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iBackFlip Somersault available for preorder; watch creator explain improvements

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 3rd, 2012)

I met up with the guys behind iBackflip while at Macworld, and was impressed with their passion for design. Their first iBackflip was a pretty straightforward flip-down arm sling for the iPad. Using Velcro, it offered a basic black design and ...

Five apps for Super Bowl Sunday

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 3rd, 2012)

The Super Bowl is just around the corner which means it's time to get ready for the big game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. Rather than our usual five apps, I couldn't contain myself and, instead, put together five ...

Apple resumes sales of 3G iPhones and iPads in Germany

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Earlier today, Apple was forced to remove the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (not the iPhone 4S), and all 3G iPads from its online store in Germany. This injunction was short-lived as Apple appealed and the German court suspended the ban. The ...

iBooks Author Challenge: Adding spelling quizzes to iBooks

by Erica Sadun (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Dave Caolo and I were chatting this morning about iBooks and spelling. "It's not my daughter's favorite subject," he said, "and I'm looking for a way to make it more appealing to her." He asked if there could there be any way to incorporate spelling ...

Daily iPad App: Remarks for iPad tops the class in note-taking apps

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Two of the things that enchanted me most at Macworld | iWorld 2012 was the Jot stylus and a preview of Readdle's Remarks app. I've spent the past week looking at different note-taking apps to use with my new Jot Pro while waiting for Remarks to come ...

The Daily celebrates a year with 100,000 paid subscribers on iPad

by Mike Schramm (Feb 2nd, 2012)

One of the iPad's first regular periodical publications (if not the first one) The Daily launched a year ago. It's been a fairly rocky year. Originally, the Rupert Murdoch-funded app hoped it could get at least half a million subscriptions to keep ...

US government wants schools to embrace digital textbooks

by Steven Sande (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Although they haven't exactly explained how school systems or parents are going to pay for iPads or other tablets for every student, the US government is pushing a new initiative to move from standard printed textbooks to digital textbooks within ...

Avid Studio takes iPad video editing to the next level

by Mel Martin (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Take that, Apple! Avid has just released an iPad iMovie competitor called Avid Studio. The US$4.99 app is a scaled-down version of Avid's pro video editing tools. Avid Studio features a timeline and storyboard, plus some iPad-friendly gestures so ...

Daily iPad App: Doodlecast Pro

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Last year, we looked at Doodlecast for kids from zinc Roe. It's an iPad app that lets your kids record themselves talking while they draw on the screen. The app records both the audio and the drawing and combines the two into a single video. My ...

Localized Flipboard Content guides available for UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Flipboard added another feature to its popular social stream and news reading app that'll please international users. Announced earlier this week, the company will be sending out three new Content guides for readers in Australia, Canada and the UK ...

Daily iPad App: Sector 33

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 1st, 2012)

Do you think you have what it takes to be an air traffic controller? Before you're responsible for hundreds of lives, you should test your flight controlling skills with NASA's latest iOS app, Sector 33. Sector 33 is a game similar to Flight ...

Apple contests iPad trademark rejection in China

by Steven Sande (Feb 1st, 2012)

Last December, a Chinese court rejected Apple's ownership of the iPad trademark in China in favor of Proview International, a large but relatively unknown Chinese monitor company. Now Apple is appealing that ruling, asking the courts to transfer the ...

Pokertini from Smappsoft on display at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

Smappsoft sought me out a few times at Macworld | iWorld this year, so I was glad to see what they've been up to. Last I saw the company, they were working on a puzzle game called Look Again, and since then they've released a few other titles, ...

ARM revenue jumps thanks to Apple, Samsung

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 1st, 2012)

Everyone knows that Apple did exceptionally well in the 2011 calendar year. Its revenues are up, its cash reserves are about to break the US$100 billion mark and its stock price is hovering around $455. This boom is not only beneficial for Apple, ...

SRS takes the iWow universal at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

SRS Labs hosted a booth at Macworld | iWorld 2012 last week for two main reasons. First, the company wanted to show off the iPad version of MyTunes, its music player app that incorporates the company's patented sound enhancement algorithm. Second, ...

Liv Games releases Monster Wars on iOS at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

I first met Liv Games' Orian Livnat at last year's Macworld, where he showed me a wild game called Legendary Wars that mashed up a number of different genres and ideas in a mix created by Livnat and his family and friends. At the time I thought the ...