Tag: IPhone

  • Context app for presentations

    From An Apple Alum, An App That Makes Design Presentations A Cinch By Shonquis Moreno, fastcodesign.com Called Context, the software allows designers to mock up backgrounds and settings, without resorting to photoshop or outside photography. Con­text, a new app cre­at­ed by a design­er for design­ers, is poised to make it vast­ly eas­i­er and fast… From…

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  • The human body is the next interface

    Why The Human Body Will Be The Next Computer Interface By Fjord, fastcodesign.com Fjord charts the major innovations of the past, and predicts a future of totally intuitive “micro gestures and expressions” that will control our devices. By now you’ve prob­a­bly heard a lot about wear­ables, liv­ing ser­vices, the Inter­net of… Why The Human Body…

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  • Night reading on ipad to protect melatonin production

    (via How to Enable Night-Reading Theme in any iPad or iPhone App) Related articles iPhone App Leads Wellesley Police To Suspect In Car Break-Ins (boston.cbslocal.com) His name wasn’t Earl: but he returned my lost iPhone with some iPad Karma (daniweb.com)

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  • iPhone as psycho research lab

    Your iPhone Is A Reliable Research Lab By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com A new study says that smartphones are feasible for use in psychological testing. Josef Bless, a PhD can­di­date in psy­chol­o­gy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bergen in Nor­way, was lis­ten­ing to music on his phone when he noticed the sim­i­lar­i­ty… RT @PopSci: Your iPhone could…

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  • Basis band is the best fitness tracker

    Basis Band Review: The Only Fitness Tracker Worth Buying By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com The first fitness tracker that could actually help you get in shape, thanks to a goals system that works with your life and sensors that actually track your fitness. The Basis Band is the best fit­ness track­er on the mar­ket. It’s the…

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  • Square business in a box

    Square unveils ‘Business in a Box’ by Daniel Terdiman, cnet.com The online-payment company’s Business in a Box bundle has everything needed to get up and running with Square Register. iPad not included. Square today unveiled its “Busi­ness in a Box” pack­age, a bun­dle includ­ing all the com­po­nents need­ed… http://flip.it/Z0OIN Related articles Square unveils Stand for…

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  • Scan dock smartphone scanning

    Scan Documents From Your Smartphone With Scandock Anita Li, mashable.com Smartphones are multi-purpose gadgets that organize our lives. While it’s not uncommon to hear of mobile devices doubling as planners, cameras and recorders, what about scanners?The Scandock claims to turn your smartphone into a “professional-grad… http://flip.it/8RTQo Related articles ScanDock, The $500 Stand For Your iPhone…

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  • Record and observe 1 second of your life every day

    (via Cesar Kuriyama: One second every day | Video on TED.com) Related articles One Second Every Day (swiss-miss.com) Filming one second every day: Cesar Kuriyama at TED2012 (ted.com) 14 people who’ve time-lapsed their lives, filming one second a day (ted.com) App helps you remember every day of life (wxyz.com) Shanghai. One second video a day.…

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  • Apple’s trademarked stores

    Take A World Tour Of Apple’s Newly Trademarked Stores By Addy Dugdale, fastcompany.com First it won ownership of a rountangle—that’s a rectangle with rounded corners—and now Apple has patented its store design. You know, lots of giant glass, pale wood, and nerds in royal-blue tees. Apple has won itself a trade­mark for its retai… RT…

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  • Re-imagining the words of work

    Why Tweaking Your Career Vocabulary Can Radically Improve Your Life By Amber Rae, fastcompany.com Reimagining the words we use to define work—and ourselves—is a powerful exercise. Words are pow­er­ful. The lan­guage we use influ­ences how we think, feel, act, and inter­act with the world. That’s why I pro­pose a new kind of dic­tio­nary. O… RT…

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  • 3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places

    3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places in the U.S. John Koetsier, venturebeat.com Three billion check-ins and tens of millions of tips ought to add up to something. In Foursquare’s case, that means the “Best of” series, which highlights “the most awesome places in cities across the U.S.”The location-based social network, which…

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