by Ryan Moore on May 17, 2013 in Android, Apps, Giveaway, News, iPad, iPhone
What were you doing May 16th? Probably not winning $10,000 like Brandon Ashmore from Ohio. Brandon was the winner of “Apple’s 50 billion app Countdown” contest by downloading the popular app from the band OK Go, Say the Same Thing. Lucky Mr. Ashmore received an iTunes Card worth US$10,000 to use at his discretion. The press [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on May 16, 2013 in News, iPad
By now, you’ve probably heard of Square, the mobile payments platform that enables you to accept credit or debit cards from your phone or tablet. It works by plugging a small card reader attachment to the headphone jack of your device, then transmitting the data (securely, of course) over the Internet and processing the payment. [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on May 14, 2013 in Apps, News, iPad
After a five month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Chris Hadfield and his two crew mates returned to Earth yesterday. But before they did, Commander Hadfield recorded the first music video in outer space: a cover of David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’. The video went viral and currently has over 6 million views [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on May 3, 2013 in Apps, News, iPad
If you think about the most common things people do with their iPad, email is almost always towards the top of the list. Apple’s standard Mail app that comes preloaded on all iPads works fine, but some find it certain features. We’ve seen new and improved email apps for the iPhone (Mailbox, anyone?) but really [...]
by Tyler Riggs on May 2, 2013 in News, Rumors, iPad, iPhone
The latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 7, will be released later this year, and with reports this week indicating that Apple is diverting its internal resources to speed up delivery of the new platform, new rumors suggest that one of the big changes in the latest version will include some redesigned user [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on May 1, 2013 in Gadgets, News, iPad
When you talk about tablets, it’s impossible not to talk about the iPad. It’s quite incredible, really, how much the iPad has changed the computing landscape in just three years of existence. For those of us who rely on them every day, it’s almost hard to think back on our lives before them. In just [...]
by Tyler Riggs on April 30, 2013 in Apps, iPad
Anyone who enjoys creating colorful animated stories might want to check out Skit!, a new app available for the iPad (free in the App Store). Skit! was developed at the recent TechCrunch Disrupt NY “Startup Alley” event, and is an app that allows users to use images from their device or social network and bring [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on April 29, 2013 in Apps, News, iPad, iPhone
If you have the Google Search app on your iPhone or iPad, make sure to get the update to version 3.0, available in the AppStore today. It includes Google Now, which was previously only available for Android devices. Google Now is one of the big things I like about Android, so being available on my [...]
by Ryan Moore on April 26, 2013 in News, iPad, iPhone
Have you watched Psy’s latest video? (me either). Well, if you did, you would have missed your opportunity to buy tickets to Apple’s popular World Wide Developer Conference with 1 minute and 54 seconds to spare. WWDC 2013 as it is affectionately known, sold out in a mind-blowing 2 minutes much to the anger of [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on April 18, 2013 in Android, Gadgets, News, Product Reviews, iPad, iPhone
For the car enthusiasts among us, this gadget is worth checking out. It’s called iOBD2 and it’s made to work with your iPhone, iPad or Android phone. I’ve been using it for about a month and I’ve come to appreciate a lot of what it provides. They’ve recently updated the app with more functionality (including Landscape [...]