iPad App Reviews
February 1st, 2011 at 12:10 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from macworld.com.
Ancestry.com‘s iPhone app—which lets you carry your family tree around in your pocket—has been updated with new features that include iPad optimization.
The idea is that the iPad app contains a bunch of companion content — polls, trivia, character bios, video, photos, etc. — that is delivered at specific times in an episode using special syncing technology from Nielsen.
The company’s newly universal app, Ancestry 2.0, debuted Monday. In addition to its revamping for the iPad, the app features a new interactive family tree viewer to help users visualize family relationships, as well as the ability to view supporting historical documents.
The app does require an Ancestry.com account to work. The site offers a 14-day free trial, but memberships can cost $89 for six months of access to the site. The fees pay for access to more than century’s worth of Census, immigration, Social Security, and military records data that help users piece together the puzzles of their family history.
The Ancestry app itself is free and compatible with any device running iOS 3.1 or later.
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February 1st, 2011 at 11:41 AM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from sfgate.com.
Disney‘s ABC is trying again with another "Sync" app for the iPad for its hit show "Grey’s Anatomy."
The idea is that the iPad app contains a bunch of companion content — polls, trivia, character bios, video, photos, etc. — that is delivered at specific times in an episode using special syncing technology from Nielsen.
Because the "sync" is tied to the show’s audio, it works even if you’re watching the show off your DVR, if you rewind, etc.
ABC and Nielsen tried a similar app last year for the show "My Generation," but the show got canceled after two episodes, so it’s hard to see any long-term results.
Obviously "Grey’s Anatomy" has a real audience, so this will be a good test to see if this sort of app is useful or pointless.
With more people using iPads and computers on their laps while watching TV, apps like this make sense, in theory. It could be a good opportunity for ABC, in this case, to stuff your brain with more information about the show and, of course, more ads.
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October 14th, 2010 at 4:28 PM EST | by inu846W
Here’s a fun Halloween game younger children will enjoy on the iPad. Treat Street is probably best suited for younger kids not so accustomed to the trick-or-treat tradition of venturing outside on Halloween and going door to door asking for candy.
The game begins by choosing your costume. By clicking on the head, torso, and feet of your character, you’re able to mix and match different styles of costumes.
Next you move on to Treat Street where your character is walked along the sidewalk by touching the screen. Touch a house and you’re taken to the front door where you can knock and/or ring the doorbell. Within a few seconds the door opens and you’re given candy that is automatically deposited into your bag.
While walking down the street there are different characters like pumpkins, crows, owls, cats and light posts. Touching any of these produces a sound that should keep children interested if the promise of digital candy doesn’t do it for them.
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September 28th, 2010 at 5:51 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from bizjournals.com.
How tech savvy is your internist? For Mac-loving doctors out there, a St. Louis-based company has come out with an electronic medical record specifically designed for the iPad.
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September 27th, 2010 at 2:42 PM EST | by inu846W
Here’s another iPad app to make learning the alphabet easier and more fun for kids. Little Sky Writers, from DANO2, lets you trace lowercase and uppercase letters by way of a sky-writing airplane. A comical voice follows you through the alphabet, suggesting words that begin with the current letter you’re tracing as well as sounding out each letter. The plane is moved around the letter by placing your finger on it and following the white line path already laid out.
Once starting the app there are three different planes to choose from. There are also three difficulty levels to choose, offering varying degrees of distance allowed from the specified letter path. On the hardest difficulty setting, straying from the path sends the airplane back to its starting point. The other two levels let you stray from the path without needing to start over. Each letter page comes with a lowercase/uppercase switch, sound control, and ability to choose from any letter in the alphabet.
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September 23rd, 2010 at 9:49 PM EST | by inu846W
ABC’s new TV show My Generation debuted tonight and teamed up with Nielsen to provide a live social interactive experiment via a first-of-its-kind app on the iPad which seems to have been a success.
As soon as the program began on the television, one click on the iPad app synced the two together, followed by a confirmation. As the show began to highlight the participants of the faux-documentary, the first poll appeared in the iPad app: “What were you like in high school?” Options ranged from the Rock Star, The Jock, The Wallflower, The Punk and others. Shortly after, the results were shown with “The Nerd” winning out with 22%.
As characters were highlighted, short bios for each one appeared in the app. Other polls followed, one asking opinions on the 2000 US presidential election where a tie breaker was decided by the Supreme Court.
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