MyGengo – Human Language Translation in a Hurry
Mon, 8/02/10 – 5:36 | Comments

Language translation is nothing new to the Web or IT.  From Babel Fish to Google’s WordMonkey, machine translation of human language has been tried and tried again.  These might work if you just have a …

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So Your Boyfriend or Girlfriend is Nosy? There’s an App for That
Fri, 5/02/10 – 5:16 | Comments

Speaking from the male perspective, nosy chicks suck.  It’s pretty sure that women don’t like nosy dudes either.  Especially when that lack of trust extends to sneaking peeks at your mobile phone to see whom you’ve been texting or calling.
Texting.  That does sound kind of scandalous.

Anyway, if you’ve got an iPhone and are tired of your snoopy partner, you can use a new app called iTrust to alert you to their mistrust.  Then your soon-to-be-X can get caught in the act.
The app is made by two Norwegian brothers, the Jorgnsns, who also made the little game Spaceball 2000.  The app is obviously well-named, since the person who uses it likely doesn’t have a lot of trust and the person caught because of it surely doesn’t have any either.
Maybe “iTrust No1″ would have been a better title.
The little app loads on your iPhone and then, if you leave it running when you leave your phone lying around unattended, it will record your significant other when they snoop to find out who you’ve been having hot, dirty texting with.  Of course, if you have any brains, you deleted any questionable texts already, but not everyone is that much on top of things.
The app records the snooping, including all buttons pushed and so forth.  Then the incriminating evidence can be used to bust your partner.  It’s doubtful whether this would make for a good breakup.
While I’m sure that Dr. Phil would have more to say about this app, and the deeper meanings behind it, it’s obvious that the high level of mistrust many have in their partners: a recent survey in the UK showed that 67% of women snoop their man’s phones & is sort of an epidemic.
Ode to the salad days of yore when people trusted one another, had some moral fortitude, and ate more whole grains.  Now?  Now nobody trusts anybody, we’re all a bunch of reprobates, and people eat McCrappy’s.  Maybe it’s more fun this way.  Especially if you’re not directly involved in the scandals and can just watch from afar and use it as entertainment.
Just be sure that when you break up with that snoopy loser, you also get the 101 Greatest Breakup Lines app so you know how to really throw them under the bus.

0ghost – Did You Know You’re Surrounded by Ghosts?
Thu, 4/02/10 – 5:49 | Comments
0ghost – Did You Know You’re Surrounded by Ghosts?

This is a unique iPhone app that is also fun.  No matter where you are, even at home or in your office, you are probably surrounded by ethereal ghosts you cannot see with your naked …

iRewardChart – Parenting and Positive Reinforcement Just Got Easier
Wed, 3/02/10 – 5:44 | Comments
iRewardChart – Parenting and Positive Reinforcement Just Got Easier

Disciplining kids and, more importantly, giving positive reinforcement for their good behavior and hard work is what parenting is all about.  The problem is, tracking all of the things your kids do (and don’t) do …

Tumbles – An iPhone Game Based on Gravity and Physics
Tue, 2/02/10 – 11:27 | Comments
Tumbles – An iPhone Game Based on Gravity and Physics

It’s unusual for us here at sCommerce to look away from the usual app reviews and instead focus on a game, but this little iPhone gem is a lot of fun.  It’s the first game …

ExpenseBay – Automating Weekly Expense Reports
Thu, 28/01/10 – 11:05 | Comments
ExpenseBay – Automating Weekly Expense Reports

Expense tracking and reporting is a common complaint from those who travel on company business, especially for salesmen and convention presenters.  Several solutions for this exist, of course, but as technology advances, so does the …

ScrumEdge – Online Collaboration Tool for Scrum Management
Mon, 25/01/10 – 5:24 | Comments
ScrumEdge – Online Collaboration Tool for Scrum Management

Scrum is the latest and most popular way for most product development teams, whether they be building a car or a software application, to build products collaboratively.  It’s an agile process that allows more open …

ShowMeWhatsWrong – Diagnosis For the Rest of Us
Fri, 22/01/10 – 5:50 | Comments
ShowMeWhatsWrong – Diagnosis For the Rest of Us

Even computer “experts” aren’t always as savvy as they’d like to think.  When your computer starts acting funny or when something fails to work or stops working altogether, you might find yourself scratching your head.  …

Curdbee – Easy Invoicing for Small Business
Thu, 21/01/10 – 5:48 | Comments
Curdbee – Easy Invoicing for Small Business

There’s nothing new about online billing and invoicing systems, really, but there are definitely ways that the process can improve.  Most of the new startups in this market are aiming to become as easy to …

7 Great iPhone Apps for Kids
Wed, 20/01/10 – 5:00 | Comments
7 Great iPhone Apps for Kids

Maybe buying your child their own iPhone isn’t a good idea in your mind, but that doesn’t mean kids can’t enjoy the mobile while you’re driving, riding the train, or otherwise engaged in things kids …

iNum – Get Your International Number Today
Tue, 19/01/10 – 6:21 | Comments
iNum – Get Your International Number Today

Phones and their networks are becoming increasingly more complicated.  If you move around the country or the world, you may have to change numbers, switch numbers, or even lose your phone number because you’ve switched.  …

SkiReport – Know the Snow Tally Before You Hit the Slopes
Mon, 18/01/10 – 5:39 | Comments
SkiReport – Know the Snow Tally Before You Hit the Slopes

SkiReport.com covers everything skiing no matter where you want to go. Headed for Argentinian slopes? Covered. Colorado? Yep. They’ve also got, you guessed it.. an iPhone app.
No matter where you’re …

Keypoint – Make Presentations on Your iPhone or iPod Touch
Fri, 15/01/10 – 5:38 | Comments
Keypoint – Make Presentations on Your iPhone or iPod Touch

I guess today’s version of Abraham Lincoln scribbling the Gettysburg Address on a napkin aboard a train would be creating your next animated slide presentation before the Board on your mobile phone.  That’s what Keypoint …

Inoqo – Weird Name, Great Hotel Deals
Mon, 11/01/10 – 5:10 | Comments
Inoqo – Weird Name, Great Hotel Deals

There seems to be a market for empty, high-end hotel rooms out there.  At least three startups have crossed our inbox mentioning themselves in the past week or so, all of them focused on this …