The iPad is out!! Looks “magical” but what’s with the name?
January 28, 2010 by Julian Oscar
In a highly anticipated debut yesterday, Steve Jobs and crew announced the iPad, a revolutionary device that is essentially a Nook or Kindle on steroids. If I were Jeff Bezos over at Amazon I would be ticked, and rightly so. Apple, for the umpteenth time in their history, has made every other product in world look like it was made in the stone age.
The iPad, despite the name, looks incredibly fun. It’s got a 9.7 inch screen, .5 inches thick and supposedly lightning fast thanks to the custom Apple-built processor. It does a host of things, including (obviously) e-book functionality and the ability to browse and buy e-books through the iBookStore. But, most interestingly enough, Apple has found a way to make all 140,000 applications in the App Store work on it. I’m excited to see my application on it, and I’m very interested in seeing how they scale to such a large screen.
The iPad does have some drawbacks, namely the lack of a camera and the fact that Apple refuses to partner with Adobe to let Flash into their mobile Safari browser, but all said, I can’t wait to get my hands on it. The web experience on it is something I’ve looked forward to for a long time. Being able to surf the New York Times, or ESPN, click on an embedded video and watch it, is exactly what I’ve been waiting for.
http://www.apple.com
http://www.engadget.com
http://www.pcworld.com
U.S. ARMY
January 23, 2010 by Julian Oscar
U.S. ARMY
The U.S. Army released an iPhone app that is surprisingly robust. You can get news from around the Army world, pictures and video. It even has a fun little game.
BeenVerified: run background checks on your friends and be creepy.
January 22, 2010 by Julian Oscar
Background Check App
Generally speaking, this is probably a super great and super bad idea at the same time. Part of me wants to say, “Yes, it’s the best! Muhahaha”. But, upon conducting a background check on myself, I was instantly horrified. Either way, background checks are quickly becoming big business on the web. However, regardless of what site you use, they always seem to require hordes of money before letting you close to anything resembling information. This app gets you closer to discovering the location of your friend’s secret lair and does so for free.
