Speedtext is an iPhone application that allows you to handwrite text into your iPhone. It is popular in Japan where text entry using Kanji characters is difficult. I suspect it is handy for people who write in other languages as well (e.g. Arabic). For people who find the iPhone’s virtual keyboard challenging, it is also [...]
Continue reading...4 February 2010
A lot of pajama entrepreneurs develop iPhone applications. It’s a lucrative market for some, but the truth is there are over 140,000 apps. How do you increase your chances of being discovered? How do you make this into a business that pays the rent and food? Mobile Monday Silicon Valley is holding a seminar in San [...]
Continue reading...2 February 2010
FaceCash is a mobile payment application for the iPhone and other mobile devices. You use your smartphone to pay for groceries, pizza, and more. Your smartphone has to be able to display a barcode. It works like Paypal. You send money from your bank account to FaceCash and pay for items via FaceCash. To allow [...]
Continue reading...26 January 2010
Apptizr is an online application that helps you find high quality iPhone applications that match your interests. Here’s the problem that Apptizr addresses: there are thousands of applications on the iTunes App store and the only ones you see prominently displayed are the most popular (usually gaming). If you have more esoteric interests, it’s like [...]
Continue reading...20 January 2010
Freerunr is a startup launched in 2009, located in London (UK) whose concept is very simple: free, fast access to the Internet. All you have to do, according to Freerunr, is show up at one of the Freerunr hotspots, register, connect and voila, free Wi-Fi. Here’s what Freerunr says: “How does Freerunner give you really, really [...]
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2 March 2010
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