ichanged FAQ
I have been asked a few times recently about how often urls are monitored using ichanged lite. At this time it is a cycle of around 15 to 20 mins and has a download limit of 1mb of HTML data.
I will be providing a better turnaround of the checks in the premium version.
iPad pre-orders
With the iPad pre-ordering due to start at some time on Monday, a lot of people are going to be interested in getting in early because demand may indeed outstrip supply.
A FREE iphone app, iChanged Lite can be used to send you a notification message as soon as the iPad UK page changes to prompt you to get in there to order it quickly.
1) Simple download from iTunes at itms://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=367239029&mt=8
2) Add the URL http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/
3) Close the app and wait to hear from the app via Push Notification
Enjoy!!
iChanged lite app has been released
A new app to monitor changes in web pages has been released and best of all - its a free download!
iChanged Lite allows up to 3 web pages to be monitored. Once a change has been found to the page, a Push Notification will be sent to your iPhone/Ipod Touch/IPad.
Download from the App Store (free)
Screen shot of iChanged Lite
iCommute released
The iCommute app has now been released and can be downloaded from the App Store for 59p.
Screen shot of iCommute
iCommute
I've been busy working on a commuting app for the IPhone. Its in review for the App Store now. It allows push notifications to be sent to tell commuters of their train being late or cancelled. It also has a handy compensation checking tool built into the app.
Details here: http://www.robwhistler.com/icommute.html
Iphone OS4
So today we find out if multi-tasking has finally made its way officially into the IPhone without need to jailbreak. Of course, this will be way more geared to IPad imo.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/live-from-apples-iphone-os-4-event/
Lottery Notify Iphone App
The Lottery Notifiation app i've been writing for the past month has finally been approved on the App Store.
Screenshot
Spotifii – your Spotify music
Next week we are launching Spotifii. Its a simple site that will hopefully be a spotlight for people to share individual Spotify songs that they love. Visit a preview at http://www.spotifii.co.uk
twitter and trends
Getting into this whole twitter thing properly now. We have a business twitter now for london weather with more cities to follow. i find it interesting that short term trends tend to make more of an impact using twitter than other media.
For example, Google is always behind due to its spider reactive nature. msn is for chatting away and not really spreading a topic for the masses. blogging is great - if you have the foot fall. twitter ia in its element as philip scofield found with the "That's my hedge" trend that took the uk by storm last week and brought twitter into the homes via Good Morning. So heres the thing. twitter is so simple quick and reaches people on mass via a different means than other methodologies. This can prove to (in the right way) form a good basis for product (re)launches and all kinds of merketing strategies.
{watch this space!}
That’s my hedge!
Thats my hedge!!!!
Ok, it appears that the Twitter phenonemon has finally landed in the UK, thanks partly to Chris Moyles, Wossy and Stephen Fry. There are some fantastically easy ways to update Twitter programmatically using PHP 5 which are available in any standard Google search or be creative and do your own using a CURL form post.
Follow london_weather for London weather reports on Twitter.... and if you're really feeling the Thats My Hedge things coming over you, why doing you follow me!
Over and out!