Some big changes from foursquare today as shared on their blog as the company rolls out some major new enhancements. Touted as #new4SQ the service now appears to be placing much more emphasis on local search and discovery. Although you may be accustomed to mainly using foursquare from your mobile to checkin to your favorite […]
Encyclopaedia Britannica now available as an iPad App
Here’s a cool resource for your iPad for you and the kids as Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. announced today its encyclopedia is now available as an iPad App. About the app… Users have two choices to access the app. The first choice is available for free and gives users complimentary high-resolution images, maps, access to 100 free […]
The New, 7 Inch Impression Android Tablet To Compete With Kindle Fire Entry Point
Perhaps you aren’t a die-hard tablet user – yet! However, there’s a new, entry level android device that might convince you to pick up your first tablet device – enter the Impression 7. The device is a 7″ Android OS tablet and features a 1Ghz processor and 512MB RAM, Android 2.2 with Adobe Flash 10.1, […]
iPad Geo Apps – Avenza Systems free PDF Maps viewer (Video)
Avenza Systems, Ontario Canada has a terrific, free PDF maps viewer app for iPad. The app is ideal for viewing Geospatial PDF maps, tens of thousands available from the PDF Maps store, and can be used on or offline for map viewing and for field data collection and much more. PDF Maps complements MAPublisher and […]
iPads delivered 97.2 percent of all tablet traffic in the U.S in August
Some interesting stats on the consumption of digital data by iPad users come from the latest research out of Comscore. Of interest, iPads dominate among tablets in driving digital traffic. In August 2011, iPads delivered 97.2 percent of all tablet traffic in the U.S. iPads have also begun to account for a higher share of […]
Are you using your tablet for work related tasks?
Theres no question that many of us are now toting around tablets (like the iPad I’m currently using) but are we using these handy devices to their potential yet, or simply using them as our news reader, email client, and mobile companion? I noticed in a recent survey that I posted that many respondents indicated […]
Adobe Rolls Out Suite of Apps for iOS and Android Tablet
Today at the live streamed MAX event, Adobe unveiled their portfolio of “creative cloud apps” which include several apps specifically for the Tablet user – first Android then iOS coming shortly after. The apps address multiple areas of the creative process: image editing; ideation; sketching; mood boards; website and mobile app prototyping; and presenting finished […]
Amazon Kindle Fire – Hot or Not?
No Replacement for the iPad But Pretty Darned Sweet – As could be expected, speculation and blogging is rampant with many stories and pseudo “reviews” coming out, many of them touting the next “iPad killer”. Well indeed, Amazon is making noise, and for good reason… hell, who wouldn’t be interested in a sub $200 Tablet […]
Here It Is – The All-New Kindle Family From Amazon
You’ve been hearing about all the speculation for some time now, well the day is here… today Amazon rolled out details of the new Kindle family of devices. The New Products include: New latest generation Kindle – world’s bestselling e-reader now lighter, faster, and more affordable than ever – only $79 New “Kindle Touch” with […]
The Feature Packed ThinkPad Tablet PC (Android)
The new Thinkpad Tablet has been released for those interested in this latest Android OS device. ThinkPad sells for about $499, runs Android 3.1, has a full size USB port, digitizer pen support, comes pre-bundled with loads of apps (including Docs to Go, Printer share, McAfee Mobile Security ,social share, and more) and sports the […]