Did you just buy your first iPad, and want a basic overview of what you can do with it? The new app called AppStart, available for free this week in the App Store, is a great intro to the iPad. The design of AppStart is gorgeous. Text is clearly written and fun. Most of the articles are roundups or ...
The iPad for Art Galleries: Scope and Pulse Art Fairs
It was Armory Week this week in New York, so all the big art fairs were in town. I went to both Scope and Pulse over the weekend and noted that almost every gallery had an iPad--which was being used for showing off the artworks that the gallery was representing but couldn't bring to the fair, as ...
Top 5 iPad Keyboards
So you got an iPad as a present for the holidays, and want to do some work on it, but you realize that typing is a little slow on the glass. A keyboard designed specifically for the iPad can turn it into a productive work tool (or even a way to catch up on emails while out of the office). Here are ...
Mac and Tech Gifts, Day 1: DODOcase
For the month of December, through December 24, I will be picking one tech item or gadget that would make a great gift, and featuring it here on our blog. Today's item is the DODOcase. This gorgeous item, handmade from bamboo and book cloth in San Francisco, is an elegant case for your iPad (or ...
Top 10 iPhone Apps for New Yorkers
These are my top 10 most useful iPhone and iPad apps for use in NYC. And most are even free. 1. CityTransit ($3), iPad and iPhone Maps of the NYC subway, buses, LIRR, and Metro North. Which you can use offline, like in the subway and need to figure out where to get off the train. It also locates ...
Apps that don’t exist, but should
David Pogue wrote a piece in last week's New York Times on some good ideas for iPhone and iPad apps that his readers have sent in. Sometimes it feels like all the good app ideas have been done before, but obviously that's not actually the case! In general the apps that resonated the most for me are ...