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Mailbox for iPad available now!

Posted by Richard Devine at 9:17 am on 05-23-2013
We knew it was coming, but now Mailbox for iPad is here! Released today into the App Store, Mailbox for iPad provides the same great email experience as the iPhone version but optimized for the larger screen. The iPad version comes by way of an update to the main app. We've only been playing around with it for a short time, but first impressions are good. All the same great mail management features...

Gmail Management App ‘Mailbox’ Gains iPad Compatibility [iOS Blog]

Posted by Eric Slivka at 9:07 am on 05-23-2013
Popular email app Mailbox, which launched for iPhone in early February with a reservation system that saw well over one million users sign up before the company eliminated reservations last month, has now gone universal with a native interface for the iPad. ReadWrite has more on the development, including a brief interview with Mailbox founder Gentry Underwood about how designing for the larger...

Easily Open A Second Finder Window From The Same Folder [OS X Tips]

Posted by Rob LeFebvre at 9:00 am on 05-23-2013
Typically, when you hit Command-N while you’re in the Finder, you’ll get a window for the folder you have set in the Finder’s Preferences dialogue. But what if you want to open two copies of the same folder on your Mac, to move stuff around in sub-folders when in icon view, for example? If you want to open two copies of the same folder on your Mac at the same time, simply do the...

Mailbox Is Now Available On Your iPad

Posted by Killian Bell at 8:33 am on 05-23-2013
Mailbox, the hugely popular third-party Gmail client for iOS that has changed the way we manage our emails, is now available on the iPad. The update comes just over three months after Mailbox made its debut on the iPhone, and you’ll be pleased to know that you no longer have to wait in line to use it. Mailbox for iPad looks a lot like Apple’s built-in Mail app in landscape mode; it displays...

iPad version of Mailbox email-management app launching today

Posted by Ben Lovejoy at 8:30 am on 05-23-2013
Image: The Next Web The promised iPad version of the email management app Mailbox recently acquired by Dropbox is launching today, offering essentially the same user-interface as the iPhone original, with the addition of a reading pane to the right. In an Interview with The Next Web, co-founder Gentry says that an Android version is in the works, but with no launch date specified as yet. Interestingly,...

New Apple Store in Adelaide, Australia looking fantastic ahead of the grand opening!

Posted by Richard Devine at 8:21 am on 05-23-2013
Excitement is building in Adelaide, Australia ahead of this Saturday's opening of their first Apple Store, and judging by these photos the store is looking fantastic! iMore forums member mglivesey kindly sent us some photographs of the completed store as he eagerly awaits the big day. The interior is as we've come to know and love from an Apple Store; rows of tables adorned with the products, very...

Shazam for iPad introduces passive tagging, lyrics display, auto-play in Spotify & Rdio and more

Posted by Ben Lovejoy at 8:15 am on 05-23-2013
A new iPad version of Shazam available today introduces a whole raft of new functions, ranging from passive tagging without user input to the ability to recognise a song and then play it in Spotify of Rdio. With passive tagging, the app continually listens to any music in the background and automatically tags it, ideal for use in bars where you may idly wonder what a track is but not want to go to...

Mailbox for iOS gains native iPad compatibility

Posted by AppleInsider - Frontpage News at 8:14 am on 05-23-2013
Mailbox, the Gmail-based iOS email client that encourages a tidy inbox, was updated on Wednesday with native support for Apple's iPad lineup. This post was written by AppleInsider - Frontpage News from AppleInsider - Frontpage News. You can view the original post by clicking here.

Clear App Updated On iPhone, Coming To iPad Soon

Posted by Killian Bell at 7:56 am on 05-23-2013
Clear, the popular list-making client for iPhone from Realmac Software, now allows you to email your lists thanks to a new update that’s available to download from the App Store today. The release also brings some new themes, and teases upcoming support for the iPad. “One of the biggest feature requests we’ve had has been the ability to email lists,” Realmac says, “so...

Forget The iWatch: Brando’s Crappy ‘Fashionable Bluetooth Vibrating Bracelet’ Is Here Right Now

Posted by Charlie Sorrel at 6:48 am on 05-23-2013
Waiting for Apple’s iWatch? Good luck with that if you’re expecting anything fancier than a fitness-tracking iPod nano with a wrist strap. You should save your money, your hopes and your time and buy Beloved Crapware Vendor™ Brando’s Fashionable Bluetooth Vibrating Bracelet + Watch instead. This piece of plastic tat connects to any smartphone via Bluetooth (the battery sucking...

MakeDoc For iOS Turns Beautiful Markdown Files Into DOCX Monstrosities

Posted by Charlie Sorrel at 6:29 am on 05-23-2013
MakeDoc is a single-serve iOS app which costs just $3. That’s a lot less than the app it might replace for many of you: Microsoft Word. MarkDoc does (mostly) one thing: it takes a clipboard filled with Markdown text and turns it into a DOCX file. That’s it. Well, that’s almost it – makeDoc will perform the same conversion trick using OPML and plain text files for the source...

Microsoft recruits Siri to take on the iPad in their latest Windows 8 commercial

Posted by Richard Devine at 6:27 am on 05-23-2013
Microsoft has launched their new Windows 8 commercial, and appears to have recruited Siri to help them take on the iPad. OK, so Siri would never do such a thing, but it's a pretty accurate impersonation. The 30-second clip takes aim at what the iPad can't do, that a Windows 8 tablet can. The whole thing is a parody of an Apple ad, right down to the chopsticks played on Garageband at the end. During...