Shaftesbury, creator of the Disney hit TV show Life with Derek, in collaboration with XMG Studio, just released the first series produced specifically for mobile devices.
The ten-episode show, geared toward preteens and “tweens,” incorporates a music, video and design studio for a truly interactive experience.
Pop star Beyonce played four sold-out concerts at New York’s Roseland Ballroom in August of 2011. The mini concerts, called “4 Intimate Nights With Beyonce” were played to a maximum of 3,500 attendees for each night.
The entire engagement was recorded and later released as a DVD set that included coverage of the concerts, behind-the-scene footage, a short documentary of Beyonce’s career, starting at the age of nine with Destiny’s Child. Today, Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records announce the release of an app, Beyonce Live At Roseland, that is an iOS release of the DVD content.
Thanks to Solyaris, by developer Beat Raess, film buffs have a new tool to explore the interrelationships between actors, directors, and the movies they create.
This iPad-only app borrows the distinctive UI from Jammboxx’s Discovr Music (PadGadget = 4.5 stars) and Discovr Apps (PadGadget = 3.5 stars) and applies it to the history of film making. Solyaris likely takes its name from a ’70s Russian Sci-Fi flick that was remade starring George Clooney in 2002. Notably, the app confirms that the two films have no common cast members, but both movies credit Polish writer Stanislaw Lem as the author whose work inspired the films.
The results are in from the latest Millennial Media Report showing trends that you may have been able to predict. Games remain at the top of the most popular app categories while mobile social media apps gave up their second place seat to the increasing popularity of music and entertainment options (showing a growth of 13% month-over-month).
Looking for a fun way to create new beats for your next hip-hop album? If you have any interest in rhythm and sound at all, RealBeat is a fun and exciting way to sample the sounds around you and mix it into a catchy backbeat.
When you first open the app, you may feel a little intimidated. There are a lot of things going on the screen, but believe me, it will all start to feel natural the more you fiddle with things. In the lower left corner, there are six numbers with red dots next to them. That is your starting point. Hit one of the red dots and make a noise. You can snap your finger, scare your cat, scratch your beard, pull tape off a cardboard box, anything. RealBeat will record a sample of the sound, about a seconds worth, and play it back to you in a pattern. You can have six different sounds running at the same time, and you can loop the pattern and play it back within the mix on two different channels. You can also type something into the app’s text-to-speech feature to get a robo-sample. It’s like having your iPad adding a vocal track to the mix.
Do you love movies? Are you anything like me and can’t ever seem to remember the name of that new flick starring so-in-so or what’s-his-face? What else was that-blonde-guy in? Do you constantly have friends telling you how much you’re going to love the latest such-in-such film? Trailrs can help!
I really enjoy movies, but I think I might have the worst memory in existence. This is why I need Trailrs.
Geom-E-Tree is a geometric creation app that allows you to form an infinite number of different fractal-style trees using just your fingertips. It’s engaging, immersive, and tons of fun.
There’s no shortage of fractal-based line manipulation apps in the App Store, but none are quite as beautiful as Geom-E-Tree, which is an amazing blend of nature and technology.
Dont be fooled by the plain looking app icon for Roadshow, it is a highly useful app that will leave users wondering why they haven’t thought of the idea first. Have you ever wished you could show your friends a side splitting video but perhaps your iPad is out of wi-fi range? If only you could download the video to your iPad to watch while offline…
Roadshow is your solution. Now free in the App Store, Roadshow allows users to take videos from most online sources and download them to their iPads to view whenever they want. There is also a paid version accessible from an in-app purchse ($4.99) that allows users to keep even more videos in their offline collection. The “Unlimited” version, as its name implies, allows for an unlimited amount of videos to be downloaded and removes the unintrusive ads.
If you’re looking for a great kids app for your iPad, we’ve got a deal for you! The developer of the popular 123 Apps for kids recently released a FREE version of 123 Sticker in the App Store.
The 123 Sticker: Free Christmas Edition lets children create, save, email and print Christmas scenes using an iPad, iPod and/or iPhone. While playing, kids also hear different sound effects, fun background music, a selection of popular children’s songs and voice-overs of color names spoken in multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, and German.
Nothing sucks more than being on a long flight, stuck in a middle seat with nothing to keep you occupied. Iceland Express, a low fare Icelandic airline, feels your pain and has decided to do something to help you fight boredom on your next transatlantic flight.
The Reykjavík based airline is rolling out an all new iPad based in-flight entertainment system to keep you entertained on your next trip with them. The system will initially be available on their transatlantic flights from New York to 10 different European cities. After the initial launch, the airline plans to roll the system out to all of their flights within the next several months.
