Sure, in the past we’ve got a hearty chuckle out of initiatives that involved Redfly terminals and Clippy variants, but the question remains: how can we get cutting-edge tech into the hands of soldiers faster? We’ve recently come across some RFIs for DARPA projects aimed at developing apps and an App Store for Android and the iPhone OS, with two in particular — Mobile Apps for the Military (DARPA-SN-10-27), and Transformative Apps (DARPA-BAA-10-41) — catching our eye. The agency is calling for apps for battlefield, humanitarian, and disaster recovery missions, including command and control, mission planning, surveillance, reconnaissance, and language translation. Of course, if you start taking commercial Read the full story

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According to this news story on Pocket Gamer today, Gameloft will soon be releasing a Splinter Cell game for the iPhone. Pocket Gamer spotted a mysterious link on Gameloft’s Twitter page some nine hours ago, which led to a picture of Splinter Cell hero Sam Fisher with some cryptic-looking numbers underneath. The sleuths at Pocket Gamer were then able to surmise that the forthcoming Splinter Cell game the site had obviously been set up for would most likely be for the iPhone, as Read the full story

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We knew this was coming, and sure enough, Sling hasn’t kept us waiting for long. Our beloved readers have inundated our tip jar with the news that the 3G-enabled flavor of SlingPlayer Mobile is now live on the App Store, and from what we’re hearing works very well. The placeshifting app will set you back just under $30, but will allow you to finally take your cable, satellite or PVR content on the move with you. We say finally, 3G streaming has been available on other phones for a Read the full story

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Alright, we’ll leave all the zingers for you and our mercurial staff to deliver, and just use this space to dish some info on the hardware. Ivor Kovic, an emergency physician from Croatia, has recently demoed a new iPhone cradle that turns the already multifunctional handset into a CPR assistance device. By using an app titled Pocket CPR and the built-in accelerometer, he can get audio and visual feedback to tell him if he’s doing it correctly, while his basic (but awesome) cradle allows Read the full story

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WordPress for iPhone has been updated to v2.2 and adds the ability to reply, edit, and highlight comments.

Manage your WordPress blog from your iPhone or iPod touch. With WordPress for iPhone, you can moderate comments and create or edit posts and pages. All you need is a WordPress.com blog or a self-hosted blog running WordPress 2.7 or higher.

WordPress for iPhone is an Open Source project. You can learn more about the development of the app at http://iphone.wordpress.org.
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Bowers Technologies has announced that that their latest iPhone app for the Christian marketplace, iPastor 1.0 is now available on the iTunes store. iPastor is a valuable tool for pastors, ministers, missionaries, church staff, and even volunteers to effectively and efficiently serve the church members. It works with both iPhone and iPod Touch.
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