Sunday, August 16, 2009
Software
iPhone TomTom GPS Application Appears In New Zealand App Store
11:40PM Jack Loftus | The much-awaited TomTom for iPhone GPS navigation app has popped up in the New Zealand App Store with a reported asking price ranging from about $US81 to $US125. The app price does not include the car kit. [MacRumors]
Games
Reno Redbox Kiosk Begins Spitting Out $US2 Video Game Rentals
11:15PM Jack Loftus | The first of the long-rumoured Redbox video games kiosks has gone live in Reno. Rentals are $US2 per night for an at-the-moment limited selection of 13 Xbox 360 titles. More »
Phones
HTC Hero “Sense” UI Officially Coming To The Magic
12:03PM John Herrman | The HTC Magic is getting an official update to the Hero’s wonderful “Sense” UI, but there’s a catch: the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, which is basically the same freakin’ phone, probably won’t get the update, for lame licensing reasons. More »
Software
Apple Exec Phil Schiller Reaching Out To Rejected App Developers
10:00AM Dan Nosowitz | When Rising Card, a magic trick iPhone app, was rejected from the App Store, the creators were crushed; six months of hard work went right down the drain. But they got help from an unexpected source: Apple Exec Phil Schiller. More »
Games
9:00AM Dan Nosowitz | A modder by the name of Bandit5317 created this amazing mod of an original Xbox, cramming in a 320GB HDD (though no optical drive) in the process. It took six months to build, but looks absolutely amazing. More »
2.5cm Thick Xbox Mod Makes One Sexy XBMC Unit
9:00AM Dan Nosowitz | A modder by the name of Bandit5317 created this amazing mod of an original Xbox, cramming in a 320GB HDD (though no optical drive) in the process. It took six months to build, but looks absolutely amazing. More »
Vehicles
Steamboat Willy Human-Powered Hovercraft Crosses The Thames
7:45AM Dan Nosowitz | This pedal-powered hovercraft, built by a flight group at the University of London, is constructed out of the absolute lightest materials possible (carbon fibre, glass cloth, styrofoam) to make it floaty enough to cross the Thames. And it does! More »
Design
This Bridge Is Alive
7:00AM Dan Nosowitz | In Cherrapunji, India, one of the wettest places on Earth, the locals mould the roots of the Ficus elastica tree into stretching across rivers and taking root on the other side, forming amazing natural, living bridges. More »
Entertainment
CRISTAL: Control Your Living Room By Dragging, Dropping, Swiping
6:15AM Dan Nosowitz | CRISTAL is a research project that moves the universal remote to a Microsoft Surface-type table with incredibly intuitive gestures. Want to watch a movie? Drag the cover to your TV. It even lets you trace a path for your Roomba. More »
Business
Borders Bookstores Include Mysterious “Apple iPAD” In Survey
5:30AM Dan Nosowitz | A recent survey from Borders Bookstores seeks to find how familiar its customers are with eReaders from Amazon, Sony and Plastic Logic. This particular survey, however, includes “the Apple iPAD (large screen reading device)” which is exceedingly interesting. More »
Cameras
