http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP This is an RSS test part2 en-us Copyright 2009-2010 eZAP.me All Rights Reserved. 240 http://www.ezap.me/images/AppZAP.jpg http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Paddy Power (www.paddypower.com) says it is "the only bookmaker in the App Store." http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP The iStethoscope app, invented by Peter Bentley, is all over the media - "More than 80% of doctors said they expected to own a smartphone by 2012." More at The Guardian. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP The Recognizr app from Swedish software house The astonishing Tribe (www.tat.se) is facial recognition software - " Once the face is recognized, the persons social networking profile icons will pop up." More at Blackweb 2.0. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Mappiness (www.mappiness.org.uk) is a free iPhone app designed to map "happiness across space in the UK" as part of a research project at the London School of Economics. More at The Standard. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP The FT has reported sales of $100,000 for Wi-Fi Sync, the iPhone app invented by Brit student Greg Hughes and rejected by the App Store. It sells at $10 a pop but only at Cydia (http://cydia.saurik.com/store) for 'jailbroken' iPhones. More at Wired. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP The App Store has pulled a Handy Light app which contained "a hidden code that allowed people to use their iPhone as a 3G modem" for free instead of paying around £13 per month. More at The Telegraph. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Text or email using the Dragon Dictation app for the iPhone, "powered by Nuance’s world-renowned Dragon (www.nuance.com) NaturallySpeaking software." The app is very popular in the USA at the moment and is coming to the UK soon. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP From July 19 BA customers with an iPhone can ditch the paper boarding pass in favour of an app which "will be free to anyone who joins BA’s executive club, which it turn costs nothing to join." Android and Blackberry apps will follow in a few months. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Fashion store Next has a new iPhone App - store locator, offers, stock availability etc and it's free. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP A Vietnamese developer has been banned from the app store after Apple discovered evidence of his titles appearing on its best-seller list fraudulently. More at BBC News. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP OK! magazine (www.ok.co.uk) has launched a CelebSpotter app (£1.79, AppStore). "Perhaps the whole point of CelebSpotter is that it allows you to identify precisely where the media-needy are. And go somewhere decent instead." More in The Guardian. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP The mainstream media is picking up on the fact that both Apple and Google have a 'Kill Switch' which enables them to delete apps from the handsets (iPhones and Android devices) of users. The Register has been aware of this for some time now. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Tiffany & Co (www.tiffany.com) has a new app - "Browse rings. View carats in actual size and determine your ring size with The Tiffany Ring Finder iPhone App." Available at the App Store. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Regent Street has its own iPhone app. The free guide gives shoppers "a walking tour of the area, and contains a historical guide to the shops and buildings that make up Regent Street, explaining its history since it opened in 1825." More at The Standard. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Shortly after the SMobile report (see below) surfaced "Google has announced in a blog post that it has remotely uninstalled two applications from Android phones as they did not comply with its Android Market terms and conditions." More at ITProPortal. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Mobile security firm SMobile (www.smobilesystems.com) has raised concerns about potential privacy threats arising from Android apps - "..one out of every 20 apps can place a call to any number without approval from the user..." More at Mashable. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Wimbleon 2010 (www.wimbledon.org) - IBM is suplying an 'augmented reality' app for the tennis championship. IBM Seer supplies data to iPhone and Android handses, and the new “Seer through the wall” technology that allows users to see live play..." http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Apps for the iPhone 4 will work on the iPad - "Apple has announced that applications designed for the iPhone 4 using its new iOS 4 will be able to fill the screen of an iPad" - more at ITProPortal. http://www.ezap.me/AppZAP Motor manufacturer Jaguar (www.jaguar.com) has created a new iPhone and Blackberry app offering a whole range of information including sport and stocks and shares. Free at the App Store. More at The Telgraph. Daily Telegraph.