10 Beautiful and Usable iPhone and iPad Interfaces
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Adobe to Bring Flash-Based Ads to iPhone
Adobe has partnered with ad company Greystripe to deliver Flash-based ads to Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Greystripe makes this possible by converting Flash ads…
AT&T Gives Up on the iPad 3G Unlimited Data Plan
AT&T announced new data plans for mobile internet and smartphone tethering. While the company claims the new plans will make “mobile internet more affordable to more people,”…
5 Matching iPhone and iPad Cases
We’re guessing if you have both an iPhone and an iPad then you’re a fan of Apple products, and proud of your shiny new tablet and its “mini-me” phone buddy.…
Meet iPed, The Android-Based Chinese iPad Clone [VIDEO]
It’s a tablet. It comes in a box nearly identical to the iPad. Yet, one letter makes a big difference: it’s called the iPed, and it costs only $105…
10 Must-Have Apps for the New iPad Owner
The iPad has finally made its international debut, meaning that thousands and thousands of new users will be enjoying Apple’s latest device over the coming weeks. With…
Amazon to Launch Thinner, Sharper Kindle to Compete with iPad
Facing increasing pressure from Apple’s red-hot iPad, Amazon intends to fight back with a thinner, sharper and more responsive Kindle that will be introduced later this…
Yankee Stadium Bans iPads
According to Apple’s latest commercial, “iPad goes anywhere” — anywhere that is, except for Yankee Stadium. Yahoo! Sports confirmed with the stadium that the iPad falls under its <a href="http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/security.jsp"…
Kindle Arrives on Android This Summer
It’s official: Kindle is coming an Android phone near you sometime this summer. Kindle is already available on the iPhone, iPad, and BlackBerry, but Android will join the mobile lineup in the next few months. The free app comes with all of the features you’d expect in a Kindle app: access to Amazon’s half a […]
Multi-Touch Musical “LinnStrument” Demoed on YouTube [VIDEO]
Inventor Roger Linn is famous for creating the drum machine as we know it today, so there’s good reason to be excited about his latest creation; it has just been revealed. It’s a multi-touch surface not all that dissimilar to an iPad. Take a look at the video here to see for yourself. The instrument […]
iPad Made of Gold Will Set You Back $189,000
Thinking of buying an iPad, but the $829 price tag for the top model just sounds too plebeian for you? UK-based company Stuart Hughes, specialized in luxury gadgets, comes to the rescue with a solid gold, diamond-encrusted version of Apple’s magical and revolutionary tablet. The price is £129,995 or approximately $189,125, but it will buy […]
How Mobile Technology is Affecting Local News Coverage
This series is supported by The Poynter Institute’s Mobile Media blog – your guide to the intersection of mobile and media. Sign up to receive the blog in newsletter format and be entered into a drawing to win an iPad at Poynter.org/ipadgiveaway. Listen up, journalists — your cellphone is more than just a channel by […]
The Next Big Platform for Magazines Could be Facebook
Today, Vanity Fair for the iPad appeared in Apple’s App Store. This summer, the title — and many others — may be available directly in your Facebook newsfeed. Synapse, a subscription marketing agency that works with major magazine publishers like Condé Nast, Hachette Filipacchi and Hearst, is working with with Alvenda, a company that specializes […]
Twitterrific for iPad Supports Video/Pic Uploads
We’ve just learned from the good folks at Twitterrific that their iPad app will now include the ability to upload images and videos. Multimedia support is just one feature that makes Twitterrific stand out among iPad Twitter apps — and one feature that will likely keep Twitterrific in many users’ hearts in the event that […]
Brightcove and FreeWheel Team Up For HTML5 Ad Solution
Brightcove and FreeWheel are announcing a partnership today that will bring better ad-management and tracking data to publishers that want to utilize HTML5 video. This move further blurs the lines between Flash and HTML5, at least in the context of web video. We spoke with Doug Knopper, the co-founder and co-CEO of FreeWheel and Jeremy […]