Forecast the future, or the weather, and more, on your iPad.

Last week I wrote about some of the many iPad apps that help you be productive (Portable Productivity on the iPad). That article concentrated on serious-type apps — word processing, spreadsheets, remote computer management, and the like. To herald the last long weekend of summer, let’s have a bit of fun this time and look at … Read More

So I bought Uno because it is a game that my kids and I appreciate and I hoped that we could actually all play it together on the new device.

The game has a very familiar look since it uses the same look as the original card game so we are in familiar territory. It offers a couple of game modes which I will detail below.

Single player modes

The single … Read More

When Loren Brichter had his company Atebits acquired by Twitter, his app Tweetie morphed into the official twitter app and became free for iPhone users. As for iPad users, we’ve been waiting for a usable free app. Sure, there are some nice ones out there such as ShinyTweet and Flipboard.

Well, the wait is over as the official Twitter app for iPad has been released for free in the … Read More

As with every year, Labour Day marks the unofficial end of the summer holidays, and the beginning of the school year. Unlike previous school years, this will be the first one when some lucky students will be in the classroom with iPads in hand. This quick guide will be for both parents and students alike to prep them for the months ahead. Instead of providing specific app and accessory recommendations, … Read More

Sometimes, I come across an app that changes how I handle my day-to-day life. These apps make me wonder how I functioned before they took over their particular niche in my life, and make the $800-odd decision of buying an iPad seem absolutely – fruitful.

Instapaper is no doubt one of those apps. For those than have not heard, Instapaper is a service that allows you to save articles you find … Read More

When it comes to news readers, you can hardly get one better looking than this. Flipboard for the iPad presents your social media and news feeds in a beautiful, elegant way.

It makes browsing your Twitter and Facebook feeds seem like you are flipping through an elegant magazine like Esquire.  I especially like the way it presents tweets from your friends, again giving things a magazine feel by putting the quotes … Read More

One of the first applications I purchased was Apple’s Pages for editing text documents. I wanted to be able to read and edit documents on the iPad and figured that this editor would probably do why I was looking for.

Pages is not a full editor

I am currently reviewing and editing a book that should be published by end of this year and I was hoping to be able to … Read More

If you’re anything like me in the morning you roll over, unplug your iPad from the charger and see what’s happening in the world.

I have a pretty reliable system: first I check Facebook, then Twitter then The Globe & Mail app.

What sets The Globe & Mail apart from more established news apps is its uniquely Canadian perspective on the news.

The app does a great job of … Read More

Being a fan of crowd-sourcing, it would come as no surprise that the concept of Fotopedia would greatly appeal to me. If you haven’t heard, Fotopedia is the world’s first collaborative photo encyclopedia. Think of it like Wikipedia but with gorgeous pictures of places from around the world. If you’re a photographer or an photo enthusiast, I would definitely recommend you checking out this app and the … Read More

Our big brother site iPhoneInCanada reports this morning that the Google app for iOS has been updated to bring push notifications for both GMail and Google Calendar. This brings both web-apps more in line with the familiar pop-ups we see from the native Mail and Calendar apps in iOS. As before, the updated Google app still brings the rest of Google’s web offerings [Reader, Buzz, News, etc.] to … Read More