Spotify Now Has a (very good) iPad App
Spotify – the popular music streaming service – now has an iPad app. It’s available in the iPad App Store now – their existing iPhone app was updated to a universal app so it’s now designed to run on both iPad and iPhone. I’ve been using the app all day today and I’m very happy...
New iPad Ship Times Down to 3-5 Days
Shipping times for the new iPad have improved again. They’re now down to just 3-5 days for all models at Apple’s US online store. This is a continuing trend since late March when shipping times dropped down to 1-2 weeks. Then back on April 20 they came down to 5-7 days. Hopefully this is a...
What’s on Your iPad – with Brad Gurgel
Time for another What’s on Your iPad post. I’m still finding these great fun – partly because I just love seeing how others get the most out of their iPad and also because they’re a great source of ideas. This week Brad Gurgel is providing answers. Brad is a writing colleague of mine at iSource,...
iPad Version of Facebook Messenger App Already in Development
Good news for Facebook fans with iPads. As 9to5Mac reports, Facebook are actively working on an iPad version of their Facebook Messenger app. While Facebook has focused on smartphones for its standalone Facebook Messenger app, the company is currently developing a version for the Apple iPad. A reliable source has provided an in-depth look at...
Review: Album Art – Home Screen Wallpaper iPad App
Album Art Home Screen Wallpaper is a brand new iPad (and iPhone) app released today in the App Store. The app has a simple and great concept – combine your music library’s album art with some good-looking background themes to create some unique and striking wallpapers for your iPad. As any of you who read...
Tweetbot for iPad Gets Another Big Update –Droplr and Storify Support, Lots More
Tweetbot – one of the leading Twitter apps for the iPad – has had a major update this week, to Version 2.3. There’s a lot in this latest update – including a new tie-in to the popular Storify app and support for the Droplr file sharing service. The majority of the update is devoted to...
New George Harrison Multi-Touch iBook Released, Looks Great
New in the iBookStore today is George Harrison Living in the Material World, which Apple describes as a Multi-Touch book. I’m not the world’s biggest Beatles fan, but I like Harrison quite a bit, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps is one of my favorite songs ever. I’m also very interested in titles like this...
Skype for iPad Updated – UI Improvements and More
Skype for iPad has been updated today, to Version 4.0.One of the notable new features in this update is the ability to move your own video preview (the little box that shows what you look like). Here’s the remainder of the 4.0 update change list: -App auto restarts if unexpectedly shutdown-Improved accessibility-Improved stability-New sign in...
iPads Replacing iMacs at Children’s Tables in Apple Stores
It looks like Apple retail stores are replacing iMacs with iPads at their ‘Kids Table’ areas, as Rene Ritchie at iMore recently reported. The tables, which had previously been decked out with a quartet of iMacs, now sport 4 iPads instead. Like the previous iMacs, which were set up with educational and game programs, the...
New Jailbreak Tweak Brings Windowed Apps to iPad
Quasar is a new jailbreak tweak – by Pedro Franceschi – that lets you run apps in windows on the iPad. It’s a window manager tweak that appears to offer something much more like real multitasking on the iPad. Quasar is a tweak that allows you to run your apps in windows in your iPad....
Weekend iPad Wallpapers – Retina Quality Hitchhiking Space Shuttle
If you’ve been on the web at all over the last couple of weeks you’ve probably seen at least one of the awesome photos of the Space Shuttle getting a ride on the back of a modified 747 en route to its new retirement home. And now there’s a retina iPad wallpaper of the Hitchhiking...
My Favorite Kickstarter Project Ever – Battle of the Bulge Strategy Game for iPad
Battle of the Bulge: the Simulation Game for the iPad is, easily, my favorite Kickstarter project ever. I’m a huge fan of Kickstarter and I’ve been heavily impressed with a number of the iPad related projects on it – but this is a no contest type situation. One of my favorite things growing up was...
