The 2013 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show is about to begin. The yearly convention brings a lot of new music-related accessories for iOS devices. Thanks to our friends at IK Multimedia, we’ve got a preview of what the iRig maker will be showing off this year.
Have you seen those little paper cards sitting next to the green cup stoppers at your local Starbucks? Don’t ignore them. Pick one up and flip it over — each card has a code for an iOS freebie on the back. Every Tuesday the ubiquitous coffee purveyor offers customers a free download or two. Frequently the codes offer a song from a popular artist such as Bruno Mars or Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, or an iOS app, an iBook, or an episode of a TV show to watch in iTunes.
This week’s offering is Fibble HD, a physics-based puzzler that normally retails for $0.99.
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Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. If you struggle and fret over the perfect gift, only to make a last minute decision in hopes that your sweetheart will at least appreciate the thought, you can skip all of that mess and buy your beloved an iPad. Starting today, Apple is offering free engraving on all models of iPads and iPods. Order now and get it in time for Valentine’s Day.
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Don’t you hate it when you arrive at the airport at least two hours early in order to stand in long lines at the security checkpoint only to make it to your gate and discover that your flight was delayed another hour (or more)? Well, Delta Air Lines at La Guardia Airport, New York has added a few things to its terminals to make your travel setback feel a little less stressful.
Ever since I set up my iPad, iPhone, iMac, and Apple TV to share all of my photos, I’ve wondered about whether a thief would make the mistake of using the camera so that I could have a clear picture of the criminal to use against him. I mean, if you’re stupid enough to steal an iPad, even though everyone knows that Apple can track it down for you (using the Find My iPhone app), then you’re probably stupid enough to take pictures of yourself with it. Thanks to a recent story in Henrico VA, I have my answer.
When games like Temple Run II make a splash so big in the App Store over their opening weekend, it is hard to remember other big-time launches that happened at the same time. Last week, SEGA also released the follow up sequel to their epic Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), Kingdom Conquest II. This epic adventure may not have made number one on the free app list in less than eight hours, but it is no slouch when it comes to serious gaming.
We spend a lot of time on our iPads here at PadGadget, testing out apps, playing games, and discovering new tricks. As a result, we are essentially iPad experts, and now we want to share that knowledge with you.
Each week we will be accepting questions from you, our readers, which we will answer in this new column. You can ask us anything, from how to use a feature on your iPad, to the best apps for a certain task, and anything in between.
Photography, both with my iDevices and my DSLR, is a hobby that I am passionate about. I make it a point to find and explore awesome photography apps and accessories for the iPad, and over the past two years I have shared many of those with PadGadget readers.
I plan to continue to share my favorite accessories and apps, in the form of a new photography series that I will post on a regular basis. Every week I will discuss an app, an accessory, a photo tip, or something else picture related.
I hope this series will help you find new apps that will allow you to improve your iPad photography or incorporate it into your photography workflow. I’m sure there will be a few amazing accessories to discover too!
While the short story often occupies a grey area in the world of literary fiction, ending up unjustly relegated to the status of the flashier novel’s annoying little brother, short stories offer let the reader glimpse inside a writer’s world without the commitment often required by a novel.
The recent addition of Paragraph Shorts magazine to Apple’s Newstand makes it easier than ever to enter the world of the story. If you haven’t read a short story since discovering O. Henry in eighth grade English class, then it might be time to try Paragraph Shorts.
Myst and its sequel Riven are the games that inspired an entire genre of adventure puzzle titles. First released in 1997, Riven is set after Myst chronologically, and asks players to help Atrus free his wife from Gehn, his father. Unlike Myst, Riven takes place in one world during the Age of Riven.
When I fired the app I was immediately transported back to the day when I opened Riven on my computer for the first time so many years ago. The game is the same as it was then, even down to the graphics. If you’ve played Riven before, you will want to revisit it again on the iPad, and if you haven’t, this is a great opportunity to play an iconic game.