You might not give Safari a great deal of thought.... It's such a well designed web browser that you probably don't event notice it. This is as it should be; technology serving you rather than the other way around. However, you may be able to pick up one or two tricks that you didn't previously know to make your use of the previously know to make your use of the latest version of Satari as efficient as possible. The main interface is shown in … [Read more...]
Our iPad's a clever bit of kit: using a range of technology, including a GPS chip, it nearly always knows where in the world it is., with incredible accuracy. With the Find My Friend app, you can share this location with your iPad-, iPhone- and iPod touch-owning friends, and see where they are too. There are all sorts of uses for this: find out which restaurant your friends have decided upon, for instance, or see how far from home your partner is … [Read more...]
Instapaper has really taken off on the iPad and iPhone, yet it's not the only service to offer offline reading in a stripped-down form to make text free of images and adverts. Readability is a free service with the added benefit that app is also free from the App store. It has much the same functionality as the aforementioned Instapaper but has support from Longform.org, dishing up really interesting articles from that source in the Longform … [Read more...]
Trying to stay on the top of the news via the Internet could be a full-time job if you're not careful. Simply trawling through site after site in Safari looking for interesting or relevant information can be a real chore, which is why it pays to employ the services of an app or two to help drill down the real nittygritty of what interest you without losing you off from potential new sources and websites. If you're looking to bring all the news … [Read more...]
Podcast may seem a little 2003 rather than 2013, but media outlets still seem them as a major catchup medium and an increasingly diverse genre for consumers of audio programmes. They're like DIY broadcasting- prerecorded audio or video shows that you can download (most of free) and enjoy on your computer, iPad or other device. Up until now, you'd fine them under the Podcasts tab in the iTunes Store: download one and it appeared in your music app … [Read more...]
In iOS 6 Apple introduced Do Not Disturb for all devices, but you should be aware that it was intended for iPhone users above anything else. Hence some options only really apply to iPhone. The idea behind Do Not Disturb was the age old problem of being interrupted by an unwanted call, or had your iOS device burst into rambunctious song just when you're trying to impress someone? Thought so, and Apple has the remedy. In addition to the usual … [Read more...]
Your iPad's Lock screen does more than provide a security block to prevent unauthorised access to your device (or stop you accidentally typing gibberish to a friend in an email) - it builds in useful functionality too. You can unlock your iPad straight to the picture frame to see some of your favourite photos. You'll see notifications such as new messages, reminders and more appear on-screen, and swiping these - then entering your passcode, if … [Read more...]
One of the best features of iOS is something you'll probably never notice: the way it dynamically manages memory and background task, closing them if necessary to make more memory available to new applications. What you will notice is how easy it is to switch from one app to another: there's no need to quit one app before you launch another. Instead, you simply move from one to the next and, if the first needs to carry on working in the … [Read more...]
Here’s handy extra use for your iPad: a portable scanner. Armed with the right apps, you can utilize its rear-facing camera camera to snap documents – including multi-page ones- quickly and easily, then either share those scans as images or PDF files, or go one step further and extract the text from the scans to cop into a text file for editing purposes. The great news is that you can get all this functionality for free – and while the … [Read more...]
Should your desk frequently resemble a war zone,covered in jottings and other cryptic notes, then you're one of those people who will appreciate what Evernote can bring to your life. Evernote is a free, cross-platform service that allows you to store virtual notes, either individually or stored in notebooks. These notes can include text, documents and even audio recordings, and can be accessed from your computer. Mobile device or a web … [Read more...]
One of the best features of iOS is something you'll probably never notice : the way it dynamically manages memory and background tasks, closing them if necessary to make more memory available to new applications. What you'll notice is how easy it is to switch from one app to another : there's no need to switch from one app before you launch another. Instead, you simply move from one to the next and, if the first needs to carry on working in … [Read more...]
Setting up a new Mail account, especially if it's not one of the supported email account like Google or Yahoo, can be challenging. It's easy to make a mistake when you input the require data, like POP mail server names. Even with an account that's supported, you can easily misspell your password or email address. If there are any errors in your email setup, you won't be able to send or receive email. If you can't set up a new email on iPad and … [Read more...]
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