Tag Archives: iPad

Is Vine the New Instagram?

VineBy Morgan O’Leary

The latest app craze seems to be centered on video apps like Cinemagram, Viddy, and Vine. No wonder, with Twitter recently unveiling Vine on Jan. 24. The launch generated buzz about the future of content creation and consumption on social media. In short, Vine allows iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad users create and post short video clips to Twitter and Facebook. Simply point your mobile device, touch the screen and the app records up to six seconds. At this link, you can check out some cool examples that chronicle the city of Hong Kong with a batch of the six-second videos. Continue reading

I Made A What? iMadeFace

imadefaceBy Gaby Lorenzo

Did you enjoy Daria on MTV? What about Saturday morning cartoons? All of the avatars have their own personalities that have been appealing to many audiences. What if you could make your own characters like Daria’s? Recently, a new app has hit the Apple store that lets you do just that: iMadeFace. iMadeFace is an iPhone and iPad application that allows users to customize facial features and build captions to create their own cartoons that are easy to share. Continue reading

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Somethings Are Too Good to Be True

By Allison DeLeo

Last Friday, Sears.com mistakenly posted an advertisement online listing Apple’s 16GB iPad 2 for $69, far below its regular price of $744.99. Continue reading

The iPad’s Quest for World Domination

By Jon Diaz

According to the latest numbers from NetmarketShare, iPads now account for 1 percent of the world’s Web traffic, as well as 2.1 percent of Web traffic in the United States. While we’re not going to hear the death bell tolling for desktops just yet, the upsurge in the use of tablets points to a shift in how we consume information. Continue reading