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New iPhone and Android app lets you travel back in time

Jorge Gonzalez
New Mobile App

A new app compatible with both iPhone and Android smartphones, called Historypin, allows users to view historical images of various locations on Google Maps. With this app, users can view a location they’re seeing in real life, and gain access to a historical image from a few decades ago to almost a full century old, so that users can see how the area has changed using augmented reality technology. Moreover, captions are frequently supplied which explain the changes that the location has undergone between that time and now. The app…

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iPhone app lets Amtrak customers purchase their tickets via mobile phone

Stephanie Beck
Boston Amtrak Station

Amtrak has announced its introduction of a new iPhone app that will allow its passengers to more easily check the train schedules, plan their trips, buy train tickets, and change the reservations that they’ve already made. The purpose of the app is to provide faster and more convenient ways for travelers to plan their trips and make the necessary arrangements. They can now download the Amtrak app for free from the Apple App store in order to benefit from the many features connected to the Amtrak trains which operate in…

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Accurint mobile app launched for law enforcement and government users

L. Green
New Mobile App

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has unveiled their Accurint Mobile application and its current availability for the Apple mobile products, iPad and iPhone. This app connects law enforcement and government agencies with an index of over thirty billion public records and tools helpful for investigations that can help them to perform instant information verification while in the field, making it much faster and easier to follow up on leads as they come up. According to chief executive officer Haywood Talcover, of LexisNexis Special Services Inc., as law enforcement and government agency employees…

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New mobile app brings famous locations to life with augmented reality

L. Green
Mobile App Builder

Movies are an experience unlike any other. They have the power to provoke deep thought and emotion and relieve overwhelming stress. For some, they offer and escape, for others they offer a dream that may one day come true. The way people experience movies is different, but there is no denying their impact on society. The mystique is often tied to the location where movies are shot. These locations provide one of the most tangible connections to what is often called “movie magic.” The vast majority of these locations are…

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