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iPad Apps

1Password Pro Updated – Adds Cloud Sync via Dropbox

by patrickj July 28, 2010

  1Password can now sync automatically using Dropbox! Also known as “syncing to the cloud”, this amazing feature allows you to keep your Mac, Windows, and iOS devices in sync at all times, even when they are running on different networks. (Yes, I did say Windows; 1Password for Windows is currently in beta testing) Oh [...]

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NewsRack vs Pulse News Reader: 2 RSS apps for iPad

by AliciaB July 27, 2010

You won’t believe me, but I swear that I bought Pulse, an app that displays RSS feeds in a horizontal/vertical graphic navigation, completely by accident. No, it’s never happened before. I was innocently browsing around the iPad RSS reader apps in the store when, before I knew it, my finger had already clicked and clicked [...]

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WritePad for iPad Updated – Adds Posting to Twitter

by patrickj July 26, 2010

WritePad for iPad has been updated, to Version 4.1.  The big new addition is … Introducing twitter client: WritePad is the world’s first application to combine word processing functionality, handwriting recognition, and social networking in a single app. I think the Twitter client wording is a pretty big exaggeration – it has added the ability [...]

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Cool Things: Stunning Images from The Guardian Eyewitness App

by patrickj July 25, 2010

Just a quick entry in the ‘apps that keep on giving’ category.  I wrote a quick look post about a wonderful iPad app called The Guardian Eyewitness just a couple weeks ago.  I hadn’t planned on mentioning the app again so soon – but I just can’t help but share a couple of the spectacular [...]

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Latest eBook Reader App for iPad = eReader

by patrickj July 24, 2010

eReader is the latest eBook reader app to hit the iPad.  The app has been a popular one on various platforms, and now its iPhone version has been updated to a universal app that will also run on the iPad. Here’s a little bit of detail on eReader, via jkOnTheRun’s recent post about it: Users [...]

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A Singing Whale – Novel Released (first) on iPad

by patrickj July 23, 2010

Highly regarded Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami isn’t releasing his next novel on hardcover or paperback. He’s releasing it exclusively on iPad, and including all the multimedia goodies that the platform allows. Murakami’s novel, A Singing Whale, will feature video elements as well as orchestration by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto—an Academy Award winner for his work on [...]

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Pocket Informant HD for iPad Launched

by patrickj July 22, 2010

Pocket Informant HD – the eagerly awaited iPad version of the popular and award-winning PIM application – is now available in the App Store. Pocket Informant (PI) has been a hit on the iPhone and many other mobile platforms – here’s its elevator pitch: Pocket Informant® is an integrated calendaring and GTD®-based tasks solution for [...]

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Flipboard on the iPad– World’s First Social Magazine

by patrickj July 21, 2010

Flipboard is described as ‘the world’s first social magazine’ – and it’s an iPad only app (for the moment) with a very interesting concept … Flipboard brings the timeless layout of print media to social media. No more scrolling through long lists of posts and links. No more jumping back and forth between websites. Your [...]

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Times of London iPad App Giving Early Buyers 30 More Days Free

by patrickj July 21, 2010

The Times of London iPad app has had another recent update (to Version 1.4.1, with just bug fixes) – and is offering another 30 days subscription free to early purchasers of the app.  I was an early buyer of the app, so I received confirmation of the offer in my Inbox this morning.  This is [...]

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FileMaker Go for iPad Launched

by patrickj July 20, 2010

This should be great news for users of FileMaker databases. FileMaker Go for iPad is now available in the App Store.  There’s also a (separate) iPhone version of the app – and here’s a quick rundown (via TUAW) of what these new mobile versions will allow you to do with FileMaker DBs: The two separate [...]

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iBooks App Updated Again – Adds Audio and Video Support

by patrickj July 20, 2010

Apple’s iBooks app for the iPad (and iPhone and iPod Touch) has been updated, to Version 1.1.1.  The list of changes in the new version is as follows: Double-tap an image within a book to view it in greater detail. Experience books that include audio and video. Enjoy substantial performance improvements when reading PDFs. Look-up [...]

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