I was not impressed by the giant dual-screen Kno tablet hardware (now gone). And, I was not impressed by Kno's iPad app when it was relesed earlier this summer (June).


Read More: Kno Textbook 1.5 for iPad: Journal, Quiz Me, Optimized Reading View

Google News implemented a few tweaks to become more tablet-friendly for owners of iPads and Android devices.

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Amazon and other ebook reader app providers recently had to modify their iPad apps to comply with Apple's policy for not allowing links that lead to the purchase of content from outside of the in-app purchase mechanism. Amazon just made available a new service that could eventually lead to working completely around Apple's policies. Amazon's new cloud based web ebook reading service works with desktop browsers (Chrome and Safari) as well as the iPad's Safari mobile browser.Kindle Cloud ReaderHer [...]

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The Next Web has teamed up with ArtFinder to offer our readers the chance to win an iPad 2. Read on to find out how.ArtFinder is a new way of discovering, experiencing and sharing art. The founders have been working with galleries and museums to build a central database of artworks, and it estimates that it now has half a million pieces, covering nearly every collection from many of the major institutions.ArtFinder allows you to build your own art profile, receive personalized recommendations ba [...]

Read More: Want to win an iPad 2? Help ArtFinder in its Facebook image-tagging game.

Boxee is a combination of Open and Closed Software that has, up to now, provided a way for someone to easily find and view Internet videos on a large screen HD TVs. The software runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. There's also a commercial ready-to-use hardware product named Boxee Box (manufactured by D-Link) that attaches to a TV. The new Boxee for iPad promises to bring videos from Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and your computer all onto your ipad so you can find and watch new videos or favorite [...]

Read More: Boxee for iPad Available. Not Much There

The August 15, 2011 issue of TIME magazine has a great infographic in its Economy section. In fact, I'm going to refer to it in a future item here. The topic now, however, is my inability to share the information easily and attribute it properly to TIME. The content is behind TIME's "All Access" pay wall and available through the TIME app in my iPad as well as through the web on my desktop.


Read More: Sharing TIME Articles from an iPad is Very Difficult

With streaming music service Spotify finally available in the U.S., the new game is to guess when Spotify, MOG and Rdio will all have iPad apps. They all have iPhone apps. But, Rdio is the first of the three to make an iPad app available.Rdio Launches Official iPad App, Beating Spotify and MOG (ReadWriteWeb)The Rdio Unlimited plan is needed is you want to actually use the free Rdio iPad app to stream music. Although ReadWriteWeb and other new sources quote a $9.99 per month price for premium ser [...]

Read More: Rdio for iPad Available: Premium Streaming Priced at $14.99

The British Library just release a freemium iPad app that provides access to more than 45,000 historical titles. It differs from other ebook readers by attempting to capture the physical visual qualities of the books including embossed covers, marbled paper, engraved illustrations maps and colored plates.British Library offers e-classics app for iPad (Reuters)British Library 19th Century Collection (iTunes App Store)A $2.99 per month subscription is required for unlimited access to the full libr [...]

Read More: British Library 19th Century Collection for iPad: Amazing Reading Experience of Historic Books

Love them or hate them, one thing holds true of Facebook games: they’re crazy addictive. So addictive, in fact, that full-grown adults are having trouble pulling themselves away from the social network, all because of a few virtual strawberries.

Luckily, a new iPad app has emerged that will let you play some of your favorite Flash-based Facebook games outside where the sun shines, instead of in your musty, dark, virtual-fruit-filled room. It’s called GameBox.

Read More: “GameBox For Facebook” Tunnels Facebook Games To The iPad

TechCrunch describes Editions by AOL for the iPad as trying to stake a position somewhere between The Daily’s all-original (and expensive) reporting and Flipboard‘s endless pages of prettified RSS feeds and social streams However, after playing with the free app for a while, I would say it looks a lot like Flipboard but without any of the social news curation. And, while the app draws content from professional news organizations like ABC, CBS and the Washington Post, it lacks (by design) the ed [...]

