Looking for a condom in New York City? There's an app for that. Want to build a nice flower garden for that sassy little blond-headed Smurfette? There's an app for that. Looking for a local eatery to have a nice romantic dinner for two? There's an app for that. Need to find a condom fast on the streets of New York City? There's an app for that too. Thanks to the New York City Health Department, owners of the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch can download and install the New York City Condom Finder from the App Store. Not to worry Android owners-- you won't be left unprotected and out in the cold, as the app is also available in the Android Market too. The Condom Finder app was released on Monday in celebration of Valentine's Day. It will seek out the nearest five places listed in a network of 1,000 different locations in all five NYC boroughs. Using the city's database, the free condom distributors are located using GPS technology, or by inputting a local address to find the nearest five stores. "We want New York City to be the safest city in the world to have sex," said Dr. Monica Sweeney, the city's assistant health commissioner. "A lot of people come here for that, so we want them to practice safer sex." According to Reuters, New York City has been giving out free condoms at an average of three million a month over the last five years. Given that the city has come under fire by parents of younger children for its condom distribution program in the past, the Health Department's app could spark new controversy. Regardless, the city wants sexually active locals and visitors to keep safe no matter the age. "We're not promoting sex, we're promoting safer Read More
Twitter for Android is a downloadable Android freeware that enables users to access and interact with their social networking friends and buddies through their Android mobile device. Serving as the official Twitter app for the Android device, this software offers the same functionality of accessing the social networking site as it would be available on other devices. App users can tweet and check their friend’s tweets directly from their home screen widget as well as directly see their friend’s tweets. Moreover, Twitter for Android enables users to view someone’s tweet location in Google Maps and share links/photos/videos from any application in their device. Read More
Android users on Verizon Wireless can now use Skype with Wi-Fi activated, however, the killer app is in the 3G. Wednesday night Skype updated its Android-based client to include support for Wi-Fi connections. Previously the service was available only for Verizon's 3G network, and would not load until the user shut off their Wi-Fi connection. Many users--including myself--protested against the lack of Wi-Fi support. The reason behind the move was somewhat obvious however: it prevented users from purchasing an unactivated (contract-less) Verizon Android phone and using it as a Wi-Fi based, VoIP device. Instead, consumers wanting to use Skype would need to sign up with Verizon to use Skype's VoIP function. But now it seems that Skype and Verizon has answered the call. Wednesday night the app description originally read as "Simultaneous Wi-Fi & 3G," revealing that Verizon Android owners could now boot up the VoIP/IM client while still accessing the local Wi-Fi. That is indeed the case, and the OS will show both the Wi-Fi and 3G icons in use after the app loads. However the app description was later changed to read "Wi-Fi runs while app is on 3G." Users still need the 3G connection to make and receive VoIP calls--it's unknown if Skype requires the 3G connection for instant messaging. Further tests with unactivated Android-based Verizon phones showed that Skype VoIP calling would not work without a data plan. So what was the point of adding Wi-Fi support? Good question. Users are no longer forced to shut off Wi-Fi connections in order to use the app. But then again, with both connections active, what are consumers using when downloading from the Market, streaming music, or simply surfing the web? Looks as though it may be Wi-Fi--a recent broadband outage (thanks Earl) showed Skype for Android unable to connect Read More
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