Just when you thought it couldn't get worse for Tiger Woods, a new iPhone application with a similar name reminds us of his lothario ways and how he got caught: It protects cheaters by removing or hiding sexy texts and thwarts snoopers from finding them.
The TigerText lets users read their text messages and also make them disappear after a set amount of time passes.
When the time has expired, the message disappears from the recipient's phone and the sender's phone, as well as any web servers.
The application also ensures the text in question is not forwarded or stored.
If the recipient wishes, the texts can be instantly stored on TigerText web servers.
Text deletions can be set to occur anywhere from a minute to five days.
If you're a real James Bond, you can set to "delete upon reading".
As application developer Jeffrey Evans told Time Magazine: "People text like they talk.
"And some of the things they say, taken out of context, can come back to haunt them."
The name TigerText is apparently a happy coincidence (perhaps not for Woods) and should make sure it will be a popular application.
But it will cost you to hide missives from family, friends, employers, lovers or other possible snoops.
TigerText is $US2.50 per month.
• Does your child have a fever? Or maybe asthma? There's an application for that.
Cook Children's Health Care System in Texas has launched a free iPhone application to provide parents with information about childhood emergencies, medical conditions and general health.
It is believed to be the first children's hospital in the nation with an iPhone application with pediatric information, officials said.
The free application, available through iPhones under the name KidsCheckup, was officially launched last week and quickly had participants from as far away as Great Britain and Malaysia.
The application is the latest move by a hospital system to reach people digitally through websites or new technologies.
Baylor Health System, for example, has a symptom navigator tool that can be downloaded on to an iPhone with information on maladies. It is available at www.baylorhealth.com.
