Augmented Reality The Wall Has Fallen: 3 Augmented Reality Apps Now Live in iPhone App Store First Paris Metro, then Yelp, now London Buses. The newest is even selling database layers through in-app purchases. It has been widely reported that the API required to display Augmented Reality (AR) layers of data on top of the camera view of a non-jailbroken iPhone 3Gs would not be publicly exposed until the launch of the next version of the… Play Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Augmented Reality Yelp Brings First US Augmented Reality App to iPhone Store Social review service Yelp has snuck the first Augmented Reality (AR) iPhone app specifically for the US into the iTunes App Store. The undisclosed new feature allows iPhone 3Gs owners to shake their phones three times to turn on a view called "the Monocle." This view uses the phone's GPS and compass to display markers for restaurants, bars and… Play Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Music Spotify iPhone App Approved Thanks to the FCC Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek must be ecstatic. The company's iPhone application has been approved for the App Store ahead of competitors Rhapsody and Grooveshark. PaidContent UK reports that Apple has notified Spotify that its app will appear in the store shortly. In late July there was fear that the Swedish site's iPhone service would be denied due… Play Dana Oshiro View comments
News Did Flickr Delete Obama Joker Image After Receiving Fake Takedown Notice? The story surrounding the infamous Obama Joker picture and how Yahoo's Flickr photo sharing service deleted it after it received a DMCA take-down notice is getting stranger by the day. According to photo blogger Thomas Hawk, who actually saw the name on the take-down notice that Flickr shared with the original poster, the name is likely "totally… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Products TokBox & EtherPad: Video Chat Gets Real-Time Document Editing TokBox is one of the most fully-featured video chat platforms available. Like TinyChat, ooVoo, and other services, it has a close connection with social networks and other forms of sharing content. But it didn't have the kind of document-handling capabilities that could make it useful for more than just talking with friends and family or holding… Enterprise Steven Walling View comments