Use your iPhone as a Magnifying Glass with iMagnify

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iPhone has been used for Various things till now, from reading Bar Codes to Bumping iPhones to Exchange. Even Camera Apps have been developed well to serve various purposes.

Here comes a App called Magnify which magnifies 4x and has a AutoFocus feature. It also supports Dim Light areas like your favorite romantic restaurant. So now you don’t need to battle to read the small text written on the reverse side of Packet Labels.

This App is compatible with iPhone 3G and 3GS both. Just hold your iPhone above the object at a distance of four inches and the Pinch out the screen to check out the magnified version. This App is available on the App Store with a price tag of $1.99 (Quite Reasonable, ha?). Buy it Here.

Via Onlygizmos.

Ok wait. Ads on Google Maps for iPhone?

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Well, Google has got into advertising by all the means possible. Videos, Flash Games. Now it’s turn for maps.

Recently Some Sponsored ads were spotted on the Google Maps app for iPhone. Along with your search query it will also provide a local sponsored link, for example below you see a image of when we search for “Sushi New York” we will get a local sponsored link  to a restaurant. 

Well, iPhone is the Default Maps App for iPhone and use this advertising technology may yield Google a lot of revenue and would be beneficial to Advertisers too! Google has expanded it’s advertising technology to all the fields and this is just one of them. 

Well, as per whispers around, Apple is also developing its own technology for Maps to replace Google Maps and then maybe it will bid a GoodBye to Google!

Thanks SearchEngineLand.

Backup your FaceBook account data in Minutes!

Many people had told me that they had got their FaceBook account hacked. They were very unhappy as their Personal Photos, Profile and other data was completely gone. Some of them actually started to cry!

Picture 6But now, no problem! You can have it all down on your computer with the Latest app called Social Safe. A very Good application which helps users download data from their facebook account in minutes. Just set it up and start backing up. It will then Download photos, photos you are tagged in, friends and profile. S

o now you don’t need to worry much about it!

It just costs $2.99 which is a very low price so just get one copy! I already got one! It works on Adobe’s Air which is a independent application development program which runs on nearly all computers.

iPhones not the only one to have a App store! Mac OS too got it’s app store!

Well i am using Apple Products which include a iPod touch + iPhone and one reason why i had actually bought them was the App Store. It contains Applications developed by people from all over the globe, each app being very useful in some or the other way. Now many of Apple users were disappointed to find there’s no App Store for Mac OS. 

So what? It’s all up to developers! And now presenting to you, Bodega, a app store where users can fins useful applications for their Mac OS. It’s same like the App store for the iPhone. It contains categories ranging from audio to widgets. Picture 4

Since it’s just released you won’t find as many apps in the directory as the app store for the iPhone but this is a very helpful Software to download if your always looking for some or the other way to ease your work out. This contains both Premium (Paid) and free apps.  

If you are thinking how does it manage to cover it’s costs then there are the Ad Spaces in the software for advertisers to advertise their products. Along with that this software allows developers to showcase their app very easily on the software! 

If you’r excited and and want to give it a try hop on to Bodega.

Apple to hit 1 billion app downloads : You can also win!

It’s the number Game everywhere! FaceBook Crosses 200 Million Active Users Mark and this time it’s Apple which is going to Cross 1 Billion App Downloads from all over the Globe. Apple Also has a plan to celebrate it! You can Win $10,000 Itunes Gift Card, iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro. You just need to participate in the contest by downloading any App and you’re in the Contest. If we notice we find that over 20 Apps are being downloaded every second so you can guess that 1 billion Mark is soon going to be crossed!

Yahoo Messenger for iPhone is now Live!

A great new for iPhone users! Yahoo has officially released a Yahoo Messenger for Iphone. But what features are available? Here’s a part from their blog post which will help you leanr more.

 

Instant message: Send text messages back and forth with your friends, including emoticons and web links.

Photo sharing: Take a photo on your iPhone and send that, or grab one from your photo gallery to share.

Stealth settings: Sign in as invisible, or change your status to invisible once you’re in the app.

Custom status message: Enter a custom status message for your friends to see. You can even include a web link with it.

Recent conversations archive: Under Messages, tap a contact and you’ll see your most recent conversation. You can type in a message from there to start chatting again.

Special idle state: If you have to leave the app for whatever reason, like a call comes in or you click a link in an IM that takes you to Safari, the Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone app will keep you signed in but change your status to idle. That way you can continue to receive messages and provided you return to the app within ten minutes, pick up where you left off.

Additional settings: Tap the Settings icon to change the sort order of your contact list, or to show or hide offline contacts in your list.

You can read the Full Blog post on Yahoo’s blog post or for instance just see the video below for more information.