more animals I’m worried, readers. I am worried about publishing as a business. My worries do not stem from used sales. My worries do not stem from piracy of digital books. My worry is that publishing will not take this opportunity to innovate. Anita Elberse’s article in the Wall Street Journal only increases my concerns. Elberse’s argument is essentially that the current publishing business model worked before and so publishers need to keep at it. I found her to be arguing that the existing

Location Based Technologies today announced that its GPS locater PocketFinder service has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its debut as an Apple iPhone and Google Android smartphone application two months ago. What does PocketFinder do? It’s a small GPS tracking device. Owners can access a large number of features for the device through the internet or their mobile phones. For more details, see our original article on the PocketFinder. From the release: “We are absolutely deligh

Here at MakeUseOf, we’ve reviewed voice recognition apps before, but this is definitely the best one I’ve used to date. Vlingo [iTunes Link] has all of the great features you would expect, but remains simple and easy to operate.  On top of that, the App allows you to choose which task you want to execute by voice (or by keystroke). This is also the first app I’ve seen that lets you update Twitter and Facebook statuses by voice as well. The core of Vlingo is the home screen.  From here, you c

If you are the kind of person who downloads unwanted apps to your iPhone, you would most probably know about the iSteam iPhone Steam Simulation App. The app, when installed creates steam when you touch the screen and when you try to deactivate it, it makes screechy sounds. It also makes you see water condensing on your phone, however, all in an illusory realm. The app does not boil your iPhone or steam it but only make you have a nice time without worrying about anything. This app has no use

Everyone loves free mobile applications. Just look at the iPhone App Store’s volume of free-app downloads and you’ll start to understand. Interestingly, it’s actually the premium applications that drive development of free apps. The Android Market is full of free Android apps, but hasn’t yet attracted the kind of developer-attention that the AppStore enjoys. The problem isn’t that the Android platform is more difficult to develop for than the iPhone OS. The problem lies in the Android Market’s