We’ve tried many different wireless speakers for our iPad and the Android phone, but the first one we really liked is “Edge Sound” from CubEdge. It’s a black box shorter than a human hand and weighing just 9 ounces.
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RetinaMacApps.com lists the apps that work best with the Retina Display Macbook Pro. You wouldn’t want to have a fantastic screen and not get the most out of it, would you?
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PairShare for the iPhone, iPad and iPod lets you listen to your friend’s music or share yours with them up to 300 feet away, and it will do an “auto-scan” to find friends nearby. It’s 99 cents in the App store.
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When the iPhone’s voice-activated personal assistant “Siri” came out, the reaction from reviewers was ecstatic delight. Wow, you could ask questions and the phone would answer; sometimes making wise-cracks.
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Sidecar for iPhone and Android phone lets you stay with a phone call while sharing videos and photos. As the person you called turns to look at their phone to see what you’re sharing with them, their phone automatically goes into speaker phone mode so they can still talk with you.
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Kidfolio is a social network scrapbook for parents. Track your child’s growth and look back over a timeline of memories. And of course don’t forget to send photo cards. Find it here for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad.
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“MagicPlan” for the iPhone measures your rooms and draws floor plans from the pictures you take of your place. (Attention screen writers: Possible plot gimmick for high-tech caper movies.)
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We watched a pretty nice video of a sea turtle (or tortoise—we can’t tell which) swimming underwater and it was taken by an ordinary iPhone. Of course it was in a waterproof case, but you can get these from a number of sources. This video used MarineCase, which is $40 from Amazon and claims t
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Khan Academy’s 3,000 educational videos are now viewable in an iPad app. Khan Academy is a favorite of Bill Gates and was recently the subject of a feature on “60 Minutes.” It’s all free and has millions of viewers at YouTube.com.
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Biz Report for the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry brings in a thousand business articles a day from organizations such as The Associated Press and other sources, though most are from Business Wire. (Let’s see: You’ll want to devote no more than 30 seconds to each article or you’ll never get through them in one working day. No fair eating lunch or going to the bathroom.)
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