When I first unboxed the new 1080p Apple TV and plugged it in, I wasn't blown away. Having used a Boxee Box for the last 16 months, I've come to expect flexibility and a broad selection of content sources from my streaming set-top boxes. In fact, after several minutes of playing around with it, I was tempted to box it back up and send it back. Then I tried AirPlay. Mirroring my iPad's display on the TV screen, I was suddenly able to not only stream any video I could find, but look at photos, browse the Web and view other apps on the big screen. If the Apple TV has a killer feature, this is it. Some of the device's biggest shortcomings - limited content, lack of a keyboard for text input, no Web browser - are instantly alleviated once you toggle that AirPlay switch. While you can technically beam Read More

If you have that new iPhone you received for the holidays, you're probably looking to load it up with some apps that will enhance your mobile experience. Let me suggest some of the best of the free apps. Of course, everyone will have their own list, but here are my 5 favorites that I think most new iPhone users will love to use and to show off their new iPhone. If you're a news junkie, by all means get Zite, newly released for the iPhone. It sets you up with news categories of interest to you, then learns what you like by keeping track of stories you click on. Over time, it gets smarter and smarter, so in essence it creates a personalized magazine for you. Their are other news readers and aggregators, but the presentation of stories in Zite and its ability to learn make it my first choice. Glypmse Read More

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By Jennifer Allen on November 30th, 2011 Innovative ideas and concepts galore from these talks. Previously only available for the iPad, TED is now available for iPhone and the iPod touch courtesy of this new official app. TED, for those not already in the know, is a global collection of conferences that focus on new and innovative ideas. The app allows users to browse and watch TEDTalks, videos ranging from 3 minutes to 18 minutes in length, offering a great bitesized explanation of some very cool ideas from speakers on everything possible from genetics and geopolitics to sculpture and creativity. It’s a great way to learn about something new and get thinking. The iPhone app has been tailored specifically to the mobile user’s needs with the option to simply listen to TEDTalks rather than watch the videos. TED Radio also exists to stream curated audio 24/7, for whenever the user wants Read More

Sure the free TED app has been available on the iPad since last year but—gasp!—not everybody owns an iPad. Now, those of us without tablets can enjoy brilliant conversations on the go with the new TED iPhone app. The iPhone version has the same access to TED's library of lectures as its large-screen brethren and allows users to bookmark and download—via Wi-Fi—videos for playback. They can even be streamed to a home television using Airplay or listened to through TEDRadio, an audio-only version of the discussions. Its available free from iTunes. [iTunes via IntoMobile] Read More

TED's free iPad app has offered up quality videos and audio of the conference's famous guest speakers for a while, but the company recently updated the app to be universal. Now even while out and about on your iPhone, you can access some of the knowledge and wisdom being shared within the TED app. There's a new feature called TEDradio, too, which offers one-touch access to a continuous stream of TED talks. Just like the iPad version, you can either watch videos online or download them to watch offline (if, for example, you're headed for a long plane trip or something like that). There's even a feature called "Inspire Me" where you can set certain criteria for a talk (like the amount of time you've got or various subjects you want to hear about), then hit go to listen in. TED makes a solid app, and having it available for free Read More

TED has just lanched an iPhone app. Adapted from their award-winning iPad app, the new TED iPhone app allows users to browse and watch TEDTalks, videos ranging from 3 minutes to 18 minutes in length. TEDTalks feature great ideas from speakers on everything from genetics and geopolitics to sculpture and creativity. Read More

Apple’s recent iPad 2 commercial displays many great uses for the iPad other than games and web browsing. The iPad can be a great learning tool for both kids and adults. With my oldest son just beginning homeschooling, we plan to use the iPad along with other teaching tools. There are many apps other than the ones shown in this commercial that can be used for learning. Do you have a favorite that’s not listed here? Please share in the comments! Apps from the commercial: TED: TED presents talks from some of the world’s most fascinating people: education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus and music legends. Find more than 900 TEDTalk videos (with more added each week) on the official TED app — now for both iPad and iPhone. Chinagram – Chinese Writing: The iPad application that tells the story of Chinese writing, explaining its rationale and showing its Read More

In den Bildungsbereich investierte Apple schon immer gerne. In der gestrigen Nacht bekam das iPad zu diesem Thema seinen expliziten 30-Sekunden-Spot. Diesmal im Rampenlicht: TED (kostenlos; Universal; App Store-Link), Skeleton System Pro II (15.99 €; App Store-Link), Star Walk (3.99 €; App Store-Link), GarageBand (3.99 €; App Store-Link) und iBooks (kostenlos; Universal; App Store-Link). Bislang konnte mir niemand sagen, wie das gezeigte Sprachprogramm (00:05), die gespielte Schach-App (00:18) und die Mathe-Rechentafel (00:24) heißen… 11:26 Uhr: Kommentare sind toll! Die mir unbekannten Apps lauten: Chinagram (3.99 €; App Store-Link), t Chess Pro (5.99 €; Universal; App Store-Link) und MathBoard (3.99 €; App Store-Link). Read More

