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myStarbucks UK iPhone application

February 10th, 2010

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I’m big Starbucks fan and love their coffee. Thankfully I live near one and work in the next street to one (well doesn’t everyone).

When I’m out and about though it’s always good to track one down when I fancy a coffee and thankfully Starbucks have just released the UK myStarbucks app for the iPhone.

As well as finding Starbucks you can also get details on the products on sale and their nutrition value.

You can download it from HERE

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Get access to documents and files stored on Google Docs/Dropbox and more

February 10th, 2010

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Quickoffice have just released an extension of their Mobile Suite which provides the ability to not only edit and create Word and Excel files but now get access to those documents stored on cloud services such as Apple MobileMe, Google Docs, Box.net and Dropbox.

You can read the press release HERE

You can download it from the iTunes App Store HERE

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Tesco launch the iPhone Clubcard app

February 8th, 2010
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Tesco has one of the most successful loyalty schemes with their Clubcard.

Whenever you shop at Tesco they always ask at the checkout… ‘Do you have a Clubcard’ to which I reply – “Yes.. no wait.. I don’t have it with me….”

Well it looks like I’m not alone and Tesco has created an application that in it’s first iteration will allow my iPhone to present a barcode that can be used in place of my Clubcard.

You can download the free app from HERE

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Superbowl Sunday – enjoy LED Football on your iPhone for free!

February 7th, 2010

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Today is Superbowl Sunday and most Americans will be tuned into the game later tonight!

I’m a huge American Football fan myself and remember this very old came in it’s first iteration as a Mattel game!

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Well you can now download the iPhone application completely free as the developers Touchgrove have made it a free download as it’s Superbowl!

Don’t expect Madden style graphics just some classic retro action!

You can download it from HERE

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WeeMee Avatar Creator

February 6th, 2010

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I loved playing around with the WeeMee characters when they first came about many years ago on MSN Messenger.

WeeWorld has just launched it’s first iPhone App which allows you to create your own WeeMee and even WeeMee characters for other people. You can then assign them to contacts or just save them to your photos.

It’s hours of fun…. this is me below:

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Google adds remote wipe and security policies to Google Sync

February 4th, 2010
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Google has extended it’s support for Exchange Activesync enabled devices. Those devices include iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile devices.

Google Apps Premier and Education customers will be able to manage their employees mobile devices right from the Google Apps administrative control panel.

Administrators will now have the ability to:

   * Remotely wipe all data from lost or stolen mobile devices

   * Lock idle devices after a period of inactivity

   * Require device passwords on each phone

   * Set minimum lengths for more secure passwords

   * Require passwords to include letters, numbers and punctuation

You can get more details HERE

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Want to use your iPhone as a Keyboard or Mouse?

February 3rd, 2010

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This is a great FREE application from Logitech that I’ve had fun playing with! It turns your iPhone into a wireless trackpad mouse or keyboard for your computer. You do need to install a small piece of software on your Mac or PC then simply use the FREE application available from iTunes.

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Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1.3

February 3rd, 2010
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If you have an iPhone (or iPod Touch) you can now update your device to the latest release from Apple.

You can get more details of the security elements of the update HERE

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IBM updates its support for iPhone at Lotusphere

January 19th, 2010
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Not sure if you have been following the news from Lotusphere in the US but IBM yesterday announced a number of important updates to their iPhone support:
1) They now support accessing encrypted email.2) They have added support for the ability to accept/decline meetings
You can get more details HERE

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Accessing Sharepoint from an iPhone

January 14th, 2010
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If you want to access Microsoft Sharepoint from an iPhone then you can use the Safari Browser however Spyk have released an application called iShare that provides a native iPhone application that allows you to Search Sharepoint, open & read documents as well as create, delete and update list items.

You can download it from the App Store HERE

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