“Bartleby’s Book of Buttons Vol. 1: The Far Away Island” [iTunes Link] is a new iPad application for kids (and playful adults) that embraces everything that makes the Apple device special. It’s a kind of “digital pop-up book” that engages readers in ways that no dead tree could, and it was born right here in [...]
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iPad App: Bartleby’s Book of Buttons [Updated]
August 17th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Gadgets, Hawaii, Technology
WeReward Rundown
May 27th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Business, Gadgets, Technology, The Web
Another day, another geolocation app. But this one has a blunt answer to the frequently asked question: “Why would anyone want to ‘check in’ every place they go?” And that answer is cash. WeReward comes from the folks at Izea, a company that — for better and worse — wants to monetize the social web. But unlike [...]
Where Are You?
November 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Gadgets, Social Media, Technology
“Where are you?” is the next “What are you doing?” Twitter has built a game-changing tool based on the latter question, launching the era of the “statusphere” and the “real-time web.” But when it comes to predicting paradigm shifts, my money is on ubiquitous (and perhaps unavoidable) geolocation. It’s literally a whole new dimension of [...]
New ‘Feed Me!’ iPhone App for Kids
July 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Gadgets, Hawaii, Technology
After months of work, and weeks of tweaks and waiting, Honolulu-based Edutainment Resources Inc. today announced the availability of its full PencilBot-Kids line of “Feed Me!” apps in the iTunes App Store [iTunes Link]. “Feed Me!” is directed at preschoolers, and focuses on numbers, colors, and shapes. Given ERI’s expertise in ESL (English as a [...]
iFu for iPhone Available
January 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Gadgets, Hawaii, Technology
As I blogged almost a month ago, local tech and engineering firm Oceanit was trying its hand at iPhone development with iFu Kung Fu. The whimsical application was the brainchild of Russel Cheng, who gave the public its first look (or listen, at least) on Bytemarks Cafe. At the time, Russel figured iFu Kung Fu [...]
