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Google Maps Adds Tons Of New And Updated Satellite And Flyover Imagery All Over The World

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Unknown





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Google Maps Adds Tons Of New And Updated Satellite And Flyover Imagery All Over The World

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Google Maps is awesome. You know why it's awesome? Because of stuff like this. On the Lat Long Blog today, Google announced that it has implemented new 45-degree flyover imagery in 51 cities (such as below) around the world - 37 in the US, 14 abroad.
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Satellite imagery has also been updated. 17 cities have refreshed space-based shots, along with 112 various regions in a whole bunch 'o countries. So, today's probably a prime opportunity to go around gloating to those friends of yours who are, shall we say, less geographically fortunate.
Here's the full list of locations with updated data.
Cities with new high resolution 45° imagery:
United States: Ames, IA; Anderson, IN; Billings, MT; Bloomington, IL; Carmel Valley, CA; Cedar Rapids, IA; Coeur d'Alene, ID; Corvallis, OR; Danville, IL; Dayton, OH; Detroit, MI; Dubuque, IA; Elizabethtown, KY; Enid, OK; Florence, SC; Grand Forks, ND; Great Falls, MT; Gulfport, MS; Hartford, CT; Kankakee, IL; Kenosha, WI; Lafayette, IN; Lancaster, CA; Lansing, MI; Lewiston, ID; Los Banos, CA; Madison, WI; Medford, OR; Michigan City, IN; Olympia, WA; Pocatello, ID; Sheboygan, WI; Sioux City, IA; Sioux Falls, SD; South Bend, IN; Terre Haute, IN; Utica, NY.
International: Angers, France; Clermont-Ferrand, France; Coimbra, Portugal; Dijon, France; Grenoble, France; Livorno, Italy; Lyon, France; Newcastle, United Kingdom; Oberhausen, Germany; Palermo, Italy; Pisa, Italy; Toulouse, France; Troyes, France; Winnipeg, Canada.
Areas with new high resolution aerial updates:
Florence OR, Kellogg ID, Casper WY, North Platte NE, Concordia KS, Alva OK, Austin TX, Nevada MO, Chilicothe MO, Toulouse FR, Clermont-Ferrand FR, Angers FR, Nantes FR, Troyes FR, Lille FR, Thun CH, Lucca IT
Areas new high resolution satellite updates:
Canada, United States, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Antarctica, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Benin, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, The Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Turkey, Iran, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Finland, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzebekistan, Turkmenistan, China, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, The Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand

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Dexetra Updates "Memory" App Friday With Slick New UI And Applets

Friday, September 21, 2012 Unknown


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Dexetra Updates "Memory" App Friday With Slick New UI And Applets

Posted by jithinin App Reviews, Applications, Apps/Games,News, Reviews

Introduction

Over a year ago, I reviewed an interesting life journal app calledFriday. The app aimed to record every single interaction a user had with their smartphone, including calls, texts, mails, photos, social activities, and songs played. My conclusion was that while Friday was a polished app, it was doubtful whether it would actually be useful. The developer Dexetra then spent a year running alpha and beta tests, and their latest version of Friday is a lot more polished, with an improved focus.

Updates to Friday

In terms of overall function, Friday has not changed very much. It collects a variety of information about what you are doing and then displays it, with answers and analytics. However, the updated version now sports:
  • a polished user interface (timewarp displays a list of recent events),
  • social media support (Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare),
  • granular control of what to monitor (calls, messages, music, photos, and location),
  • an option to add your own "events" (e.g. songs listened to, films seen, books read, sports played, etc.), and
  • an option to choose monitoring frequency.
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One of the major complaints I had with Friday was that it constantly monitored everything I was doing on my phone. Privacy concerns aside, this was a huge battery drain. It looks like Dexetra has addressed this issue by including an option to save battery or record more information.
Additionally, I really like the updated interface. Not only is it aesthetically pleasing, it provides a quick and easy way of scanning through your past events.

Answers and Analytics

Friday also lets you search your history by either asking questions in plain English or by selecting a particular date.
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I have been a little sceptical of this feature as I could never think of any reason to search for my interactions with a particular user or on a particular date. Your mileage may vary, but this is something that I do not see myself using much.

