We have n’t even hollied all our jolly out yet , but a brand spankin ’ new twelvemonth is intimately upon us . As 2011 approaches , we portion out stories about how iOS devices can seem to help manipulate the very fabric of time . These are your remainders for Wednesday , December 22 .
Yes , Virginia , There Is a Santa , And These Digital Photos Prove It(The Wall Street Journal )
When theJournalisn’t excoriate the fact that iPhone apps are sharing your personal data , it ’s celebrating the fact that iPhone apps can help oneself you rest to your children about Ol’ Saint Nick . ( Spoiler warning signal , kids : he ’s phoney . ) Indeed , tech - savvy parents who desire to extend their tike ’ childhoods ever longer can utilise apps likeElf Camto phony grainy , green - tinted night vision shots of Santa in your home . I ’m holding out for the app that shows Grandma , paralyse from the waist down , immobilize under Blitzen .
Times Square New Year ’s gets official iPhone , Android apps(Electronista )
Even as you render to keep your kids from grow up , time is still process on . Even beforea Snooki - filled ball drops at midnightto announce 2011 ’s arrival , you may have your own personal jubilation to ring in the raw year with theofficial Times Square Official New Year ’s Eve Ball App . Remember , a political party of one — even a solitary , iPhone - handle political party of one — is still a party .
L.A. official set to unveil an iPhone app(LA TimesBlog )
As it was just a paragraph ago , time is still abut on . And if you detest wasting what cute clock time you still have trolling for parking spots — and you happen to park frequently in Hollywood — you’ll be thrilled to learn about the new Parker app . The Mayor ’s Office in Los Angeles calls the app “ the nation ’s first - ever peregrine app program to give driver a faster and more commodious way to happen open metered parking space and nearby garages . ” think , of course , that it ’s illegal to use your phone while driving in LA . So , upright portion with that .
Plato ’s iPad(YouTube )
Artist Adam Reeder ( no copulation to the app of the same name ) shares this meter - oversight video , wherein he grave Plato hold an iPad . That is , Plato ’s hold the iPad . Adam ’s have the clay , I presume . Why Plato , and why go for an anachronic iPad ? The piece is actually an evolution of Reeder’sGods With iPodsseries , which portray Pan , Atlas , Zeus , and other fine gods with various portable Apple devices . Perhaps this will be the beginning of Reeder ’s Greeks Who Could Have Been Geeks collection .
