A new iPhone application uses focused blue light to fight seasonal depression and fatigue by fooling the body's internal clock.
The BluWave iPhone app uses Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology to deliver blue light adjustable in specific Nanometers (nm). Blue light therapy has been clinically proven to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), depression, fatigue and general body clock issues.
While blue spectrum technology is presently used in modern light therapy devices, BluWave is the first device offered on mobile phones. BluWave can also be used to combat jet lag, night worker fatigue and drowsy driving when used as directed.
Parature, a provider of on-demand customer service software, announced today a mobile application for the iPhone. This application empowers customers to be proactive and engaged in their campuses, communities and organizations by providing access to Parature Portal functionality from their iPhone and iTouch mobile devices.
Smart organizations will take advantage of this mobile application trend to provide their customers with a convenient channel of support when they need it; no matter where they are. Mobile technology offers the opportunity for people to become empowered and proactive within their campus, neighborhood or organizational communities.
Parature's mobile application provides customers - whether they are students, citizens or consumers - with an easy-to-use, efficient mechanism to conveniently report incidents when and where they see them.
ScrapbooksEtc.com, a Better Homes and Gardens network site, today unveiled a new "Scrap App," the first scrapbooking mobile application. Scrapbooks Etc. will roll out Scrap App to their consumers August 19.
The new scrapbooking mobile application is available at the Apple iTunes store today.
Scrap App is the first scrapbooking mobile application for use with Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Scrap App, created by Scrapbooks etc., Scrap App provides consumers the ability to customize their Apple iPhones and iPod Touches with the hottest scrapbooking styles and gives insider scrapbooking inspiration, exclusive coupons and more. Consumers can download wallpapers from the hottest designers as well as make personalized mobile scrapbook pages.
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Halcyon Mobile launched mobiPoke, the poke application for iPhone. By bringing the popular facebook poke feature to the iPhone, mobiPoke extends the iPhone with a new type of messaging: mobile action based messaging. With mobiPoke users can send and receive mPokes (predefined action messages with an image and customizable status message) to each other.
MobiPoke is designed to be at the base of the mobile messaging systems hierarchy and to be used as a "conversation starter", but it can be used as an independent messaging system on its own for longer "mPoke conversations". This can be later escalated into higher and more customized levels of communication like an SMS, instant message or phone call. With 15 categories and more than 200 actions in the Pro version quite complex mPoke dialogues are possible. These dialogues can be quickly viewed in the mPoke history.
MobiPoke = facebook poke + "push twitter" + iPhone: Besides the mPoke message itself mobiPoke allows users to add a status message with a maximum length of 140 characters to each mPoke.
Platinum Protection is now offering a new application for BlackBerry and iPhone devices - making it possible for homeowners to remotely arm and disarm their security system, as well as allowing customers to monitor their homes through live video streamed directly to their phone.
From the app, in addition to viewing live camera feeds from your home, you can also remotely adjust pan-tilt cameras and review stored video footage. In case of a break in, the system will automatically record a video clip of the perpetrator and immediately send you a text message notification that the alarm has gone off. Once a homeowner receives the notification, they can open the app on their phone and view the saved video clip seconds after the break in occurred.
The app works in conjunction with Platinum's current web-based service called Platinum Interactive. Using the online interface, customers can control the type of text message and email notifications they want to receive.
Qik, the live mobile video streaming platform, is now available for the iPhone 3GS which can now be downloaded for free from the App Store.
With this new app, allows you to pull videos right from your iPhone 3GS Camera Roll and upload them to your Qik account. Qik is the only iPhone 3GS app to let you share videos from your camera roll straight to your blog, website, Facebook, YouTube, and all the other networks Qik integrates with.
Qik also allows automatic uploading of your video. Once you've stopped recording. Qik also is the first mobile video app to lets you frame your videos either horizontally or vertically.
Additionally, Qik is the only iPhone 3GS mobile video app that lets you share your location while streaming video from your phone.
TomTom announced today that the TomTom for iPhone navigation application can be purchased in the Apple iTunes App Store starting today.
The TomTom app for iPhone 3G and 3GS users includes a continental map of Europe or map of UK & Ireland from Tele Atlas, and is available to download through www.tomtom.com/tomtom-app from £59.99GBP.
TomTom app for iPhone includes the exclusive IQ Routes technology. Instead of using travel time assumptions, IQ Routes bases its routes on the actual experience of millions of TomTom drivers to calculate the fastest route and generate the most accurate arrival times in the industry. TomTom IQ Routes empowers drivers to reach their destination faster up to 35% of the time.
Furthermore, the TomTom app for iPhone comes with an extensive safety camera database including verified safety camera information in 11 European countries.
GPush, the GMail push application for the iPhone, is available today through the Apple App Store. Instant or “push” GMail has been accessible on most smartphones for years, but surprisingly has not been available on iPhone, until now. GPush, which is now available in the App Store, enables iPhone users to instantly receive GMail notifications on their iPhone. Without GPush, iPhone users can sometimes wait up to an hour to be notified of a new email received in their Gmail inbox.
The GPush Application, which retails for $0.99 in the App store, gives iPhone users the ability to choose how they want to be notified of new email. GPush options include having the iPhone vibrate and ring and having the GPush icon display the number of unread messages received. GPush users also receive previews of incoming emails, displaying the sender’s name and subject headings.
“The lack of push GMail on my iPhone is the one feature that made me want to switch back to my Blackberry,” said Eliran Sapir, Co-founder of Tiverias Apps.
If you own a Slingbox SOLO, PRO or PRO-HD, you can watch TV on your iPhone or iPod touch via Wi-Fi. Additionally, you can change channels and control your DVR right from you iPhone or iPod. There is no monthly fee; however, you will have to purchase the SlingPlayer for Mobile App for $29.99 from SlingMedia.com.
