It was over a year ago when “Bartleby’s Book of Buttons,” a delightful digital storybook for iPad, hit Apple’s App Store. Created by Hawaii-born artist Henrik Van Ryzin and his wife Denise, I found the app to be a delightful, wonderful digital storybook for the iPad. That first release was dubbed “Volume I: The Far Away [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Gadgets'
Bartleby’s Second Book Featured by Apple
October 25th, 2011 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Gadgets, Technology
Kiddori App Helps Track Kid Birthdays
September 6th, 2011 by Ryan Ozawa · 2 Comments · Gadgets, Technology
Local developer and dad Mattias Atterbom has designed an iOS app to help solve a familiar family shopping challenge: remembering how old everyone’s children are. Described as “the perfect app for anyone buying gifts for kids,” Kiddori ensures that you always have the ages of your nephews, nieces, and friends’ kids at your fingertips. Kiddori [...]
Sushi Star Arrives on the iPhone
July 5th, 2011 by Ryan Ozawa · 4 Comments · Environment, Gadgets, Technology
I’m always excited to see new and creative things come out of Hawaii’s tech scene. But “Sushi Star,” a new game for the iPhone, is an app that I’m especially happy to see finally launch. “Sushi Star” hit the Apple App Store last week. A beautifully designed and carefully architected game, it is the result [...]
Lifelapse app snaps, saves your everyday life
June 28th, 2011 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Gadgets, Technology
I’ve long been intensely interested in “lifelogging.” Though there are many different labels and variations, the basic concept revolves around the constant and automatic recording of your day-to-day life. And while it’s rough around the edges, the Lifelapse app [iTunes Link] for iPhone and iPod touch — just released today — seems like an intriguing [...]
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Knowledge is Power for Power Conservation
June 20th, 2011 by Ryan Ozawa · 8 Comments · Environment, Gadgets, Technology
How much electricity do you use? Chances are, you can only answer that question once a month, when your electricity bill arrives. And if the numbers have gone up, you’ll probably tell yourself you need to cut back. But chances also are that you won’t think about it again. At least until the next bill [...]
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Square Promotes Painless Payments
May 23rd, 2011 by Ryan Ozawa · 3 Comments · Gadgets, Technology, Video
Square is a startup that hopes to do nothing less than transform the way people pay for goods and services. The company was started by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey (who recently returned to Twitter while continuing to lead Square), someone obviously no stranger to disruptive technologies. A tiny, cheap card reader, coupled with a smartphone, [...]
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Two More Hawaii Projects Kickstarted
May 23rd, 2011 by Ryan Ozawa · 3 Comments · Events, Gadgets, Music, The Web
Thanks to crowdfunding service Kickstarter, and a lot of hard work and community support, two local projects met their fundraising goals last week and took a solid step toward reality. The delightfully simple Juicies project, which I profiled on Earth Day, blew past its $5,000 goal in only three days, and ended up with over [...]
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Colorful Juicies Sprouting from Hawaii
April 21st, 2011 by Ryan Ozawa · 5 Comments · Environment, Gadgets, Technology
If there’s anything Apple fans like more than Apple products, it’s Apple accessories. And a local company is hoping to harness the global hunger for stylish stuff to manufacture Juicies, a colorful line of cables for iPods, iPhones, and iPads. To make Juicies a reality, creator Laurens Laudowicz and partner Michael Sorenson will be posting the [...]
iPhone App: Hawaii Aloha Travel
January 18th, 2011 by Ryan Ozawa · 2 Comments · Gadgets, Miscellaneous, Travel
There is no shortage of big-name travel apps for mobile devices, and there are already more than a handful of Hawaii-specific apps out there. But the Hawaii Aloha Travel app was one I was glad to see. And geeks rejoice, it’s available on both iPhone and Android platforms. Bruce and Yaling Fisher, founders of travel [...]
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E-Waste Recycling Next Week
October 21st, 2010 by Ryan Ozawa · 2 Comments · Business, Education, Environment, Events, Gadgets, Technology
Whether you’re a geek with a packrat streak or an organization with a closet full of old computers, next week brings a valuable opportunity to safely and responsibly dispose of your unwanted electronics — free of charge. The University of Hawaii is hosting its “Biennial Education & Government eWaste Disposal Days.” There are separate drop offs [...]
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