iPad
Weather HD: Wow for the sake of it
Since the conspicuous absense of Apple’s default weather app on the iPad, we’ve wondered what a weather app would look like. Turns out, HD video is the answer. Weather HD brings you the weather backed by a stunning HD video of that climatic condition. It’s got videos for snow, rain, thunderstorms, and a lot of clouds, [...]
The Guardian Eyewitness for iPad: Stupendously Stunning Photography
The iPad’s rich display is great for viewing pictures, but personal pictures from iPhoto can only go so far. The Guardian Eyewitness app, documents each day’s major news event in a picture. Just one perfect image, with a little caption. And it really shines on the iPad. The experience is nothing like viewing their site in a [...]
Tracking Deliveries through the Cloud
The iXyr team finally finally—finally!—got their iPads, and have been busy all weekend devouring all kinds of apps on the next revolution in personal computing. We had a friend in the US order the iPads from the Apple Online Store (which ship out from China), after which he re-routed them to the mysterious and magical lands of India. To [...]
Ego for iPad shows up with extra pixels
Who doesn’t love tracking stats? Especially when they look so good. On the iPhone, Ego is one app I launch almost every day (rather, every five minutes). Yes, I’m that desperate. But look what Garrett Murray has done with Ego for iPad. While the app still sports its simple minimalistic list of all your stats, the right side [...]
Epicurious – The Cook’s Companion
I first came across Epicurious when I signed up for a Premium account on Ars Technica. One of the many websites owned by Conde Nast Digital, Epicurious is a collection of Recipes, Menus, Food Guides, pretty much everything about food and drinks. The website also has apps for iPhone and iPad and boy are they delicious. The apps bring easy [...]
Square is up to some amazing pixels; now on iPad.
Square started off with gorgeous pixels, and seems to be continuing the trend. It’s only natural, considering the high profile team that’s working on the Square ecosystem. For those who don’t know what Square is, it’s a smooth way of accepting credit card payments, with just a swipe of a card on the tiny device [...]