January 30, 2012
Nowadays, you can find all sorts of cases for the iPad and iPad 2. They’re available everywhere and come in all kinds of funky designs. The challenge here really is to find a quality case that is functional. We’ve been sent a couple of iPad 2 cases from Cygnett and today, we’ll take a quick look at one of their most popular folio cases — the Lavish Earth. We’ll also be giving 5 of them away at the end of the week so read on and join the giveaway to win one.
January 25, 2012
Apple has launched a whole new version of iTunes U, now available on both the iPhone and iPad. iTunes U is Apple’s take on education, and provides entire courses from different universities, colleges, and other facilities from around the world. We’re not talking about merely podcasts and videos. The courses on iTunes U include everything, and that means handouts, exams, answers and much more.
January 13, 2012
This past week, Amazon made it a little easier for iPad users to access the Kindle Store. You probably already know that Apple enforced a policy earlier last year that prohibited iOS apps from integrating in-app links to third-party web-based stores. Thus, Kindle mobile app users now cannot link to the Kindle Store from within the app itself.
January 9, 2012
Google has just released an update to their extensive Google Translate app, making it finally native to the iPad. If you’ve used the iPhone version of the app, you’re not going to be blown away by the changes, but the iPad is a great place to have a free translation app, especially one that can translate to and from 63 different languages.
December 29, 2011
hronic Dev Team and the iPhone Dev Team have finally released an untethered software jailbreak for all Apple devices running the A4 chip and below. Unfortunately the two current A5 devices, the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, are not currently compatible with this release at this time but the jailbreak will work on the iPhone 4 and 3Gs, iPod Touch 3G and 4G and the original iPad.
December 27, 2011
Good news for everyone who wants to control their Windows machine or Mac from the iPad – LogMeIn has just released a new version of their iOS app, and it’s completely free! If you’ve been using LogMeIn on your iPad, you will know that LogMeIn Ignition was previously sold for $30. Now you can get many of the features the old version offered, without paying a dime.
December 16, 2011
If you’re eagerly anticipating Microsoft Office for iPad, you’d be happy to hear that the process has officially started. Microsoft has released OneNote for iPad, the first in what we can hope will be a long line of Office applications for the iPad. OneNote, which is a part of some versions of Microsoft Office, is a note taking application which combines the use of text, lists, images, videos, audio clips and free drawing.
December 13, 2011
When the iPad was released, tech journalists were quick to worship it. Wired went so far as to write a front-page article claiming that tablets would change the world. While it was not about the iPad only, it was obviously inspired by the upcoming release of Apple’s device. Now, a year and a half later, it appears the revolution has been one-sided.
December 10, 2011
iBooks has received a nice little update recently that adds a bunch of new features that users were clamoring for. The first major feature is the addition of a night-time reading mode. This makes the background black and the text white. This makes reading less strenuous when in a dark area. The next addition in this update is the inclusion of a full screen mode.
November 26, 2011
Google must be realizing that in the tablet world, there’s only one ruler. This is probably why they’ve just released a significant upgrade for their iOS app, which is entirely focused on the iPad. While the app undoubtedly works on other iOS devices, Google has made visible efforts to make the user experience on the iPad at least on par with other browsers, if not better.
