According to new research from The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) that looks at how the iPad is affecting how people get news, the iPad tops both the Web and print for getting news. Highlights of the research: iPad news consumers prefer newspaper apps to newspaper websites; less likely to use print. The vast majority of […]

Audio equipment manufacturer TASCAM has released a new recording application for the Apple iPad. The Portastudio is based on – and nearly the same dimensions as – the TASCAM Porta One four-track cassette recorder that debuted back in 1984. The Portastudio app records four tracks, one at a time, with VU meters and a virtual […]

It looks like the Apple iPad has claimed its first victim – the Fusion Garage + TechCrunch JooJoo tablet. e27 reports that the JooJoo is at its “end of life” – aka dead: “With the new platform, the current Joojoo will be at its end of life,” says Fusion Garage founder Chandrashekar Rathakrishnan. Chandra says […]

IK Multimedia has introduced iKlip — a $39.99 multi-angle iPad microphone stand adapter. This could come in handy if you use the iPad for controlling Garageband, as a digital audio recorder, for reading scripts or with other music and audio apps. According to IK Multimedia, the iKlip is is constructed from dense thermoplastic molded components […]

In this demo video, AdobeEvangelistTV’s Terry White takes a first look at Adobe’s new Digital Publishing Solution, which lets you publish magazines to multiple devices, including the iPad. White does a complete walkthrough, demonstrating how to publish a magazine to the iPad. See the Adobe Labs site for more details.

Podcasting pioneer and self-described “podfather” Adam Curry thinks app programmers are the new rock stars, so he’s positioning himself as the DJ of applications. Here’s what Curry has to say about his new project, The Big App Show: The concept of the Big App Show was really filling a void in the app market I […]

Beta News’ Joe Wilcox is eating his words today, saying “I was wrong about Apple iPad”. He was a vocal critic of the iPad when it was announced, like most tech analysts, arguing that the world doesn’t need the iPad or any other tablet. After using it though, he’s come to a different conclusion: The […]

As if Adobe needed another nail in the Flash is dead tombstone – a zero-day Flash vulnerability has been identified and announced by Adobe: A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat […]

Ever since the Apple iPad was announced, I’ve waited to see if magazines and newspapers would come up with a meaningful response. News organizations have come up with some interesting iPad apps – especially the BBC and NPR apps. But magazine apps have either been missing in action or underwhelming. Now Wired reports that they’ve […]

Apple announced today that you can now self-publish iBooks to the iBookstore. Here are Apple’s requirements for publishing an Apple iBook: Technical Requirements: An Intel-based Mac running OS X 10.5 or later At least 1 GB RAM QuickTime 7.0.3 or later. This is so you can encode and deliver content using our dedicated software. At […]