Baen Free Library – a great source of ebooks for your iPad
If you like science-fiction or fantasy books and haven't checked out the Baen Free Library, do so right now. For a long time Baen has been making many of their books available for free download. These...
View ArticleiAd: Rumors of renewed government interest
In the last couple of months several rumors of government interest in Apples activities have surfaced, gone away and resurfaced. The latest rumor is that either the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s board should fire Steve Ballmer
Microsoft's board of directors should fire Steve Balmer, the company's CEO. Anyone with a bit of touch with reality and that has been following what is happening in the tech world over the past couple...
View ArticleApple starts receiving App submissions for iPhone 4
Yesterday Apple started accepting application submitted for running on iOS 4, the operating system of its upcoming iPhone 4. This same operating system should find its way onto iPads in the second half...
View ArticleAn iPad for each and everyone of us
Just as the iPad came out some were complaining that the iPad does not have support for multiple users. You configure an iPad for one person and just one person. In fact most applications you can use...
View ArticleWired iPad edition close to outselling printed magazine, digital is coming…
In the first nine days of sales Wired Magazine's iPad edition has sold over 73,000 units, while its printed monthly sales are of about 80,000 units. If Wired is capable of maintaining such incredible...
View ArticleApp Review: Osfoora HD – A great Twitter client
Over the past week I've been trying out Osfoora HD, a Twitter client of which I had never heard of until I pretty much stumbled on it in the App Store. If you are in a similar situation read on as it...
View ArticleApple sells over 600.000 iPhones in the first day
Apple issued in a press release a statement about iPhone 4 sales in the first day of pre-orders. In the statement Apple states that more than 600.000 phones were sold in the first day, which far...
View ArticleiBooks on iPhone/iPod Touch – a bit disappointing
Apple released yesterday iOS 4, the new version of its iPhone operating system and in its wake iBooks, its eBook reading application. Being a compulsive reader I set out to try the application just as...
View ArticleiPad brings the dead (magazine) back to life
In a press release Condé Nast, publisher of several magazines including Wired and several Web properties announced that it would be launching a Gourmet application for the iPad, bringing back the brand...
View ArticleiPad sales are growing fast
Just yesterday Apple announced the sale of its 3 millionth iPad, after 80 days of sales. Now that Apple has taken the iPad international it seems that sales are picking up the pace. While impressive,...
View ArticleRumor: Apple gathering information about FaceTime calls? What for?
The Apple Core blog on ZDNet has just published a post with information from a supposed Apple leak stating that the company is gathering information about all FaceTime calls being placed on the new...
View ArticleApple’s party line on iPhone 4 reception problems leaked
It was reported earlier today by Boy Genius Report that they had received a leaked document providing guidance on how Apple Store staff should treat complains about bad reception on the new iPhone 4.
View ArticleThe iPad’s not too secret weapon: a virtuous cycle
In April, just as the iPad had hit the streets I wrote a post about how accessories set the iPad a world away from the competition. That was based on the number of accessories that had been announced...
View ArticleShould I wait for iPad 2.0?
Recently I've had several people ask me whether they should buy an iPad now or wait for the second generation that is sure to come next year. That is certainly a question that anyone that is...
View ArticleThe iPad as a great PDF book reader
Approximately at the same time that the iPhone 4 was being released, Apple released a new version of iBooks for the iPad with PDF support. This was not the first application for reading PDFs on the...
View ArticleiPad Wallpaper #1 – Peaceful pond
Recently I decided to take some pictures I've taken of different places over the years and turn them into iPad wallpapers. This first wallpaper was created from a picture I took during a visit to San...
View ArticleHow Flipboard is changing what I read and how I interact with people
In the few days I have been using it to read content from some of my preferred sources, Flipboard has certainly changed the way I consume information, making me dig deeper into topics which would have...
View ArticleiPad Wallpaper #3 – Water on the rocks
In this third iPad wallpaper post I am including two totally different images which were both created from two pictures taken at the same place. The incredibly clear water you see in these images are...
View ArticleSketching interfaces on the iPad with iMockups
An application called iMockups came recently to my attention as I was going over the drawing and diagramming tools available for the iPad. This is an interesting application that is designed to let you...
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