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'Heckerty' stories come to life on tablets, phones (podcast)
There are both tablet and phone versions of Meet Heckerty for Android and iOS.
Click below to listen to podcast interview with Jan Ziff.
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Zillow launches Android app for rentals (podcast)
If you've ever been curious about the price of a particular house in America, chances are you've been to Zillow.com. That's the site that lets you type in an address to find out its estimated sale price (called a "Zestimate") along with details about the house and, in most cases, the exact date and price it last sold for as well as information about property taxes, nearby schools, and neighboring homes.
In addition to sale prices, the company also estimates rental prices and displays rentals in your area.
The new app allows users to enter their more
Luminate lets users create interactive images (podcast)
Luminate announced Thursday the launch of a "Image App Store" where Web publishers can obtain free apps to add to their sites that can turn static images into interactive ones. The idea is to allow users to mouse over a portion of an image to take some type of action such as accessing a news story related to the image, viewing a Twitter feed, looking up something about the image in Wikipedia, or perhaps purchasing something shown in the image such as jewelry worn by a celebrity or a model It's even possible to Tweet the image or a more
California AG Kamala Harris on app privacy deal (podcast)
California Attorney General Kamala Harris
The agreement with the companies whose platforms and app stores collectively dominate the mobile app universe, is designed to bring the mobile app industry into compliance with California's existing law that requires companies that collect personal information to have a published privacy policy.
The announcement comes in the wake of several reports of companies uploading user data, sometimes without informing the user or getting permission.
Last week the Federal Trade Commission
iBike helps iPad, iPhone Touch users get in better shape (CES podcast)
The North Hall at CES was the home to numerous fitness technology companies including Velocomp, the maker of the iBike line of cycling computers. The newest product, iBike Power House for iPhone and iPod Touch is billed as "the worldl's first intelligent cycling computer that automatically adjusts to your exercise goals."
The product, which consists of a water and shock resistant case for the iPhone/iTouch, has electronics that perform cycling measurements, including power exertion.
). He said that iBike comes with "exercise plans that have been proven to get to results fast." He said the software has options depending more
Yurbuds are earbuds for athletes (CES podcast)
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Ford talks up connected cars at CES
LAS VEGAS--Today's automakers are embracing the Internet cloud by building connected cars, and Ford is no exeception.
To find out more about Ford's strategy, I sat down with the company CEO Alan Mulally and Chief Technology Officer Paul Mascarenas at Ford's massive booth at the Consumer Electronics Show here, ahead of Mulally's keynote address. (Scroll down to listen to the podcast.)
When I asked Mulally why a car company would be at CES, he said, "We're clearly a technology company and we're providing very important technical solutions through the mobile application devices we serve more
OnLive to stream Windows desktop to iPad, Android devices
In 2010, OnLive introduced online-streaming games to PC and Mac users. Last year, it extended the platform to mobile devices. And this year, the company is focusing on productivity apps, starting by offering free basic Microsoft Office functionality to iPad users.
Beginning on Thursday, U.S. iPad users will be able to download an app from the iTunes App Store to use the free service. Users can sign up early, starting Tuesday.
The free service provides 2 gigabytes of storage. After an initial testing phase, OnLive will offer a $9.99-per-month OnLive Desktop Pro version with 50GB of storage and more
CES chief muses on what to expect this year
Consumer Electronics Association CEO Gary Shapiro talks big numbers when he describes this year's Consumer Electronics Show, which takes over Las Vegas next week.
He is expecting more than 140,000 visitors who will collectively crisscross the more than 1.8 million net square feet of exhibit space and visit more than 2,700 exhibitors.
For one company, this CES will be its last. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will give the opening keynote at CES 2012. But the company
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Facebook throws potentially suicidal users a Lifeline
Facebook announced today that it's working with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on a program designed to help save lives.
The new service will enable Facebook users to click on a link and be taken to a page where they can enter into a live chat with a suicide prevention specialist. There is also a reporting link where users can alert Facebook, if they see something on a person's profile that causes them to think that the person is in severe distress. Facebook will send a message to that person to encourage them to contact the Lifeline.
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