Tag: Apple iPad
Back to School Gadget Buying Guide: 18 Fun and Productive Suggestions
Students are gearing up to go back to school all across the United States. Some tech buying will take place in addition to picking up those Trapper Keepers and new sneakers. Here are some recommendations for tools that might make going off to college, high school or any educational experience, more productive and fun. Verbatim Tuff N [...]
Father’s Day 2011: 21 Awesome Tech Gift Ideas for Dad
Father’s Day is just around the corner and rather than ties and the odd gift boxes offered at department stores we suggest you get dad one of these awesome Father’s Day gifts. These tech gifts for Father’s Day 2011 aren’t just for geeks. We have all types of consumer electronics, thumb drives, eBook readers, tablets, smartphones [...]
Is Apple Dumping Intel for ARM?
At our sister site Chuong Ngyen posted that Apple may be dumping Intel to switch their entire Mac lineup over to ARM processors. If true it would be the second time Apple has made such a switch, jumping from RISC to Intel in the last decade. Citing a rumor from SemiAccurate, a site the properly predicted [...]
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G-Form Extreme Sleeve Protects Notebook from 20-foot Drop [Video]
G-Form, known for making athletic protective gear, jumped into the mobile device protection business with a recent product expansion. They now have cases for iPads and Notebooks. The Extreme Sleeve for Laptops is a form-fitting sleeve that will protect notebooks as small as an 11″ MacBook Air up to a most 15″ notebook computers. The material [...]
PC Growth Not as Fast in 2011 Says DisplaySearch
To paraphrase Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the netbook is not dead yet! It is fading according to one more market research firm. DisplaySearch says that growth in the mobile PC market is not going to grow quite as fast as it did last year. They say the netbook is not as popular thanks [...]
GarageBand Update Brings iPad Version Compatibility
Apple updated GarageBand on the Mac making it more compatible with the new iPad version. Apple introduced GarageBand for the iPad ($4.99) when they launched the new iPad 2. GarageBand on the iPad was such a fun app that we instantly chose to make it an iPad App of the Week. It is one of [...]
PhotoSync is Best Way to Transfer iPad 2 Pictures to PC
Now that the iPad 2 has a camera, you will want to transfer photos to your computer taken on the tablet. PhotoSync ($1.99) is one of the best apps for transferring them to other iOS devices or to a computer. It does it all over Wi-Fi so long as the two devices are on the same network. [...]
Apple Patent Potentially Adds Magnetic Antennas to MacBooks or iPads
This week Apple was granted a patent that takes two ideas and puts them together to form an interesting way to attach antennas to either a MacBook or an iPad. According to ZDNet, the antenna is an extendable design meaning it could pull out and be raised for reception and then retracted when not in use. [...]
Twelve South BookArc Stand Review: High Quality MacBook Stands
TwelveSouth makes premium Apple accessories including the very durable all metal BookArc stand for MacBooks. They have two models, one for the MacBook Air and one for the larger MacBooks and MacBook Pros. We gave them both a look. To be honest there isn’t much to test with these stands. But they work and work [...]
Targus 360 Degree Stand Case Review: iPad 2 Case Doesn’t Cut It
The new Apple iPad 2 release is resulting in a lot of iPad 2 specific case releases. One of the first out of the gate is the Targus 360 Degree Stand and Case. It is a black leather folio case that also functions as a stand for the iPad 2. Check out our iPad 2 [...]
