Tyne and Wear Metro - iPhone App v1.0

post from prMac on 28 June 2011 08:30:00 PM. © prMac

Appshay today introduces Tyne and Wear Metro 1.0, their Travel app that provides a complete, interactive, handy metro guide to the metro system in Northeast England. Featuring an interactive station map, departure boards, search & browse stations, journey planner, an animated route map showing start and finish, nearby places of interest, and GPS-aware location of nearest stations, the app is ideal for tourists, commuters, or occasional travelers.

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Steven Levy: Inside Google+

post from Daring Fireball on 28 June 2011 07:04:23 PM. © Daring Fireball

From Steven Levy’s detailed behind-the-scenes story on Google+ for Wired:

One variation that users will notice comes in interface design ?conspicuously, in Circles. With colorful animations, drag-and-dropmagic and whimsical interface touches, Circles looks more like aclassic Apple program than the typically bland Google app.That?s no surprise since the key interface designer waslegendary software artist Andy Hertzfeld.

Hertzfeld, of course, is the publisher of Folklore.org, the wonderful archive of “anecdotes about the development of Apple’s original Macintosh computer, and the people who created it.”

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http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/06/inside-google-plus-social/all/1

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Google+ Introductory Videos

post from Daring Fireball on 28 June 2011 05:04:47 PM. © Daring Fireball

I don’t want to place a bet that these things are going to take off — and the more I learn, the more it seems clear that “Google+” is an umbrella name for several individual services, rather than a single unified thing — but these introductory videos are really well done. Note that the UI screenshots are even set in Helvetica, not Arial. Some of the best evidence of good taste at Google I can ever recall.

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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/introducing-google-project-real-life.html

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Tom Coates on Google+s Prospects

post from Daring Fireball on 28 June 2011 04:04:39 PM. © Daring Fireball

Tom Coates:

Fundamentally, Google is a utility. No one wants to hang out at their power company.

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http://twitter.com/tomcoates/status/85782655769116674

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Metric and Calibre

post from Daring Fireball on 28 June 2011 04:04:39 PM. © Daring Fireball

Sibling sans serif typefaces by Kris Sowersby, with a shared care alphabet. They differ because of “genre”-specific letterforms for certain letters — geometric for Metric, humanist for Calibre. Thus Metric feels more like, say, Futura, whereas Calibre feels more like, say, Helvetica.

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http://klim.co.nz/metric_info.php

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Google Swiffy

post from Daring Fireball on 28 June 2011 03:04:33 PM. © Daring Fireball

New from Google:

Swiffy converts Flash SWF files to HTML5, allowing you to reuseFlash content on devices without a Flash player (such as iPhonesand iPads).

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http://swiffy.googlelabs.com/

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Raccoon Rampage 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch is
released

post from prMac on 28 June 2011 02:58:00 PM. © prMac

BlankHed Gaming has released Raccoon Rampage 1.0 for iOS. Raccoon Rampage is a fast paced iPhone/iPod touch arcade game aimed at people who enjoy the challenges of a constant runner with many obstacles. This fast paced platform game will keep you on the edge the whole way through. With its 3 unique worlds and 24 levels you most definitely get your adrenaline fill over and over again. So stretch those fingers and get ready to start gaming.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-27372.htm

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Harvard Teaching Hospital Picks Pedometer PRO GPS
+ to Encourage Walking

Pedometer PRO GPS + by Viaden Mobile has been chosen the official app of the Walking Club at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Pedometer PRO GPS + uses both accelerometer and GPS for tracking running, jogging and walking statistics in a more reliable and precise way. Combining high accuracy of activity monitoring with strong motivation benefits, Pedometer PRO GPS + is fun to explore and easy to use.

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