Augmented Reality iPhone Application.

This is a good use of augmented reality as a navigational tool.

Check which features work for your iPhone before downloading.

Uses are endless, from basic land surveying to navigation, and the app is great for hiking, boating, hunting, sightseeing, sports, and finding your way around.

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Based on a centuries-old astronomical instrument, Theodolite is a cool new multi-function augmented reality app for the iPhone that serves as a compass, GPS, map, zoom camera, rangefinder, and two-axis inclinometer. Theodolite overlays real time information about position, altitude, bearing, and horizontal/vertical inclination on the iPhone’s live camera image, like an electronic viewfinder. The app even includes a handy “A-B” calculator to compute height of landmarks, distance to landmarks, triangulate position, compute distance/heading between points, show relative angles between observations, and show two points on the map. Uses are endless, from basic land surveying to navigation, and the app is great for hiking, boating, hunting, sightseeing, sports, and finding your way around.

Find out more about the Theodolite app at : http://hunter.pairsite.com/theodolite/

Apple Bans Some Apps for Sex-Tinged Content.

Apple has started banning many applications for its iPhone that feature sexually suggestive material, including photos of women in bikinis and lingerie, a move that came as an abrupt surprise to developers who had been profiting from such programs.

Read more from the article courtesy of the New York Times at :

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/technology/23apps.html

From another report :

Apple, There’s Pornography On My iPhone. The App Is Called Safari. You Made It.

Apple’s hypocrisy with regard to the App Store is something I know well. Several times last year I wrote about Apple allowing apps like “Asian Boobs” and upskirt apps into the App Store while rejecting things such as satirical apps that mocked public figures. It was ridiculous. So you might think I’d be happy that Apple is now rejecting and removing sexy apps from the App Store as well. But actually, the hypocrisy is much worse now.

Continued at Apple, There’s Pornography On My iPhone. The App Is Called Safari. You Made It.

Courtesy of MG Siegler at TechCrunch on 23.02.2010

myTown – A Location Based Social Web Game For The iPhone.

Monopoly in the 21st century.

Buy and own your favorite real-life locations. Collect rent when other people check-in to your shops. Upgrade your shops to increase their value.

Find out more about myTown at : http://www.booyah.com/

TweetDeck – The Social Web Browser Comes to the iPhone.

Tweet on the go with all your favourite TweetDeck features, including the ability to view and update Facebook, direct from your iPhone.

TweetDeck is your mobile browser for staying in touch with what’s happening now on Twitter and Facebook from your iPhone or iPod Touch.

TweetDeck shows you everything you want to see at once, so you can stay organised and up to date no matter where you are.

Create groups, search Twitter, manage multiple accounts, and easily post your tweets or share photos, videos, links and much more.

Add your location to your tweets, and create columns from tweets in your immediate area.

TweetDeck for iPhone comes integrated with Facebook, so you can change your Facebook status too.

Plus sync your existing TweetDeck columns between your desktop and iPhone.

Find out more about TweetDeck for your iPhone at : http://www.tweetdeck.com/iphone/

Find out more about TweetDeck Browser Features here : http://www.tweetdeck.com/features/index.html

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ASBOrometer – Measure UK anti-social behaviour on iPhone and Android.

ASBOrometer is a mobile application that measures levels of anti-social behaviour at your current location (within England and Wales) and gives you access to key local ASB statistics.

ASBOrometer is available for iPhone and Android phones.

This app was created by Jeff Gilfelt and made possible by the data.gov.uk initiative, which is opening up UK government data for public reuse.

Find out more at : http://www.asborometer.com/

iPhone App – Touch Mouse by Logitech turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless trackpad and keyboard for your computer.

CURRENT FEATURES :

Multi-touch trackpad with option for two or three buttons.
Two-finger scrolling.
Keyboard with modifier keys.
On-screen text display while typing.
Show or hide the keyboard at any time.
Trackpad and keyboard are available in landscape and portrait modes.

Download the app from Apple : http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/touch-mouse/id338237450?mt=8

Find out more about Logitech : http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/494/6367&hub=1&cl=us,en?section=downloads

Could prove to be a very useful app.