Applets

Most recently, Dexetra has opened up Friday's API to allow developers to build "applets". These applets are separate apps that use information indexed by Friday to make the users experience better. Dexetra gave us some idea of what the applets could do, for example:
    • An app that notifies user when the phone is running low on battery and there is a charger in proximity.
    • And alternate dialer app, which, rather than showing the recent calls log, shows the list of users you are most probably going to call based on your context. It automatically shows my girl friend's number on top when I am at my home and it is late night :)
    • An app that shows you a daily travelogue, and activity graph.
    • And many more such apps.
One of the applets created by Dexetra is Trails. It is not very different in terms of functionality to Friday itself, but instead of a simple list of events Trails places flags on a virtual map identifying various events.
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In my opinion, applets is a fantastic idea! One of my main criticisms of Friday, originally, was that while the data it was collecting was interesting, it lacked usefulness or relevance. Did I really need to know who I called and when? Even if I did, there was always a call log for that. However, with the launch of applets there are numerous interesting possibilities for using all the raw data collected by Friday.

Conclusion

Friday has always been a bit of a dark horse for me. It does not appear to solve any problem that I currently have, however if developers do indeed come up with interesting applets I could be convinced otherwise. Dexetra have clearly put a lot of thought and effort into this app and it is definitely worth a look see. If you are in doubt, check out their hilarious video.
Friday
Download Friday from Google Play
QR code for https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dexetra.friday
by Dexetra
10,000 downloads, 365 ratings (3.5 avg)
Free
Install
Trails
Download Trails from Google Play
QR code for https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dexetra.trail
by Dexetra
5,000 downloads, 54 ratings (4.4 avg)
Free
Install
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Abhiroop Basu
Abhiroop Basu is an opinionated tech and digital media blogger. As a doe-eyed twenty-something he started his first blog TechComet to comment on anything tech-related that caught his omniscient eye. Since then he has blogged for Android Police, Make Tech Easier, andThis Green Machine. In the real world, Abhiroop Basu is a resident of Singapore and the Editor of The Digit, a subsidiary of The Potato Productions Group.

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[Deal Alert] Jump Desktop (RDP & VNC) Is On Sale For $1.99, Access Your Desktop On The Go For 80% Off

Thursday, September 20, 2012 Unknown


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[Deal Alert] Jump Desktop (RDP & VNC) Is On Sale For $1.99, Access Your Desktop On The Go For 80% Off

Posted by  in Applications, Deals, News
Most remote desktops apps on Android can get pretty pricey. So, when a $2 RDP/VNC-compatible solution comes along, we take notice. Jump Desktop, a comparatively small player in this app category, has knocked 80% off the normal price of $10. Not bad! The service is pretty fully featured, including multi-touch support, the ability to connect via WiFi or 3G, and even SSH tunnel support!
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The app works for both Windows and Mac systems. Set up is relatively painless and uses your Gmail account to make the connection easy. If you'd prefer not to hand over your credentials to the most important sign in you have on Android, though, you can also set things up manually. The sale is going on for an unspecified "limited time" so if you think you might need it at some point, may as well grab it.

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Dolphin Browser HD Updated To Version 8.7, Becomes 'Dolphin Browser', Brings A Handful Of Enhancements

Sunday, September 16, 2012 Unknown


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Dolphin Browser HD Updated To Version 8.7, Becomes 'Dolphin Browser', Brings A Handful Of Enhancements



Everyone's favorite third-party browser, Dolphin Browser HD, got a fairly major update today that not only brings some improved features, but also a name change (albeit a minor one). The browser formerly known as Dolphin Browser HD is now simply known as Dolphin Browser.
With this new name, comes some new features, including a cleaner, improved address bar that offers more search suggestions, a better interface for tablets, and "larger space for big thumbs and small keypads."
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The update also brings the option to have a shortcut directly to Sonar on the homescreen, better bookmark management (easier deletion of bookmarks), and the always important "stability and performance" improvements. Hooray!
If you're a Dolphin user, the update is available in the Store now - hit the widget to grab it.

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