Beepocalypse: How Apple could improve multi-device reminders
May 17, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comment

Today, beloved leader Victor pointed me to this write-up over at Tidbits . Although Joe Kissel’s experience with quite so many devices (nine, I believe) falls a bit into the extremes of iOS/OS X use, the problem of dealing with distributed alarms …

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What companies often forget to consider when adopting tablets
April 3, 2012 – 3:15 pm | No Comment
What companies often forget to consider when adopting tablets

In the past year, companies have adopted the iPad in large numbers, but, as the Wall Street Journal points out, it’s not always an easy process. The article points out five pitfalls that many companies experience when they buy tablets …

Apple plans nation’s biggest private fuel cell energy project
April 2, 2012 – 6:10 pm | No Comment
Apple plans nation’s biggest private fuel cell energy project

Apple has made several moves lately that point to it becoming one of the nation’s leaders in terms of adopting clean energy technology. First, the company announced that is installing a 20-megawatt solar farm across from the Maiden, North Carolina data center. Now the Greenboro, N…

Australian government approves iOS for managing classified data
March 30, 2012 – 5:45 pm | No Comment
Australian government approves iOS for managing classified data

Government officials Down Under can start doing their happy dance; the Australian Defence Signals Directorate has given the thumbs-up for the use of iOS devices for handling data classified at the “Protected” level . The security evaluation by the DSD is apparently the first of its kind to have…

Apple clarifies iPad 4G in Australia
March 30, 2012 – 5:30 pm | No Comment
Apple clarifies iPad 4G in Australia

Apple is under fire for its iPad 4G marketing in Australia and facing legal action from a consumer watchdog group which claims the company’s advertising is misleading. After a meeting with the Australian Competition and Consumer …

Blueprint FDG Entertainment
March 29, 2012 – 8:56 pm | No Comment
Blueprint FDG Entertainment

Blueprint 3D FDG Entertainment Genre: Games Release Date: November 10, 2011 Download the @FreeAppADay.com Store App and wish for more top rated paid apps like “Blueprint 3D” to become FREE for a day!…

Clear Vision (17+) – FDG Entertainment
March 29, 2012 – 9:10 am | No Comment
Clear Vision (17+) – FDG Entertainment

Clear Vision (17+) FDG Entertainment Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: February 21, 2012 17+ NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN! Minimum requirements: iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3rd generation, iPad •NO MERCY Tyler is an ordinary guy whose patience gets pushed too far. After getting fired as a …

Reader’s Digest creative director offers tips for magazine iPad design
March 28, 2012 – 2:30 pm | No Comment
Reader’s Digest creative director offers tips for magazine iPad design

Robert Newman, creative director of Reader’s Digest , sat down with TMG’s Engage to discuss how the magazine made the digital transition to publishing on the iPad. The article offers good advice in how to take a publication digital, as well as how it…

Rovio Entertainment acquires Futuremark Games Studio
March 27, 2012 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
Rovio Entertainment acquires Futuremark Games Studio

Rovio is on fire right now. Last week, it launched Angry Birds Space and logged an impressive ten million downloads in three three days. Now, the company announced it has used some of its cash to acquire benchmark software maker Futuremark Games Studio, says a…

Harry Potter books now available for iPad, other eReaders
March 27, 2012 – 3:10 pm | No Comment
Harry Potter books now available for iPad, other eReaders

It’s been a long time coming, but the Harry Potter books are finally available from the Pottermore store in eBook form . This means you can finally put Potter on your iPad! There are also audiobooks available, but the CD’s were out long ago and…

Apple accused of misleading iPad advertising in Australia
March 27, 2012 – 2:30 pm | No Comment
Apple accused of misleading iPad advertising in Australia

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says Apple is misleading customers when it advertises the iPad as a 4G device, says a report in the Sydney Morning Herald . Though marketing promotes the device as 4G, there are no Australian carriers which support the iPad’s 4G technology. The ACCC…