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Adobe Releases Application to Create PDFs on iPad and iPhone

Adobe's Create PDF

Adobe has released an application called “Adobe CreatePDF” which enables creation of PDF files on iPad and iPhone. Adobe claims that the application has high fidelity PDF conversion independent of device or software as it uses Adobe’s online services. The application preserves links, end notes, foot notes, and creates bookmarks automatically in PDF files converted from Office documents. It preserves transitions and converts multi-media content for Power Point files. It converts e-mail attachments or files stored in the cloud or any application by opening them within the Adobe CreatePDF application. Continue reading Adobe Releases Application to Create PDFs on iPad and iPhone

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Track Irene with iHurricane HD

iHurricane HD application for tracking hurricanes

iHurricane HD is a free application for the iPhone and the iPad that lets you tracks hurricanes, including Irene. The application can track multiple storms over an interactive map. You can see the path of the storm overlaid on a Satellite, Street, or a hybrid map.  It has clickable icons along the hurricane path on places where weather advisory has been issued. You can click on any of the icon to see your distance from the point on the map where the icon is. The application also gives the longitude, latitude, wind speed, pressure, and the expected time when the hurricane is supposed to reach the place represented by the icon. Continue reading Track Irene with iHurricane HD

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Netflix Adds Video out Feature in Its iPhone Application

Netflix Application

Netflix has released an update of its iPhone application which has added a video out feature in the application. This feature will allow you to display Netflix movies steaming on your iPhone to an external display like a TV or computer monitor. Continue reading Netflix Adds Video out Feature in Its iPhone Application

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PayPal Adds Check Deposit Feature in its iPhone Application

PayPal Check Capture

PayPal has added a new feature in its iPhone application which allows users to deposit checks. The Mobile check capture feature was added in the version 2.7 of Paypal’s iPhone application. It appears as “Add Money From Checks” option in the Tools section of the application. Using this option, users can take a photo of the front and back of the check after agreeing to the terms and conditions, and electronically deposit the funds into their PayPal account. Continue reading PayPal Adds Check Deposit Feature in its iPhone Application

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Fox Launches iPhone Application Covering Midterm Elections

Americas Election HQ application from Fox

Fox network has launched an America’s Election HQ application to cover the latest political developments this midterm election. The application will break down up-to-the-minute information for the newly interested, as well as the politically savvy. The application users will get Stirewalt’s exclusive “Power Play” political newsletter, the insider’s guide to the biggest stories of the day. Continue reading Fox Launches iPhone Application Covering Midterm Elections

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BT Customers Get Free Wi-Fi Access Through BT FON

BT Fon application for iPhone and Andorid

British Telecom has announced a new BT FON application for iPhone and Android smartphones in the U.K. The application will automatically connect customers to its network of 1.6 million Wi-Fi hotspots. It will give BT Total Broadband customers free and unlimited Wi-Fi access, and comes with a weekly updated map of hotspots to help customers find their nearest hotspot. Once BT customers have downloaded the app, they can input their BT Internet email username and password, and choose to be automatically logged in whenever they are in a BT Wi-Fi area. Continue reading BT Customers Get Free Wi-Fi Access Through BT FON

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Nike Launches Application to Track Runs with GPS

Nike has launched a Nike+ application with GPS functionality. This application helps you to keep track of your running. It records your pace, distance, and run route using the iPhone’s GPS and accelerometer technology. You can use a Challenge Me feature in the application to push farther, faster, or longer than your last run. Fun motivational messages from Nike’s top athletes appear to celebrate your victory, if you beat your last run. As you run, you can get voice feedback on how you are doing or tap the map to see where you are. Continue reading Nike Launches Application to Track Runs with GPS

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University of Virginia iPhone App Debuts

University of Virginia iPhone Application

After the corporations jumped into the iPhone application bandwagon, it is now the turn of the universities. University of Virginia has launched a free iPhone application. The application offers 22 different sub-applications for prospective students, students, alumni, faculty, staff and Cavalier sports fans. Users can check the admissions timetable, search for books in the library, look up President Sullivan’s office phone and e-mail address, read about University traditions and play the “Good Ol’ Song.” They can track athletic contests in progress and look up the bios of the players and coaches; read the latest news from UVA Today, the Cavalier Daily and the U.Va. Magazine; make an appointment in the Health System; and check whether there are any available seats in Larry Sabato’s politics courses. There are sub-apps for special events like Homecomings Weekend and Final Exercises. One special feature (available only on GPS-enabled iPhones) allows users strolling on the Grounds to point their phones at a building and find out its name and brief description. WillowTree Apps Inc. of Charlottesville, handled the design and build-out of the application and they had nicknamed it “The Good Old App.”

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Listening to Your Heartbeats is Just an iPhone Away

An application called iStethoscope, developed by Peter Bentley of University College of London, converts an iPhone into a stethoscope. To use the application, the iPhone is placed close to the chest, so that it’s built-in microphone can record the heartbeats. The application is an audio amplifier that records sounds through the built-in microphone, amplifies it, filters it in real time and records it. Continue reading Listening to Your Heartbeats is Just an iPhone Away

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Netflix Launches on iPhone

Netflix application for iphone

Netflix has launched a free application for the iPhone. This application allows Netflix members to stream selected movies or episodes to their iPhone and watch them instantly for no additional cost. The monthly plans for Netflix start at $8.99 a month and allow unlimited viewing of the videos available for streaming. The streamed movies or episodes can be watched using Wi-Fi or the 3G network. The episodes and movies are organized into a variety of categories based on members personal preferences, popular genres, new arrivals and members’ individual instant Queues. Continue reading Netflix Launches on iPhone

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