Category: I-phone

The town of Cornelius, NC has launched a new program designed to cut down on paper use in the town’s government facilities, and the linchpin of this program is none other than Apple’s tablet, the iPad. According to the local Herald Weekly paper, the town passed out iPad 2s to commissioners at a recent board meeting, and plans to use the devices for sharing agenda packets, budget information, and everything else you need to run a small town, without printing any of it out.

The whole plan seems surprisingly well thought out — the town actually ran a trial of the program with just three iPads, and the paperless agenda plan has been set up for quite a while now. It was relatively cheap, too — the town has only spent $5200 on the iPads (not counting some document sharing software previously purchased), and fully expects to make that money right back up in saved time and paper costs.

Pretty impressive move, and of course this means the town commissioners also get to use Apple’s magical and revolutionary device during meetings (though they should probably keep the Angry Birds off of government property, just in case). We’ve seen iPads used in a professional setting before to great effect, and here’s another situation where Apple’s product is not only better for a few reasons, but actually cheaper as well.

[via Gigaom — but the town is not in Colorado, it’s in North Carolina]

North Carolina town goes paperless, embraces iPads originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Vidcinity is an app addressing the niche market of local video discovery. The idea is that you’ll upload videos for a location and others will come along and discover those videos. I’m not sure we’re ready for this just yet, but it’s an interesting idea. Check out the demo below. Of course, we’ll have to see how many people use the service — always the worry with any social app endeavor.

Video App Demo: Vidcinity originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Vidcinity is an app addressing the niche market of local video discovery. The idea is that you’ll upload videos for a location and others will come along and discover those videos. I’m not sure we’re ready for this just yet, but it’s an interesting idea. Check out the demo below. Of course, we’ll have to see how many people use the service — always the worry with any social app endeavor.

Video App Demo: Vidcinity originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Vidcinity is an app addressing the niche market of local video discovery. The idea is that you’ll upload videos for a location and others will come along and discover those videos. I’m not sure we’re ready for this just yet, but it’s an interesting idea. Check out the demo below. Of course, we’ll have to see how many people use the service — always the worry with any social app endeavor.

Video App Demo: Vidcinity originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The pictures in the gallery below from a tipster show you the location of the new Apple Store being built in the Glendale Galleria in Los Angeles.

This new store isn’t that far from the old one in the mall, but appears to enjoy a much better view. If you’ve got pictures of the store under construction, let us know!

Update: Commenters point out this is in The Americana at Brand in Glendale, not actually at the Galleria.

Thanks, Devin

Pictures from the new Apple Store, still in progress at The Americana at Brand in Glendale originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The town of Cornelius, NC has launched a new program designed to cut down on paper use in the town’s government facilities, and the linchpin of this program is none other than Apple’s tablet, the iPad. According to the local Herald Weekly paper, the town passed out iPad 2s to commissioners at a recent board meeting, and plans to use the devices for sharing agenda packets, budget information, and everything else you need to run a small town, without printing any of it out.

The whole plan seems surprisingly well thought out — the town actually ran a trial of the program with just three iPads, and the paperless agenda plan has been set up for quite a while now. It was relatively cheap, too — the town has only spent $5200 on the iPads (not counting some document sharing software previously purchased), and fully expects to make that money right back up in saved time and paper costs.

Pretty impressive move, and of course this means the town commissioners also get to use Apple’s magical and revolutionary device during meetings (though they should probably keep the Angry Birds off of government property, just in case). We’ve seen iPads used in a professional setting before to great effect, and here’s another situation where Apple’s product is not only better for a few reasons, but actually cheaper as well.

[via Gigaom — but the town is not in Colorado, it’s in North Carolina]

North Carolina town goes paperless, embraces iPads originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The town of Cornelius, NC has launched a new program designed to cut down on paper use in the town’s government facilities, and the linchpin of this program is none other than Apple’s tablet, the iPad. According to the local Herald Weekly paper, the town passed out iPad 2s to commissioners at a recent board meeting, and plans to use the devices for sharing agenda packets, budget information, and everything else you need to run a small town, without printing any of it out.

The whole plan seems surprisingly well thought out — the town actually ran a trial of the program with just three iPads, and the paperless agenda plan has been set up for quite a while now. It was relatively cheap, too — the town has only spent $5200 on the iPads (not counting some document sharing software previously purchased), and fully expects to make that money right back up in saved time and paper costs.

Pretty impressive move, and of course this means the town commissioners also get to use Apple’s magical and revolutionary device during meetings (though they should probably keep the Angry Birds off of government property, just in case). We’ve seen iPads used in a professional setting before to great effect, and here’s another situation where Apple’s product is not only better for a few reasons, but actually cheaper as well.

[via Gigaom — but the town is not in Colorado, it’s in North Carolina]

North Carolina town goes paperless, embraces iPads originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The town of Cornelius, NC has launched a new program designed to cut down on paper use in the town’s government facilities, and the linchpin of this program is none other than Apple’s tablet, the iPad. According to the local Herald Weekly paper, the town passed out iPad 2s to commissioners at a recent board meeting, and plans to use the devices for sharing agenda packets, budget information, and everything else you need to run a small town, without printing any of it out.

The whole plan seems surprisingly well thought out — the town actually ran a trial of the program with just three iPads, and the paperless agenda plan has been set up for quite a while now. It was relatively cheap, too — the town has only spent $5200 on the iPads (not counting some document sharing software previously purchased), and fully expects to make that money right back up in saved time and paper costs.

