As we see the rising global use of GPS, the next thing you would need would be maps to load. And now, Waze Inc. makes the task entirely easier by announcing that free driver-generated maps and real time information are available globally. Due to driver demand, waze can now be used to generate real-time maps anywhere in the world, quickly and accurately, by simply driving around with waze’s free mobile app installed on your phone.

Waze is compatible with Android, iPhones, Symbian and Windows Mobile users. Never get lost again and make sure you are heading in the right direction thanks to the efforts of these driver-made maps.

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For the music lovers and followers of DJ and music producer David Guetta, here is an iPhone app that should keep you up dated. Aside from sharing remixed music, the people who get this app can interact with Guetta and other fans in real time. The app was created with MXP4 and Redshift and is the first app which allows music fans to interact closely with a major music artist via their iPhone or iPod Touch. Check out the video about this iPhone app below.

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In a few days, households may be worried sick about keeping track of where their little tykes may be going. With Halloween promising to provide a lot candies and goodies, safety becomes a concern for parents. But thanks to Sprint, Michigan and Indiana folks can keep track of where there little ones are going with the Family Locator service that costs only $5 a month to use. This special service was made possible by GPS technology with real-time satellites that allow parents to know specifically where their kids are via mobile phone or a computer. It is password protected thus limiting access to authorized users only.

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The timing couldn’t have come at a better time. With a lot of people practically aching for a job, here is a handy iPhone app from the makers of TwitterJobSearch for the ones in need of a job. Apparently with much of the jobless presumed to have an iPhone in tow, this is one app that should help return a list of jobs that they can apply to with a single touch. The app is now available at the iTunes App Store for free.

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For the social media addicts who want to stay abreast of the latest Tweets and blogs, the Say What? social media monitoring app is the one for you. Available for free download, this app allows you to skim around popular social networking sites like Twitter, Digg, forums and blogs via an integrated search feature via keyword/s. The Say What? app returns a real-time snapshot of what is being said and by whom, ensuring that you don’t miss a beat on what is going on in the social networking world. The app is totally free and can be downloaded at the iTunes app store. A great app for people who want to make use of their iPhone or iPod Touch for social networking means.

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Rugged tablet PCs are certified to withstand the most extreme condition but Motion Computing is making sure that the LCD screens of their devices get an able support as well. And this support comes in the form of the Corning Gorilla Glass which will be integrated in their two rugged tablet PCs, the Motion C5 and Motion F5. The Corning Gorilla Glass is a thin-sheet glass that is designed to provide added protection from real time events that may cause display damage.

These tablets with the new Corning Gorilla Glass will be shown at the IP Convergence Conference and Tradeshow at the Paris Expo starting today. These PC tablets are now available at licensed distributors and resellers of Motion Computing.

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The military has its own needs as far as navigation and positioning when duty calls and Rockwell Collins now releases a new handheld GPS receiver with the MicroDAGR. The MicroDAGR hand-held GPS is actually smaller version of the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR), carrying security and durability in the most rugged conditions. It provides real-time positioning moving maps via the full-color touch screen display and can be easily worn by wrist. Other features included in the MicroDAGR are a vibration alert, MP3 player and a digital camera.

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Sports cards are normally the craze of most sports fans and apparently here is one geared for the Soccer fans. But this time, rather than rely on those board based cards, you get something better. With the digital age and the iPhone era upons us, you can get to create your own soccer cards with the SoccerCard SKS Stat App made for iPhones and the iPod Touch.

The SoccerCard SKS Stat app allows users to create an unlimited number of virtual soccer cards with the player photos of their choice paired with their season records and stats in real time. The app is now available at the iTunes App Store for only $2.99.

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This time, you don’t have to worry about which instant messaging app to find in your mobile phones. Emoze Now, best known for messaging solutions comes with the latest Nokia Series 40 platform. This means that mobile users can enjoy using their preferred messaging data such as Gmail, Hotmail, Facebook and so on.

You get the virtual PC style of enjoying these perks from these networks as it comes installed in the OVI download folder, allowing you to set it up instantly.

For those with more than one email address, or avid fans of social communities like Facebook, the emoze PRO version allows users to set up multiple messaging addresses for real-time delivery to their mobile phone for a nominal monthly charge.

The software is likewise free for download at this link which is compatible with most phones in use today.

