Apple has updated its list of printers that support AirPrint again. The last time I checked the list back in November there were four manufacturers supported – HP, Canon, Epson, and Lexmark. Now Brother printers have been added – specifically, 18 Brother printers are listed, from the DCP and MFC series. The list of supported [...]
Have you just got a shiny new iPad as a holiday gift, or maybe just bought one for yourself- Here’s an easy Getting Started Guide that will help you get the most out of your new favorite tablet: The iPad has been a huge hit ever since it first hit the market back in 2010. [...]
Here’s a very quick basic iPad tip for those of you who would like to be able to always see the percentage of battery left, instead of seeing just the battery icon and having to guess at how much is left. If you’d like for the percentage of battery remaining to also be displayed in [...]
LogMeIn, formerly known as LogMeIn Ignition, is an excellent remote access app for the iPad and iOS – that allows you to access and control your Mac and Windows PCs from the iPad. The app has recently had its name changed and has become a free app – it was previously a app. There are [...]
The Cregle iPen is a new Kickstarter-funded stylus for the iPad – one that has some unique and powerful features about it. It has already far exceeded its Kickstarter funding target and should be available as a retail product early next year. Here’s a little about how it works and why it’s unique: The Cregle [...]
Welcome to any new iPad users visiting here today. If you’ve just received a new iPad or iPad 2 as a holiday gift, congratulations – it really is a superb device. The iPad is wonderfully easy to use and there are excellent apps to help you do just about anything you want to do with [...]
Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate it. And Happy Holidays to you all. I’m enjoying this holiday season as much as any I can remember. We’ve been blasting Christmas music, decorating our house, driving round admiring Christmas lights on houses – and looking forward most of all to seeing our 8 year old [...]
Ah yes – a little geeky Christmas dreaming: ‘I’m Dreaming of a New iPad’ to the tune of I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas. Here are the lyrics: I’m dreaming of a new — iPad So I can play some Angry Birds It will tr- avel with me And might just get me Kicked [...]
I’ve got a young daughter, so holidays – especially Christmas – are 100 times more fun and I have 100 times more holiday spirit than before she came along. I’m definitely enjoying the heck out of this Christmas season – and I’m happy to see there are lots of great holiday-themed iPad wallpapers. Enough to [...]
Who doesn’t like free- And who doesn’t like great iPad apps- When the two come together it’s good stuff. With that in mind, we’d like to share our Best Free iPad App of the Week here every weekend. This week we’d like to draw your attention to the wonderful iPad app 1,000 places To See [...]
Skitch for iPad was released in the iPad App Store yesterday. Skitch is a very cool, and fun, drawing and graphics app that has been popular on the Mac for sometime now. It makes it easy to markup and add captions to your photos. Here’s just a little intro on some of the cool things [...]
A new study on iPad usage shows that users of the iPad and iPad 2 are hugely satisfied, that they’re using a lot of apps, and using the iPad for work as well as fun. The study by Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL) shows not only that over 83% of respondents are satisfied with the [...]
Today 9to5Mac details some new reports that point at an early release for the iPad 3 next year. These say that the iPad 3 will be launched in February 2012, and on a very specific and meaningful date: According toFocus Taiwan which cited a local report in the Chinese Economic Timesnewspaper, Apple is shooting to [...]
It’s been another great year for the iPad, and for iPad apps. There are now over 170,000 iPad apps available in the App Store (as at 12/21/11). And as Apple’s TV ads for the iPad so nicely illustrate, there are now iPad apps for just about anything you care to do with your favorite tablet [...]
Law & Order: Legacies for iPad (and iOS) has been released in the App Store today. The game is based on the long-running and popular TV series. This game will be delivered in parts, as a set of seven episodes that will be released over coming months. Episode 1 is included with the purchase of [...]
It’s been a bit of a rough week for the Kindle Fire. For starters, Conan and TeamCoco did a spoof apology for some of the Fire’s known issues – that doesn’t end too well for the device. John Gruber pointed out at Daring Fireball that … Any request for Google’s Android Market — even in [...]
Dinosaur Zoo for iPad (and iOS) has been updated this week, to Version 2.0. The big additions in this update are support for the iPhone and iPod Touch (as in, it’s now a universal app) and there’s a new Dino Pack with three new dinosaurs (including the Triceratops shown above) available as an in-App purchase. [...]
Two quality newspapers’ iPad editions have received updates this week – The Guardian’s Guardian iPad Edition and The New York Times’ NYTimes for iPad. Guardian iPad Edition has been updated to Version 1.0.2. Notable new features include support for saving articles to Instapaper, native iOS 5 Twitter integration, and the addition of Weekend magazine from [...]
Huge sales and discounts on iPad apps and games have become a holiday tradition for many leading publisher – and the end of the year tends to see the biggest sales of all. As of today, EA and Gameloft are leading the way with massive sales on huge numbers of iPad game titles. Both companies [...]
Apple’s own Apple Store app for the iPhone is a very useful one. Here’s a few of the cool things you can do with it: – Buy products on the go and pick them up at your favorite Apple Retail Store, or have them shipped to your door. – Personalize an iPad or an iPod [...]
Weather HD is my favorite weather app for the iPad all year round. It was the first weather app to use beautiful video animations, and though many other apps have copied this feature I haven’t seen any that do them as well. During this part of the year the app even gets a bit of [...]
