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iWineMaker iPhone app is launched to assist home and professional wine makers

03/25/201203/24/2012 Sam Lambert

iWineMaker, a new iPhone app, is now available at the iTunes Store to provide home and professional winemakers of conventional and organic wines with additional assistance with their calculations. This application provides these winemakers with a powerful mobile tool that will help them to quickly and easily perform their additions for alcohol, sulfur dioxide, acid, copper, fining agents, yeast and nutrients. It also helps with the sugar conversions and the adjustment of the Brix of grape must and juice. The iWineMaker application functions with the fact that making wine is…

Augmented reality app makes adbusting a legal and viable way to make art

01/14/201201/14/2012 Stephen Vagus

Adbusting is a growing trend in the Eastern and Western U.S. Adbusting, also known as culture jamming, sees artists coming together to change existing advertisements with works of art. These works often hold some cultural commentary and are seen as vandalism in large cities. For some artists, the issue of vandalism can be quite the deterrent. As such, artists have begun using augmented reality as a way to carry out their adbusting goals. The Public Ad Campaign, a group of New York-based artists that considers all advertisements to be public…

Staples recreates its iPhone app in response to customer requests

12/03/201112/03/2011 L. Green

Staples has redesigned its app following a survey of customers to determine what would make their shopping experience with the merchant simpler and more convenient. The result was that the new application now includes a bar code scanning feature that allows customers to perform easier searches and faster ordering. The office supply store is known for its significant research and testing and for its focus on the customer’s participation in developing the m-commerce experience. Staples.com vice president of e-commerce and business development, Brian Tilzer, said that the new application has…

World’s first QR protection application coming from Symantec

11/08/2011 Jesse Collins

There can be no doubt that QR codes are becoming vastly popular. Both businesses and individuals are finding uses for the codes that range from expansive marketing campaigns to personal branding. The codes are not only grabbing the attention of tech-savvy companies and consumers, however, they are also attracting the notice of people looking to exploit their rampant popularity. The number of malicious QR codes is growing and most mobile consumers are entirely exposed to the risk such codes present. Symantec, a renowned security firm, has created the world’s first…

SkyView mobile app lets iPhone users see the stars, with the help of augmented reality

10/28/201110/28/2011 Stephanie Beck

Terminal Eleven, developers of mobile applications, have launched a new app for the iPhone that allows users to see the stars like never before. The app, aptly named SkyView, uses augmented reality to make stars, planets and distant solar systems visible to the naked eye. Augmented reality turns the iPhone into a powerful, albeit virtual, telescope, and has already garnered rave reviews in the Apple App Store. Stargazers are likely to find the app useful, as it will let them scour the galaxy day or night. SkyView makes use of…