Want location-based reminders on your iPhone? Try Cues.

The App Store is full to bursting with calendaring, notification and to-do list applications that, collectively, provide practically every singleGTDfeature one can ask for. Yet, for some reason, there is a lack of really good, well-designed location-based reminder apps. Or at least, there was. Independent iOS developer and studentHenri Normakrecently releasedCueson the App Store,a $1.99 iPhone appthat can remind you of tasks based on when you enter or leave an area anywhere on a map....

4 min · 840 words · Gregory Hart

Want public transit to thrive? Make it easier to pay for and use

This article was written by Francois Mottet, Head of Product Strategy atFlowbirdonThe Urban Mobility Daily, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. Join their community of 10K+ global mobility professionals by signing up for theUrban Mobility Weekly newsletter. Read the original articlehereand follow them onLinkedinandTwitter. The Business of Mobility is an Urban Mobility Company series highlighting some of the most successful new businesses in the mobility sector....

5 min · 911 words · Thomas Goodman

Want that dev job? Make sure you can answer these 7 questions

Note: please know that the views and opinions shared in this story are my own and do not reflect or represent my employer. When you run a search for the “best developer interview questions to ask an employer”, the results come back with countless resources that all have fairly similar suggestions: The list goes on. You’ve probably come across these resources before — they’re everywhere. They all provide questions that work for many situations....

7 min · 1465 words · George Cochran

Want that Windows Phone 7 update? Get ready to wait

News broke today that, finally, the first major Windows Phone 7 update had arrived. Dubbed ‘NoDo,’ it brings much-needed performance updates and functionality bumps to the phone line. You can read our coverage of its releasehere. However, as it turns out, for nearly every Windows Phone 7 handset owner, the update is not likely on the way today, or even in the next several days. Today,unbrandedWP7 handsets are seeing the update pop, but the everyday WP7 user, anyone who bought a phone on a specific carrier or network, should not hold their breath....

2 min · 311 words · Adam Berg

Want the home of the future? Start with these 5 gadgets

With technology evolving so quickly, it’s difficult to predict what next big gadget will fully integrate itself into our everyday lives. Whilst it’s almost impossible to imagine a world without your iPhone or game console, household items are becoming more technologically aware – televisions can be hooked up to your home network, fridges are beginning to run operating systems, even toilets are adapting to ensure the user is as comfortable as possible....

5 min · 1028 words · Kelly Sims
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