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First Augmented-Reality Search App Available for iPhone

UDR Inc. has released its first augmented-reality (AR) apartment-search application for the iPhone (3GS) Google Android. According to the multifamily real-estate investment trust (REIT), the move highlights the company’s continued expansion of its mobile-service platform. In keeping with UDR, augmented reality...

16 October 2009
07:06 GMT

Amazing iPhone 3G S App Finds Nearest Subway via Camera and Compass

A hybrid collective company combining rockstar application and game developers with corporate infrastructure going by the name of acrossair has submitted New York Nearest Subway, an application specifically tailored for the capabilities of the new iPhone 3G S. Described as being one of the first augmented reality ap...

17 July 2009
04:00 GMT

iPhone 3.0 Specs Leaked by 'Reputable' Apple Source

The people at Apple iPhone apps claim to have been contacted by a source closely connected to Apple’s hardware team, who possesses knowledge of the next-generation iPhone's specifications and release date. The source has told the iPhone fan blog that iPhone 3.0 is launching on July 17. “Recently we ...

20 May 2009
03:16 GMT

iPhone OS 3.0 Boasts Magnetometer / Digital Compass Support (Rumor)

The folks at BoyGeniusReport, who previously leaked accurate imagery of new iPhone OS findings, have posted a couple of intriguing screenshots purporting to be a debugging menu from the latest beta of iPhone OS 3.0, which seemingly confirm built-in magnetometer (digital compass) support. The find directly hints at a ...

11 May 2009
10:47 GMT

China Launches New Addition to GPS Satellite System

China's bid to create its own GPS satellite-navigation system is becoming increasingly obvious with each passing month. On Tuesday, the country's space agency launched a new navigation satellite from the Xichang launch base, in the Sichuan province, southwestern China. The Compass G2 was deployed in a geost...

16 April 2009
16:41 GMT

Nokia 6210 Navigator Set for a Midsummer Launch

Nokia 6210 Navigator, announced back in February, during MWC 2008, will be released sooner than everyone thought, and that is somewhere in the middle of this summer. Nokia showcased the 6210 Navigator at the Where 2.0 Conference in San Francisco (May 12 - 14), offering a glimpse of what users will have the chance to...

15 May 2008
04:06 GMT

How Did the Compass Appear?

The magnetic properties of the matter have been observed by people even from Antiquity. The words "magnetism" and "magnet" seems to come from the (by then) Greek region of Magnesia (now in western Turkey) or from the city of Magnessa in the same region, around which "magnetic stones" (magnetite deposits) were found, ...

31 January 2008
06:31 GMT


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