Good doggy.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
National Geographic Reviews the iPad2 for travel
Adventure Travel - National Geographic Adventure Blog
A few apps they call out:
• National Geographic National Parks Maps HD App - $4.99
This app pairs hi-res images of points-of-interest within National Geographic HD topo trail maps for 15 parks (Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, and ten others). The iPad’s Digital Compass will locate you within the park when you are ready to start exploring.
• JetSetter - Free
This visually stunning, content-driven travel app lets you discover travel destinations through a gorgeous layout and photography. The stories and editorial reviews will tantalize you to take a trip—and the app even allows you to book a hotel stay with a cool calendar feature. It also has “Flash Sale” limited-time travel deals.• TripAdvisor - Free
Thanks to the iPad’s digital compass, TripAdvisor’s vast database of user reviews are made available on Google Street maps. Simply locate yourself via the GPS, then read reviews of nearby restaurants and hotels positioned on a Google Street View map. What’s surprising is all the local information. I always considered TripAdvisor to be best for international hotels. But with the app, I located myself in my apartment in Brooklyn and it showed me all the restaurants and businesses on my street with contact info and user reviews.
• Fotopedia Heritage - Free
Brilliant photos illustrate the world’s UNESCO World Heritage sites in this app. The Machu Picchu slide show alone has 59 images.
• FlightBoard - $3.99
This app quite simply lets you see the Arrivals and Departures flight boards in any airport. Pretty handy if you are dealing with weather delays.
• AllSubway HD - $.99
This is the first collection of subway maps from the world’s great cities, from Moscow to Munich to Perth. You don’t need a Wi-Fi connection to use it, so subterranean navigation is possible.
Starting in May, Apple is going to offer free travel app workshops for consumers at their 200+ U.S. stores. At these workshops, Apple instructors will show the latest and best travel apps available.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Military adopts iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
The article states that a modern smartphone has the computing power of a 10 year old laptop and has replaced a lot of heavy gear that no longer has to be lugged along on a mission. Not to mention that when you have time you can get away from it all by plugging in your earphones and listening to music.
The U.S. Army has established an app store (the Army Marketplace) for military smart phone users. This includes the iPad, which soldiers are also big fans of. The army app store includes an "App Wanted" section where users can post descriptions of an app they need. If a developer (in uniform, or an army approved civilian with access to the Army Marketplace) is interested, a discussion can be started on an attached message board. The army hopes that the needed app will be quickly created and made available at the Army Marketplace.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
MobileMe Find My iPhone (or iPad or even iPod Touch)
MobileMe Find My iPhone
Good way to protect yourself if you lose your iPhone or iPad.
OK, this is a great App and its free. I downloaded from the App Store. Set it up in about a minute using my existing Apple ID and password. Then you can go to me.com, enter your ID and password and it will show you where your iPad is currently. (in my case not just the building, but pretty much where in the building!)
You can also make it play a tone for two minutes, send a message to display on the device. You can even lock the iPhone or iPad, or if need be, wipe all your private data off of it. All for free.
You can also make it play a tone for two minutes, send a message to display on the device. You can even lock the iPhone or iPad, or if need be, wipe all your private data off of it. All for free.
Good way to protect yourself if you lose your iPhone or iPad.
App of the Week
Home | Leafsnap: An Electronic Field Guide
Not sure this will work well in Florida yet, but very intriguing for iPhone and iPad.
This free mobile app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves.
Leafsnap contains beautiful high-resolution images of leaves, flowers, fruit, petiole, seeds, and bark. Leafsnap currently includes the trees of New York City and Washington, D.C., and will soon grow to include the trees of the entire continental United States.
This website shows the tree species included in Leafsnap, the collections of its users, and the team of research volunteers working to produce it.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Friday, June 03, 2011
On Top of Diamond Head
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Pu'u Ualaka'a State Wayside Park
North Shore
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