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Microsoft has released a Android application, yes you heard right, Android, for it’s product named Tag. Tag enables people to create tags, which can be scanned with Microsoft’s mobile application, with URLs, vCard, a “Free” text and a direct dialer. You can create a tag for free on the Tag website which is http://www.microsoft.com/tag.
To get the Android app, just search “Tag” and find the Microsoft Tag Reader by Microsoft Tag in the Android Market now!
Gowalla has published a early BETA version of their Android app on the Gowalla GetSatisfaction page.
Gowalla has a mobile version at m.gowalla.com for Android users but it is limited. Josh Williams, the founder of Gowalla, posted a early BETA version which Gowalla are classing it as BETA version 0.1 which is not in the Android Market yet and is only available to download here.
Here are the some apps to help freelancers get their work done better and be more productive.
These apps were submitted on Twitter by @lewisking
Things: Mac and iPhone
Things is a great application for tracking your to-do’s and tasks such as designing that new website for your client or making sure you’ve sent that email out to your partners. Things is a app on the Mac and the iPhone/iPod Touch and does cost.
Billings: Mac and iPhone
Billings is a professional time billing application on Mac and iPhone/iPod Touch. With Billings you can create your own custom Invoice, track your time, one-click invoicing, you know who owes you money, send statements, recurring invoicing and you can bill on the go.
Lighthouse: Web
Lighthouse is a “simple issue tracker” so your clients can submit issues with your result. Lighthouse has different price plans.
Also submitted was Google Wave, which is still in preview where you need an invite from Google.
Need a good, simple to use touchpad and keyboard app for your iPhone or iPod touch? Read out review about Air Mouse Pro!
February 11th, 2010 in Mac / OS X Leopard / OS X Snow Leopard / Windows / Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP / iPhone
Conor Boddy is our latest writer here at Gapps.me. He will be writing about iPhone and iPod Touch applications. And to kick start his blogging, he has written up a post about Air Mouse. Congratulations Conor, and welcome to the team!
~ James
One of the apps that sprung me into wanting an iPod, was the Air Mouse Pro. I bought my iPod back in November, so naturally I only just remembered this app and believe me; I’m pleased I did.
The Air Mouse Pro, developed by RPA Tech, is a simple to use (Though not lacking features) application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. To use it, it requires:
- The simple download and installation of a program from http://www.mobileairmouse.com and takes only a few minutes to set up. (Must be running Mac OS X 10.4 Intel/PPC or Windows XP, Vista or 7)
- You must be connected to a wireless network on your iPod Touch or iPhone, and have the computer you are using connected to the same network, wirelessly or otherwise.
- The application itself, which can be downloaded through the App Store on the iPhone/iPod, or the iTunes application for PC and Mac.
Once you’ve got all of those, it couldn’t be simpler to use. You simply open the App up, and away you go! You will initially be presented with this loading screen, and then the first screen. (Click images to make them bigger)
If you notice, in the image to the right, you are initially loaded up with the keyboard, and a Touch Pad, much like the one on most laptops. You also notice the little taskbar in the middle. This allows you to use the keys CTRL, ALT and the WINDOWS button. To the right of this taskbar, you have 4 keys.
The first key with “Aa” on it is the keyboard button. The next, with a “#” gives you a big number pad that covers the entire screen, along with the “Delete” button, and the “/ * – + =” and the “Enter” keys. The “F” button gives you a list of the F1-F12 keys, as well as the arrow, PgDown, PgUp, Esc, Del, Home and Enter keys.
The final button, a downwards pointing triangle/arrow is probably the smartest, and my favourite part of the application. Depending on what program you have open as your active window, this screen will change giving you the most important buttons for the open window. For example, I have currently open Google Chrome (As I am writing this) And the application is giving me the ability to use the Back Page, Next Page, Home, Search, Refresh, Stop and Favourite buttons! Not to mention New Tab, Window, Open, Zoom out and Zoom in! It’s truely a work of art.
If you shake the iPhone/iPod, then the keyboard will disappear, and you will have the whole screen to use as a touch pad. You’re given a nice little scroll wheel to the bottom, and even a nifty little sensor to tell you how good the connection is!
Finally, you should notice to the top of the screen, there is a little button in the top right, and top left corner. The one in the left is your settings, and the one in the right turns this app into a literal “Air Mouse”.
Touching the top, above the scroll wheel and holding your finger down allows you to just move the iPhone/iPod and move the cursor on the screen. It can be a little jumpy, and will take a bit of practice to get used to it, but it’s pretty good for bigger screens, and should you be doing a presentation, or working on a large screen.
Now, If you flip the iPhone/iPod to it’s side, the touch pad and keyboard also flip. This is good if you’re going to be using the iPhone/iPod as a touch pad, for it gives you more area to move the cursor, and gives you a better landscape keyboard to use. It’s not good enough for a permanent keyboard, but can be useful for putting things in quickly.
My personal opinion on this app, is that it is brilliant. Whether you just want to get a bigger touch pad, or want a simple and quick app that can help you manage your computer and it’s tasks, then this is for you! And for the stunning price of £1.19, I’d definitely recommend downloading this.
Conor, Out.
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Introducing our latest writer for iPhone and iPod Touch applications: @ConorLovesFaces 
Google Buzz review coming soon! First impressions: Looks cool! Sent by @johnpauldickie.
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There aren’t very many places dedicated to providing teens a place to upload their media and publish it across the web. Well, Teens in Tech helps with that!
Teens in Tech is ran by 17-year-old Daniel Brusilovsky, who founded Teens in Tech and the Teens in Tech Network and Special Projects Lead at Qik.
What Teens in Tech do, they provide you with a WordPress blog hosted on teensintech.com with 50MB of hosting space for media such as images and audio files. Since Teens in Tech gives you a WordPress blog, you can theme and customise your blog with different themes pre-installed and widgets. Remember this is all free!
Teens in Tech isn’t just a provider of a free WordPress blog, oh no. Daniel and his team produce a annual conference in the US city of San Francisco which is being held on February 6 at Google’s San Francisco office which has some amazing speakers such as Joe Hewitt, who is a software developer at Facebook and who build the Facebook iPhone application. More information about the conference is at http://www.teensintechconf.com.
For more information about the Teens in Tech network is at http://www.teensintechnet.com.
Update: Daniel is no longer a writer at TechCrunch so it has been removed from the post.
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