Category: iPad
iOS5 App – Find My Friends
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Social Media Friends, iOS5 is now out and hopefully many of you have made the upgrade. In my opinion this update has a number of great new features, iCloud, iMessages – I could go on but today I want to talk about a new application called Find My Friends. This is an application that lets [...]
Facebook releases iPad application
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Facebook has finally released an iPad application for accessing their social network. Facebook’s iPhone application has been available around 3 years and its good to finally see an official Facebook iPad app. There have been many 3rd party Facebook iPad apps, but they didn’t feel right to me. I have just installed their iPad app [...]
Facebook iPad application coming October 4
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There have been rumors floating around that the official Facebook iPad application will be released at the Apple iPhone event on October 4. Apple haven’t released many details about the event except saying ‘Let’s talk iPhone’. Will Apple unveil the new iPhone 5 on this date? We will have to wait and see next week. [...]
Best SEO iPhone Applications
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I have been looking around at the best iPhone (and iPad) Search Engine Optimisation applications. In the world of SEO we are always looking for new unique tips to improve our search engine rankings and it seems SEO professionals are happy to give our their advice in free iPhone apps. I have been going through [...]
Facebook iPad App coming soon
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There has been several reports floating around the internet that Facebook will finally be launch an iPad specific application. Apparently Mark Zuckerberg has personally overseen and managed the project to create and design the app, which has some highly sophisticated feature. This will be great as the Facebook iPhone app on the iPad, in 2x [...]
Australian Movie Review: The Tunnel
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A new Australian Movie production is generating interest in the Social Web by using tactful strategies to promote the release of their new movie, The Tunnel. The Tunnel, directed by Carlo Ledesma is an underground spook, almost Blair Witch like, and has been released simultaneously on BitTorrent, regular cinema release (Fox Studios/ Entertainment Quarter), 2 [...]
Apple App Store hits 500,000 Applications
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There are several reports floating around that the Apple iOS App Store has now approved over 500,000 Applications for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. This is a great milestone by Apple but I am going to come forward and say the quality of applications does seem to be degrading. Now when sifting through the [...]
Apple releases iOS update version 4.3.2
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Apple has just released iOS update 4.3.2 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users (3rd and 4th gen). Unfortunately over the last couple iOS updates regular iPhone 3G users have not been getting any further features or enhancements and because of older hardware technology it seems they won’t get any useful upgrades moving forward either. [...]
WordPress releases update 2.7 for iOS devices
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WordPress has update their iOS application to version 2.7. The latest release coming with over 100 bug fixes, which i must say did get very annoying at times with repeated crashes and functionality inconsistencies. The beauty of this WordPress app is it lets you manage multiple blogs right from your iPhone / iPad / iPod [...]
Apple releases iOS 4.3
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The iPad is launching in the US in a few days time. Apple has prematurely released iOS 4.3 for the following Apple products: – iPhone 4 – iPhone 3GS – iPad – iPod touch (4th generation) – iPod touch (3rd generation) This update comes with a number of software updates, including: -> Personal Hotspot which [...]
Steve Jobs & Apple unveil iPad 2
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Steve Jobs has unveiled Apple’s iPad 2 in San Francisco yesterday. What is new about the iPad 2? Here is a summary: – Its an all new design, not just a tweak of the 1st gen iPad – Comes with a new A5 chip, with dual core processors, which is twice as fast the 1st [...]
The Wrinkle Effect: iPads and middle aged Women
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She reminded me of an older, modern-day Peggy Olsen. She rode the tram into Melbourne CBD, appropriately dressed for work in her suit skirt, blouse and predictable sneakers in the place of heels awaiting under-the-desk transformation. But instead of a paperback Stieg Larsson or a Womens Weekly on her lap, she bears a surprising accessory [...]
WordPress releases iOS app update – 2.6.3
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WordPress has released an update of its iOS application – version 2.6.3. The update consists of many bug fixes and and has increased support for wordpress.com users which some have said has been overlooked in the application. If you have an iPhone or iPad it would be beneficial to update to the latest version. I [...]
Apple working on Enterprise features for the iPad
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Many have commented that the iPad will only be good for the consumer market and that the device lacks the corporate and enterprise features to become a truly useful business tool. However it seems Apple is hard at work on releasing the new Operating System for the iPad. In November Apple will release iOS 4.2 [...]
Apple releasing iOS 4.1 next week
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Apple will be releasing iOS 4.1 next week for iPhone and iPod touch users. Upgraded features are to include bug fixes, HDR photos, Game Center, TV show rentals and the functionality to upload HD video over Wifi. In November, iOS 4.2 will be released, including to the iPad so it can finally have the multitasking [...]
Apple iAD’s live in Australia, incorporating Google ads
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Whilst we haven’t heard much from Apple on the iAD advertising platform lately – if you use international applications on your iPhone in Australia you will notice some of then now have iAD’s. I noticed Echofon (Twitter client), has put ads at the top of the screen near the search button – possibly getting people [...]
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