By Kevin Stout on May 25th, 2011 This week my favorite four lists my favorite apps for watching free videos. Most come to 148apps to learn which apps to spend their hard earned dollars on. Today I’ll mix it up, because my favorite four are apps with free video content. Crackle Crackle, a division of Sony, adds 20 new movies and TV episodes to its app monthly. It’s 100% free and a must-have app for anyone. It’s always there for me to just whip out and watch whenever I don’t really have a preference. Some of my current favorites available are 21, The Nines, The Karate Kid I and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. FREE! + Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Released: 2011-04-18 :: Category: Entertainment SnagFilms is an app dedicated to nothing but documentaries. While documentaries aren’t for all movie-lovers, those of us who like them will Read More

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TED is a nonprofit organization that started out as a way bring together the worlds of technology, entertainment and design. Now it’s scope is much further, and can be seen in full detail on the iPad. TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) is a twice-yearly free conference that focuses on spreading ideas. “We’re building … a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world’s most inspired leaders,” writes TED, “and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other.” Now, TED is available on the iPad App Store. The applications supports videos of TEDTalks (18 minute speeches from those with ideas) in high or low resolution, online or offline; as well as a ‘tag’ search facility to make it easy to find specific ideas. Speakers include Al Gore to Jane Goodall to Sir Ken Robinson. And everything’s free – from the download to the watching. The Read More

Last year, Apple introduced a sleeper agent that, while better than its predecessor, still wasn’t fully active. That agent was the Apple TV, and it wasn’t until the release of iOS 4.3 that its true potential became apparent. Wireless media streaming protocol AirPlay was the key to that potential, and with iOS 4.3, it expanded beyond the confines of Apple’s own limited sphere of apps and into the vast library of the larger App Store. Major players in the online video business may still be reluctant to embrace AirPlay, but plenty of small developers are seizing the opportunity it provides to bring content from the mobile screen to the living room television. ShowYou, which pulls video content from social networks to your iPad, is just one example. Discovr, which helps you find new music, is another, and Air Video unlocks your desktop-based library for both your iOS mobile devices and your Read More

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Yesterday we suggested twenty apps to download for your new iPhone, but what if you received an iPad for Christmas?  You’ll be needing this list, than!  Here are twenty recommended iPad apps and although there are some repeat apps from the iPhone list, there are plenty of new suggestions too. As before, the first ten should be considered ‘must-haves’, while the second ten depend more on what you want to do with your iPad.  Here we go: For All Users: A Little More Specific: That’s it!  We hope these inspire you to explore what your new iPad can do, as there are so many great apps available.  Don’t forget, there are many alternatives to the ones we’ve mentioned, so don’t be afraid to search the App Store. Also, if you existing iPad owners have a favorite app that you’d recommend for new owners, tell us about it in the comments! Read More

In unregelmäßigen Abständen halte ich an dieser Stelle meine ersten beiden Homescreen-Seiten vom iPhone fest. Zuletzt erfolgte dies im August 2010, Januar 2010 sowie September 2009. Für mich von Spannung ist dabei welche Apps sich immer noch auf meinem Geräte befinden, welche komplett verschwanden oder sich eventuell (nur) verschoben haben. Dabei greife ich die (für mich) wesentlichen Änderungen heraus. Ansonsten überraschend wenig Veränderungen: BeejiveIM flog dank Push-Benachrichtigungen in einen Ordner auf der zweiten Seite. Außerdem verstecken sich innerhalb der Ordner folgende Apps*: Amazon.de (kostenlos; App Store-Link), Convertbot (1.59 €; App Store-Link), AnalyticsPro (5.49 €; App Store-Link), Delivery Status touch (3.99 €; universal; App Store-Link), Dropbox (kostenlos; universal; App Store-Link), iCabMobile (1.59 €; universal; App Store-Link), Skype (kostenlos; App Store-Link), WeatherPro (2.99 €; App Store-Link), Pastebot (2.99 €; App Store-Link), LogMeIn (23.99 €; universal; App Store-Link), OffMaps (1.59 €; universal; App Store-Link), Kik (kostenlos; App Store-Link), PayPal (kostenlos; App Store-Link), Linkie (0.79 Read More

Apple continue to launch the iPad around the world, with 11 new countries added to the list this week.  The lucky ones are Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, Sweden, Portugal, Poland, Norway, Hungary, Finland, Denmark and the Czech Republic, where both the Wi-Fi and 3G models should be available from your Apple dealer. A new TV advert has also made its debut this week, entitled ‘iPad is Amazing’.  Although it doesn’t break with tradition too much, this new ad highlights some of the new features of iOS 4.2 rather than concentrating on a particular app genre as recent ads have done. It features: We’ve come to expect Pages and some of the standard apps to make an appearance, but the odd-one-out here is AirStrip, a very specific medical application designed for doctors working in hospitals where a particular piece of equipment is being used.  That’ll appeal to the person on the street! Read More

