Urbanspoon shakes up the augmented reality arena
Posted by simon@digital-campaign.com | Filed under Application, Augmented Reality, GPS, iPhone
The augmented reality arena just became a bit hotter with Urbanspoon’s implementation of augmented reality into the existing feature set. You can now browse or search for a good restaurant or, with a simple shake your iPhone will reveal a random local restaurant. Building upon the results the new “Scope” feature uses Google Maps to show your position in blue and the local restaurants in red pins.
Photoshop for the iPhone
Posted by simon@digital-campaign.com | Filed under Application, iPhone
Will it work on the small screen? Well Adobe is giving it a go with the new Adobe Photoshop app for the iPhone. You can edit photos from your phone or stored in your Photoshop.com account using intuitive finger gestures. Editing is reversible and non-destructive, with the output saving to your iPhone Photos collection and optionally to your online account.
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jQTouch
Posted by simon@digital-campaign.com | Filed under Application, Development, JQuery, iPhone
Now this is useful, jQTouch is an interesting jQuery plug-in for mobile web development, optimized for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Although will it offer the flexibility and adaptability that we’ve become all too familiar with when using jQuery for development on the PC platform. I hope so, JQuery is a fantastic framework that would only benefit from being able to deploy to multiple platforms.
