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Susan Orlean helps you get it on the calendar
by
John Moe
Nov 23, 2010
Last spring, back when I was just getting ready to take over hosting the show that would become Marketplace Tech Report, I was talking to Susan O...
New augmented reality blows minds, does little else
by
John Moe
Sep 20, 2010
Plane Finder AR is a $3 app that lets you stick your phone in the sky and see the flight number, speed, elevation, origin, and destination of...
Listen to my iHeartbeat...
by
Julia Barton
Sep 1, 2010
iPhone's all over hearts these days. First, we had the iPhone Heart Monitor app for exercise buffs (sweating optional). Then the news that Apple...
Plug the BP oil spill! There's an app for that
Jul 19, 2010
Sure, the gusher in the Gulf is plugged, at least for now. But why don't you try your hand at saving the day? Enter the "Plug the BP Oil Spill!"...
Now everyone can build Android apps
by
John Moe
Jul 12, 2010
Google rolls out a free software program called Google App Inventor for Android today that lets anyone create apps for the Android platform. It...
Android can kill remotely
by
John Moe
Jun 25, 2010
Kill apps that is. The app store for the Android mobile platform identified two apps that it says violated the store's terms of services. They were...
For public good, not for profit.
$1000 iPhone app is selling well
by
John Moe
Jun 22, 2010
BarMax is an app specifically designed to prepare you to take the California bar exam. It's a massive piece of software (probably because bar exams...