ZDNet App Wrap: 19 September 2011

There are always cool new apps coming out, so it's hard to keep up. ZDNet Australia brings you a taste of some of the apps that have surfaced or been updated recently.

By ZDNet Australia team , Contributor on Sept. 18, 2011

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Google Developer Day 2011

Price: Free
Platform: Android

This app provides information on sessions for Google Developer Day in cities around the world. Sydney's is on 8 November 2011. Users can favourite their sessions, and see the Developer Day agenda.

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BOQ LaunchPad

Price: Free
Platform: iOS (iPhone), Android

Well, it might not be the fully featured app experience that BOQ customers have been looking for, but the BOQ LaunchPad has finally come to Android after spending over two years on iOS. Android users can use the app for quick access to mobile banking, as well as BOQ branch and ATM location tools, contact details and the bank's home page.

Mobile banking allows users to check balance and transaction history, pay bills and make transfers, amongst other things. The ATM search function uses GPS to find the nearest terminal.

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McAfee All Access

Price: Free with an All Access subscription
Platform: Android

Already have a McAfee All Access subscription (a single product that protects PCs and Macs, as well as mobile devices)? Then you could download this app for antivirus, lock and wipe, back-up and restore, locate and track and phishing protection functions.

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From Here

Price: Free
Platform: Windows Phone 7

If you're looking for good Mango apps, here's one. From Here takes you exploring, with cool maps, turn-by-turn directions and the option to see different stops on the maps: petrol stations, hotels, cafes, ATMs and so forth. It's kind of like Google Maps for Android; in fact, it's powered by Google, but it uses Bing's map system, but it's still pretty slick.

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Call Spots

Price: Free
Platform: iOS (iPhone)

This app tracks the used and remaining minutes (keeping an eye on off peak and on peak) for a user's plan. The app works with Telstra, Vodafone, 3 and Virgin Mobile, as well as with international carriers. It also shows call locations on a map.

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CudaEye

Price: Free
Platform: iOS (iPhone)

CudaEye enables CudaEye subscribers to see a feed from a surveillance camera. They can also scroll through past events, and save or email chosen events.

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CarPilots

Price: Free
Platform: iOS (iPhone and iPad)

If you don't want to take a taxi, a professional driver might be a better idea. This app allows users to book a driver from a set of accredited drivers, and calculates fares before the trip. The app works in the major Australian cities.

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gen.flow

Price: US$2.99
Platform: BlackBerry

This app enables users to draw and sketch flow charts, mind maps and diagrams of business processes.

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Your App

Price: ?
Platform: ?

Do you have an idea for a great business app? Maybe you should give Optus' Business Mobile App Faceoff competition a whirl. Entrants put their ideas for an app into the competition. Shortlisted finalists will get to go to a scoping workshop to develop their concepts. The winner will score a prototype design and build of the app, valued at $30,000. So: got a great idea?

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