This Black Friday / Cyber Monday Weekend App Contest features codes for four kids apps. Kids will learn and have fun doing it with this collection of educational apps. Improve math skills with Math Flash Cards HD, practice sight words with SightWords HD, learn colors and numbers with Astro Kids ABC Color HD and play in the park with Blue Bear while practicing math fundamentals.
We have 4 app bundles to give away and each one includes the four apps listed below. Entering our contest is easy, just follow the steps after the break and try your luck!
PadGadget has partnered with top iPad app developers to bring our readers some of the latest iPad apps for free during this holiday weekend. Be sure to check back on a regular basis through Monday. We’ve got lots of contests planned and you don’t want to miss out!
Go retro with the new iPad app from Arik Devens called Bright Bright – Draw with glowing light pegs. When I was a kid, I could spend hours punching little colorful pegs into the black holes on my Lite Brite and create all sorts of wonderful pictures. I must also admit, I’ve never purchased one for my own kids because the little pegs were just one more thing to add to the clutter of Polly Pockets, Barbie accessories and any mixture of small toy pieces. Enter Bright Bright , the easy-to-use digital version of colorful pegs and creative pictures I’m happy for my kids to use.
The Bright Bright screen includes a black “peg board” with a variety of tools laid out across the top. Users have access to 7 peg color choices, different picture stencils, a light switch and more. Kids can create pictures using pre-made stencils or design original pieces of art. Once their finished, flip the light switch on and watch the pictures glow. Add an interesting effect with the Color Wave feature and watch the colors of your work change before your eyes.
It’ll take a little while to complete a stencil but don’t worry if you’re not able to finish your project in one sitting, using the Save and Load features lets you go back to your work anytime. Then show off your favorite pictures by saving them to photos or emailing them to grandma.
If you’re an iPad owner, there’s a good chance that you’re either a gadget geek or you simply enjoy adopting new technology. Early adopters often tend to be the ones pursuing a “connected lifestyle” through the implementation of home automation or wireless entertainment systems. If you fall into this camp, you’ll be happy to know that the iPad is quickly becoming an integral piece of the connected home with several vendors (such as Savant, Meridian and Crestron) already providing iPad ready solutions.
If you’re a home media and automation enthusiast, Savant just rolled out a new $500 in-wall iPad docking solution which allows you to mount your iPad directly in a wall. This is a great option for using the iPad as an individual room or whole house control unit. With the Savant iPad app, users can control video, audio, lighting, climate, security and other settings.
The docks magnetically-attached removable bezels allow you the added flexibility of being able to easily remove the iPad from its in-wall dock and take it with you anywhere in the house. The dock is also available as a $350 desktop unit and both nicely complement Savant’s Home Automation iPad app to create an attractive iPad-based control solution.
In a previous post, we took the iPad on a plane to check how well it travels. This time, we took it on the road. The trip – from Dallas, Texas to Broken Bow Lake, Oklahoma – was a little experiment to see how useful the iPad could be while in the car. Note that I was the co-pilot, as using an iPad while driving is a no-go!
The first thing we did while fueling up the car in Dallas was to download a GPS app. We thought MotionX GPS would do the trick, but quickly realized that the app was not really suited for turn by turn navigation – the app is really geared toward hikers and campers. So we quickly switched back to Google Maps, which was more than enough for what we needed.
Given the limited choices on the radio while on the highway in the middle of nowhere, we quickly hooked the iPad to the car stereo via the headphone jack, and it instantly became the “music hub” for the whole trip. Since I was not the driver, I had the privilege to hog the iPad for the majority of the trip, and thanks to Angry Birds and Flight Control HD, boredom never was an issue. Even Words With Friends was fun to play, despite the fact that Edge or 3G were not available all the time. I also used the iPad to catch up with Fringe, since I missed the last two episodes.
On most flights you can’t even get a lousy bag of peanuts, but in the near future you just might get an iPad. London based Bluebox Avionics has ported their bluebox AI In Flight Entertainment (IFE) system to the Apple iPad. Bluebox AI allows passengers to watch the latest in-flight movies, listen to music, read magazines and play a wide range of games from the Apple App Store.
Airlines have historically taken a number of approaches to in-flight entertainment ranging from standard overhead systems to in-seat units and even portable units. This is the first solution to use the iPad as a commercialized in-flight system. Bluebox takes an innovative approach by using WiFi to deliver entertainment and data services instead of the more complex and costly wired solution. They also offer the airlines customized apps to differentiate and brand their passenger service.
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