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Blackberry owners who bump into problems as far as managing their contacts and likewise don’t have the time to do the necessary things to make them accessible can now sit back and relax. Telnic Limited has launched the .tel app, an app dedicated to managing and integrating .tel information directly on the Blackberry address book.

Keeping your contact details and information is important, especially if you are the one who relies heavily on your mobile device for contacts. Now, there is a real-time way of keeping your information up to date, thanks to this app which is now available at the Blackberry App World.

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Here is something that should be entertaining for people traveling off to places where they are not familiar with. Called the InView mobile app for iPhones, this app plays some type of multi-media content relevant to where the person is somehow giving them an idea of what to expect. In case no content is assigned to that specific location, a general message is delivered.

Steve Gurley, Symon’s VP of Marketing and creative vision behind InView Mobile, put it this way: “An iPhone user can launch InView Mobile in a participating hotel and receive interactive information specific to that hotel. They can then go to a participating arena, launch InView Mobile again and automatically receive information about events playing in or coming to that arena. A user can even launch InView Mobile at work and receive real-time performance metrics related to their job.”

The InView Mobile app is now available at the Apple iTunes Store for free.

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So you want to be an iPhone app developer eh? Well now you may possibly do so the legal way. Now that EDUmobile.org has announced an iPhone Development Online Course, aspiring people who have been researching and trying to release their own line of app may finally come true. There are many individuals who have an idea or two but to make them all a reality, a certified guide or course should do the trick.

And what makes the iPhone Development Online Course sweeter is that you get the necessary learning materials in the process. You won’t have to base on theory. You will be supplied with videos and documents that you can later on refer and real time guidance that should help you join the iPhone development ring.

The iPhone course offered at EDUmobile.ORG is crafted to suite the industry need for beginner and intermediate level developers. After the course completion, developers will be able to create software for iPhone and can optionally distribute their content through EDUmobile.ORG on the online App Store, and immediately start earning. One can also bid to win the large number of growing projects being posted daily on project bidding sites like Elance and RentACoder.

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The timing couldn’t have been better. There is a new app over at the Apple app store and it is the IndyCar application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The latest app which becomes available just in time for Sunday’s Indy 500 comes with a lot of features for the IndyCar racing enthusiasts.

Among the highlights of this new app include:

• Near real-time race action videos that are updated as race events occur. Pit incidents, crashes, finish line action, the winner’s circle and more are delivered to IndyCar Series fans within minutes.
• Follow race leaders live on the track with a ‘Live Gap View’ for fans - a visual representation of the gap between the race leader and other drivers during live race events.

The IndyCar application is available for $0.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch

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We are all aware that many motorists have gotten a big boost with the help of GPS devices and it looks like they are in for more aid as waze, Inc. unveils a new platform for creating and maintaining live maps in the United States. As we all know navigation is easier if you know where you are going and with these new guides, you can get to your destination faster and with lesser fuel consumption to boot.

“waze is a network of drivers who work together to save time - everyone contributes and everyone benefits. By aggregating the status of all connected wazers, such as GPS traces and active reporting of speed traps or road hazards, we can build and share back a real-time or ‘live’ map which reflects the current state of the roads, finds the best route and guides the waze members though it in their daily driving.”

The application, already widely used in Israel, will open to the general public in the coming months.

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Alarm.com offers a new iPhone app that allows people to worry less. From anywhere, they need not worry if something is wrong with their home or office as Alarm.com offers a remote solution through the use of the iPhone.

Alarm.com announced a free Apple iPhone app for remote home and business security monitoring – providing on-the-go consumers with unprecedented awareness of what’s happening at their properties in real time.

The new iPhone app connects Alarm.com customers to their security systems from anywhere. Consumers can use the app to:

• Arm and disarm their security system remotely
• Watch real-time video footage and recorded video clips showing events that happened while they were away
• See what doors, cabinets and windows are currently open and where there has recently been motion activity at their property
• Access a history of all events reported by the security system, including alarms, power failures, doors and windows opening, motion activity, and water leaks

The Alarm.com iPhone app can be downloaded immediately through the Apple iTunes App Store (shortcut to Alarm.com app). An Alarm.com account is required to log into the app.

