For today’s Daily Deal we’ve found 11 great apps to add to your iPad collection. We have 7 productivity / entertainment apps and 4 game apps in today’s bundle.
We used our PadGadget Apps Tracker to find these great deals and we’ll continue to look for the best app deals as they pop-up. Some of these apps are up to 67% off, so be sure to check them out because they are on sale for a limited time.
If you travel with numerous electronic devices when on the road for business or pleasure, then this week’s giveaway features the perfect item for you. We’ve partnered with AViiQ for this contest to offer our PadGadget readers a chance to win a portable charing station, an ideal travel accessory for the person on-the-go.
AViiQ’s portable charging station offers users all the tools they need to keep their devices charged and ready to go. The charging station incorporates a 15W wall charger, a 3+1 USB charging hub, a retractable USB cable, and storage pockets into one convenient zip-up nylon case. Users may charge up to three USB 2.0 devices with the same wall charger, eliminating the need to carry extra power supplies.
In news that comes as no surprise, the controversial Steve Jobs action figure designed by Hong Kong company In Icon won’t be seeing the retail light-of-day.
This decision to stop production and prevent sales of the doll was made following threats (in the form of ‘immense pressure’ to use the words of Tandy Cheung from In Icon) of legal action coming from Apple and Jobs’ family. It really is too bad.
News coming from DigiTimes suggests that the elusive Windows 8 tablets that seem to be getting closer and closer to market may be hitting retail shelves at the same price-points we have come to expect from Apple. If this is true, it will mean that the new Microsoft-powered tablets will not be much competition for the tablets at the lower end of the price-spectrum such as Amazon’s Kindle Fire or RIM’s PlayBook. Unfortunately for the hardware vendors themselves this is due in large part to the prices coming from Intel for the processors needed to power their devices.
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) recently accepted Apple into its organization as a Participating Company. This agreement makes Apple the first technology company to join the FLA, setting a standard for others in the electronics industry.
Apple has a Code of Conduct that it requires its suppliers to adhere to if they are to do business with them. The Code is monitored with Apple-led facility audits, corrective action plans and termination of relationships with suppliers that don’t follow the Code. Apple also publishes a yearly progress report covering supplier audits, violation discoveries and correction plans.
Bloomberg recently released Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2011 report showing that Apple flew to within the top-ten most valuable brands in the world in 2011, up nine places from 2010. Being the eighth most valuable brand puts Apple above the likes of Hewlett-Packard, Samsung and Sony.
In fact, the electronics giant is valued higher than the world’s most beloved cartoon creator, Disney.
Aruba Networks recently conducted a survey regarding future business plans for in-store mobility. Apple’s iPad and iPhone topped the list of devices that businesses plan to implement in 2012 and 2013 to assist with support for advanced applications such as mobile point-of-sale (PoS) purchases.
At this year’s National Retail Federation (NRF) Trade Show, the big announcements are related to the future of mobile PoS solutions. It looks like the iPad is getting another leg up against the competition.
For fans of Apple products there is no greater way to pass the time than to try anticipating what the company may announce and release at their next event. This is no less true as we head toward January 19, 2012.
With the news from Apple indicating that the fast-approaching event carries an educational theme we are wondering what exactly that might mean. Most are speculating it is related to the digital delivery of textbooks, and this seems fair but what else might there be?
Those of you looking to scope on potential baby bumps or be the first to hear who is dating who after divorcing so-in-so and getting late-night plastic surgery to hide the fact that they are actually an elite member of a secret race of super-spy aliens will be in luck! The New York Times has delivered the news that American Media Inc. is bringing a digital version of the popular National Enquirer tabloid direct to your iPad.
For today’s Weekly App Series we’ve found ten great apps to add to your iPad collection. We have included five apps for reading PDFs, CBR and CBZ files for your digital comic book collection, as well as five virtual comic book store apps for those still building their digital comic book collection in this week’s bundle. Our editorial team goes through the data, picks the best and most interesting apps and then brings them to you on a regular basis.
We used our PadGadget Apps Tracker to find these great apps and we’ll continue to look for the best apps on a weekly basis. Be sure to check them out because these apps might just be what you’re looking for.