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Have Your Family Try A "No Screen Day" & Put Away Electronics

Ken Hayes — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:21:14 +0000

Cathy and I were talking this morning about how people are so distracted by smartphones, tablets, etc. It seems like we spend so much of our lives staring at screens and hardly looking at each other. It's also not really considered quality family time either when all of you are staring at your smartphones, so my wife and I came up with the "No Screen Day" idea.

Check Out We Didn't Own An iPad; See How Many References You Recognize [VIDEO]

David Drew — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:54:07 +0000

The more I watch this video for ‘We Didn’t Own An iPad’, the more things I recognized from growing up. While many references are from another part of the world, many more are universal if you grew up in the 70′s and 80′s. See how many references you recognize in this reworking of the Billy [...]

Best Buy Sends Lucky Shoppers Five iPads Instead of One

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:03:45 +0000

An iPad would normally be considered a prettyÂ substantial gift this holiday season. Thanks to a fortunate error by Best Buy, a couple of shoppers can now use the tablet computer for stocking stuffers. Best Buy customer Alexa had ordered one iPad and was shocked when a neatly packed box of five showed up at her [...]

A New, High-Definition iPad From Apple Is Unveiled

David Drew — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:37:08 +0000

That iPad you bought last year is now officially a piece of crap! Apple has rolled out the brand new iPad and pre-orders are already being taken.

Apple rolled out a high-definition iPad on Wednesday with a display screen that promises to be dramatically sharper than the current model, the iPad 2.

Five Thanksgiving Apps You Should Gobble Up!

David Drew — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:57:04 +0000

You may be thinking I'm about to share recipes for appetizers to snack on before Thanksgiving dinner, but the apps I'm about to share involve apps for you phone. While not as tasty, these apps are calorie free! Now, getting radioPup so you can listen to B105 is a given. Here are some fun apps for Thanksgiving:

Steve Jobs Stepping Down as Apple CEO

Stephanie Berning — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:33:22 +0000

Steve Jobs is stepping down as chief executive at Apple, the company said on Wednesday. Jobs will remain at the company as chairman, but he and his iconic black turtleneck will be replaced by former Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook. Jobs sent Apple a letter of resignation, which he later made public, on Wednesday. In [...]

Friskies Makes iPad Apps for Cats [VIDEOS]

Jordan Breindel — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:56:50 +0000

Given how popular cats are on the internet, it’s no surprise that Friskies — makers of delicious cat food (or so our cats tell us) for over 50 years — recently rolled out a line of tablet-based apps just for cats. Featuring movements, shapes and colors tailored to appeal to kitty’s sensibilities, your feline friend can now download titles like ‘Cat Fishing’ ‘Tasty Treasures Hunt’ and ‘Party Mix-Up’ from the iTunes App Store and Android Market (if you don’t mind a couple of scratches on your screen). Watch some cats test drive the apps below:

Pope Benedict XVI Sends First Papal Tweet From an iPad [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:30:23 +0000

The technologically-savvy Pope Benedict XVI has already encouraged priests to blog and helmed the launch of the Vatican’s YouTube channel and Pope2You mobile and Facebook apps. So it’s really no surprise that as part of his newly-launched news portal, the pontiff sent his first tweet recently — from the papal iPad.

You can follow the Vatican on Twitter at @news_va_en.