TechBytes: iPad Apps Approaching Deadline
In TechBytes, app recommends toys, Nintendo DS ed., an iPhone app for acne.
March 22, 2010— -- With the iPad tablet computer coming to Apple stores soon, software designers are facing a deadline. According to e-mail obtained by Macworld, designers need to have their applications in by March 27 if they want their app in Apple stores in time for iPad's April 3 debut. The new apps will face a crowded field because the iPad will already run almost all of the 150,000 applications currently in Apple stores.
Mattel has found a new way to market their toys on Facebook. Mattel's Fisher-Price division has started a Facebook application that parents can use by typing in their child's name, age, birthday and gender. Links appear to certain toys that match the search, like a dollhouse for a six-year-old girl. The app lets parents post pictures of their kids and control who will see it.
A top Nintendo game designer has a new goal to bring the company's DS console into the classroom. Shigeru Miyamoto says he wants the Nintendo system used as educational tools in Japanese elementary and Junior High Schools in the coming year. There are already reading, math and language programs available for the device worldwide.
The iPhone can do a lot of things, but can it cure acne? There's one new app that claims it can do exactly that. A dermatologist in Houston developed what's being billed as the Acne Free App. It emits blue light to kill bacteria and red light to prevent inflammation. These treatments are effective on acne. But would it work with an iPhone? One New York dermatologist has her doubts. "It's hard to know how intense the light from the Acne App actually is," Michelle Hanjani of New York Presbyterian told ABC News. She also expressed health concerns. "There isn't any published safety data on the Acne App blue light and the application's instructions do have a disclaimer that says it's meant for entertainment purposes only and it should not be used for medical treatment."
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