Read More: Editions by AOL for iPad News App is Interesting but Feels Like a Beta

After a false start last night, the free Skype for iPad app is now available in the iTunes App StoreSkype for iPad is Available. Oops! It Disappeared (Social Times)Skype 1.0 for iPad (Skype Garage)Skype for iPad (iTunes App Store)I installed it on an iPad 2 and am unimpressed so far. Here's why.Skype for iPhone runs on an iPad. Granted, it does not scale to the iPad's large display without pixelation. But, it runs fine on the iPad. The new iPad specific version of the app does not add any functi [...]

Read More: Skype for iPad Initial Impression: Space Wasting UI. But, Users Are Happy

I've found the ability to receive and make phone calls from inside of Gmail on my desktop to be very useful. The sound quality from my desktop speakers is far better than any handset or headset I've ever used. The Gmail Blog just announced that this feature is now supported in a lot more languanges and that long distance voice calls are a bit cheaper now.Calling from Gmail now in 38 languages, with lower rates to over 150 destinationsSo, what does this have to do with mobile? Although, the Googl [...]

Read More: Google Voice Tip: Initiate Voice Calls From Your iPad

This has been the week of having mobile services and apps appear and then disappear. I noted earlier that iCloud was accessible using non-developer accounts for a short time. And, the long awaited Skype for iPad also decided to play a game of peek-a-boo.


Read More: Skype for iPad is Available. Oops! It Disappeared

If you really feel you must be able to view Flash videos on an iPhone or iPad, Skyfire may have a non-browser solution for you. It is the new $1.99 iOS app:Skyfire VideoQSkyfire takes pains to make it clear that VideoQ is not a browser solution. You can, however, let Skyfire know about an unplayable Flash video on your iOS device when is then converted for viewing in VideoQ. You can tell Skyfire about which Flash videos you want to watch by:- Use the "Mail Link to this Page" button in Safari or [...]

Read More: Skyfire VideoQ: Watch Flash Videos on an iPhone or iPad

So, we just exposed the awesome secret that Facebook's iPad app is actually already out there, hidden inside of the iPhone app. Now it's time to show it to you.

I've been playing with the app for much of the night, and it seems solid. Of course, there's no guarantee that this is what Facebook will launch when the iPad app does officially hit, but this looks and feels about right.

After months of downplaying the importance of having an iPad app, and instead playing up HTML5, Facebook has clearl [...]

Read More: Facebook’s Secret iPad App Exposed [Pictures]

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes The makers of TallyTots have recently released a new alphabet game, AlphaTots. This game is a great way for your child to become familiar with the alphabet because it is simple and full of action. The graphics are consistent and colorful and the activities allow the child to hear [...]

Read More: AlphaTots For iPad: Great Way For Children To Learn The Alphabet

If you are a heavy user of Zoho's web office and productivity suite, you may also use their Zoho Mail service. The good news for iPad owning Zoho users is that Zoho just updated their mobile web site to optimize Zoho Mail in the iPad's Safari web browser.Zoho Mail is now optimized for iPadZoho Mail's iPad web view does not deviate much from the look and feel of the iPad's native email app or Google's Gmail web view. This is a good design choice since it means that i [...]

Read More: Access Zoho Mail on the iPad Via the Web or Mail App

StumbleUpon has revamped their iPad app. They added a new interface which makes it even more appealing and easier than ever to share your finds with your friends, as well as check out what they are currently interested in. As you can see in the picture on the left, you can start stumbling directly from ...

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Do you watch a lot of Netflix streaming video on your iPad or smartphone? That is certainly what I do. Did you stay with the $9.99 per month Netflix plan that let you have unlimited video streaming and unlimited DVDs (one at a time) even after Netflix starting offering a streaming-only plan for $7.99? I did even though I never request DVD discs. Well, if you did what I did, you have a decision to make before September 1 because Netflix changed the rules again.Netflix Introduces New Plans and Ann [...]

Read More: Watch a lot of Netflix Video on your iPad? Still Get DVDs Too? Prepare for a Price Hike

These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, and they are now accessible via the iPad.

Read More: Star Trek PADD App … The Final iPad Frontier