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Two iPad Applications to Commemorate 9/11

“The 911 Memorial: Past, Present, and Future” application has the videos of the twin tower sites before 9/11. It recollects events as they happen on the day of 9/11/01. It gives an insider’s view of “Reflecting Absence” Architect Michael Arad’s Memorial Plaza and twin Pools. You will hear exclusive interviews with the creator of the Memorial, along with his sketches and photographs. The application has more than 40 videos, over an hour of original content, site tours, museum updates, and animations. There are over 400 high resolution images in the application. It features links to share, post, and connect with the National September 11th Memorial Museum site and also an interactive timeline from 2011. Continue reading Two iPad Applications to Commemorate 9/11

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iPad 2 Tip #1 – Turn your iPad 2 into a digital photo frame when not in use

The iPad comes with a built-in functionality of showing a slide show pictures when it is in the autolock state after a period of inactivity. You can set-up after how much period of inactivity should the iPad go to the autolock state by going to Settings ->  General -> Autolock. In the AutoLock menu, you can specify after how many minutes the iPad should go into autolock mode. The options are 2, 5, 10, 15 Minutes, and Never.

Auto Lock Setting on iPad

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CNN Acquires iPad Magazine App Zite

Personalized Magazine App Zite

The company Zite Inc., which makes the popular magazine application Zite for the iPad has been acquired by CNN. Although the terms of deals were not disclosed by CNN, a Web site – Techvibes which reported of initial talks between the two companies had speculated that CNN will at least pay $20 million. Zite is a personalized magazine application for iPad that serves customized content based on what you click on and your social feeds. It provides news, articles, blogs, videos, and other content from both mainstream and niche sites. The application has a smart auto suggest tool which lets you select from thousands of magazine sections. You can optionally also thumb up or thumb down content, or specify that you want more content on a particular topic or from a particular source. Continue reading CNN Acquires iPad Magazine App Zite

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Adobe Releases Application to Create PDFs on iPad and iPhone

Adobe's Create PDF

Adobe has released an application called “Adobe CreatePDF” which enables creation of PDF files on iPad and iPhone. Adobe claims that the application has high fidelity PDF conversion independent of device or software as it uses Adobe’s online services. The application preserves links, end notes, foot notes, and creates bookmarks automatically in PDF files converted from Office documents. It preserves transitions and converts multi-media content for Power Point files. It converts e-mail attachments or files stored in the cloud or any application by opening them within the Adobe CreatePDF application. Continue reading Adobe Releases Application to Create PDFs on iPad and iPhone

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Track Irene with iHurricane HD

iHurricane HD application for tracking hurricanes

iHurricane HD is a free application for the iPhone and the iPad that lets you tracks hurricanes, including Irene. The application can track multiple storms over an interactive map. You can see the path of the storm overlaid on a Satellite, Street, or a hybrid map.  It has clickable icons along the hurricane path on places where weather advisory has been issued. You can click on any of the icon to see your distance from the point on the map where the icon is. The application also gives the longitude, latitude, wind speed, pressure, and the expected time when the hurricane is supposed to reach the place represented by the icon. Continue reading Track Irene with iHurricane HD

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Logitech Announces a Full Size Folding Keyboard for iPad

Folding Bluetooth Keyboard from Logitech

Logitech has announced a full size folding Bluetooth keyboard for iPad. When the keyboard is folded, the iPad can attach securely to the bottom of the keyboard. In folded state, when the iPad is attached to the keyboard, the smart cover can be used freely. When the keyboard is un-folded, it holds iPad at an angle for optimal viewing. Continue reading Logitech Announces a Full Size Folding Keyboard for iPad

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