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

A brief word of introduction. My name is Terry and I’m a PhD student at Simon Fraser University studying the immersiveness of videogames on portable devices (like the iPad). I’ll be posting to the ipadincanada site every Friday (I hope). I’m also the technology columnist for the online Vancouver Observer (www.vancouverobserver.com). You can find out more about me at terrylavender.ca.

You can create as well as consume … Read More

Today, the Dev-Team announced that there will not be a jailbreak coming for iOS 3.2.2.

With the Jailbreakme.com being one of the most successful and easiest jailbreak methods ever to jailbreak iOS 3.2.1 and earlier, Apple quickly closed that hole with iOS 3.2.2.

If you have updated to iOS 3.2.2 or received a new iPad with iOS 3.2.2, there is no official jailbreak method at this time.

Since Apple only released iOS 3.2.2 … Read More

So by now, most of us already know about the Apple special event that is coming up on September 1st. With an Apple logo as the sound hole of guitar, that just may be a *subtle* hint that this event will be focused on the musical side of Apple.

Of course as with any special Apple event, there are rumors flying all over the place already. Some rumors about small … Read More

Between my oily fingers and my toddler’s obsession with Plants vs. Zombies, I’d all but given up on ever having a clean iPad screen again.

Then someone told me about micro-fibre cloths. With my tubs full of cables, computer accessories and various connectors you’d think I’d have dozens lying around my house. But somehow I missed the memo on their existence. If you’ve never used one before, you’re in for a … Read More

The Apple iPad is quickly become one of the world’s best consumption devices for web content, audio and video.  One obvious key feature of the iPad is it’s generous screen size – which makes it the ideal device for watching movies.

Up until a few weeks ago, my video watching capabilities were limited to sync’d content from my iTunes library, web content and YouTube.  Well, these limitations are a thing of … Read More

Jealous that your friends running Android 2.2 can send links from their Chrome browser to their Android phones directly? If so, then be jealous no longer. An enterprising developer by the name of Tom Lerendu has created a Chrome extension called Chrome to iPhone that mimics its Android cousin’s functionality. Install the extension in Chrome, and it will walk you through setting it up on your iPad, or other iOS … Read More

It is no secret that Apple has had difficulty breaking into the business/corporate market, an area currently dominated by the Windows brand. However, in recent weeks, Apple has been gaining some ground within the business/corporate sector in both the USA and Canada.

Specifically, the Wall Street Journal is reporting how the Apple iPad is finding a home in many businesses and corporations. This is an interesting development since the iPhone was … Read More

Apple announced last week that they will begin to slow down their Quattro mobile ad network for an eventual shutdown on September 30th. In doing so, they will also shift their entire focus onto their iAd platform, where they will make money. Hopefully, a lot of money.

Should be a win-win for Apple and iOS users alike, no? As a marketing professional and an Apple lover, I understand where Apple’s coming … Read More