There are often situations where two people are close by, but cannot have a real life conversation. They can be too far apart to hear each other or may be in different rooms. They may not be able to use their cellular phones, because it could interfere with other devices or the signal is too low to sustain a connection, or they are in an expensive roaming zone. For example: in hospitals or airplanes, at school or at work.
AudioZoom is a Walkie-Talkie that can be used anywhere a cellular signal is not available.
As an artifact the AudioZoom can also be used as a spying device. It allows to tune in to other people's conversations and find out what people are saying in the next room or at another table while staying a safe distance away.
1. What do the girls at the next table talk about?
2. What do the guys in the locker room say about you while you are out?
3. Who does your girlfriend call from the washroom?
4. What do the kids do when you are out of the house?
5. What does your management discuss at the executive meeting?
If you ever asked these questions, the AudioZoom is for you
AudioZoom turns your iPhone into a spying device that transmits sound over a distance of up to 65 feet or 20 meters in real time.
No one will ever know you are spying on them even if they pick up your phone and try to use it. Your bug will remain undetected.
To start spying you need two iPhones with the AudioZoom. Start AudioZoom on both phones and pair them using Bluetooth. Place one iPhone somewhere close to the unsuspecting target. Hide in the next room and use the other iPhone to listen to the conversation.
Download AudioZoom from Apple iTunes App Store
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Saturday, November 14, 2009
ShipWizz iPhone App
Check out our latest release, ShipWizz Lite and ShipWizz Pro – both available now on the App Store in the Productivity category.
ShipWizz is a shipping rate calculator for the iPhone – an app that displays major couriers’ shipping quotes side by side. Quotes are sorted by service levels: same day, next day, 2 days, 3-5 days, week+. This is a useful app for someone who needs to send out a parcel or an envelope and does not want to overpay by blindly going with a single carrier.
Shipping companies usually are not too keen to display their competitor’s rates side by side with their own. And that’s understandable – they want to get your dollars. ShipWizz gives you the power to make an educated decision that will save you time and money.
ShipWizz Lite is a free version of the application that offers basic functionality and is available for a download at: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/id338568589?mt=8
ShipWizz Pro has all the features of ShipWizz Lite plus support for multiple currencies, postal code lookup for USA and Canada and a feature to enter carrier specific discounts. It is available for a download at http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/id338788447?mt=8 for a fee. The cost of the application can be easily recovered by using it only a couple of times and selecting the cheapest shipping option.
ShipWizz iPhone app is brought to you by http://www.shipwizz.com/. Check out their website for a desktop size shipping calculator.
ShipWizz is a shipping rate calculator for the iPhone – an app that displays major couriers’ shipping quotes side by side. Quotes are sorted by service levels: same day, next day, 2 days, 3-5 days, week+. This is a useful app for someone who needs to send out a parcel or an envelope and does not want to overpay by blindly going with a single carrier.
Shipping companies usually are not too keen to display their competitor’s rates side by side with their own. And that’s understandable – they want to get your dollars. ShipWizz gives you the power to make an educated decision that will save you time and money.
ShipWizz Lite is a free version of the application that offers basic functionality and is available for a download at: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/id338568589?mt=8
ShipWizz Pro has all the features of ShipWizz Lite plus support for multiple currencies, postal code lookup for USA and Canada and a feature to enter carrier specific discounts. It is available for a download at http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/id338788447?mt=8 for a fee. The cost of the application can be easily recovered by using it only a couple of times and selecting the cheapest shipping option.
ShipWizz iPhone app is brought to you by http://www.shipwizz.com/. Check out their website for a desktop size shipping calculator.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Why did I decide to make an iPhone application?
iPhone and the App Store is the first marketplace of its kind, that allows a programmer to distribute own software to millions of people. Making money on ads, getting paid per download or giving away your creation for free is a personal choice that a single developer never had. Well, not exactly. You could do it before, but the exposure cannot be compared to anything we've seen. Overnight, a simple, but original application can make thousands of dollars on the App Store. So I decided to experience it for myself. I bought a MacBook, iPhone Developer License and a couple of books available at the time.
