Rediscover Your City: 5 Urban iPhone Apps
February 17th, 2010
Many people wonder how they ever managed to survive in the city before they had Google Maps with GPS at their fingertips. But your iPhone can do so much more than help you get from point A to point B. With all of the urban-centric iPhone applications out there, you may be unsure which ones to choose. These are the top five apps that will make you fall in love with your city all over again.
1. Discover Anywhere Transit
No matter how long you’ve lived in your city, there’s no way to remember every transit stop. Thanks to “augmented reality”, there are a plethora of new apps that help you navigate the urban jungle: just hold your cell phone up and let the camera capture the surroundings. Information bubbles pop up on DAT to point you towards the nearest rail line. City-specific apps such as New York City Nearest Subway by Acrossair well help you find the nearest subway stop.
What is the purpose of a book review? Don’t all readers know their preferences? Why, then, do they defer to the opinion of another person? Book reviews serve two purposes. First, they provide a road map for potential readers. Often, readers want to explore a new genre, but do not trust their instincts to find a fitting example of that literary style. Second, people look for affirmation of their tastes. They may like what they have read, yet feel the need for someone else’s approbation. Since a significant portion of the public values the professional reviewer, you must make sure your book review is effective.
Few sights on Earth are as impressive as the Northern Lights. Commonly known as the Aurora Borealis, this breathtakingly shimmering display has a counterpart in the southern hemisphere, the Aurora Australis.
People rely heavily upon their computers, but seldom give them proper maintenance until the day when something goes wrong. For some arcane reason known only to the “computer gods”, that something will happen when you need your computer the most, such as when you have an impending deadline. Therefore, with the beginning of a new year and decade upon us, resolve to give a little care to your computer. Performing the following steps once a month will potentially save you many headaches. Note: These steps apply to Windows-based machines, but the same general maintenance tips apply to Macintosh and Linux models too. Other operating systems sometimes have different ways of getting to them.
Most people planning for retirement know the drill as far as money is concerned. Many retirees, however, are unprepared for the social and psychological impact of this lifestyle change. Overnight, their circle of friends narrows, and they wonder how to fill the hours previously taken up by a career.
This article by Nidhi Varma contains some common suggestions for tips to save the environment. Some of these are debatable and not all of them may be feasible for you (it is difficult to imagine my mother using a bicycle for her usual commute, for example, although it might be fun to watch her try it). However, other than correcting for obvious spelling and grammatical issues I will leave this one unedited and allow my beloved readers to sort out the details in the comment section below.
Backing up the computer files in their hard drives is something most people know they should do, but sometimes they forget to do it and risk losing all of their important data. By not backing up their hard drive files, they risk losing invaluable memories like baby and wedding pictures, videos, music collections, and important information like financial and tax records. The hard drive is perhaps the one element of a computer which has the highest probability of failing, and it can happen when you least expect it. Repairing it can be expensive, and in the event of hard drive failure, it’s probably better to get a new one than trying to repair the broken drive. Explained below are some practical ways to back up your machine’s files safely. If anything goes wrong, you’ll be at ease knowing that your files are secure.
Culinary experiences are a vital part of any holiday. For fine dining at its very best, these ten restaurants will treat your taste buds. They have all consistently earned featured placements in lists of the top restaurants in Europe. Though they might challenge the bank balance, for a very special occasion and perhaps the food experience of a lifetime, they are a gourmet’s dream. Note that you may need to book several months (or perhaps years) in advance.
For many tourists, Spain is like a banana — it consists of the Costas and Madrid is in there somewhere. Tourism abounds and hotels are filled with people in search of sea, sand, drink, and nightlife. Yet Spain is around five times the size of England and the southern coastal resorts represent only a small percentage of this beautiful country.
Lying in the Indian Ocean, the Lakshadweep archipelago is a group of 36 islands, of which 10 are inhabited. Most famous for atolls, reefs, submerged banks, and white sands, the Lakshadweep islands have formed over ancient volcanic formations. With 12 atolls (coral islands encircling a lagoon), it is one of the most beautiful places on earth, where you can walk in the sea with shallow beaches that extend outward several meters. The coral reefs, lagoons, and white snowy beaches make for an exotic holiday, with five-star resorts, 
Ayurveda is traditional medicine which originated from India. Now practiced around the world as a form of alternative medicine, Ayurveda is a whole-body approach to health care. Formed from texts which were written between AD 400 and 1500, Ayurveda has been used as an effective treatment for anxiety, chronic pain, alcoholism, and drug abuse. 