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Macworld 2010: Flook app brings urban exploration to your pocket

Filed under: Macworld, iPhone

Among the unusual and innovative iPhone apps we saw at Macworld Expo was Flook, a location-based search tool for urban discovery that turns your walk through town into a multimedia adventure, complete with audio and image annotation and growing popularity for the most intriguing spots.

The idea is to create “serendipitous discovery” of the interesting and novel places around your neighborhood — “a bit like StumbleUpon for the world around you,” as the Flook site says.

We got a chance to chat with Ambient Industries co-founder Tristan Brotherton, who provided a quick demo of the app and a few words about the Flook approach and philosophy. Catch the video below.

TUAWMacworld 2010: Flook app brings urban exploration to your pocket originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GNOME roadmap updated, version 3 pushed back to late 2010

The GNOME desktop environment is undergoing a significant transformation. The developers behind the open source project are working on version 3.0, the first major overhaul since 2002. The GNOME release team has updated the roadmap and has set September 2010 as the target for the launch of GNOME 3.0. The release team has also announced the new module decisions for the upcoming 2.30 release, which is scheduled for April.

The future of GNOME is a matter that has been discussed extensively within the Linux community. Some of the most important factors that have contributed to GNOME’s popularity among commercial Linux distributors are its incremental development model and consistent release cycle. A major overhaul, and the potential disruption that it could bring, are not entirely consistent with the GNOME philosophy. This made the prospect of a 3.0 release somewhat contentious among GNOME users and developers.

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