Technology

iPad – Future of Digital Magazines?


Posted by Ian on 13 Jun 2010 / 0 Comment


The iPad will save journalism, the newspaper and magazine industry. That’s been the cry since before the iPad was announced but now that the iPad is out, is the hyperbole justified? The magazine that got the most attention prior to iPad launch was Wired. They had partnered with Adobe and developed a Adobe Air based [...]

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Recommended iPad App’s


Posted by Ian on 06 Jun 2010 / 0 Comment


It’s only been out in the UK for a few days but there is already a great range of software available for the iPad. Here’s our top picks from the app store. Air Video Air Video is an app for viewing video content stored on your local Mac. Once the helper app is installed on [...]

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iPad Review


Posted by Ian on 06 Jun 2010 / 0 Comment


It’s one week since I got my grubby little paws on the iPad. So whats the verdict? How does it feel? Is it worth it? As usual with Apple the packaging is excellent and without much fuss you’ve got the iPad out of the box and switched on. It comes pre-charged (around 85%) so you [...]

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This Is It


Posted by Ian on 30 May 2010 / 1 Comment


Friday May 28th. This was the day of the iPad launching internationally. Initially I wasn’t sure about picking up an iPad. Shakeel was even more doubtful. We’d seen the reviews but how useful would it be? Is it really that fast and usable? Then a couple of weeks ago at our talk at Glasgow MUG [...]

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Earth View in Google Maps


Posted by Ian on 27 Apr 2010 / 0 Comment


We all love Google Maps. We all love Google Earth. Now get the best of both worlds via the newly launched Google Earth plugin for Google Maps. One quick download later and your good to go.

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What I want from iPhone OS 4.0


Posted by Ian on 06 Apr 2010 / 1 Comment


So it’s Thursday for the details on iPhone OS 4.0. What I’d like to see, not what I expect to see: Multitasking. Let me run programs in the background. Make it easy to swap between running programs. Let me kill the battery life if i want to. To be fair, there’s probably only a handful [...]

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