Simple and effective tutorial by my friend Josh Helfferich.
Snippet, Swatch, PunchClock Winners Announced
Thanks everyone who entered the Fuel Collective giveaways. We’re getting near to the end of this Fuel Collective special week, so don’t miss the huge bundle giveaway we’ve launched today.
Here are the winners:
Swatch: Thomly
Snippet: brant
PunchClock: leon
You’ll receive the licenses in your inbox in a matter of a few hours. Stay tuned for other giveaways coming this week.
You can follow the official MacStories Twitter account as @macstoriesnet or Federico as @viticci.
Gmail Updated for the iPad
“Built on the year-old HTML5 Gmail web app for the iPhone, the Gmail for iPad sports a double column display and looks great with whole threads unfurled. “Tablets like the iPad give us even more room to innovate,” the Gmail team said today.”
Looks great.
Why You Shouldn’t Read The “Why You Shouldn’t Buy An iPad” Posts (Now)
Some people just don’t get it.
Gina Trapani (founding editor of Lifehacker) has posted a new entry on Fastcompany’ blog called “Why You Shouldn’t Buy an iPad (Yet)”, giving us some arguable points about why we should skip the current iPad generation (let’s simply call it iPad 1st gen) and wait for better, less buggy, cheaper device next year.
I’ve never understood this way of thinking, and never will.
Dragon Dictation Now Optimized for iPad
Dragon Dictation, the popular (and great) text to speech utility for iPhone, has just been updated to an iPad compatible (universal) version. The iPad version obviously takes advantage of the new screen, but it’s basically a raw port of the iPhone one. Available for free here, check out the screenshots after the break.
iBooks App Now Available, “Winnie the Pooh” Built In
Available for free here, it’s a 18MB download. As we previously heard, Winnie the Pooh iBook is built in in. We’ve embedded the cover below, as seen from the application’s Resources.
Apple Launches “App of the Week” in the App Store
As if all the iPad apps weren’t enough today, Apple has just launched a new section in the App Store called “App of the Week”. Nice. I guess an app that gets featured there would benefit of a terrific visibility.
Now, about the organization of iPhone and iPad apps…
Browse the App Store from Google Chrome
With this extension, you can access the App Store directly within Google Chrome. Interesting.
Find My iPad Comes to MobileMe
“Find My iPad has the same features as Find My iPhone, including playing the little sonar sound effect with an onscreen message (in case your iPad falls behind the couch or something). Find My iPad also includes the same Remote Wipe feature as Find My iPhone – so if your iPad is irretrievably lost, you can remotely vaporize all the data on it, thus ensuring that thieves don’t get access to your contacts, credit card info, or embarrassing lolcat pictures in addition to your iPad”