Thanks to formal computer science education and years of experience I was able to grasp the concepts and produced my first app quickly. Since then I did not develop a single application by myself. Why?
Today I manage the portfolio of projects at SourceWizz. Even though I am a programmer by heart, education and many years of experience, I am extremely happy to have my name on all applications we develop, without writing a single line of code.
Thanks to all the clients of SourceWizz for giving us the opportunity to do what we love – produce useful, usable and reliable software for public and enterprise use.
Daniil Gromov
www.sourcewizz.com
Thanks to formal computer science education and years of experience I was able to grasp the concepts and produced my first app quickly. Since then I did not develop a single application by myself. Why?
Today I manage the portfolio of projects at SourceWizz. Even though I am a programmer by heart, education and many years of experience, I am extremely happy to have my name on all applications we develop, without writing a single line of code.
Thanks to all the clients of SourceWizz for giving us the opportunity to do what we love – produce useful, usable and reliable software for public and enterprise use.
Daniil Gromov
www.sourcewizz.com
Monday, October 19, 2009
iPhone Development Training Seminar
We will be conducting a training seminar dedicated to iPhone application development in November 2009 in Toronto, Ontario and want to know what you want to learn about. Your comments are important as it will allow us to structure our training to give the participants the maximum amount of benefits.
So what is it that you want to learn about?
Visit us at www.sourcewizz.com to learn more about our company.
So what is it that you want to learn about?
Visit us at www.sourcewizz.com to learn more about our company.
iPhone Tech Talk World Tour 2009
Expert Advice. Coming to a city near you.
Apple technology evangelists are coming to a city near you with expert advice on how you can maximize the innovative technologies of iPhone OS within your apps.
Advanced content for advanced developers
The iPhone Tech Talk World Tour features a range of sessions for advanced developers who want to enhance the capability, functionality, and usability of their iPhone apps. You'll dive deep into coding and design techniques that will help you take your apps to the next level.
Don't miss this unique opportunity available only to members of the iPhone Developer Program. The event is free, but space is limited. Register for an iPhone Tech Talk today.
Visit http://developer.apple.com/events/iphone/techtalks/ for the exact tour dates and registration information.
Visit us at SourceWizz for more information on iPhone application development.
Apple technology evangelists are coming to a city near you with expert advice on how you can maximize the innovative technologies of iPhone OS within your apps.
Advanced content for advanced developers
The iPhone Tech Talk World Tour features a range of sessions for advanced developers who want to enhance the capability, functionality, and usability of their iPhone apps. You'll dive deep into coding and design techniques that will help you take your apps to the next level.
Don't miss this unique opportunity available only to members of the iPhone Developer Program. The event is free, but space is limited. Register for an iPhone Tech Talk today.
Visit http://developer.apple.com/events/iphone/techtalks/ for the exact tour dates and registration information.
Visit us at SourceWizz for more information on iPhone application development.
In App Purchase Now Available for Free Apps
In App Purchase is being rapidly adopted by developers in their paid apps. Now iPhone developers can use In App Purchase in their free apps to sell content, subscriptions, and digital services.
Companies can also simplify their development by creating a single version of the app that uses In App Purchase to unlock additional functionality, eliminating the need to create Lite versions of the app. Using In App Purchase in the application can also help combat some of the problems of software piracy by allowing the developer to verify In App Purchases.
More information can be found in the App Store Resource Center.
Visit us at SourceWizz for more information on iPhone application development.
Companies can also simplify their development by creating a single version of the app that uses In App Purchase to unlock additional functionality, eliminating the need to create Lite versions of the app. Using In App Purchase in the application can also help combat some of the problems of software piracy by allowing the developer to verify In App Purchases.
More information can be found in the App Store Resource Center.
