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New Facebook App Will Help You Find Out Who Gave You the Flu

Donald Deane — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:00:46 +0000

After last year's flu season, which health officials say was one of the mildest in the past 30 years, the illness is back with a vengeance. Well, if you're unlucky enough to currently have the flu, at least a new Facebook app can help track down the diseased jerk who gave it to you in the first place.

Google Steals Christmas, Deletes Entire Month of December from App

Donald Deane — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Find yourself wishing the holidays were over already? Well, thanks to a bug in the latest version of Google's mobile operating system, the month of December has been canceled altogether. Is Google the new Grinch?

Diary App Brings Diaries Into the 21st Century

Lisa Bernier — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:54:14 +0000

If you want to write in a diary, but don’t want to carry around an actual, physical, heavy book (or are tired of LiveJournal), then Memoires: The Diary is the app for you. Brought to you by Victor Nakonechny, Memoires: The Diary App is the way to go to keep a chronicle of your day-to-day [...]

Animal Kingdom Enjoys Technology Just Like Humans [VIDEO]

JP — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:23:05 +0000

Well, maybe they don't. This Bearded Dragon gets introduced to the game Ant Crusher. The look he gives his owner doesn't exactly scream satisfaction. But hey the rest of us are still entertained!

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Taggie Smartphone App Helps Kids Make Smart Food Choices [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:00:07 +0000

If you’re someone who wants your kids to know more about food — something we should all know more about — you’ll probably find a new app in development pretty interesting.

Taggie, the brainchild of recent Dutch design school graduate Niels van Hoof, uses your smartphone camera to scan a barcode of food items. It then launches a 3D augmented reality animation to give children a short, fun lesson about the food’s origin, growth process, and different varieties.

Upcoming App Tells You How Much Time Is Left on Traffic Lights

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:30:01 +0000

Researchers at MIT and Princeton have developed a smartphone app called SignalGuru that will tell drivers exactly how much time they have to make the next light. The app, which has been successfully tested in neighborhoods in the US and Singapore, uses dashboard-mounted smartphone cameras to record whether a light is green, yellow or red. When combined with traffic [...]

5 Great Educational Apps for Kids

Paula Kashtan — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:12:22 +0000

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Ever given a five-year-old with an iPad a dirty look? Silently tsk tsk-ed in your head? Hold onto your judgment for a minute – they're not all playing Angry Birds. In fact, there are tons of apps out there that are all about learning. Here, we round up the best in