iPhone Apps from Georgia Tech
May 29, 2009
At Georgia Tech a group of students built an app designed for the GT community. The core feature is that the app makes it easy to login to the campus wireless system. The normal way is a pain, but the GT app makes it very convenient. It also provides functional links to things like the real-time bus schedule, campus email, a campus map and the course management system. In short it is gives students the tools they need/want all in one spot. Brian Matthews, a librarian, emailed the developers and asked them to considering adding the library’s computer availability map.
from|ahead was started up in 2008 by a group of dedicated people who like making useful software. Our early software applications are targeted primarily for iPhone users to increase their productivity while using the phone.
GTLogin was developed as a tool to simply avoid having to type in a username and password to access the wireless network on your iPhone and it has evolved into an overarching campus services suite including access to email, t-square, and nextbus services.
MyContacts was created to enhance the way you use your address book. It allows users to import contacts from various services such as Gmail, Facebook, and Yahoo! and introduces merging capabilities. Users can also get pictures of their friends and place it in the MyContacts address book using our services.
Read the article in Chronicle of Higher Education about this app.