Friday, May 22, 2009

An iPhone App 4 Your Band

If you have a band, get your own iPhone app and have your users download it from the Apps Store. Your users will be able to browse and listen to clips of your music. They can also click on a song and go directly to iTunes to purchase it. Your app also integrates your social network so all your iPhone app users can share photos, videos, comments, etc.

So how do you get your own iPhone app for your band? That's where MobileRoadie comes in. Instead of having to hire programmers and telling them what you envision, and paying them by the hour, just let MobileRoadie set you up almost instantly. Pricing is USD 399 to set up the app and then USD 29 per month for up to 1,000 fans; each additional fan costs 1 cent per month.

MobileRoadie.com
Springwise's review

Monday, May 18, 2009

How Modern Students Study

It's so different since I went to college. Back then we didn't even have the internet. These days students have totally different options. Here are a few:

Cramster.com
Koofers.com
SparkNotes.com
CourseHero.com

These and others are names in NYT's article Psst! Need the Answer to No. 7? Click Here.

Also read WSJ's article Do Study Sites Make The Grade?

A Web That Speaks Your Language

This is an interesting article about machines and humans volunteering their time to translate online content for others to be able to read.

NYT's article A Web That Speaks Your Language

One mentioned organization doing this is GlobalVoices.org

DIY Mobile Ads

Are you introducing a new mobile app and want it to be ad-supported? Take a look at this new service with which you can easily integrate ads into your app. They have taken all the headaches out of doing this for you with a developer's toolkit. Now your real job switches to finding the businesses that would like to show their ads in your app. For that just hook up with an ad/marketing firm and let them do the hunting for you.

Medialets.com
Killer Startups review

Coupious - Mobile Coupons Come True

Check it out. This smart app uses your phone's GPS to lookup coupons in your location. Instantly receive them on your phone for redemption.

Coupious.com
Killer Startups review

NearbySocial: Other Facebook Users Near You

Look around you, or better yet let this new app do the looking for you. It will find all other Facebook friends near you at the moment or do a historical search to recall who was around you recently. Pretty cool.

NearbySocial.com
Killer Startup review

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

iPhone: Your New Price Scanner

Never mind hunting down the price scanners at Target or other store. Just whip out your iPhone loaded with the Red Laser app. Instantly do price comparisons and get all the details off the net.

Red Laser - The First Accurate iPhone Barcode Scanner - Hits The App Store


Monday, May 11, 2009

Build Mobile Apps with PhoneGap

Need to build a mobile application that needs to access GPS, vibration, accelorometer, photos, or contacts info, and you need it to work across phones, like the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android? Then you need to take a look at using PhoneGap.com

Friday, May 08, 2009

Reqall: Modern Sticky Notes

I think I will start using this new service for free and probably upgrade to the $25 per year version when I get hooked on it. To really understand its potential impact on your life, you need to see the demo videos about it.
 
Here is NYT's demo.