Swine flu? There's an app for that
The folks at IntuApps have responded to the Swine Flu pandemic in the way that only a developer could: By building an app!The forthcoming Swine Flu Tracker for iPhone and iPod touch (it's pending App Store approval as of this writing) will do 3 things. First, it will display the current threat level as determined by the World Health Organization. Secondly, it drops pins onto Google maps to represent confirmed or suspected cases.
Finally, it tracks and reports on Swine Flu news from around the world. If you're traveling or simply concerned about this problem, it sounds like you might find Swine Flu Tracker useful. Of course, we haven't played with it yet, so the app's actual performance remains to be seen.
We can only hope that Apple's notoriously long review process won't keep Swine Flu Tracker out of our hands for too long, as we want to live to see it.
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What? There's even an app to detect Swine flu? That's something interesting. Ha :D Anyway please feel free to read myt latest post-->The Swine Vinci Code!
May 04 2009 at 1:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat's so 1994. Kidding. And when you're at your computer you can go to FluCount.org for the latest
May 03 2009 at 3:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeHWBXtMAf4
ah the swine flu, it will hit nyu soon
While we're at it, can we add a "fear-mongering" tag to this article? This app sounds about as useful as one of the dozens of "terror alert trackers" out there. (Are people still using the things before leaving their houses every day? You know, just in case...)
In the meanwhile, did anyone catch the media circus trying to track down "patient zero"? Turned out to be some little kid... yet they all had no reluctance to show the kid's face in their broadcasts.
How much you wanna bet that kid's family gets death threats now?
This is seriously out of hand... we do NOT need pig flu apps. Come on people.
May 02 2009 at 6:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTwo thumbs up on that title!
May 02 2009 at 6:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat title is definitely a two thumps up!
May 03 2009 at 1:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWe have developed a similar app and submitted it on Friday! It even has almost the same name. Swine Flu (H1N1) Tracker 2009. You can find info at: http://www.microseconds.com/swine.html
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