Gear Diary’s own Dan Cohen has let you all know, many times, that he has found the iPad to be a great go-to device for a huge portion of his daily living. He uses it to take notes, write stuff, read magazines, and I don’t know what-all. But what if you’re a movie-maker kind of [...]
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LucasArts Says ‘May the 4th Be With You’ with a Free Pit Droids App!
I remember well the fun ‘Lucas Learning’ PC games from a decade or so ago: things like ‘Yoda’s Math’, ‘Jar Jar’s Journey’ … and Pit Droids. LucasArts has since released the game for iPhone and iPad, and this weekend they are giving it away for free! May the 4th Be With You! Get Pit Droids [...]
Pickers HD for iPad Review
Maybe you’ve seen the shows. American Pickers, Storage Wars, Pawn Stars, Hardcore Pawn and so forth. Perhaps you’ve wondered if you cash in one the old saw “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” without the incessant “Y——-p!” bid chanting, sibling rivalry or, er, trash-talk of competitors. If so, you may want to take a [...]
They May Be Slackers, but They Sure Are a Class Act
Online services go down. That’s a fact of life. Heck, even we have had our share of downtime but thankfully, as of last night, much of it is a thing of the past. Well it turns out that Slacker Radio ran into a bump in the road last month. From Friday, April 13 until Saturday, April [...]
Time’s Running Out to Win a New iPad, a Griffin Survivor Case and (Now) a Year of Evernote Premium
GD Weekly, our newsletter is launching this Friday. In it will be the winner of a new iPad AND a Griffin Survivor case for the new iPad. The iPad will come in the form of a $500 Apple Gift Certificate and the Griffin Survivor has an MSRP of $79.99. (You can learn all about [...]
Spotify (Finally) Launches iPad App!
Spotify today announced and released their app for the iPad. And it is pretty much what you would expect – the same core functionality, but optimized for the larger screen. But based on my limited playing around I find that – as is true with many apps – the user experience provided by the larger [...]
Watch Free Movies with New iPad/iPhone App, Popcornflix
If you are a regular reader of the Gear Diary news items (like this one), then you probably know by now that I have an almost Pavlovian response to the word “free”. I love free stuff. Even if it turns out to be poorly made, full of ads, and downright silly (e.g., the Three Stooges [...]
TouchRetouch HD for iOS review
Call me jaded, but it is increasingly rare that an iPhone or iPad app really grabs my attention. It is even less common that ones makes me go “Wow, oh wow. Wow wow wow wow wow wow !!” But when an iPad application can render the image you see at the top of this post… [...]
Mobile Blogging in 2012; What a Difference!
I am headed into the city for a meeting on behalf of Gear Diary, and after I’m done, Elana and I are grabbing a quick dinner in Manhattan before we have a fund-raiser for an organization that supports services for those who are hearing-impaired. Were I going into the city for a full day of [...]
Line2 for iOS Gets Updated with MMS and Location Sharing
I’m a big fan of the Voice Over iP service Line2. The company’s iOS app is clean, fast and lets you make clear calls, especially when you are in a high-speed WiFi network. (They also offer an Android app and I’m hoping to see a version for Windows Phone soon but I have not [...]
Blue Plate Special: Pic Stitch For iPhone
We are all feeling the financial pinch! Blue Plate Special is a weekly review of bargain apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nothing over $.99. Despite owning a digital SLR, my iPhone is always one of my favorite photography tools. Many believe that the best camera to use is always the one with you. While this is [...]
Thank You! You All Helped Influence the Zinio Influencer Contest and You Did Some Good in the Process!
Over one month ago, Zinio launched its “Influencer” campaign contest. The challenge? To find the biggest fan/influencer/evangelist for the eMag company and service possible. Along the way, individuals who voted were eligible to win great prizes, and at the end of the month-long contest (which seemed to last forever!), the influencer with the most [...]
Spycam Watcher Software Released
I read “Nineteen Eighty-four” when I was only 12 or 13 and frankly it scared the crap out of me. 24/7 surveillance by secretive and non-transparent government agencies? (Also: clocks that struck thirteen?) Yowza! Many years later I read David Brin’s “Earth”, wherein he posited that a war had been fought to open up all [...]
Design This Home for iOS Now Available
Back in the day, when Sami and I were both working tech jobs and the bubble hadn’t burst, we considered, instead of buying a house already built, having one built instead. We could choose the number of bedrooms, the floor plan, where the bathrooms went, and all the rest. Then we could decorate that sucker [...]
iOS Game Antraid Available for Free for a Limited Time
Lately, I’ve been in the mood to play some kind of game on my iPhone. (For whatever reason, I personally find the iPad just a little too big to play most games, except for maybe Plants vs. Zombie. Would love to try Machinarium, but it only runs on the iPad 2 or higher; ah well! [...]
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