The Sex Offender Tracker App (US$1.99) for the iPhone isn't the first such app on the App Store (Offender Locator and Sex Offenders Search are two others), but it is the first to use augmented reality. As an added bonus, it has Antoine Dodson's approval. The app uses your GPS location and a national database to identify registered sex offenders in your area. The information is presented as an overlay on top of video of your location. Users can specify search criteria and opt for a list view if the augmented presentation is less than ideal.
It's notable that BeenVerified, the company behind the app, is donating 5 percent of purchase proceeds to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network or RAINN. The app is compatible with iPhone 4 or 3GS and iOS 3.1 or later.
To see Dodson's ad, click the link below.
You know what they say. You snooze, you miss out on a DOS emulator in the Apple App Store. That rare and unimaginable occurrence happened earlier today, when the so-called iDOS emulator was briefly available for both the iPhone and iPad before it was unsurprisingly pulled from the store a short time ago. That wasn't before it was seen spotted running Windows 3.0 and even some classic Sierra adventure games, though -- head on past the break for the evidence.
I'll be hanging out in ##iphone and #iphone-hackers over on irc.freenode.net . Check out the Freenode IRC instructions if you're new to IRC. ##iphone is for general stuff, and #iphone-hackers is specifically for people who want to create applications for the iPhone (SDK or hacked).
Oh, and I will be talking at the O'Reilly Emerging Technologies conference about iPhone development (with a brief history, and a how-to). The conference is March 3-6 this year, and I'll be speaking on Monday morning. Check out ETech today - spots are filling fast. Return to Nate True's blogComments: 
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