5 mar 2009

Digital books on iPhone with Cyberlibris

In 2001, Cyberlibris revolutionized the access to books.
By inventing the flat-rate subscription to the digital book, Cyberlibris has democratized the access to knowledge and open new sources of revenue to authors and their publishing houses. By the 12 of March, about 500 titles will be available on the iPhone in the form of a monthly subscription of 3 euros; files are accessible in streaming. The use will be facilitated by a library theme, it should be possible to create new entries in the library...

Shazam, an application indispensable

Shazam is in my opinion one of the "must" and main interesting applications for iPhone and iPod touch.
This software allows the identification/ recognizing of songs, as well allows to get informations about the author who composed the song.
The application is very easy to use, as you just have to orientate your handset to the source of music ( Hi-fi, TV, radio...etc), and push on "tag". Then the tag is directly sent to iTunes, so that you could buy the song you want.
The application requieres of course a wifi, Edge or 3G connexion, and is available for free in the AppStore.

3 mar 2009

Your first mobile Doctor

SFR, the second operator in france, offers a new free service calles DoctorClic, which allows you to benefit from pratical advice on health problems of the everyday life.
This is an adaptation for mobile of the site Doctorclic.com, and this service allows you to fill in a number of criterias ( age, sex...) and indicating symptoms to get immediate advice on what to do and the degree of medical emergency.

DocteurClic is based on an expert system designed by a team of emergency doctors. This system manages 130 possible symptoms and calculates the probability of 220 diagnoses of emergency. Anywhere and anytime, the service allows to answer 4 key questions: is this normal? What to do? Is it serious? Who to consult?
DocteurClic is an information service and does not substitute in any way to a medical diagnosis. Launched by MedServices in 2001, the site receives over 150 000 unique visits per month. Now available on the SFR network, it will be deployed in pharmacies ( bluetooth points).

So wass' up doc?