Apps
You may have heard of a cloud-based gaming service, called OnLive, that was rumored to come to iPad at some point, but never materialized past Apple’s approval process. The same service is available on Android devices, however, and offers users the ability to play console games with a Wi-Fi connection. Apple has, on the other
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Cloud-Based Microsoft Office from OnLive is Available on the iPad
iPad Apps
When people get onto a heated debate about what platform is better — Android vs iOS, I always chime in and tell them that the one thing the iPhone and iPad have is a great selection of board games converted into iOS. It’s taking devs forever to port their games to Android and this is
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8 iOS Board Games You Should Own
Apps
I sat down to try out Riot Rings for the first time, intending to play for fifteen or twenty minutes. Two hours and dozens of levels later, I knew that Cervo Media was onto something special with their clever little action puzzler.
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Review: Riot Rings
iOS
Did you know? AppleGazette’s daily Free Apps lists are not comprehensive. Instead, we highlight the cream of the crop so you don’t have to search for them. We’re most interested in quality in app design and value in what’s offered to users. (I swear, if I see one more Angry Birds clone, I may require
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Free Apps of the Day
Games
As it turns out, Clue: Secrets & Spies for iPad has nothing to do with the board game Clue. It shares the brand image, and there are some peripheral “secret agent” characters referenced who share their names with the iconic Mrs. White, Mr. Green, and so forth, but you won’t spend your time solving a
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Review: Clue – Secrets & Spies
Directory
EA Mobile’s Scrabble for iPad is a lovely translation of the popular board game that makes excellent use of the iPad’s extra screen size. It couldn’t be easier to play: you just grab a tile with your finger and drag it onto the game board to the spot where you want to place it. It’s
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Review: Scrabble for iPad
Hardware
The potential of the iPad and the iPhone has led to over a 100,000 available Apps and spawned an entire market for third party accessories. One emerging section of third party iOS accessories has been musical instruments. The latest comes from Akai and turns your iPad in to a full fledged synthesizer. The Akai SynthStation
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Music And iOS: Akai Introduces SynthStation49 Keyboard For The iPad
iOS
Not one to take VOIP and video conferencing competition lying down, Skype has brought video calling to its iOS App. Skype has updated its iOS App to support video calling to any Skype client on any OS – a far wider reach of devices than those supported by Apple’s FaceTime. The update requires iOS 4.0
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Skype Video Calling Comes To iOS, Competes With FaceTime
iPad Apps
WikiLeaks, which has made headlines recently for the distribution of thousands (and counting) of US cables between diplomats, arrived on the App Store in the form of an unofficial App. However, Apple has opted to pull the App which is no longer avilable to purchase. The $1.99 App was removed from the App Store without
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Controversial WikiLeaks App Pulled From App Store
Google
Google Latitude, the geo-location based social network made its debut early last year. After being blocked from the App Store by Apple, Google Latitude is finally being released for the iPhone. Google Latitude, which launched in February 2009, was not available on the iPhone after Apple asked the search engine giant not develop an iOS
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