iPad News, Updates, App and Accessory Reviews
March 31st, 2010 at 1:20 PM EST
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The upcoming 4.0 reference release of Apple’s iPhone OS will deliver new support for running multiple concurrent third party apps, and allow users to switch between them using a windows management mechanism similar to one made popular on the company’s Mac OS X operating system.
The technology, detailed by people familiar with Apple’s plans for the new firmware, will finally allow users to launch multiple apps in the background and quickly switch between them, as AppleInsider exclusively reported earlier this month. Currently, a running app must be quit when the user returns to the Home screen.
Read more: AppleInsider.com
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March 31st, 2010 at 9:16 AM EST
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Here’s some screenshots for another upcoming iPad app called Game Table. The app brings Checkers, Chess, and various card games onto Apple’s tablet with detailed graphics and an “intuitive” interface — the developers claim it’s like carrying full board games around with you, but without all the little pieces and doodads.
Read more: TUAW.com
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March 31st, 2010 at 8:53 AM EST
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Because the iPad will further the growing market for cloud computing, international environmental advocacy group has criticized Apple’s newest hardware for having “a much larger carbon footprint than previously estimated.”
The new report from Greenpeace issued this week claims that “quintessential cloud computing devices,” like Apple’s iPad, raise questions about how the Internet is powered. Specifically, the nongovernmental organization said increase demand for online services will also result in a larger demand for “dirty coal power.”
Read more: AppleInsider.com
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March 31st, 2010 at 8:34 AM EST
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iPad in Canada says that Apple’s Canadian Store employees were given a black out period for taking days off on April 24th.
We were contacted by a source with close ties to the Apple Store that the weekend of April 24th has been marked as a “black out period” for staff. This means no employees are allowed to book this day off. If that’s the case, then it would make sense that this indeed would be the launch date for the iPad in Canada. Anytime there’s a “black out period” you know it’s for something big.
Read more: 9to5Mac.com
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March 31st, 2010 at 12:25 AM EST
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The launch of the iPad is helping Apple’s iTunes App Store to retain developers’ interest while preventing them from exploring alternative marketplaces for mobile software.
A report by the Wall Street Journal cited Social Gaming Network, an App Store developer, as saying that 90% of its employees were currently working on iPhone OS apps.
Read more: AppleInsider.com
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March 30th, 2010 at 4:31 PM EST
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Apple today released iTunes 9.1 via Software Update and the company’s iTunes download page. As disclosed by MacRumors yesterday, the update brings several enhancements such as support for iPad syncing including eBook content and greater customizability of Genius Mixes.
Read more: MacRumors.com
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