The iPad Comic

Adam Kontras is a popular comedian that has decided to make an original use of Apple’s latest device: use it as an additional “floating” monitor for his performances. The result is impressive, check it out after the break.

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Cheap iPad Stands In the News (Again); We Recommend Something Better

I thought this had already been settled? Our friends over at TUAW have already talked stands to death. Again. And Again. And this floated around when the iPad came out. But John Gruber (whom I dearly admire) is just getting on the band wagon, and now everyone is gawking about cheap iPad stands galore. Of course we don’t want to feel left out, but we’re not for cheap or practical things. After all, a plastic stand doesn’t deserve to seat the magical aluminum and glass iPad. No ladies and gents, it needs a seat made promptly for a king.

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OnLive Demoed at D8, Runs Great on the iPad

OnLive is a game streaming service that will allow you to play videogames over the internet, without the need of installing them on your local machine. You’ll have to pay a monthly subscription fee, have a decent internet connection and you’ll be ready to play any game available on the platform. You can run OnLive both on a computer using a browser plugin or on your TV by purchasing a micro set-top box. It’s a revolutionary service, and it’s launching on June 17th during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). We can’t wait.

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Services in iPhone OS? Yes Please.

Currently, multitasking on the iPhone is a bit of a shamble, and many productivity killers will still remain even as iPhone OS 4 rolls out onto devices. The biggest problem is making apps work with each other; developers often integrate services like Text Expander or Instapaper, but you may not necessarily have those apps on your phone. Chris Clark calls them ‘convenience features,’ and he suggests that the iPhone OS should adopt services to absolve this problem.

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