App uses HealthMap technology; allows individuals to track, report local outbreak information.
[Reuters] BOSTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A new iPhone application, created by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, enables users to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as H1N1 (swine flu), on the ground in real [...]

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[The iPhone Blog] Facebook 3.0.1 for iPhone [Free - iTunes link], which fixes some of the bugs found in Facebook 3.0 (others are reportedly being fixed on the Facebook backend servers), is now being served piping hot and ready from the iTunes App Store.

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We may be getting closer to a hardware version of hands-free navigation for iPhone users. The FCC has released several documents plus photos of a planned TomTom Car Kit for the iPhone.
[Cult of Mac] The kit (pictured above) includes a mount enabling the iPhone to be positioned either vertically or in landscape mode. Engadget also [...]

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On Thursday, satellite radio provider Sirius XM announced the launch of XM SkyDock, an accessory that will allow iPhone and iPod touch users to receive live XM and “The Best of Sirius” satellite radio in their vehicles. Per Digital Daily, the unit is scheduled to launch in the fall at suggested price of $119.99 and [...]

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Apple has earlier today announced that customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications in just one year from the Apple App Store. Aside from such, there are more than 65,000 apps available on the App Store, and there are officially over 100,000 developers in the iPhone Developer Program working on releasing these thousands of [...]

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Although the iPhone and iPod Touch products do not come with an FM transmitter, that doesn’t mean you cannot get radio streaming on these suckers.
Sirius XM has released their iPhone app via the iTunes App Store for download earlier today. If you’re not sure whether or not you want Sirius XM on your iPhone or [...]

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I’m sure most of the world’s people were happy to hear about Apple’s new iPhone 3G S to be available on June 19th, and their upcoming iPhone OS v3.0 to be available on June 17th. But I can assure you that there are a select few people out there that are not nearly as happy-go-happy [...]

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Ten One Design (Ten1) is holding an art challenge, with a cash reward of USD $500. You must own a Pogo Stylus to be a part of this contest, then use any of the iPhone apps to draw an image using said stylus at hand.
Your goal is to try and design the best looking image [...]

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xWaves has released version 1.2 of their third party GPS software, xGPS, for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
This version includes audible turn-by-turn instructions, utilizes Google Maps or Google Terrain Maps and can be downloaded through Cydia via the MMI repository. This version is still a work in progress and isn’t without some bugs, but using [...]

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This is the story of an epic fail.
Those of you who have been following releases in the App Store may remember the arrival of a little app called Santa Live around mid-November.  It was the brainchild of Adam Majewski, CEO of Casual Game Network, based out of north Texas, and it was designed to be [...]

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If you ever wanted any solid confirmation that Apple has a tendancy to A) play favourites, and/or B) is inconsistent in its approval process, here you go.
Ignoring the BdEmailer vs. MailWrangler debacle for the moment, we have Google Mobile.  Sure, it looks all innocent and stuff, but it’s hiding a dirty little secret.  Google was [...]

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It’s been a short two months since Apple rejected MailWrangler because it “duplicates functionality” of the built-in E-Mail app, despite the fact that it was intended to work with multiple GMail accounts in a way the built-in app can’t.  Now, either Apple have relaxed restrictions on duplicating functionality, or this one has somehow slipped passed [...]

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American Airlines is joining Continental in offering boarding pass barcodes that you can download to your iPhone, BlackBerry, G1, or whatever it is you have. Presently the airline is only offering the option on domestic, non-stop
flights departing from O’Hare — LAX and Orange County will start on
the 17th.
This makes things a little quicker, and easier [...]

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There’s no doubt about it.  The App Store has exploded.  In the early days, for the first couple of months, I was able to keep up.  It was a challenge sometimes, keeping up with all the new freebies, but I managed it every few days.  But it has picked up more and more, and I [...]

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