Posted on June 13th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
GarageBand for the iPad is out in an updated version and is just $5 from the App store. It fixes a bug that previously caused people to lose songs they uploaded to the cloud, Apple’s online storage area. GarageBand comes with so many instruments and options, we wonder if anyone creates music, or do they get lost in fiddling with the dials. So we went to YouTube and looked them up. You can see and hear some pretty good performances. In any event, this is a lot fun for $5.
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Posted on May 17th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
Our 89-year-old aunt’s iPad arrived the other day and for several days it stayed in the box. (Imagine, for the sake of contrast, a 3 year-old’s reaction. He’d have it out of there in a minute and would probably have it figured out in 15.)
Still, our aunt is ve
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Posted on May 6th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
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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Posted on March 28th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
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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Posted on March 22nd, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
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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Posted on March 13th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
PlayTales is an interactive children’s bookshelf for the iPad and Android tablets. The app is free but each book is $3. Some books include mini games. The artwork is charming and over a million people have downloaded it.
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Posted on March 9th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
This is a cellphone app so silly we couldn’t resist it. It’s called the “Pocket Doorbell,” and is meant to work with an iPhone or iPad.
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Posted on February 24th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
“Best iPad Apps; the Guide for Discriminating Downloaders,” is a new book by Peter Meyers; $22 from oreilly.com.
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Posted on February 15th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
The first time Joy took an iPad on a trip, she was floored by how much she missed a regular keyboard. But most iPad keyboards are bulky: You might as well bring a laptop. An alternative is the new folding keyboard from Logitech.
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Posted on February 8th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
TouchTV is a new free app that brings TV to the iPad. The initial channels are: E News, ABC News, Lifetime Networks, ESPN, PBS News Hour and the History Channel. Tap a picture and the channel starts playing.
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