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I love the wt360 Pro app from WeatherTrends – one of the best apps I’ve built. Apparently, I’m not the only one who shares this opinion. FOX29 has licensed a copy of the app, adding their personal touch, and made it available in the iTunes store as well. You can find this app searching for [...]

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Unfortunately, today I had the opportunity to use the State Farm Pocket Agent for the iPhone for a real accident. At the risk of sounding like a commercial, the app does exactly what you would think: an insurance agent at your disposal at the most crucial of times – right after an accident. I won’t [...]

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DIAWI

As an iOS developer, sending out IPAs to be installed by users for testing and clients for review can be a nightmare experience. Over the past few months, I’ve become a regular user of this wireless app installation service called DIAWI – Development iOS Apps Wireless Installation. You can find it here: http://www.diawi.com. You upload [...]

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Pollen.com is proud to introduce Allergy Alert integration with Ford’s SYNC system with AppLink in this latest version of the iTunes app (version 4.0). In an effort to reduce driver distraction, SYNC with AppLink allows Ford owners to connect their iPhone apps to their Ford’s dashboards and radios, eliminating the need to look away from [...]

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That’s right – updates, updates, updates! AllergyManager has been updated to version 2.3 and has some new InSeason tips and content. It’s free, so if you don’t have AllergyManager yet, get it now! It’s been rated one of the best Allergy apps in the iTunes App Store! WeatherTrends’ new app, wt360 pro, has a significant [...]

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2011 Ford Fiesta with App Link

If you followed some of my previous posts, you know that I developed Allergy Alert for my current employer, SDI (homepage here). FORD Motor Co. has showcased their health initiative with SYNC Integration back in May 2011. At the time I am writing this blog entry, only the 2011 Ford Fiesta has this capability. From [...]

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Ford SYNC AllergyAlert

My Allergy Alert app has some legs! From YouTube.com: “Ford is working with SDI Health to enable their Allergy Alert smartphone app to be accessible through SYNC AppLink providing on-demand, voice-activated allergy reports. ” Video below: Link: http://youtu.be/iFWeotQ9jWY

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Apple Review of wt360 pro!

Bill Kirk, CEO of WeatherTrends International, sent me this link to a review of his new wt360 pro app (available in iTunes for 99 cents). As Bill says, 80% positive with some valid criticisms to be added or updated in the version 2.0 release.

Gizmodo App of the Day

In case you didn’t know, I designed wt360 pro with Matt Alonso and Bill Kirk at WeatherTrends International. Available in iTunes for 99 cents, it reached #5 today for Paid Weather Apps (out of 800+) and #290 out of 413,000 apps total in the iTunes store! Gizmodo reviewed the app and named it the App [...]

OMNARIS AllergyManager Screenshot

We’ve updated the AllergyManager application for OMNARIS. You can get here: iTunes AllergyManager!

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