Noodles with your I-phone sir?

It was going to happen sooner rather than later.Now there is a I-phone app where you can order your noodles.

Wagamama,reports Brand Republic,has introduced an app that

allows users to place an order for take-out directly from the handset.
The app also enables users to locate their nearest branch of Wagamama and browse the menu to place their order.
The order is then sent straight to the kitchen in a similar way to the wireless hand-held devices used by Wagamama restaurant staff. Users can state a preferred collection time and pay for the order via the app.

Labour I-phone app on the way

Apparently the Labour Party is to release an I-Phone app which according to Guido Fawkes,will

sync to local campaign events using GPS and postcode data, have a mobile version of their Virtual Phone Bank enabling a user to phone target voters plus have linkage into Facebook and Twitter.

Like films-here's an APP

If you are a film buff especially for those made in the UK,then there is an APP for you as the advert says.

Kat Barns reports that

VisitBritain have announced a free British Film Location App for iPhone and iPod touch is now available from the App Store. The app allows iPhone and iPod touch users to discover and photograph the most iconic British film locations in cinematic history. It also shows the most famous film scenes on Google maps and allows users to search by film title.

and the demand is there,according toJustin Reid, Head of Online, VisitBritain

“The VisitBritain message is clear, wherever you are in Britain you are never far from a British film location. This app will give visitors the opportunity to recreate their favourite scenes from some of our most iconic British films,Users can take pictures on location or make their own short films posting them on Facebook, Twitter or any of their social networking pages. 2010 is going to be a massive year for film tourism to Britain and we are making sure our digital campaigning is at the forefront of these events.”

Merry Xmas and watch your in- take

The latest mobile offering?

You can now track your alcohol consumption courtesy of the NHS and an I-Phone app.

James Glick at the Next Web reports that

With accurate unit calculations, feedback and FAQ it’s a neat and well formed application for dissecting your alcohol intake during a period when it can be a difficult to take stock of how much your drinking.
It’s the first foray into the iPhone application world for the NHS and hopefully not the last with the ever useful NHS Direct surely a potential app itself in the future.

Guardian launches its mobile app

Is this the future and is this the business model?

£2.39 and apart from buying the app content is free, but there is am option left open for charging for some content and/or services.

It's a Google day

Yesterday was certainly a google day across the world.

The organisation announced that it had agreed to acquire AdMob, the fast-growing mobile advertising start-up, for $750 million.

Ad Mob,it may not surprise you is one of the leading developers of mobile apps in the US and its acquisition could help establish Google as an early leader in the small but rapidly expanding mobile phone advertising business.

Meanwhile the compnay was on the end of a tirade from Rupert Murdoch who threatened to remove stories from Google's search index as a way to encourage people to pay for content online.

According to Guardian media,Murdoch said that

newspapers in his media empire – including the Sun, the Times and the Wall Street Journal – would consider blocking Google entirely once they had enacted plans to charge people for reading their stories on the web.

However as Charle Arthur points out

The threat to exclude Google from News International websites won't have caused much lost sleep over in the search engine's headquarters in Mountain View in California.

adding that his threat

is akin to a runner at a sports event threatening to shoot himself in the foot: the ticket-seller, noting that all the other entrants aren't making the same threat, isn't going to be worried.

Economist set to launch mobile app

More news of the media concentrating more on the mobile platform.

Paid Content reports that

Economist.com is about to launch a paid-for iPhone app to accompany its global business-school league-table data and its annual spin-off print magazine Which MBA?.

and adds that

MBA data is free but a search feature that creates personalised rankings is for subscribers only—the iPhone app, developed by Zone Content, also has the search feature but will be available to non-subscribers for a one-off fee. It’s the Economist’s first mobile app and a clear sign of the company’s approach to monetising online data.

When it is time for a comfort break..........

I haven't got an I phone preferring rightly or wrongly my Blackberry so I haven't really caught on to this craze for Apps.

Nonetheless this latest offering caught my eye.

It is called Run Pee and according to Mashable

you’re watching a movie in the theater and need to take a restroom break, but you don’t want to miss the best part. The RunPee iPhone app has a timer letting you know when it’s safe to take a break, and gives you a summary of what you missed upon your return.
It also lets you know whether you should stay till the end of the credits, since movies like Iron Man include bonus footage afterwards. You start the timer when the movie begins, and safe break-times are scheduled throughout.