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Apple iPad was released 3 years ago today

, Apr 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

The cellphone may have turned 40 years old today -- just in time for its mid-life crisis, but another product is having a birthday as well, celebrating three years of being on the market. The original Apple iPad was released to the public for the first time exactly three years ago today, on April 3, 2010. Read The Full Story

Microsoft could make $2.5B by releasing Office on iPad

, Feb 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

According to Adam Holt, an analyst at Morgan Stanley, Microsoft could make an estimated $2.5 billion if it releases its Microsoft Office software on iPad. This, however, doesn't include the commission Apple would take from the sales of the Office apps in its App Store. When asked if Microsoft Office would be coming to the iPad, Kurt DelBene, head of the Microsoft Office unit, was a bit evasive. Read The Full Story

Analyst believes the iPad will see a complete redesign by the end of April

, Feb 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

According to Piper Jaffray, an investment research firm, Apple will most likely be hosting an event between March and April. An analyst at the firm, Gene Munster, analyzed the time frame of launch events held by Apple, and he believes that Apple's full-sized iPad is due for a major redesign. He also believes the iPad Mini may receive an update of its own as well, but considering that it had just launched last October, it would be unlikely. Read The Full Story

Staples to begin carrying Apple devices

, Feb 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

It looks like Apple and Staples has come to an agreement that will allow Staple to sell Apple's products through its U.S. retail stores. The first confirmation came from Regis Mulot, Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources at Staples, who sent out a tweet saying, "After Canada, #Apple products arecoming to #Staples in US. Great news!". We assume that Regis Mulot was a little too trigger happy with his tweet because it was deleted soon after. Fortunately for us, many other executives has confirmed the agreement as well. Read The Full Story

Foldify lets you create and print 3D paper figures from your iPad

, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

There are a lot of hobbyists out there that enjoy collecting various action figurines, but sometimes it can be fun to create your own and make them however you want. Start-up company Pixle will soon be releasing a new app called Foldify that will let you create and print out 3D paper figures right from your iPad. Read The Full Story

Drone Ace offers much more control of AR.Drone than official app

, May 23rd 2011 Discuss [1]

Our geeky little hearts were all aflutter when the AR.Drone first launched with its iPhone control app and easy to fly nature. It is also very cool that the AR.Drone turned out to be such a hackable little flying machine for geeks to play with. A new app has surfaced called Drone Ace that adds in some features that will have fans of the AR.Drone running to get their wallets. The new app is called Drone Ace and you can grab it on the App Store right now. Read The Full Story

Entire Playboy back catalog comes to iPad, just as Hef Promised

, May 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

Steve and Apple are well known to not like porn on the iPhone and the iPad. For a while, there were adult apps for the devices, but that didn’t last long. Back in January the ultimate Playboy, Hugh Hefner himself tweeted that the entire back catalog of Playboy would be coming to the iPad. Hef even said in the tweet that the magazine would be complete and uncensored with all the ads and stories available for you to read as well. Read The Full Story

Apple, E Ink, ITRI and Samsung Top Field in SID 2011 Display Awards

, May 17th 2011 Discuss [2]

The Society for Information Display (SID) sent out their top Gold awards to the groups they felt deserved recognition in the area of global advancement of electronic display technology. Lots of words there adding up to SID being the authority on telling people which manufacturers are putting out the best displays. This year's Display of the Year awards are what the press release below notes as easily subtitled the “Up Close and Personal” awards. Big winners include Apple, E Ink, and Samsung. For what did they receive such great honors? Read The Full Story

Apple iOS 4.3.3 with “Bug Fix” for Location Tracking Now Available

, May 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

We have been closely following the iPhone 4 location tracking saga, and reported on Monday that Apple was getting ready to release iOS 4.3.3 to make it possible to clear your cache of location tracking, and to turn off the tracking completely. Now iOS 4.3.3 is available via iTunes for AT&T's iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPads, and the fourth-gen iPod touch. There is a separate update, iOS 4.2.8, for Verizon's iPhone. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: May 2nd, 2011

, May 2nd 2011 Discuss [1]

Welcome to the re-ramping! Spring is a notoriously slow time for technology, especially in releases of the gadgets we so very much love and adore, but by my watch, the truck is revving its engine and has started back out of the truck stop. We've got THREE, count them, THREE contests going on right now, and all of them have prizes so massive, you're going to pee. First, win an Aire LED Black Monitor - then grab yourself a Qualcomm/BSQUARE Mobile Development Platform aka a bad mother with a Snapdragon MSM8660 1.5GHz asynchronous dual-core CPU and Adreno 220 - finally we've got ONE MORE Motorola XOOM to give away - lucky you! Read The Full Story

comScore: iOS Has Twice the Installed Base of Android

, Apr 19th 2011 Discuss [16]

According to new data from comScore, Apple's iOS has twice the installed user base of Android in the US. iOS, which encompasses the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, has an installed base of 37.9 million, 59 percent higher than Android's at 23.8 million. This data is according to comScore's MobiLens service, and includes phones and connected media devices like tablets. Read The Full Story

iPad Arcade Cabinet “iCade” By Ion Audio To Bring Retro Fun In May

, Apr 13th 2011 Discuss [3]

Here's a neat little accessory to turn your Apple iPad into a retro mini arcade machine. Ion Audio first showed off this iPad arcade cabinet called the iCade at CES earlier this year but had not confirmed a date of availability. Today, the accessory just passed through the FCC signaling an on time launch for May 31. Watch the video demo after the cut. Read The Full Story
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