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Behind the App: iExit Interstate Exit Guide Simplifies Your Next Road Trip

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iExitSpring break is nearly here, so families and college kids from across the country will hit the road. Don’t leave on your next trip without downloading the iExit Interstate Exit Guide. This helpful universal app reveals everything a traveler needs to know about the points of interest that are available off the interstate in real time, which makes planning rest stops, meals, and even lodging, so much easier.

The creator of iExit, Evan Metrock, shares his thoughts about iExit’s new update, the clever “test mode” he invented while creating the app, and how he hopes someday that iExit will be built into new cars.

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PadGadget’s DIY iPad Project Spotlight: Homemade Gaming Console

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Welcome back to another installment of PadGadget’s DIY iPad Project Spotlight where we find you amazing do-it-yourself projects that you can do at home with a bit of creativity and crafting prowess. Last week, we showed you a padded iPad sleeve made out of duct tape and an old t-shirt. Did you buy the Duck brand sheets of duct tape?

This week, we are going to get a bit technological. This project is only meant for those of you who have a jailbroken iPad, which we don’t condone. However, if you already have an iPad that you’ve jailbroken, who are we to stop you from making this cool project?

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Rock Bandits – Adventure Time, Its Totally Mathmatical – iPad App Review

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Rock Bandit LogoBefore all of you Adventure Time fans put on your Finn hats and run out the door without your pants on, take a deep breath and sit down for a second. Once you’ve avoided a total freakout, grab a copy of Rock Bandits and then come back here to our review.

To begin with, the app starts off with an awesome digital original comic book written by Ryan North. That alone is worth the price of the download. But don’t worry, that’s not all you get with this Adventure Time adventure. It’s just the introduction story to set up the side-scrolling platform game that awaits you.

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Snugg iPad Ultra Slim Bluetooth Keyboard Case – Gear Review

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Snugg bluetooth keyboardOur friends at The Snugg have a great new keyboard and iPad case duo – perfect for anyone looking to pump up productivity and turn your iPad into a typing machine. Testing it out for this article, I’m excited to bring you a great new accessory.

First impression, for typing, this is wayyyy better than pushing at letters on the screen. While I’m admittedly quite clumsy, I’ve never been able to really get a hang of typing on the iPad, and this keyboard could really be a time saver for me. Compared to a regular laptop or desktop keyboard, this is quite a bit more narrow, and its taken me approximately 1.5 paragraphs to get used to the letter spacing.

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Tired of Waiting For LEGO’s iPad Case? Make Your Own LEGO Dock Instead

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Last month, Belkin and LEGO announced that the two would be teaming up to create a line of iPhone and iPad cases that would allow users to build right onto them with the iconic snap-together blocks. There is no word yet as to when these fun new cases will be on the market. So, until then, why not build your own docking station for your iPad?

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ABC Working on Live Streaming TV App for iOS

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abcJust days after CBS finally announced its new app offering full length episodes of popular CBS shows, The New York Times revealed that ABC, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company, is hard at work on a live video streaming app.

The as of yet unnamed app will live stream ABC programming to the phones and tablets of cable and satellite subscribers, allowing them to watch popular ABC television shows anywhere. For example, if you have a cable subscription, you could potentially watch “Good Morning America” in Starbucks while sipping on a latte.

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Police Take Down Gypsy Crime Ring Responsible for $3M in Thefts from Apple and Electronic Stores

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theftPolice in Torrance, California have apprehended four Chicago residents who have confessed to being a “Gypsy family” that hales from Poland, the same family responsible for a series of thefts at electronics stores across the United States.

The thieves, which were arrested on March 8, are believed to be responsible for crimes at several different Apple Stores in California, including Manhattan Beach, Pasadena, Glendale, Brea, and Irvine. In addition to robbing Apple Stores, the group also targeted shops like Microsoft’s stores, Best Buy, Costco, Sam’s Club, and Wal-Mart, ultimately raking in more than three million dollars in stolen goods.

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Wacky App Wednesday: Your Feline Friends will Love Cat Piano

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catpianomeowWelcome to another edition of Wacky App Wednesday, where I share some of the craziest, wackiest, and most awesome apps in the App Store. Last week I shared the super fun interactive children’s book app Petting Zoo from Christoph Neimann, and this week, I have another animal themed app to share, though I will admit, it’s a good bit sillier!

Cat Piano is a music making app. It’s essentially a virtual keyboard, which can play normal piano sounds, but it also comes with a fun add-on that will whip your pet kitties into a frenzy. That’s right, Cat Piano offers up meow sounds, so you can play through your favorite piano songs with a series of meows. Imagine Happy Birthday or Chopsticks all in meows – it’s both awesome and horrifying all at once.

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Get Ready for Some More Samsung vs. Apple Action – Samsung Confirms Its Plans to Release a Smart Watch

By | March 19, 2013 | No comment yet
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iwatch_concept-580x405With the rise in popularity of connected watches like the Pebble, the rumor mill has suggested that Apple is working on its own version of a smart watch, which is designed to work in conjunction with the iPad and the iPhone. No one knows what such a watch will look like, or what it might do, but we’ve seen plenty of speculation.

The New York Times reported that Apple’s iWatch (as it has been deemed) might be made of curved Willow glass, flexible enough to wrap around a wrist, and according to Bloomberg, Apple has a team of 100 product designers working on the watch. Let’s hope those designers churn out something impressive, because as it turns out, Samsung is hard at work on its very own smart watch.

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Apple Releases iOS 6.1.3 to Fix Lock Screen Vulnerability and Patch Evasi0n Jailbreak

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ios6.13Apple released iOS version 6.1.3 today, which brought improvements to Apple Maps in Japan and a fix for the lock screen security vulnerability that was discovered a few weeks back.

With the passcode bug, people could use a series of complicated gestures to get by your iPad or iPhone’s lock screen, accessing the contents inside. People could see contact lists and photo libraries, even when the device was thought to be secure.

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