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Transfer Money to Friends With Facebook

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With too many Facebook applications to name, it’s hard to keep afloat with the latest and greatest.

UK-based Moneybookers (Paypal competitor) will offer their customers and Facebook users the ability to use an app to transfer money to and fro. Billed as a “social fundraising” application, the project is currently in beta mode, expected to be released to the general public some time in June.

Moneybookers currently has 4.6 million customers, and will likely see that number head north with the new app. The site requires identity verification before using their service to minimize fraud and prevent money laundering. Their fee structure is comparable to Paypal’s.

I’m all for charity, but let’s hope this doesn’t turn into another vehicle for bloggers to beg for ‘donations’ they don’t need (or deserve).

Will you roll the dice on completing a financial transaction within the Facebook framework?

Originally posted on May 16, 2008 @ 2:48 pm

Google News on iPhone and iTouch

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iPhone and iPod Touch users in over 30 countries now have full, one-tap access to Google News. You’ll also find improved results and corresponding YouTube videos (where available).

To access you can:

– Go to www.google.com, click on the “more” tab and follow the link to Google News

– Go to www.google.com and do a search, then click on the News link at the top of the screen

– Go directly to Google News at http://news.google.com in your browser

Google has also rolled out the iPhone interface globally.  Just go to http://www.google.com/m/a/YOUR DOMAIN NAME GOES HERE on your iPhone to access.

Originally posted on May 4, 2008 @ 3:39 pm

AT&T To Release App To Discourage Texting While Driving

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Texting while driving is a very real problem. At best it’s an annoyance to other motorists who have to contend with a person who’s probably driving too slowly at worst this habit can lead to accidents, with some of them proving to be fatal.

AT&T is addressing the problem of texting while driving behavior by releasing a new app that has been specifically designed to prevent or discourage texting while driving. The app is actually geared towards parents, who can control their children’s phones remotely by giving them access to their children’s cell phone service, allowing them to cut off the phone’s texting and internet browsing features and even the ability to receive and make calls when their children are driving. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 15, 2012 @ 10:29 pm

New AppAide App Will Recommend Apps Based on Usage

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Trying to find a good app can be hard at times because you need to wade through thousands of apps that are already in the market. Fortunately, this is a predicament that has been in the minds of other app developers and it’s being addressed with, you guessed it, an app.

AppAide is an app that will make recommendations of other apps based on your actual usage. The app, which was developed by BetaBait, uses much of the same technology that is being used by BetaNoodle, a company that BetaBait acquired recently. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 1, 2012 @ 9:20 pm

Pearltrees Releases iPhone App

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One of the more interesting productivity apps that has come out recently is Pearltrees. It’s an app that helps a user in collecting and organizing their interests and related information.

Pearltrees does something that is also addressed by other apps but it does it differently by presenting the information in a unique, but very effective way. A few months ago, it released a web app and then released an iPad app. Now, Pearltrees is coming to the iPhone.  [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 25, 2012 @ 8:13 pm