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Reading While Eating for December 22: Spaced Out
Wednesday’s links think deep thoughts.
Does Your Online Date Have a Dirty Past? New Services Will Find Out
Nothing kills romance like discovering you’ve been flirting with a felon, or even worse, ahem, a married man online. But now, New York state and New Jersey are passing laws to regulate the billion-dollar internet dating …
Say Cheese: iPhone App Takes Food Pictures, Counts Calories
One of the great things about eating fatty foods sans a pesky calorie label is not knowing exactly how many grams of sugar you’re inhaling. Everyone knows that if you don’t know the calories, they don’t count! Japan’s NTT …
Google Glitch: Did Poll Finder App Hinder Voters?
Some 700,000 potential voters in 12 states relying on Google to locate their nearest polling places, were directed to the wrong spot.
Justin Bieber Hair For Everybody: The iPhone App No One Asked For
Who says the U.S. economy is in trouble? We lead the world in iPhone app innovation!
Is Your License Plate the New Inbox?
Making your license plate high-tech? Yes, there’s an app for that.
Road Rage Goes Electronic With New App To Connect Drivers
Did the Hummer in the next lane just cut you off? Obscene gestures are so 1990. Send your choice words to the driver via text message.
Annoying People at the Movies: There’s an App For That!
There’s an iPhone app that lets you translate the Minions dialect at the end of Despicable Me—by asking you to keep your phone on during the movie. Doesn’t that go against the first commandment of movie-theater etiquette?