To watch TV of your iPhone or IPod you will need to install SlingPlayer on a PC or Mac on your home network. You will also need a high-speed (broadband) Internet connection of at least 256Kb upstream speed at home.
To watch TV away from your home, your Slingbox needs to have Internet viewing set up. The Slingbox AV, Slingbox TUNER, and Slingbox Classic are not fully supported for use with SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone & iPod touch.
Privately held bank / insurance USAA Inc. will be updating its iPhone app this week with a check deposit feature.
The feature will allow iPhone customers to take a picture of a check (front and bank) and then send the image to USAA who will then deposit the check into the customer's account.
Customers will not have to mail the electronically sent check to the bank; however, USAA suggests voiding, filing, or discarding the deposited check it so it will not be deposited more than once.
To prevent fraud, only customers who are eligible for credit and have insurance via USAA will be permitted to use the electronic deposit feature which is about 60% of the banks customers.
Did you know you can mix music with your iPod or mp3 players? The folks over at Urban Outfitters are selling the DJ Mixer for $120 for you to mix music from 2 iPods or mp3 players, or one of each. The description of the DJ Mixer doesn't specifically say you can use an iPhone, but don't see why you wouldn't be able to use it.
The mixer includes:
AC adapter, spin options, reverb effects, flange / filter and cross-fade slider.
Recording option and speaker system connection with a stereo audio cable with in-line jack.
The mixer charges music device while it plays and is compatible with a microphone. Folding headphones are included.
The DJ Mixer is compatible with the iPod Touch, iPod Nano 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations, iPod Classic, 4th and 5th generations, and iPod Mini (and maybe the iPhone).
Check out this Steering Wheel for iPhone and iPod Touch to play car racing, motorcycle riding, or jet skiing games. With the steering wheel you can maneuver your way through those interactive iPhone/iPod touch Apps with precision.
The wheel gives you the feel of driving a vehicle instead of making sharp, erratic turns as you twist your iPhone or iPod Touch from side to side. Simply by connecting the iPhone or iPod Touch to its corresponding adapter then placing it in the middle of the wheel, you are ready to put the pedal to the metal and leave the competition in the dust.
This gadget comes with a steering wheel and adapters for iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod Touch, iPod Touch 2G.
Spice up your pictures when using your iPhone to take pictures with the "Trick Camera Lenses". The colorful camera lenses attach easily to the camera viewer on your iPhone to create all sorts of effects.
You can choose from:
Wide angle
Sparkle
Kaleidoscope
Heart
Sunburst
Jelly lenses are reusable and can only be used one at a time and come with a coiled keychain attached. The Trick Camera Lenses sell for $8 at Urban Outfitters.
Last December we reported that several application developers are making a killing writing software for the iPhone. Additionally, more businesses are writing applications for the iPhone to help them streamline they business processes.
But what if you don’t know how to write software for the iPhone but you have a great idea. One idea is to outsource the work. Consider using iPhoneAppQuotes.com which provides entrepreneurs and businesses an easy way to connect with iPhone Application Developers. iPhoneAppQuotes.com offers free price quotes for building custom iPhone and iPod Touch Applications.
iPhoneAppQuotes.com recently announced that the iPhone continues to dominate the smart phone market and available iPhone apps total well over 65,000. People are eager to get in on the iPhone application craze to promote their businesses or just to make an extra buck. As the economy continues to struggle, the popularity of iPhone apps seems to be at an all-time high and businesses and entrepreneurs want to be a part of the movement.
Over at the Apple Store, they have a device called the “Eye-Fi 2GB Geo Wireless Memory Card” that lets you geotag your photos as you take them and wirelessly upload them from your digital camera to iPhoto via your home Wi-Fi network.
So if you visited a museum and can’t recall the name or location of the museum don’t worry because Eye-Fi Geo added geotags automatically to your pictures.
The Eye-Fi card sense for surrounding Wi-Fi networks as you take pictures and then translates the information to a specific location and automatically adds the geotag to the pictures. When the pictures are imported they are organized by the different places you took the pictures. The only problem is what if a Wi-Fi network isn’t available.
Apple announced that if you subscribe to MobileMe, you can now use your iPhone or iPod touch to view and share Pages documents, Keynote presentations, Microsoft Office documents, PDFs and more.
To view documents, simply select them. To share them with others, tap the share icon and choose your recipients. iDisk will send them an email with a download link. Get the free MobileMe iDisk app from the App Store. or more information visit Apple.com/MobileMe.
Trying to lose weight and want to easily track your progress. Then consider the first Wi-Fi scale (manufactured by Withings) linked to the Internet to automatically register your weight and measurements that is tracked by your iPhone or computer.
From any Internet connection with a Web browser or from a free iPhone application you can view all of the measurements, weights and measurements collected by the scale, with no time limitation and in total confidentiality.
The web dashboard offers a rich graphical interface with easy browsing over time and allows you to zoom in on the periods of the calendar of your choice.
The scale is extremely accurate. On your dashboard, you can click on the label of a weigh-in to accurately see your weight, your fat mass and your lean mass. The web screen calculates your body mass index (BMI) and shows your measurements in relation to the reference ranges adapted to your profile.
Google has released Google Latitude for the iPhone and iPod touch as a Web application running in the Safari Web browser.
Google Latitude web app for the iPhone/iPod still provides all the core functionality which includes: seeing the location of your friends on a map, basic Search / directions and modifying your privacy settings so that you control how your location is shared and with whom.
Additionally, like Google Maps for mobile client apps and desktop Google Maps users can press the "blue dot" to be taken to their approximate current location on the map with My Location, via Safari now supporting the W3C Geolocation API.
To try Google Latitude, type google.com/latitude into your iPhone's Safari browser.
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