Visit us at SourceWizz for more information on iPhone application development.
Web Site Tune-Up: Common Web Site Problems
Here is a checklist of common issues, problems, ideas, and improvements that are often overlooked.
Testimonials–don’t leave home without them
Something that should never be missing from a business web site are testimonials. I’d sooner forget my kid at a public swimming pool as forget testimonials on my web site (well…almost).Testimonials are simple yet powerful. They are quotes from past clients and happy customers telling future site visitors that doing business with you is a smart move. Unfortunately most web sites I’ve visited don’t have them.
Testimonial pages are often the most frequently visited pages on a web site. If people praise you, get in the habit of asking them if you can quote them on your web site.
Try to have the testimonials address concerns that first-time visitors might have, or highlight the main benefits visitors may be looking for in your company. There’s nothing wrong with coaching your happy customers on what kind of quote would benefit your business, but be sure to post the quote in their own words and style of talking.
If possible, have a testimonial signed such that future clients could verify the information in the testimonial. For example, a testimonial signed “Richard Jones, President XYZ Inc.” or “Emma Richards, Pasadena CA” carries more weight than a testimonial from “Bob T.”
Beware of errors
Nothing hurts web site credibility as an obvious mistake sitting right there on your web site. Here are some of the common problems (and some you may not have thought about).Sounds obvious, but we’ve all seen broken links, grammatical errors, and misspelled words, all of which act as negative points against a web site. Errors will erode your credibility. Spell-checking is a good start, but everything published on your web site should first be read by someone besides the author for clarity and continuity as well as errors and mistakes. This practice has saved me a lot of grief.
Different Browsers
One other thing you may not realize: It is very possible your site will look fine in one browser but not in another. Your site should work correctly in all major browsers. If your site looks good in Internet Explorer, but not Firefox, a good percentage of your visitors may have a bad impression of your site.
Here are the latest numbers on what browsers are most popular.
Unfortunately, if you do find something wrong on one browser and not another, it will probably take a knowledgeable web designer to fix the problem.
Keeping the site up to date
If the year is 2009, and a web site says “Copyright 2002″ at the bottom, I assume the company has gone out of business and someone forgot to take the site down.It is well worth looking over your web site on an annual basis to make sure there isn’t dated or outdated information causing visitors to question the relevance of the information they’ve read elsewhere on the site. Having a site with fresh updated content is not only a draw for site visitors, it helps with your search engine rankings as well.
One helpful thing, when keeping dates up-to-date, is a handy bit of javascript you can put on your site that will automatically take the current day, month, or year and display that on your web site. So if you want your copyright date at the bottom of your page to always display the current year, search for “javascript today’s date” in a search engine and you’ll find snippets of code that you can place on your web site to do things like this.
(this is also used to create urgency when selling something–”This deal ends midnight on !!” although most people aren’t fooled by that anymore)
In this way blogs, articles, and up-to-date announcements about company and industry news do much to show that you’re open for business and thriving.
Effective “About Us” or “Company” pages
Most sites already have a page that talks about the company, but many don’t allow site visitors to get to know the company through this page. If this page simply restates the services your business provides, it’s a lost opportunity to add a personal touch to the cold, vast void of the Internet.This page could also be titled “About Us” or “Who We Are”. Site visitors who go to these pages are looking for something that tells them what the company is like on the inside.
Tell your visitors about the people who make the business what it is. Let them know how the owner built the company on hard work and integrity, describe the charitable work the CEO is spearheading, or that the company hosts daycare for their employees. Feel free to let people get to know your company from the inside as long as–and this is the key–you can supply this information in such a way that it supports the impression your trying to give site visitors (see Site Flow and Focus).
You can get fancy like Saturn, simple like Google, or funny and conversational like Ben and Jerry’s.
Evogear’s “About Us” page is a great example of a company page that speaks to their target market.
Remember: many of your customers are just as interested in what kind of business you are as they are interested in the products or services you provide.
