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WideNoise is #1 Lifestyle Free App in Italian App Store

yus — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:28:16 +0000

While in sunny Austin, TX for SXSW, Leeander, Foll and yours truly conjured up a plan to make location-based sound meter WideNoise a free app. This was the tagline that we crafted and deployed in the twittosphere:

WideNoise is now FREE for SXSW! Download it now and build together the noise map of Austin!http://j.mp/sxswnoise #sxsw

Three days later, WideNoise ranks #1 Lifestyle free app in the Italian App Store and many others throughout the world.

Congratulations to Leeander, Roberto, David, Folletto and Babele! I am very proud of being a Board member of WideTag, maker of WideNoise.

Get WideNoise fro m the US app store

Get WideNoise from the Italian app store

Bonus: Enjoy Leeander’s Flickr photostream for SXSW.

What Do Leonardo da Vinci, Enzo Ferrari, Adriano Olivetti and Steve Jobs Have In Common ?

yus — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:23:46 +0000

As of last Friday, Apple’s stock reached the all time high of $218.94 . As a result, Apple is now the fourth largest company in US by market capitalization, less than ten billion dollars behind Wal-Mart. If the stock rally continues, Apple will become number three, right behind Microsoft. As Apple fanboy and shareholder, I am truly delighted and wish Apple to continue in its rally.

Source: Wolfram Alpha

But what makes Apple so great? Why do I like it so much ? Well, being born and raised in Italy I have been surrounded by the art masterpieces throughout my life and being an engineer, I like building new, useful artifacts. Italians used to be the best at doing that. Leonardo da Vinci was the first. Enzo Ferrari did that with his cars, Adriano Olivetti did that with his business machines at a larger scale, and Steve Jobs does it with his consumer computing machines, and at a scale that nobody has ever done it. No large company has managed to be as great as Apple at incorporating innovative technologies in beutiful and useful designs. The video below is about the progression of Apple products that over the years have led to the iPad.

Transparent House used its visualization capabilities to create a tribute to a company they greatly admire on the occasion of the iPad release. The idea was to show a glimpse into the history of this product giant by modeling some of the innovative products they’ve developed in their 3+ decade history.

Anatomy of Apple Design from Transparent House on Vimeo.

App Store Essentials Black Friday

yus — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:55:30 +0000

Check out what Apple is featuring on the App Store for Black Friday 2009.

RedLaser vs ShopSavvy. The Battle of iPhone Barcode Scanners

yus — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:42:08 +0000

I have tested both apps and so far I prefer the performance and ease of use of RedLaser. While ShopSavvy does more than RedLaser, it shows that it is a port of an Android app and it does not feel like a real native iPhone app. For example, RedLaser product detail page fetches the very well done iPhone-optimized version of Amazon.com, while the same page on ShopSavvy opens the desktop version of Amazon.com, which is practically impossible to navigate.

My Talk on Future of Media: iPhone Ecosystem Video (in Italian)

yus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:44 +0000

Interview on La Repubblica (in Italian)

yus — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:15:04 +0000

I am pleased to report that major Italian newspaper and news website La Repubblica has published Gabriele Isman’s new interview with me:

È un cervello siciliano in fuga a Boston il re delle applicazioni

Originario di Montaperto laureato a Palermo vende olio doc su Internet Col software sullo skateboard ha scalato le classifiche. “Mi fa pensare che in 10 anni dodicimila giovani come me abbiano lasciato l’Isola. Non credo che se fossi rimasto sarei riuscito a realizzarmi”

di Gabriele Isman

English version by Google Translate

Venice Sessions 4: The Future of Media in the Digital Age

yus — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:43:28 +0000

I am thrilled to be in splendid Venice, Italy for Venice Sessions, a forum about the future supported by Telecom Italia and Nova 24. This session is on the future of media in the digital age and I my presentation will be about the role played by the iPhone ecosystem.

Live streaming video beginning tomorrow, Tuesday October 20 at 9am Italy time, at http://venicesessions.webcasting.it/

Interview With WAVE Group (in Italian)

yus — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:59:34 +0000

WAVE Factory

Hell Freezes Over Again: Flash + iPhone delivered

yus — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:47:44 +0000

Now (well, almost now) you can develop an iPhone app using Flash.

source: Adobe Labs – Adobe Flash Professional CS5: Applications for iPhone

A Great iPhone App For Keeping Track Of What You Eat

yus — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:31:24 +0000

This app is able to scan the barcode of a food product and does not even require the latest 3GS. I am impressed!

FoodScanner Demo from Andy Smith on Vimeo.