Flipboard is, and always has been, one of my favorite iPad (and now iPhone) apps. It’s often imitated but never, ever duplicated. It’s not just a news reader, it’s an experience. Part of what I love is discovering new sites dug up by Flipboard’s curation team. The user experience and interface were game-changers and continue [...]
Game of Fame: Galaxy on Fire 2 (Pics)
When it comes to iOS gaming, few games garner as much love from fans or are produced with such high quality/standards as the Galaxy on Fire series. The scope of the game is incredible, the graphics are tasty and the story is expansive. As it turns out, Michael Schade, the CEO and Co-Founder of Fishlabs Entertainment [...]
Review: Day One Journal App Is Worth Downloading and Using
What do Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin all have in common? They all kept journals. Somehow journaling became a “girly” thing to do in recent years, but in reality it’s perfectly manly. While sites like Facebook will chronicle things in your life automatically for you, there is no replacement for a private repository [...]
Paid Apps Make My iPad Worthwhile
According to TechCrunch, most apps (89%) that are downloaded are free apps. What’s interesting to me is the fact that I get the most value from paid apps, not free apps (which seems a bit ironic). Just like anyone with an iPad/iPhone (or Android device, which I don’t have), I’ve loaded up on free apps. [...]
Why I Love Flipboard (And What I Read On It)
Flipboard is one of my favorite iPad and iPhone apps. It’s one of the very few that I use on an almost daily basis (Evernote is another). It’s not new, in fact it has been around since July 2010, and there are plenty of other apps that offer similar functionality, but Flipboard has a few [...]
The Week in Mobile Presented by xAd – 8.3.12
NBC Mines for Viewer Gold Through flubs and subsequent criticism, NBC’s has remained at the center of the London Games’ coverage. A major reason for their retention of public interest is the availability of Olympic content via mobile devices – access to the NBC Olympics mobile Web has doubled since Beijing, and its Live Extra [...]
Are Mobile Apps a Temporary Fad? Experts Say Andreessen is Wrong
There is a big debate raging right now over the future of native apps. In a recent interview with Wired, investor and web pioneer Marc Andreessen said, “Mobile apps on platforms like iOS and Android are a temporary step along the way toward the full mobile web.” Essentially, he’s calling native mobile apps temporary. I [...]
Why Marc Andreessen Is Wrong About Mobile Apps Being a Fad
Editor’s note: This article is a reaction to a statement made by investor Marc Andreessen (of Andreessen Horowitz) in a recent interview with Wired in which he stated, “The application model of the future is the web application model. The apps will live on the web. Mobile apps on platforms like iOS and Android are [...]











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