Visit us at SourceWizz for more information on Web as well as mobile development.
Testimonials–don’t leave home without them
Something that should never be missing from a business web site are testimonials. I’d sooner forget my kid at a public swimming pool as forget testimonials on my web site (well…almost).Testimonials are simple yet powerful. They are quotes from past clients and happy customers telling future site visitors that doing business with you is a smart move. Unfortunately most web sites I’ve visited don’t have them.
Testimonial pages are often the most frequently visited pages on a web site. If people praise you, get in the habit of asking them if you can quote them on your web site.
Try to have the testimonials address concerns that first-time visitors might have, or highlight the main benefits visitors may be looking for in your company. There’s nothing wrong with coaching your happy customers on what kind of quote would benefit your business, but be sure to post the quote in their own words and style of talking.
If possible, have a testimonial signed such that future clients could verify the information in the testimonial. For example, a testimonial signed “Richard Jones, President XYZ Inc.” or “Emma Richards, Pasadena CA” carries more weight than a testimonial from “Bob T.”
Beware of errors
Nothing hurts web site credibility as an obvious mistake sitting right there on your web site. Here are some of the common problems (and some you may not have thought about).Sounds obvious, but we’ve all seen broken links, grammatical errors, and misspelled words, all of which act as negative points against a web site. Errors will erode your credibility. Spell-checking is a good start, but everything published on your web site should first be read by someone besides the author for clarity and continuity as well as errors and mistakes. This practice has saved me a lot of grief.
Different Browsers
One other thing you may not realize: It is very possible your site will look fine in one browser but not in another. Your site should work correctly in all major browsers. If your site looks good in Internet Explorer, but not Firefox, a good percentage of your visitors may have a bad impression of your site.
Here are the latest numbers on what browsers are most popular.
Unfortunately, if you do find something wrong on one browser and not another, it will probably take a knowledgeable web designer to fix the problem.
Keeping the site up to date
If the year is 2009, and a web site says “Copyright 2002″ at the bottom, I assume the company has gone out of business and someone forgot to take the site down.It is well worth looking over your web site on an annual basis to make sure there isn’t dated or outdated information causing visitors to question the relevance of the information they’ve read elsewhere on the site. Having a site with fresh updated content is not only a draw for site visitors, it helps with your search engine rankings as well.
One helpful thing, when keeping dates up-to-date, is a handy bit of javascript you can put on your site that will automatically take the current day, month, or year and display that on your web site. So if you want your copyright date at the bottom of your page to always display the current year, search for “javascript today’s date” in a search engine and you’ll find snippets of code that you can place on your web site to do things like this.
(this is also used to create urgency when selling something–”This deal ends midnight on !!” although most people aren’t fooled by that anymore)
In this way blogs, articles, and up-to-date announcements about company and industry news do much to show that you’re open for business and thriving.
Effective “About Us” or “Company” pages
Most sites already have a page that talks about the company, but many don’t allow site visitors to get to know the company through this page. If this page simply restates the services your business provides, it’s a lost opportunity to add a personal touch to the cold, vast void of the Internet.This page could also be titled “About Us” or “Who We Are”. Site visitors who go to these pages are looking for something that tells them what the company is like on the inside.
Tell your visitors about the people who make the business what it is. Let them know how the owner built the company on hard work and integrity, describe the charitable work the CEO is spearheading, or that the company hosts daycare for their employees. Feel free to let people get to know your company from the inside as long as–and this is the key–you can supply this information in such a way that it supports the impression your trying to give site visitors (see Site Flow and Focus).
You can get fancy like Saturn, simple like Google, or funny and conversational like Ben and Jerry’s.
Evogear’s “About Us” page is a great example of a company page that speaks to their target market.
Remember: many of your customers are just as interested in what kind of business you are as they are interested in the products or services you provide.
Visit us at SourceWizz for more information on Web as well as mobile development.
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