On Monday, a press release from News Corp noted that their news and entertainment division would be spitting up and there would a new CEO for the publishing division. In this separation of businesses, News Corp has proposed a plan to entirely shut down its iPad-focused newspaper, The Daily. The Daily launched on February 11th last year, in an attempt … Read More
Apple Airs iPad Mini TV Ad “Piano”
Early last week, following the announcement of the new iPad mini, Apple began airing the first television ad for the 7.9 inch device. Apple’s SVP of Industrial Design, Jony Ive mentioned that the company focused on creating the iPad mini from the ground up rather than shrinking down the full sized iPad. He also mentioned that Apple’s reason for doing … Read More
Amazon Releases iPad App for ‘Instant Video’ Service
Early Wednesday, Amazon released an iPad app for its Instant Video service, Amazon Prime Instant Video. The service allows subscribers to rent and buy movies and television shows for offline viewing and competes with other major streaming giants such as Netflix. Amazon’s streaming also gives users the option to stream Prime Instant Video titles when connected to the internet. Currently, … Read More
Spotify Releases iPad App for its Streaming Service
Music streaming service, Spotify, gained popularity in Europe before debuting in the United States last July, allowing users to stream music from major music labels on their Macs, PC’s, and portable devices. Spotify is one of the first streaming services to combine users music libraries, as well as online streaming and allow them to sync their devices. Today we’re extremely … Read More
iTunes Movie Trailers and NetFlix App Updated for New iPad 3 Retina Display
With Apple’s New iPad 3 sporting a Retina Display and most developers updating their apps to accommodate the higher resolution screen, it was only a matter of time before major apps such as the Netflix app and Apple’s own apps got the upgrade to Retina Display quality. Apple has approved the update for the Netflix application which will now utilize … Read More
App Store Hits 25 Billion iPhone / iPad App Downloads
Apple’s App Store was released to the public in 2008, and started off with only a handful of apps. The App Store has since grown to become one of the largest online services in the world, suppling millions of iOS users with fun and intuitive applications. On Friday, Apple’s App Store finally hit the 25 billion downloads mark, making it … Read More
Spanish-English Translation Dictionary for iPhone, iPad. Translating Has Never Felt So Good
Spanish-English Translation Dictionary by Ultralingua [rating: 4.5/5] Ultralingua’s tag line is ‘For people who love language’ and I can’t argue with that as long as your language is English or Spanish as it is a quality English/Spanish dictionary. If you’re looking for an iPhone/iPad app to specifically learn Spanish then this is not the app for you, however if you … Read More
WiFi sync App for iPhone and iPad. Will Apple Approve?
iPhone WiFi sync iPhone Wi-Fi sync is an upcoming app which does exactly what the name suggests. It allows you to sync your information from your desktop computer (Apple or Windows) via iTunes, with your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad (and visa-versa), much the same way that you can do right now via USB. It will never be as fast … Read More
Apple Now Accepting iPad Apps for ‘grand opening’
Apple is now notifying iPhone developers that they are accepting iPad apps! The notification email had the following details. iPad will begin shipping soon and your opportunity to be part of the grand opening of the iPad App Store starts today. Submit your iPad app now for an initial review by the App Review Team and receive feedback on its … Read More
One of the first Twitter Apps for iPad [Video]
If you have already pre-ordered your iPad and are waiting for it get delivered on April 3 then it might be a good time to prepare a list of apps and games that you will buy or re-download for the iPad. The fact that iPad will be capable of running almost 150,000 apps from the App Store will allow you to enjoy the … Read More
B&N eReader for iPad Coming Soon
Apple is taking the e-book business very seriously and the iPad will certainly prove to be a serious threat to Kindle from Amazon. By developing eReaders major publishers want to make sure that people always have access to their favourite books in digital format. Today Barnes & Noble updated their blog with some information about their upcoming iPad app. The … Read More