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13 Jul 2009 10:37

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Tech: It’s official: We live in the future. This Twitter iPhone app proves it.

  • HOLY. FREAKING. MOTHER. OF. GOD. This application can’t be real. TwittARound, an augmented reality application, grabs all the Tweets around you and shows where they are around you, almost like a compass of useless chatter. (Someone with this app, guess which coffee shop we’re in.) source
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11 Jul 2009 12:30

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Culture, Tech: Greg Grunberg: “Heroes” star, Yowza iPhone app maven

  • At the beginning it was a tough chicken and egg situation. Where I was calling and saying ‘Hi it’s Greg Grunberg, star of NBC’s Heroes, can I talk to the head of marketing please,’ and I would get them on the phone.
  • Greg Grunberg • On his pretty solid side career producing the Yowza iPhone app, a GPS-aware coupon-referring program that has become a hit. He claims that he’s always been a bit of an entrepreneur and that it’s a solid backup plan just in case he gets killed off on “Heroes” someday. (Not that he should have a problem with that, because his character can read people’s thoughts.) • source
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02 Jul 2009 15:28

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Tech: An unabashed plug for an RSS reader: Meet Feedly, brahs.

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  • As you might know about us at ShortFormBlog, we’re not against the occasional plug for something we really dig. And in this case, Feedly, which mashes up Google Reader into a very easy-to-read format, totally deserves it. Like other Web products we’ve liked in the past, such as Apture (who likes us back, apparently), it has this way of carrying itself like it the Internet should have always been this way. We like giving nods to cool things like this. Makes life easier – especially when it comes to tweeting links. source
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25 Apr 2009 00:03

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Tech: You mean we’re the one billionth iPhone app? *fistbump*

Bump, an awesome idea for an app, was the billionth iPhone app downloaded. A lucky 13-year-old kid won, BTW. source
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22 Apr 2009 22:01

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Tech: Apple says no, you can’t shake babies on your iPhone

Apple removed a charming application from its App Store called “Baby Shaker.” And it’s not Shaker, the religion. source
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04 Mar 2009 21:29

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Tech: Amazon lights a Kindle fire under the iPhone

  • $399 cost of a new Amazon Kindle e-Book reader; it ain’t cheap
  • $0 cost of the new Amazon Kindle iPhone app; it’s kinda free source
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28 Feb 2009 16:10

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Tech: Our new best friend on the Metro: A music-making robot

iPhone app Bebot seems like a $1.99 toy until you realize it’s a full-featured synth. source
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26 Feb 2009 22:52

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Culture, Tech: CBS goes all iPhone app on us

  • Meet TV.com, our new preferred way of watching the tube. Who needs a TV anymore? Now you can watch all the good stuff on a 3G network (though wi-fi is preferred. TV.com is no Hulu, but the CBS-focused competitor does have shows from CBS, the CW and Showtime. The gauntlet has been thrown, Hulu. Get on it, duders. source
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16 Feb 2009 21:51

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Offbeat, Tech: You can count on this iPhone app getting your legs broken

A new card-counting iPhone app has casinos on guard for cheating gamblers. source
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