On Computers

TouchTV is a new free app that brings TV to the iPad. The initial channels are: E News, ABC News, Lifetime Networks, ESPN, PBS News Hour and the History Channel. Tap a picture and the channel starts playing.

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“Smart watches” are the new, new thing. The “I’m Watch” is a smart watch that communicates with your iPhone, Android Phone, or Blackberry. It looks like a very bulky wrist watch. (Dick Tracy didn’t seem to mind wearing his.) The device alerts you when new Gmail, Facebook or Twitter messages come in. It also lets you play music, watch videos or take calls, without fumbling for your phone.

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Joy’s brother told us about a tea-ceremony scam he encountered in China. Just before agreeing to have tea with a couple of friendly people he met in Shanghai, he remembered his boss warning him about the “tea scam.” Heeding the warning saved him $400 and perhaps more, because they took credit cards.

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A company called Snapkeys has come up with a very innovative idea for replacing the tiny keyboards on smartphones and other handheld devices.

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“Flow Powered by Amazon” lets you point your iPhone toward the barcode on a book, game or other product in a store and find out what it costs on Amazon. You can also see reviews and if it’s a movie, get a trailer. (Kind of shifts the point of sale, doesn’t it?)

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For iPhones, iPods and iPads: “Say What You See” is free to download, but you pay 99 cents for each new collection of puzzles. The latest, called “Blockbusters,” features 50 of the highest grossing movies of the last 50 years, transformed into puzzles.

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Over two billion Android apps are downloaded each month according to research firm “Chomp.” Over Halloween weekend, the most popular apps were Pumpkins vs. Monsters, Angry Bird Seasons, Bubble Blast Halloween, Coin Dozer Halloween, Halloween! and Halloween Live Wallpaper.

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If you have an Android phone, you probably use a web browser called “Browser.” But the Dolphin browser is better, and it’s just out in a new version for iPhone and iPad.

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The new “Izon” from Stem, lets you remotely monitor the baby, the dog or the teenager using a free app for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

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If you’ve ever been to an Apple store, you might have noticed there is no cash register and no check-out counter. Employees swipe your credit card on their iPod Touch and complete a transaction anywhere in the store. Other businesses are learning how to do this too.

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