iPad

The story goes that one of the world’s greatest geniuses had a slightly different shaped brain than mere mortals. Now anyone can verify the tale for themselves with a new iPad app. The National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago launched an interactive app today that has about 350 scanned and digitized slides of Albert Continue Reading →

Consumers aren’t nearly excited about Amazon’s latest tablet as they were for the original. The Kindle Fire was the first tablet aside from the iPad that saw widespread success, capturing 14% of the tablet market in its debut quarter. The Kindle Fire HD doesn’t seem to have the same effect on consumers, though. According to Continue Reading →

Late last week Wal-Mart announced that it will no longer sell the Amazon Kindle and Kinde Fire in its stores, joining Target in in rejecting the devices. While the argument could be made that the razor-thin margins on those products contributed to that decision, the real reason is clearer: Amazon’s tablets are a gateway to Continue Reading →

Days after sending Community Affairs officers to Apple stores for the iPhone 5 launch, the NYPD is emphasizing how iPhones, iPads and various Apple iProducts are incredibly tempting to thieves. The police department revealed that thefts involving Apple products have increased 40% over the same period last year—resulting in a 4% increase in overall crime. Continue Reading →

Last week, when I wrote How to decide: should you buy a big Kindle Fire HD or an iPad?, I mentioned that I wasn’t sure what happens to the price of 4G after the end of the first year of the $49 4G deal that Amazon is offering. Well, it turns that out reader Bruce Continue Reading →

Apple’s “Find my iPhone” and “Find my iPad” features are extremely handy around the house—I’m not ashamed to say I use it regularly to help me figure out where I last set my phone down—but it’s got somewhat more of a mixed record in helping with the recovery of stolen iDevices. Police departments are sometimes Continue Reading →

Feeling low about Apple’s Maps app in iOS 6, widely perceived as flawed? Wish you could go back to iOS 5, if only for the Google Maps app? Well, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is, according to 9to5Mac and The Guardian, Google has its own iOS 6 Maps app set to Continue Reading →

The adoption rate of iOS 6 among iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users has surged to 15% in the first 24 hours, according to a new report from online advertising network Chitika. The rate is much higher than it was with iOS 5, which took five days to reach 20% adoption, and Google’s latest Android Continue Reading →

A lot of iPhone and iPad users who updated to iOS 6 have been reporting that the latest and greatest software update from Cupertino has screwed their iPhone and iPad’s Wi-Fi connection. As in, they can’t connect. Is this happening to you? Specifically, once users have updated their iOS devices to iOS 6, wi-fi can’t Continue Reading →

Sure, the iPhone 5 comes out on Friday, but you can now get Apple’s latest iOS 6 software on your iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Apple has just confirmed that its ready for download through iTunes and as an over-the-air update to your device if you are on a Wi-Fi network. Users should be promoted Continue Reading →