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19 Mar, 2010

Is Foursquare here to disrupt?

Posted by: Francesco In: Internet & Web 2.0

As many in these hours I installed on my iPhone Foursquare, the location based social network and game useful to explore places. Users are not only able to check-in in different places they visit, but they can also attach tips to these places thus leaving “invisible” notes about that places for others to read. I [...]

05 Mar, 2010

Great infographic tribute to Apple design

Posted by: Francesco In: Science & Technology

Check out this great video showcasing Apple’s great design masterpieces: Anatomy of Apple Design from Transparent House on Vimeo. By Transparent House

31 Aug, 2009

Designing great iPhone Apps

Posted by: Francesco In: Mobile World

Only a few apps on the App Store share the same attention to details and thoughtful design process that Apple itself puts in its products. Convert is a very nice and simple application to do conversions on your iPhone. Sure you can find dozens of free apps that do just that, but if you watch [...]

Similarly to what happened on BlackBerry’s “App World”, it looks like Microsoft will set a minimum price cap to avoid the flourishing of “silly” applications as it happened on Apple’s App Store. I do have an iPhone and I have to admit that the App Store is full of crap. No doubt on it. At [...]

17 Aug, 2009

Cool secure unlock feature on Android phones

Posted by: Francesco In: Mobile World

I just found this video (which is pretty old actually), showing how you perform an unlock on Google Android smartphones. I think this is a much better way to protect your phone, than the one offered on the iPhone, where you have to “aim” to four specific buttons to insert your code. On Android you [...]

This video I saw on Gizmodo reminded me of an idea I had for quite some time, actually since I got my iPhone, regarding the iTunes App Store. First, let’s have a look at this concept video: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wfv0OJ1oMQ The idea shown here is quite simple: do in a few mouse clicks on your computer, what [...]


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