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Cornelius Smith
Cornelius Smith

This is an exploration of sorts, delving into that gooey yet addictive substance that brings us all together - aka the Internet/web. We'll delve into web analytics, a subject I quite fancy these days. Here we'll also dabble into social media, a bit of art/photography, culture, and fun!

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HOW TO: Take Photos with Your iPad (Sort of)

Before the iPad even landed, pundits picked apart its palpable flaws, one of which is the device’s lack of a built-in camera. If you own both an iPhone and an iPad however, you can jimmy rig the former into a wireless iPad camera for $.99.

All that you need to take photos on your iPad is two apps, CAMERA-A [iTunes link] for the iPad for $.99 and CAMERA-B [iTunes link] for the iPhone 3GS (free).

To take iPad photos wirelessly from the iPhone, pair both devices via bluetooth or make sure they’re on the same wireless network. Then open both apps. You’ll immediately notice that what your iPhone camera sees is mirrored on your iPad’s screen. Simply use your iPhone as the lens, click the photo button on the iPad and your snapshot will be saved to your iPad.

If it sounds complicated, rest assured, it isn’t. In our test trials the iPhone functioned flawlessly as a wireless camera and with each snap we were able to save the photo to the iPad’s photo library (see my sample photo below).

It may not be the most ideal iPad camera solution, but it’s certainly one that works. Try it out for yourself and let us know what you think in the comments.

[via Gizmodo]

Posted by Cornelius Smith
 

Foursquare Cracks Down on Cheaters


For those of you armchair mayors who cheat with your Foursquare checkins, your time has come. The mobile social network has announced that checkins outside the immediate vicinity of the venue in question will no longer net points, badges or mayorships.

Foursquare is now using your mobile phone’s GPS location (other tactics are used for phones without GPS) to verify your whereabouts to reward only those that happen near the actual place in question. Checkins that appear to take place far from the venue users are trying to checkin to trigger the “cheater code” and block incentives.

Whether you were cheating at Foursquare for the phony prestige or the goods that go along with certain mayorships, those wells of incentives have just dried up. For those of us who play by the rules, these changes are a welcome addition to the game and encourage a competitive atmosphere that’s conducive to honest battles.

Foursquare says of the changes that, “We’re never going to NOT let you check-in – you can checkin wherever you want, whenever you want – the idea is simply to not award points, mayorships, badges or venue specials if it looks like you didn’t really earn them.”

The system has yet to be perfected though and Foursquare admits that their first attempt to eliminate gamers is still a work in progress. If your checkins falsely trigger the cheater code alarm you should fill out their cheater code form and alert them of the problem.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto, ParkerDeen.

Posted by Cornelius Smith
 

Android App Growth on the Rise: 9000+ New Apps in March Alone

Android App Growth on the Rise: 9000+ New Apps in March Alone

Written by Sarah Perez / April 6, 2010 7:21 AM / 13 Comments
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According to recent statistics from AndroidLib.com, the Android Marketplace saw 9,331 new mobile applications added to its app store during the month of March, 2010. This number is even more phenomenal when you look at the Android Marketplace's historical growth. In December of last year, for example, there were 3,807 new applications added to the Android app store. By January, 4,458 more were added. In February, 5,532 arrived. And now, 9,331. If this trend continues, we could possibly see a month this year where the number of new applications tops 5 digits. And with numbers like this, Android could soon give Apple a run for its money.

Since the launch of the Google Android Market in October 2008, the developer ecosystem surrounding the OS has seen rapid growth. One week after the Market's launch, there were just 167 applications available for download. That may seem like a lot, but when you positioned it against Apple's App Store - now with over 160,000 applications - it was clear that Android had a long climb ahead.

But climb it did. By September 2009, the Android Market passed 10,000 applications. By February of this year, Android Market share doubled again, positioning the Google Mobile OS to overtake Palm and the Market size grew again to include 19,897 applications. Today, the number of Android applications has reached 27,243 and there's no sign of its growth slowing down.

via readwriteweb.com

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