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Essential iPad Tips and Tricks

With iPads becoming increasingly popular in both schools and workplaces, knowing how to maximize the device’s abilities is important for students and employees alike.  Kensington has created an infographic full…

Find My iPhone Update Error

Accidents happen:  students forget their homework at home, businessmen leave their briefcases on the subway, and in the midst of everyday chaos the majority of us lose our cell phones…

Primates bananas over Apps for Apes

The two male and two female orangutans at the Louisville Zoo are benefiting from an animal-enrichment program that involves using an iPad and experimenting with apps. The Apps for Apes…

EDITORIAL: Worried About Smartphone Privacy?

Attorney General Kamala Harris has an app for that Jan. 11–With all the amazing apps for smartphones and tablets, users’ privacy can get lost in the buzz. California Attorney General…

Gadgets of the Week – BOREDOM BUSTERS

Bananagrams Game – Pounds 11.97 from www.tesco.com/direct This multi-award winning word game is fast-paced and loads of fun for all ages. It takes zero time to set up and can…

Government Investigating Makers of Cellphone Apps

WASHINGTON — The government is investigating whether software companies that make cellphone apps violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from mobile devices and sharing it…

AppleMagazine Preview: “Halloween: Not Just a Kids Holiday”

I remember back when I was younger, how excited I was when Halloween rolled around. Not just because I’m a horror fan, or because I enjoy the “scarier things in…

WonderVoice, Audio Version of Facebook

What sounds like it could really be a great thing seems to fall a little short of its promises. WonderVoice is an audio version of Facebook. It will read Facebook…

Sept. 12 Event Hints at Taller iPhone

Apple has made the front of the Yerba Buena center very colorful. In preparation of the September 12 event where the new iPhone 5 is expected to be introduced, Apple…