Winnipeg Free Press - April 8/10
ALTHOUGH Apple’s new iPad won’t officially be available in Canada until the end of the month, you can bet some curious Canadians made the trek down to United States last weekend to get their hands on one of the most anticipated electronics devices of the year. The Cupertino, Calif., company sold over 300,000 tablet computers, 250,000 e-books and one million apps (small programs that run on the device) on the first day of sales.
Like the iPhone and iTouch, where the device really shines is the thousands of third-party apps that can be run on the iPad. Apple’s easy-to-use App store has been instrumental in moving the company’s products into more and more homes. Although all iPhone/iTouch apps run on the iPad, the developer who can really unlock the device’s multimedia capabilities could be responsible for changing the way people interact with books, magazines, movies, video games, music and the web.
The Tech gurus at Gizmodo have been furiously testing what apps are a must-have for iPad owners. From a reformatted version of Epicurious that will give you a multimedia-driven cookbook and a Marvel Comics e-reader to the free, interactive NBA Game Time Courtside and Scrabble for iPad, Gizmodo’s list shows how many different uses the iPad already has. Once more software developers get some time with the unique device, you’ll see the floodgates thrown open.
Lost Labels for Your DHARMA Initiative Needs
WITH ABC’s Lost winding down its final season, it’s not too early to start planning a party for the last episode on Sunday, May 23. To keep your party extra authentic, you can download and print off these Dharma Initiative labels so you can eat the same food as the survivors of Oceanic 815.
If you don’t really care about eating Hurley’s peanut butter and if you are planning on serving cocktails at your finale party, keep in mind a lot of Lost references would make great drink names: The Constant, The Variable, Black Smoke. It should gain you some fanboy points without having to do much work.
WHAT Do You Suggest is a new search tool that crunches data from Google to help guide you around the Internet. Similar to Hunch, WDYS is a suggestion tool that is a jumping-off point when browsing the web. While Google is still the king of search, sites like Bing and experimental and interactive tools like WDYS can give you another perspective on the web. Although you’re not going to use it for your day-to-day searches, it can take you down some interesting paths.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition April 8, 2010 E3
