It took Google a while to do something about the mess of Android apps you had in your Play Store library, but it has finally happened.
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White House Historical Association releases 1600, an AR touring app
If you would like to tour around the building where the executive branch of the US government does its most important work, there’s a lot of hassle involved in getting down to Washington, D.C., and making the proper guiding arrangements.
But if you have an iOS or Android device and a $1 bill, you’ll be able to get a new take on how the White House came to be and what purpose it serves with the new “1600” app.
The app is a collaboration with the White House Historical Association, the White House and Nexus Studios out of the UK. It features an animated, augmented reality sequence where the White House suddenly rises out of George Washington’s face — he was the only president not to have lived there, though he did order the facilities built during his presidency. The narration behind the story goes on about how the White House is “the People’s House.”
The app is free to download, though you do need the $1 bill to trigger the experience.
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Off-beat: the first phone call in the world happened 140 years ago this week
Without Alexander Graham Bell, you would not be sitting at your computer or with your phone reading Pocketnow.com.It was 140 years ago yesterday that the Scottish luminary made the very first phone call from an office in downtown Boston, telling his assistant Thomas Watson:Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.But from the start, it took a community of wits, craft and a willing investor to pull it all together and make sounds like the one below possible.After moving to Canada for fear of the tuberculosis that killed his two brothers, Bell found a calling from his father, who taught ...
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The evolution of the smartphone
Smartphones are commonplace today. Almost everyone has one. My grandmother carries an iPhone and my father – a man who once swore he’d never carry a phone with him anywhere – slaps a Samsung Galaxy S III with an OtterBox case on his hip every morning.It wasn’t always so. I remember being the only person at my high school – teachers and administration included – with a smartphone. First, I had the Moto Q, then the BlackBerry Pearl 8130, followed by the Curve 8330. And that’s where
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This week in mobile history: Windows 95 on iOS, PureView comparisons, and eFuse controversy
The mobile world moves quickly – probably faster than just about any other industry in the world.New devices are announced on what feels like a weekly basis; perpetual software updates are hitting for the hundreds of mobile devices; one-off press events are always happening; and while phones seem to have a longer life span than they did back in, say 2010, they still become antiques in what feels like no time.Back in September, I went on a nostalgia binge and did a throwback review for one of my favorite mobile devices of all time: the BlackBerry Curve 8330. Looking back, it’s crazy ...
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This week in mobile history: ‘antennagate’, Palm Pre review, and Lumia 1020 hands-on
The mobile world moves quickly – probably faster than just about any other industry in the world.New devices are announced on what feels like a weekly basis; perpetual software updates are hitting for the hundreds of mobile devices; one-off press events are always happening; and while phones seem to have a longer life span than they did back in, say 2010, they still become antiques in what feels like no time. Looking back, it’s crazy to see how far the industry has come in less than a decade – from phones that (barely) handled email to pocket-sized computers that a increasingly ...
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This week in mobile history: look how far we’ve come
The mobile world moves quickly – probably faster than just about any other industry in the world.New devices are announced on what feels like a weekly basis; perpetual software updates are hitting for the hundreds of mobile devices; one-off press events are always happening; and while phones seem to have a longer life span than they did back in, say, 2010, they still become antiques in what feels like no time.Back in September, I went on a nostalgia binge and did a throwback review for one of my favorite mobile devices of all time: the
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