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iPhone App Helps Companies Manage Water Use

In what it is calling an industry first, environmental software and consulting firm Locus Technologies unveiled a new iPhone application Monday designed to help companies collect water-related data in the field and instantly transmit it to the company’s cloud-based management program.

The eWell iPhone application speeds up the process and can also reduce errors, according to Locus Technologies CEO Neno Duplan.

“To the best of our knowledge, this is the first application of its type that is tailored to corporate use of highly technical information that can be collected, validated, QA/QC’d and instantly be available into the cloud,” Duplan said.

Although many organizations prefer to use automated sensors to collect environmental data at the source, there are some situations where information must be collected manually. Water is a perfect example, Duplan said, because of its movement and interaction with potential chemicals, which can complicate water quality management.

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Vimeo App for iPhone Includes Editing Tools

Video-sharing site Vimeo has finally introduced an official iOS application. The app provides access to Vimeo’s library of online video, but it emphasizes the ability to record, edit and upload your own videos to the service first and foremost. That’s a wise move for a service that has to differentiate itself from clear market leader YouTube, which comes pre-installed on every shipping iOS device.

When you first launch the app, it asks you to sign up for or log in to your Vimeo account, and then immediately takes you to the “My Stuff” screen. But the first tab in the app’s bottom navigation bar is “My Videos,” and it allows you to either shoot a new video directly within the app or add an existing one from your iPhone’s library. If you’ve already have uploaded videos to Vimeo, they’ll appear on this screen, too. The second tab along the bottom navigation bar is a Recordings section, which allows you to create video projects using multiple clips, either taken from your library or recorded directly from within the app.

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