Apple has finally announced the dates for its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) for June 10 – 14 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Tickets will go on sale Thursday, April 25 for about $1,600. If you plan on going, be sure you are registered as a developer because if you aren’t registered, you aren’t allowed to attend.
After covering ReFleece last February PadGadget was so excited by this innovative product that we co-sponsored a giveaway for our readers. Founded by husband and wife team Sam Palmer and Jennifer Feller, ReFleece takes recycled bottles and old Patagonia jackets and turns them into stylish cases for the iPad, as well as a selections of other e-readers and tablets.
After founding ReFleece in 2012, Mr. Palmer and Ms. Feller have expanded, launching a Kickstarter project that lets a consumer send in an old, beat-up well-loved fleece. ReFleece works its magic, then sends the backer an iPad sleeve or other accessory made from his own item. Forget having your child’s baby shoes bronzed, why not turn that baby bunting you’ve saved for a decade into a case for an iPad or iPad mini?
Welcome back to another installment of Padgadget’s DIY iPad Project Spotlight. Every week, we find interesting and innovative projects that creative and handy iPad users have made, mostly using things they’ve found around the house. Last week, we showed you a project that turns your iPad into a mounted display panel in your kitchen.
This week, we have a project for the artist in your life. The Nomad Brush for iPad is a very popular item. It allows users to simulate the effects of a paintbrush on apps like SketchBook Pro and ArtStudio. We found a DIY iPad brush over at Instructables that can be made using cheap paintbrushes and conductive thread.
For today’s Daily Deal we’ve found 11 great apps to add to your iPad collection. We have 5 productivity / entertainment apps and 6 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 80% off so be sure to check them out because they are on sale for a limited time.
In Apple’s second quarter earnings call today, the company announced its fiscal results for the quarter ending March 30, 2013. Revenue, again hit a record high, even in the midst of the company’s biggest stock drop since 2011.
The company sold 37.4 million iPhone, 19.5 million iPads, and the iPod line of MP3 players has captured 70 percent of the market share. While these numbers are all at least seven percent higher than the same time last year, they are less than last quarters numbers.
Sometimes after a long hard day at work it’s nice to have a relaxing, stress-relieving game to play. One that’s simple, fun, and requires little brain power to play. Monkey Boxing is one such game, offering up fast-paced fighting gameplay that will allow you to tap away your woes.
As you might have imagined, this is a boxing game, starring monkeys. That’s right, you get to take on the role of a monkey boxer and join up with the Monkey Boxing League. Your only goal is to fight for your life in order to be the last monkey standing.
At PadGadget, we track how the iPad changes the ways people work and live. Thanks to the growth of point-of-sale apps including Square and GoPayment, the iPad has changed retailers ideas about what a cash register looks like. I witnessed this change first hand last summer in Shelburne, VT, at Folino’s, an up-start wood-fired pizza joint that didn’t have a traditional cash register, just an iPad and Square to take credit card payments. It was the first time I signed a receipt with my finger, and I doubt it will be my last.
Last December, Apple pulled the popular app aggregate service AppShopper from iOS, claiming the company violated clause 2.25, which states that apps displaying other apps for purchase or promotion “in a manner similar to or confusing with” the App Store will be rejected. Today, AppShopper found a way back into the App Store with some major changes that will keep it from being “too similar.” Unfortunately, the company has chosen to launch it as an iPhone app, instead of optimized for the iPad.
Logitech, the company that brought you the Ultrathin Keyboard Cover, the Solar Keyboard Folio, and the Logitech Keyboard Folio, has just announced the upcoming launch of a new iPad cover made from “FabricSkin” to turn your Apple tablet into a fashion statement.
Over the weekend, MacPhun reduced the price of its popular FX Photo Studio appp for iPhone to free. Four days later it had reached one million downloads. In an effort to become the number one photo-editing app around the world, the company has reduced the price of the iPad version to free as well. Both apps are expected to stay free until the total download number reaches 10 million.