Homerun Battle 2 – the latest version of the excellent homerun derby iPad game – is on sale today for just 99 cents, down from its normal price of .99. This is a simple and great game – just get in the batter’s box and try to hit every pitch out of the park. My [...]
Quora – the iPhone app for the excellent question and answer site – was updated yesterday, to Version 1.2. Here’s what’s new in the update: – Read, share, and comment on links Quora users have posted – Find and follow interesting boards to see them in your feed – Invite friends to join Quora using [...]
Jurassic Park The Game 2 HD for iPad has been released in the iPad App Store. This is the same game as Jurassic Park The Game 1 HD but with a new episode – Episode 2. Here’s a little detail on this newest installment in this game series: Security systems have failed and the creatures [...]
Apple Insider reports today on Google’s plans to release an Android Nexus tablet device within the next six months. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has teased that his company plans to release an Android-powered “Nexus” tablet within the next six months to take on Apple’s market leading iPad. Schmidt’s comments, in which he said the device [...]
Word Ladder for iPad is the iPad version of the hugely popular word game from the trivia quiz website Sporcle.com. The iPad game is simple and big fun to play if you like word games. Here’s the definition of a word ladder: First popularized by Lewis Carroll, a word ladder is solved by altering a [...]
Squrl – the best video discovery and just plain video enjoying app I’ve seen for the iPad – has had a recent update, to Version 2.0. The app has a slick new icon (although I sort of miss the cute squirrel that was used before) and a redesigned UI with gesture support and a very [...]
Here’s a little more iPad wallpaper goodness for the weekend. Apparently Apple are set to add four new iPad wallpapers when they release iOS 5.1 and the clever folks at 9to5Mac have already uncovered those and made them available for download. My favorite is the one that is possibly going to be the new [...]
Here’s a question I see asked quite a lot by newer iPad users: how do you attach a photo to an email- Happily, this is very easy to do. Here’s how to add a photo as an attachment to an email on the iPad: Open the Photos app on the iPad (That’s right things work [...]
NFL Flick Quarterback HD for iPad has been updated this weekend, to Version 1.2. The update adds a new game mode called Quickfire – where you have to complete as many passes as you can against a defense in 45 seconds. You get time added back on for perfect plays. Another notable addition is a [...]
A Charlie Brown Christmas for iPad is on sale at a hugely discounted price this weekend – reduced from .99 to just 0:600.99. This app is the iPad version of the beloved classic, with original artwork and narration from the man who was the original voice of Charlie Brown. It was an Apple selection as [...]
Oh boy – just 8 days until Christmas. Having a kiddo in the house means these are very exciting times of course. We’ve decorated our tree, added a few new ornaments this year and made a start on shopping. My daughter has written her letter to Santa – one on paper and one via an [...]
Who doesn’t like free- And who doesn’t like great iPad apps- When the two come together it’s good stuff. With that in mind, we’d like to share our Best Free iPad App of the Week here every weekend. This week’s pick is College Bowl Guide 2011-2012 from the publishers of The Daily, the first iPad-only [...]
Monopoly Here & Now World Edition for iPad is available for free for today only on the iPad App Store. This is today’s iPad app featured in EA’s ongoing Daily Deals for the holidays, with lots of their top tier apps going for free or at huge bargain prices. You might be asking what is [...]
Pad & Quill is a new note taking app for the iPad and iOS. Here’s its intro in the App Store: Pad & Quill organises your notes in classic notebooks kept on a wooden shelf. It’s intuitive, simple and beautiful. Inspired by the Italian bonded leather cases made by Pad & Quill, the app turns [...]
The New Yorker Magazine iPad edition has had another update this week, to Version 3.7.1. The update adds a new storefront which is meant to make it easier to manage your library and search for special issues. The new Store layout is very nicely done and today it helped me discover the iPad-exclusive series of [...]
Let me start this review by saying I am not a fan of horror or gore. Seriously. I have such a sensitive constitution, there is literally a medical term for it: vasovagal syncope. If I see too much gore, violence or scary things, I pass out. It’s happened several times; once when I was watching [...]
Koto Go Silence is an animated storybook for kids for the iPad. It tells the story of Koto, a brave and steadfast defender of his house against everything that goes bump in the night. I’ve got an 8 year old daughter (Zoe) who loves stories and reading, which makes her parents very happy. So she [...]
Jurassic Park: The Game 1 HD for iPad is on sale at more than 50% off – reduced from .99 to Jurassic Park: The Game 1 HD for iPad is on sale at more than 50% off – reduced from $6.99 to $2.99. This is part of Telltale Games holiday sale that runs from today [...]
Grand Theft Auto 3 has been released today and is available now in the iPad App store. Here’s a bit of its App Store intro: Welcome to Liberty City. Where it all began. Rockstar Games celebrates the 10th anniversary of one of the most influential games of all time. The critically acclaimed blockbuster Grand Theft [...]
G-Pad – for Google+ is a new 3rd party Google+ app for iPad, from the developers of the MyPad, a popular iPad Facebook app. Here’s a bit of its App Store intro: Google+, Gmail & Twitter beautifully designed for the iPad View multiple profiles as stackable, scrollable pages that are visually stunning & interactive. • [...]
Law & Order: Legacies is an episodic iPad game based on NBC’s Law & Order TV series, and it’s due to be released this month on the iPad App Store. It will be a universal app designed for both iPad and iPhone. Here’s a little more background on the app: Law & Order: Legacies delivers [...]
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