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New iPhone Apps: Valet, Finder Codes, Ninja Jamms, And More

This week’s collection of apps went all over the place in terms of content. If you’re someone prone to bouts of amnesia during daily activities, there’s plenty to cure what ails you down below. Aspiring musicians and video chat-junkies won’t be disappointed either. Everyone else: maybe next week.


Dutch Horror Film Wants You To Use Your Smartphone While Watching

Checking your phone — or even worse, taking a call — during a movie is a massive social faux pas. A faux pas unless you’re watching a new Dutch horror flick that explicitly wants you to use your smartphone as much as possible.


Get Glue HD: Obsess Over TV With Other Obsessives

Ever used a TV guide or tie-in app like Fango? We’d forgive you if you thought they were a little janky. GetGlue HD fills in what for what those god awful things are lacking, offering a totally personalised couch potato experience.


WinPhone Store Bug Sees Microsoft Block New Apps

Microsoft is experiencing major problems with its Windows Phone Store as it updates from the backend system which used to power Windows Phone Marketplace. The result: major problems downloading software, and a block on new apps.


iFit: Recreate The Same Workout Every Time

Do you ever finish a really pleasant run and wonder where exactly you just went? What was the name of that park? And which cul-de-sac did you cut through to get there? iFit will map and store your route, even if you’re jogging through an area without a signal.


New Mozilla Browser Add-On Visualizes Who Is Tracking You Online

In the hour that Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs lets his 9-year-old daughter surf the web every day, her wanderings have been tracked by dozens of sites.


Siri Will Soon Handle Japanese, She Even Admits It

Go ahead and ask Siri what languages she speaks. Unlike a few weeks ago, her reply will now include Japanese. We mentioned that extra languages were going to be coming to the app soon — looks like Japanese will be the first to arrive. [9to5Mac]


Bill Gates’ Donkey Game From 1981 Hits iPhones

One of the earliest games to ever feature on a “personal computer”, co-written by Bill Gates, was Donkey — a driving game in which you had to avoid donkeys. For years, it’s been missing from your life, but don’t worry: now you can get it on iOS.


Lunchtime Deal: Mac Superbundle $US49

Personally I find the whole Mac/PC argument tedious in the extreme; I’m a Mac user who’s quite happy to run Windows as well, but doing so can be a costly exercise in hardware and virtualisation software. The latest in the seemingly never-ending stream of budget application bundles takes some of the cost sting out, offering up Parallels Desktop 7 along with nine other Mac apps for $US49. [Mac SuperBundle via OzBargain]


NSW RTA Road Testing iPhone Speed App

The Australian reports that the NSW RTA’s in the process of developing an iPhone-specific speed application due to roll out by mid-next year.


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