By Graham K. Rogers

A while back I bought a useful Glif tripod mount for the iPhone from Studio Neat, who have just announced an app for March Madness: the college basketball competition that is run every year. I must admit I am not a fan of the game and have not downloaded this app, so this item is for information only.

The app costs $0.99 and is intended for filling in the contest "brackets" - the contest games and eliminations down to the last pair and the championship. The developers claim a sophisticated scoring system allowing users to compete (family, friends).

Although this is a contest based in the United States, the Simple Bracket app is available in the Thai app store which may be useful for the number of US citizens here, and for those who like to follow the games.

Graham K. Rogers teaches at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in Thailand. He wrote in the Bangkok Post, Database supplement on IT subjects. For the last seven years of Database he wrote a column on Apple and Macs.