Pretty impressive move, and of course this means the town commissioners also get to use Apple’s magical and revolutionary device during meetings (though they should probably keep the Angry Birds off of government property, just in case). We’ve seen iPads used in a professional setting before to great effect, and here’s another situation where Apple’s product is not only better for a few reasons, but actually cheaper as well.

[via Gigaom — but the town is not in Colorado, it’s in North Carolina]

North Carolina town goes paperless, embraces iPads originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The pictures in the gallery below from a tipster show you the location of the new Apple Store being built in the Glendale Galleria in Los Angeles.

This new store isn’t that far from the old one in the mall, but appears to enjoy a much better view. If you’ve got pictures of the store under construction, let us know!

Update: Commenters point out this is in The Americana at Brand in Glendale, not actually at the Galleria.

Thanks, Devin

Pictures from the new Apple Store, still in progress at The Americana at Brand in Glendale originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MyStarbucks is no more. Starbucks rolled out version 2 of its official app today, combining the functions of myStarbucks and Starbucks Card Mobile into a single program.

The new app has a redesigned interface with the company’s new logo. Performance is much faster and having the Starbucks Card capabilities added to the app makes sense since it’s ridiculously easy to pay for your coffee with your iPhone and there’s really no need to have a separate app for this. Mobile payments also were expanded to Starbucks locations in Safeway.

You can now send eGifts, gifting Starbucks credit to a lucky receipent. It’ll go straight to the person’s email or Facebook and a QR scanner was added. It retains the other features from the older app such as customizing and viewing the nutrition stats for your drinks, Starbucks Rewards, a geolocation feature, view available job openings and more

Starbucks is a free download. Starbucks Card Mobile is still a standalone app, but I expect it’ll go away soon.

Starbucks app update perks up coffee customers originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The pictures in the gallery below from a tipster show you the location of the new Apple Store being built in the Glendale Galleria in Los Angeles.

This new store isn’t that far from the old one in the mall, but appears to enjoy a much better view. If you’ve got pictures of the store under construction, let us know!

Update: Commenters point out this is in The Americana at Brand in Glendale, not actually at the Galleria.

Thanks, Devin

Pictures from the new Apple Store, still in progress at The Americana at Brand in Glendale originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The pictures in the gallery below from a tipster show you the location of the new Apple Store being built in the Glendale Galleria in Los Angeles.

This new store isn’t that far from the old one in the mall, but appears to enjoy a much better view. If you’ve got pictures of the store under construction, let us know!

Update: Commenters point out this is in The Americana at Brand in Glendale, not actually at the Galleria.

Thanks, Devin

Pictures from the new Apple Store, still in progress at The Americana at Brand in Glendale originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There’s good news for Cork, Ireland residents looking for work. The Irish Examiner is reporting that Apple intends to create 350 jobs in the city. Apple has reportedly leased the top two floors of a building on Cork’s Half Moon Street (about 25,000 sq ft.), which was completed in 2009.

This won’t be Apple’s first cluster of offices in Ireland or in Cork for that matter. The Irish Examiner notes that Apple has had “a major presence” at Hollyhill on the northside of Cork. Also, the Examiner reports that Apple looked at several locations in Cork before deciding on the Half Moon Street spot.

Local retailers hope that Apple’s staffers in “the striking glazed building” (that even sounds like a space Apple would occupy) will spend their hard-earned dollars at the city’s restaurants, bars, shops and so on.

Good luck to Apple in its new space and to the mom-and-pop shops of Cork. May you have a long and lucrative relationship.

Apple to create 350 jobs in Cork, Ireland originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MyStarbucks is no more. Starbucks rolled out version 2 of its official app today, combining the functions of myStarbucks and Starbucks Card Mobile into a single program.

The new app has a redesigned interface with the company’s new logo. Performance is much faster and having the Starbucks Card capabilities added to the app makes sense since it’s ridiculously easy to pay for your coffee with your iPhone and there’s really no need to have a separate app for this. Mobile payments also were expanded to Starbucks locations in Safeway.

You can now send eGifts, gifting Starbucks credit to a lucky receipent. It’ll go straight to the person’s email or Facebook and a QR scanner was added. It retains the other features from the older app such as customizing and viewing the nutrition stats for your drinks, Starbucks Rewards, a geolocation feature, view available job openings and more

Starbucks is a free download. Starbucks Card Mobile is still a standalone app, but I expect it’ll go away soon.

Starbucks app update perks up coffee customers originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MyStarbucks is no more. Starbucks rolled out version 2 of its official app today, combining the functions of myStarbucks and Starbucks Card Mobile into a single program.

The new app has a redesigned interface with the company’s new logo. Performance is much faster and having the Starbucks Card capabilities added to the app makes sense since it’s ridiculously easy to pay for your coffee with your iPhone and there’s really no need to have a separate app for this. Mobile payments also were expanded to Starbucks locations in Safeway.

You can now send eGifts, gifting Starbucks credit to a lucky receipent. It’ll go straight to the person’s email or Facebook and a QR scanner was added. It retains the other features from the older app such as customizing and viewing the nutrition stats for your drinks, Starbucks Rewards, a geolocation feature, view available job openings and more

Starbucks is a free download. Starbucks Card Mobile is still a standalone app, but I expect it’ll go away soon.

Starbucks app update perks up coffee customers originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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