Monday, June 6, 2011

June 6

-McDonald’s in Sweden ran a great interactive billboard that enabled users to wireless play a game of Ping Pong using their smartphone. By completing the game within 30 seconds, players won coupons for free food in their nearest Mcdonald’s restaurant. The really unique part of this interactive billboard is that users are not required to download an app. Instead, the billboard picks up your location (when you’re nearby) and you use your smartphone mobile browser to play!Check it out!

-Four nice apps you should check:
1. Find My iPhone - This is hands-down the first app that should go on every iPhone, and it's frankly surprising Apple doesn't include it out of the box. This free app won't help you find your own iPhone, but if you live in a house with multiple iPhones and iPads, it will allow you to find someone else's.
2. Camera+ - For US$1.99. Once you've taken your photos, Camera+ gives you access to a tremendously powerful suite of editing tools that can make simple snapshots look like works of art by the time you're finished.
3. 1Password - allows you to store passwords for websites, bank accounts, Wi-Fi networks, whatever you may need. It's also got a great "wallet" feature that lets you input things you'd normally carry around in your wallet, like discount cards, library cards, or even your driver's license -- just don't expect the cops to accept your iPhone as legal ID if they pull you over. You can even jot down notes that you want to keep secured from prying eyes. If you want something on your iPhone, but you want to be the only one to have access to it, 1Password is what you need.
4. Instapaper - is an invaluable tool for creating a cache (download & read them later) of reading material on your device. If you like to read articles online, and if you ever foresee reading them on an iPhone, you want Instapaper ($4.99).

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