Husband and wife duo Sam Palmer and Jennifer Feller have come out with a stylish new line of iPad sleeves that are also good for the environment. ReFleece cases incorporate a new kind of felt, made from recovered fleece jackets and recycled fleece scrap.
The company uses a low energy manufacturing process to recycle the fleece, turning it into sleek, durable cases for the iPad and the iPad mini.
If you’ve got little ones at home, you know what a great tool the iPad can be for both entertainment and education. Today we have partnered with our friends at Night & Day Studios to offer our readers a chance to win an iPad promo code for one of four children’s apps: Caillou’s World for iPad, Richard Scarry’s Busytown HD, Go Away Big Green Monster! for iPad, and Counting with the Very Hungry Caterpillar for iPad.
I am jealous of kids nowadays. They have iPads, iPhones, and access to incredibly useful apps like Texas Instruments’ new TI-Nspire apps for students. When I was still in math classes, I had to make do with big, bulky TI calculators, but these apps have all of the functionality with none of the bulk and a fraction of the cost.
Priced at $29.99 each, the TI-Nspire and TI-Nspire CAS iPad apps are designed to act as all-in-one math learning tools, and were developed as part of a collaboration between both researchers and classroom teachers.
Amazon’s Audible.com, the popular audiobook service, has had an iPhone app since 2010. Today, however, the company updated its app, finally adding support for the iPad and the iPad mini. The Audiobooks from Audible app is now universal and downloadable on any iDevice.
The new tablet-optimized app takes advantage of the iPad’s screen size to deliver what Audible calls a “visually stunning and more engaging library browsing and playback experience,” which should mark a huge improvement from look of the smaller iPhone app expanded on the bigger display.
TopCoder recently announced that it has launched two developer competitions to build an iPad app for NASA. In collaboration with the space program, contestants can use TopCoder’s open innovation community and process to create a food tracking app for NASA’s astronauts. The contest is open to all developers, but the deadline to enter is only a few days away.
DigiTimes is known for having insider knowledge from the supply chain regarding Apple devices. According to a new report from the tech blog, display panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has reached one million panel shipments for the iPad mini after significant effort to increase yields.
Additionally, the supplier is ready to begin developing panel technology for the next generation of the smaller sized tablet.
Square, the payment company that has revolutionized retail sales in the U.S., recently launched their newest small business package. Business in a Box makes it easier than ever for companies to simplify Point-of-Sale (POS) transactions in their stores.
I visited the San Francisco Exploratorium for the first time when I was in my mid twenties. I loved every inch of that discovery museum, even though I was technically too old to play with the stuff. Sound Uncovered is a magazine-type app from the Exploratorium.
Take a fascinating trip with an auditory adventure to discover the secrets of sound. It’s like visiting the museum without all the crazy kids running around.
Do-it-yourselfers are a special breed. Not only are they able to come up with creative designs and unique gadgets, but they also figure out ways to turn warn-out or useless items into brand new things. Last week, we gave you a Valentine’s Day treat in the form of a how-to guide for making your own edible iPad cupcake topper.
This week, we are going to show you a beautiful iPad cover made from oilcloth. This is the perfect project to get you ready for springtime.
Hackycat is a super fun casual game that combines cats with popular kicking pastime hacky sack. If you’re not familiar with hacky sack, it’s a game where the idea is to keep a small round plastic bead-filled bag in the air as long as possible, by kicking it up into the air.
The game uses a similar principle, but instead of kicking a ball, you’re kicking cats. Don’t worry, though – You’re not harming the poor little felines by kicking them in Hackycat, instead, you’re saving them from being blown to bits!