An APPle a Day

An iPod app that does errands, dogs in fitteds, fonts for dyslexics and more in this week's look at the web

A series of new tools for the tech-savvy hypochondriac promise to keep your ticker kicking. The apps and peripherals work with your smartphone to give you a variety of diagnostics from blood pressure to skin scanning and cataract detection.

TaskRabbit

An iPod app that does errands, dogs in fitteds, fonts for dyslexics and more in this week's look at the web

Relaunched with a new name, an iPhone app and a fresh round of funding, TaskRabbit, the digital solution for outsourcing chores and errands, will soon arrive in NYC.

VV Talker

An iPod app that does errands, dogs in fitteds, fonts for dyslexics and more in this week's look at the web

A learning device for deaf children, the VV Talker uses vocal chord vibrations to train aurally-impaired students to feel for the correct intonations.