On the road? Want to control the traffic of your website? Better yet, answer live chat requests from your customers online? It is now possible. SmartMax, a company that provides online chat and monitoring of support for businesses, has recently introduced an app for the iPhone that lets you do just that: iMaximo SightMax Live Chat (iTunes Link). We tested the application of this week, and I am extremely impressed with its capabilities. It plugs into servers SmartMax existing product, the... Read more...
Yahoo Instant Messenger updated its application to version 1.21 and now can push an IM alert and notification to the user when the messenger application is closed, as long as you log in Yahoo Messenger [Free, App Store] list the number of missed messages that you have accumulated in the badges overlaying the icon on the springboard. New features: New message alerts? (Push notifications) We have taken advantage of Apple 3.0 platform push notifications for new mail notifications. Now,... Read more...
This application was released on July 5, 2009 into the App Store. Wow, very nice looking women on this one, which is more than I can say for most of the apps of this type. The interface is also nicely done with the Most Recent section loading at startup. I really like the ability to sort by Categories as well. Shows you 4 gorgeous women on each page with the Next and Back buttons, when you view one picture, you can then swipe left or right to go back or forward. Daily updates to the pictures... Read more...
It’s a rare find: an iPhone app that’s both useful and hilarious. RunPee, an existing website that launched its iPhone app today, checks both those boxes. Here’s the idea: you’re watching a movie in the theater and need to take a restroom break, but you don’t want to miss the best part. The RunPee iPhone app has a timer letting you know when it’s safe to take a break, and gives you a summary of what you missed upon your return. It also lets you know whether you should... Read more...
Yahoo has been busy. Last week, announced a new personalized home page, you can customize by adding favorite services of Yahoo and social networking modules. Tuesday, Yahoo unveiled a new iPhone-optimized design for the iPhone Safari browser, which offers modules for synchronization between your PC and your iPhone. Here's how it works on the desktop. When you navigate to your browser from Yahoo.com, you can click a link at the top of the page to try the new home page. You will then... Read more...
A slew of new Apple patent applications have been published, revealing the company’s research into a number of iPod and iPhone enhancements. Of the iPhone- and iPod touch-specific patents, two deal with the usability of touchscreen-based devices. One patent outlines haptic display technology that would let users “feel” on-screen graphics as they move their fingers across the screen, while another would identify fingerprints, allowing the system to execute different commands based on the... Read more...
Let's face it, one of the few reasons why many of us to get a subscription to Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is. One can say that can only be for the items, but the rest of us know your real reasons.SI announced a new iPhone app that puts the HOTNESS edition of the costume on your iPhone. The Si Swimsuit 2009 is the application and SI is called the "sexiest app in the world with hundreds of photos. In addition to photos of models of costume, the application provides information for... Read more...
Opening the week with the news quite bizarre case of Apple alleged Mafia association and subsequent harassment of a former man through his model of the iPod Shuffle, put me in the right mood for some Salad Fingers, perhaps some of the most darkly surreal vignettes about Internet. Fortunately for me, Salad Fingers hit the iPhone earlier this week, as a real video app. Containing all eight episodes, along with a commentary written for each of them, the application is well worth a dollar.... Read more...
iDrink! (iTunes Link) allows a user to quickly determine his or her approximate Blood Alcohol Content without having to focus on numerous switches, sliders or input methods.Simply move the wheels to get your approximate Blood Alcohol Content reading. A progress bar on the bottom of the screen will help you determine how close you are to the 0.08% Blood Alcohol Content level. Tap on WEIGHT to switch between Imperial (lbs) and Metric (kg) systems. Tap on the result for additional information on... Read more...
Missing Sync for iPhone 2.0 by Mark/Space was released a couple of months ago and added two-way wireless synching between the iPhone and your Mac or Windows based computer. The Mac client of the application allows you to synchronize notes, documents, and tasks and archive text messages and call history from your iPhone onto your Mac (and vice-versa wherever it applies). The latest version of the application, Missing Sync for iPhone 2.0.2, came out Wednesday. It further extends the already... Read more...