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Today is the time when we have to be wise on our finances and here is a timely iPhone app fit for the times. Intuit Inc. today announced its Quicken Online Mobile application is available on the Apple App Store. This free personal finance app for iPhone and iPod touch works directly with the free Quicken Online service which helps more than 1 Million Americans automatically track their spending and helps them know where to save.

Quicken Online Mobile brings together a rich set of features to help people more easily manage their money from paycheck to paycheck and on the go, including:

• A dynamic, “tilt and turn,” Spending Money Forecaster provides users with a forward-looking visual representation of their cash so they know if they can spend what they want and still have enough to pay the bills.
• Quicken Online Mobile makes it simple to track spending on the go. Users simply enter their cash or other transactions and they’ll be updated real-time with Quicken Online so they have the most current view of their money.
• Helps users avoid unwanted ATM fees with the built-in GPS-enabled ATM Finder. The app points users to the closest ATM from their own bank so they don’t have to pay to withdraw money.

The Quicken Online Mobile application is available for free from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch.

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iPhone owners get a new app to check out at the Apple app store with the launch of the Crestron Mobile for the iPhone. An intuitive graphical interface enables seamless control and management of climate, lighting, shades and security systems. View room and device status and adjust control features remotely from any location via the 3G or Edge cellular network (or Wi-Fi, where available).

Crestron Mobile on the iPhone talks directly to the lighting control system without any third-party software or external servers from anywhere in the world in real-time. (A control module is required for communication, and must be uploaded to the Crestron control system the by an authorized dealer.) Any updates or changes to the control program are automatically sent to the iPhone when the app is launched, and new locations are easily added by opening the “Connections” page on the iPhone. Crestron Mobile is compatible with the original iPhone, iPhone 3G and the iPod touch.

For the installer, Crestron Mobile for iPhone is fully integrated with Crestron programming software including SystemBuilder, VT Pro-e and SIMPL. The app appears as a symbol in the Crestron data library, which can be dragged and dropped into the control program and uploaded to a Crestron 2-Series control system. Custom GUI designs and program settings are implemented exactly the same as any other control module at no cost.

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There is a new kind of modern marketing practice and it is known as Ringback marketing. Technically, it is what the term connotes. They replace the “ring” normally heard by a caller with granular targeted audio advertisements.

Imagine building your dream advertising platform by combining the best parts of all other mediums with subscriber-based data profiling and targeting, location-based marketing, high interactivity, real-time consumer engagement functionality, cross-platform campaign integration, incredible metrics, high conversion capability, and total cost control—all while protecting consumer privacy. RBT Ads offer advertisers all this and more.

The presentations will be held in the mobile marketing pavilion at ad:tech on April 22, 2009 at 4 p.m. and April 23 at 11 a.m.

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Are you hooked to bowling? Well you can use your iPhone to see just how good you are. SGN’s most successful game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, iBowl has been announced as one of the top 20 apps of all time as Apple counts down to 1 billion apps downloaded.

With its high quality 3D graphics, live multi-synchronous challenge, multiple bowling alleys and bowling balls to choose from the integration of Facebook Connect, iBowl, since its launch in October last year has stayed a favorite among iPhone and iPod Touch users.

3D graphics and the option to choose from three different bowling alleys, a ‘Random Match’ setting, or selecting to join a ‘Competition’ the game simulates live gaming for up to four people in a single bowling booth. . Players can face random opponents or interact with people they know from around the world

These play modes allow players to see their opponents take a turn to play in real time which then displays the scores and progress of your opponent. iBowl is the first sporting game to enable real time, multi-synchronous game play for iPhone and iPod Touch users.

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It is important for doctors and physicians to gain access to medical records of their patients since they use this to evaluate illnesses and diseases. Rather than the need to be at the hospital or clinic where they are practicing, they can now access records from anywhere with the use of the iPhone.

With Allscripts Remote, physicians can now safely make critical medical decisions even when they are away from the office, with all relevant information available on the one device they keep closest - their phone. Also available for the Apple iPod touch, Allscripts Remote delivers an interactive connection to the award-winning Allscripts Enterprise and Professional Electronic Health Records.

Capabilities include quick access to real-time patient summary information; fast communication to local hospital emergency rooms; convenient ePrescribing to the patient’s regular pharmacy; and real-time access to all the information a physician needs to make decisions, including medical history, lab results and medications.

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