Recommended: How a Pilot Uses an iPad
I’ve posted several times in the past about the iPad at work with commercial airlines and with the US Air Force. I’m always interested to see how versatile the iPad is and how it is becoming an effective (and sometimes essential) tool in so many diverse work environments. So I was fascinated to see Erica...
The New Yorker Magazine iPad Edition Updated for the New iPad Retina Display
The New Yorker Magazine iPad edition, one of the leading iPad magazine titles, has been updated to support the new iPad’s retina display. Retina support starts with the April 23 issue of The New Yorker for the iPad (available as of yesterday, April 16). I’ve only taken a very quick look at the new issue,...
Google Play Books updated with new bookmarks, text selection
Google's Google Play Books market isn't just for Android devices. There's also an iOS app available to read content purchased on that market, and it's just been updated with some new features. Bookmarks let you place a bookmark by touching the top...
How one helicopter pilot uses the iPad
In a short, but interesting article at GigaOM, writer Erica Ogg interviews her search-and-rescue helicopter pilot husband about technology in the cockpit. She talks to him about the iPad 2 and how the tablet has transformed his job. Not surprising...
Some Terms May Not Apply: Learn to Skim a Terms of Service Contract, Pay Less for Apps, and Work Better with White Noise
This week on the Ask Lifehacker podcast, we're learning how music affects your ability to work, getting great deals on mobile apps, and protecting your passwords on public Wi-Fi networks. Als...
New medical iPad platform reduces patient check-in time
NIIT Healthcare Technologies of Orlando, Florida introduced a mobile platform that'll speed up check-in times, improve communication and help process payments for hospitals, physician offices, clinics and laboratories.
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Create a Makeshift iPad Speaker with a Solo Cup
If you want to watch videos on your iPad or other tablet from afar, without headphones, its speaker is pretty worthless. This trick can boost the sound significantly with almost no work at all....
Read It Later Revamped, Rebranded as Pocket, and Looks Great on the iPad
Read it Later has been thoroughly revamped, reinvented and rebranded as Pocket, and it’s now a free app for the iPad and iPhone (and Android). Pocket has upped the game quite a bit in this space where Instapaper and Read It Later have been the two leading players for a long while. It has a...
Happly For iPad Helps Curious Kids Discover The Web…Safely
iPad guilt? There needs to be a technical term for that feeling in the pit of a parent's stomach that arises from handing over the iPad to their kids, only to watch them play brain rotting Outfit7 games or level after level...Read it Later becomes Pocket, drops its price to free
Skimming the news later is no match for consuming it fresh, but we still live in a world with connectivity dead zones -- riding the subway, cruising the Pacific at 35,000 feet -- making an offline reading app a necessity for oft-disconnected consumers...
Scott Kelby’s Lighting Recipes: Learn to Shoot Like a Pro With Free Photography App
What is the best method to use when photographing someone in direct sunlight? Expert shooter Scott Kelby explains this, along with other tricks, in his free iPad app. More »
