Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’
App lets seniors rate ‘age-friendly’ places
U. TORONTO (CAN) — With a new app, seniors can rate the “age-friendliness” of restaurants, libraries, crosswalks, shopping centers, and public transit—and share their ratings with others. Continue…
Friday, December 14, 2012 13:39 - 5 Comments
Society & Culture - Sep 26, 2012 14:08 - 1 Comment
iPhone 5 adds features, but will you use them?
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — More than 2 million consumers got the new iPhone 5 on Friday—but will they still enjoy their purchase when the novelty wears off? (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 20, 2012 15:31 - 3 Comments
Eyes-free iPhone texting with BrailleTouch app
GEORGIA TECH (US) — A prototype app for touch-screen mobile devices is vying to be a complete solution for texting without the need to look at a mobile gadget’s screen. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 15, 2012 12:15 - 2 Comments
Coffee app finds caffeine’s safe zone
PENN STATE (US) — A new software app can tell when a cup of coffee will give you a mental boost and when it will keep you awake. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 19, 2011 12:18 - 3 Comments
Strokes diagnosed via iPhone FaceTime
EMORY (US) — Using two-way video on the iPhone 4 could help doctors assess the severity of a patient’s stroke symptoms, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 24, 2011 10:10 - 1 Comment
iPhones needed in NY to track stink bug
CORNELL (US) — A new hobo pest is pigging out on a significant number of North America’s most important crops in what experts say is an unprecedented threat to U.S. agriculture. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 21, 2011 22:26 - 2 Comments
Willing to pay 3x more for iPhone 5?
U. WARWICK (UK) — Some UK consumers may be willing to pay up to three times the price online to be the first to own an iPhone 5, one economist predicts. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 5, 2010 14:32 - 2 Comments
iScrub app keeps tabs on hand washing
U. IOWA (US)—A recent review of 96 hand hygiene studies from hospitals in industrialized nations found an overall hand hygiene adherence rate of 40 percent among health care workers. A new mobile app should make it easier to keep tabs on hand hygiene. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 19, 2009 20:18 - 3 Comments
Cell phones at center of global music-making
STANFORD (US)—With more than four billion cell phones—including about 25 million iPhones—in the world, imagine the music that could be made if each were converted into a tiny instrument. Ge Wang, creator of the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra, says the world is on the cusp of a “mobile renaissance [or] maybe a new mobile revolution.”