Der 30-sekündige Werbespot “iPad is Amazing” reiht sich einheitlich in die Auflistung der Kampagnen-Vorgänger “iPad is Musical“, “iPad is Delicious” und “iPad is Electric” ein. Die neue Reklame nimmt Funktionen wie AirPrint und AirPlay aus iOS 4.2 ins Visier und konzentriert sich auf Standard-Apps (Mail/Kalender) oder Apple-eigene Programme (Pages/Numbers). Drei Drittanbieter-Anwendungen bekommen mit ‘AirStrip – Patient Monitoring‘ (kostenlos; universal; App Store-Link), TED (kostenlos; App Store-Link) und Solar Walk (2.39 €; universal; App Store-Link) einen kurzen Auftritt. Read More

Our culture is growing day by day with technology and we are beginning to realize the dream of using it to communicate and grow in knowledge. One website completely concerned with the spreading of ideas and research is TED. The website is host to a ton of videos where speakers come from all over the world to share their research and offer new insights into the world around us. They have recently released an iPad app for free that can play and organize all of the different videos on the site. Now wherever you are you can view the great speeches and presentations in a large format. The app is made for easy browsing and finding videos that interest you. When you start up the app, you can browse through the featured videos with large thumbnails or visit the themes tab to find videos collected around a similar topic. There is Read More

By Chris Nitz on October 15th, 2010 SpongeBob listening to TED while uploading photos...hmmmm Scene It? Horror:In celebration of the impending celebration of candy, cavities, ghosts, vampires, and other horrors, why not test your horror movie knowledge as well. Scene It? Horror pits your knowledge of great movies like 28 Days Later, American Psycho, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and a massive amount more. No cheating is allowed for you movie fanatics. That means no using IMDB or loading up the movie to get the answers. $1.99 iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad Released: 2010-10-11 :: Category: Games $4.99 iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad Released: 2010-10-11 :: Category: Games SpongeBob Marbles & Slides:Head to Bikini Bottom to help the gang with their lack of slides. Use your fingers to draw slides to aid SpongeBob, and gang, reach the Krusty Krab in hopes of Read More

By Chris Hall on October 15th, 2010 TED releases an iPad app. TED, if you haven’t heard of it, is a global collection of conferences that was originally focused on new and innovative ideas in the realm of technology and design, but now has spilled over into great ideas in any field. Starting in 1984, TED was created to provide a platform for “ideas worth spreading”, and has since had famous speakers including Bill Gates, Al Gore, the founders of Google, and (huh?) Sarah Silverman. Because of its astronomical ticket prices (upwards of $5,000 a pop), most of the fans of TED view the conferences either through the TED website or via podcast. According to a Wikipedia stat, the conference is hugely popular, having been viewed by more than 290 million people worldwide, and the number is growing at a rapid pace. Since TED started as a tech influenced conference, it Read More

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Do you need a dose of inspiration, or want your mind stretched? Attending a TED talk is the answer, but now TED has come to the iPad. TED is a nonprofit group that is dedicated to spreading good and interesting ideas through a series of talks. TED means Technology, Entertainment, Design, and most of the talks fall within those categories. There is a great TED website that gives you access to the myriad talks, but the free iPad app is a portable, take anywhere, use anywhere, be inspired anywhere app that gets you access to the best of TED. To get started, you can get featured talks from the home page, or you can explore by themes or tags. Themes include things like "Ocean Stories" or "The Power of Cities." Click on a theme, and the related TED talks appear. You can also click on tags, like "Cancer," "Evolution," or "Space" Read More

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  Here are twelve new or updated apps for the iPhone and iPad worth taking a closer look at if you are: An action RPG for Retina Display equipped devices only.  $5.99/£3.49. Replace your friends faces with those of badgers.  $0.99/£0.59. The iPad version of the popular print magazine.  $4.99/£2.99. Game Center compatible arcade golf game.  $0.99/£0.59. Official app of the content sharing website.  Free. The Korean RPG success comes to the iPhone from EA Mobile.  $4.99/£2.99. Game Center supporting 3D Croquet game.  $0.99/£0.59. An educational puzzle game with four mini games.  $3.99/£2.39. A good-looking adventure game inspired by the old point and click adventures.  $2.99/£1.79. Now released for the iPad, this yoga app has 350 different sessions to choose from.  $1.99/£1.19. A cow-based, line-drawing puzzle game.  $0.99/£0.59. TED conferences and talks direct to your iPad.  Free. Read More

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