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Remember Square? It’s the card reader with a free companion app that accepts credit cards on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch with no contract, monthly fees or merchant account required.
The company has had success handling mobile payments over the last year, and now it has received a major boost, after Apple agreed to sell the credit card reader system via Apple’s online store and in-store retail locations as well.
Two weeks ago, we reported about the iPad 2 coming to a Toys R’ Us near you. The company has been training its employees to sell Apple’s new tablet, after details were leaked on a photograph that showed iPad 2 specific data and details to employees during a recent training session.
Toys R’ Us has launched a shopping page informing buyers about specific stores and locations that will carry the iPad 2.
The story between Time Warner Cable (TWC) and content owners has been well documented. Two weeks ago, Time Warner had to pull out live channels from Fox, Discovery and Viacom because the content owners found the TWC iPad application as an unacceptable way to deliver their TV content.
Everything resulted in cease-and-desist letters sent to TWC demanding the removal of specific channels. After all that trouble, the cable company has announced that Fox and Discovery have rejoined the iPad TV lineup once again.
Still remember the iCade? Well, it’s almost here. What started as an April Fools joke in 2010 by ThinkGeek, gained a lot of popularity by the gaming community, and now the gaming cabinet has moved forward as a formal product.
The iCade was a hot item during this year’s CES. Wireless Goodness has reported that Ion Audio’s iCade arcade cabinet for the iPad has passed FCC approval.
If you’re a fan of RSS newsreaders, you will probably like the idea of using an application that gives you more control over news streams, or ways to filter out uninteresting stories.
After testing the social news segment with its iPhone app, Taptu has launched a dedicated iPad version. The new iPad app not only gives you more control of news feeds, but it also features pre-selected content and gives you the ability to merge feeds into a single stream.
The iPad 2 accessory lineup continues to grow. Several accessory makers have just launched new gear that will fit your iPad 2 just fine.
In this edition, we feature a folio-style case with the ability to fold the front cover for use as a keyboard/video stand; a case designed to work with or without Apple’s Smart Cover; and a stand that will help musicians use their iPad 2 to control various guitar effects during a concert.
Most social networkers keep up with what’s going around them by simply going to Facebook, Twitter or apps like Flipboard to interact with content, learn about breaking news or simply find out what’s going on with their friends.
However, sometimes even the most active social networkers simply want to find personalized content without the need to interact with others. One way of doing that could be by watching shared videos via an easy to navigate interface sitting on your iPad. That’s exactly what Remixation is doing with their brand new application called Showyou.
Several media outlets are reporting that Apple is likely working on a “cloud-based TV service” that would be compatible with its strong line of products – iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Macs.
The Business Insider (SAI) has reported that analyst Peter Misek claims Apple will soon launch a “new far reaching cloud-based service” focused on video. Ticonderoga Securities’ analyst, Brian White, says that the company now seems to be “moving down this pace at a faster pace than the market expected.”
The Cloud has become a topic du jour in 2011. We’ve heard rumors of Apple planning to launch a “media locker” service sync for your personal data and media files across iOS devices. We’ve also seen how Amazon rushed their cloud based service offering in an effort to beat Apple and Google to the market.
None of this has prevented Rovio from confirming the creation of a cross-platform sync solution, dubbed Angry Birds Sync, that could allow you to play Angry Birds across multiple devices without ever losing your achievements, progress and records.
Instantly uploading photos from your camera wherever you are to your iPad and iPhone is certainly a treat. That’s exactly what Eye-Fi, the company behind WiFi enabled SDHC memory cards, has done with its latest WiFi enabled memory card.
The new Mobile X2 wireless memory card allows you to automatically upload photos and videos to your iPad, iPhone and other devices, whether you’re at the beach or on travel. It even comes with an Endless Memory Mode that makes you never worry about running out of space again.