Posts tagged iPad
WaitList Reports Wait Times at Popular Restaurants, Bars, and More [Downloads]
Sep 3rd
iOS: If you want to know how long you’ll be waiting for your next table or how long it’ll take to gain access to a club, just search for your destination on WaitList and find out. More »
What You Can Expect from iOS 4.1 and the Upcoming iOS 4.2 [Updates]
Sep 1st
Today Apple announced iOS 4.1, addressing many bugs (like iPhone 3G performance) as well as bringing new features like HDR photography, HD video upload and TV show rentals. Additionally, Apple previewed iOS 4.2, bringing this and more to the iPad. More »
Note-Taking Service Simplenote Adds Tags, Collaboration, and Version History [Note Taking]
Aug 24th
Simplenote, the plain-text, note-taking service that’s at the center of my holy grail of plain-text capture, released a significant update today (to both their web site and iOS app) with new features including tagging, version history, sharing and collaboration, and more. More »
Gmail on iPad Gets a Better Batch Operations Interface [Gmail]
Aug 19th
The Gmail team continues to tweak its iPad implementation, and this time they’ve fixed up one of the biggest complaints about the setup: acting on multiple messages. Gmail’s now replaced confusingly duplicate action buttons with a “stacked cards” interface that make it more clear that archiving, deleting, and other actions will affect all the messages you’ve selected, not just the message you’ve got open in the right-hand pane. [Google Mobile Blog] More »
iOS 4.0.2 Update Kills JailbreakMe and PDF Exploits [Updates]
Aug 12th
Apple’s released updates for iPhones, iPod touch models, and iPads that closes a nasty PDF-based exploit. That same exploit is what made one-click jailbreaking possible, of course, so upgrade if you’d like a sanctioned, secure, warranty-stable model, or hold off for future work-arounds. More »
DIY iPad-Powered Kegbot Tracks Who’s Drinking What and How Much [Weekend Project]
Aug 11th
The engineering team at local search site Yelp enjoy an occasional brewed beverage, and at a recent Hackathon, decided to put smoosh together their love for technology and a good beer. The outcome: The iPad-powered Kegbot in the video above. More »
iOS 4.0.2 Update Patches PDF Exploit [Updates]
Aug 11th
Apple’s pushing out an iOS update that fixes the PDF exploit that both allowed users to jailbreak their devices in one click but also indicated potentially serious security. If you’re not jailbroken, you should definitely update. If you are jailbroken and would like to stay that way for the time being, you can just protect yourself against the PDF exploit in other ways. The update doesn’t bring any other new features. Plug in your device and click Check for Updates in iTunes to update. More »
Grocery IQ Is a Brilliant Grocery List Application [Downloads]
Aug 11th
iOS/Android: Grocery iQ builds and manages your grocery shopping list with an impressive feature set. You can search and add items to your list manually or by scanning barcodes, share lists with family members or roommates, sort items by aisle, and more. More »
Jailbreak Your iOS 4 Device to Protect Against Its PDF Exploit [Downloads]
Aug 6th
While web site Jailbreakme.com offers a one-click jailbreak for your iOS devices via mobile Safari, it also exposes a major security vulnerability. As it turns out, jailbreaking your iDevice may provide additional security options that make jailbreaking a more secure option. More »
WeatherTiles Is a Scalable, At-A-Glance Weather Display [Weather]
Aug 5th
If you’re looking for an a weather checking tool that scales well on everything from a cell phone screen to a full-size monitor, WeatherTiles is a highly visible and easy to use tool. More »