link when trying to zoom or pan, clicking zooms into the specific area controls, making them larger targets. Currently, it adds an extra click even if you [...]
Read More..>>Augmented Reality
Looks like this technology is moving beyond proof of concepts and into the advertising world. Very cool stuff. And of course the applications for everyone’s pocket viewport (i.e. mobile phone) are endless.
An ad (and instructions) from GE:http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/augmented_reality
On a mobile:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL2ByYozGOI
And a news feature on the technology:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKw_Mp5YkaE