New Apple Ad Promotes the iPhone’s Shopping Savvy [VIDEO]
It hasn’t even been a week since the iPad launch, but Apple’s already back on the marketing trail to promote the iPhone 3GS. Today’s iPhone ad focuses around the shopping experience and how the iPhone can help. Of course, it promotes the iPhone’s web browsing capabilities, SMS/MMS interface, and its thousands of apps — the […]
Track iPad Sales in Real-Time [Apps]
Apple announced that it sold 300,000 iPads on day one, but if you want to get a real-time update of iPad sales — to turn a marketing slogan — there’s a website for that! The Chitka advertising network has set up a page that attempts to estimate the number of iPads sold based on unique […]
Soloist Performs Beyoncé and Lady Gaga on Four iPhones [VIDEO]
A girl going by the YouTube handle Applegirl002 has performed very accurate covers of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” and Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable” solo using four iPhones. She set up the phones in her living room, pointed a video camera at the rig, and performed. For “Irreplaceable,” (currently at 885,920 views) she just used three iPhones, but […]
Super Monkey Ball for iPad: Is It Worth $10? [Video Review]
One of the downsides of the iPad is that the paid applications are significantly more pricey than the apps available for the iPhone. Sure the iPad is designed to take the app experience — especially around gaming — to the next level, but does the supersized screen warrant a supersized price? I promptly paid for […]
HOW TO: Get Started with the iPad
The iPad has landed and although you’ve likely been reading about it for weeks — if not months — now we can finally explore what Apple’s new device is capable of doing. Given that the device is new to all of us, we thought it appropriate to walk you through the steps to set up […]
Coke Zero to Stream Final Four Concert Live on Facebook Walls
Hey, the iPad isn’t the only big event on April 3 — the two semifinal games in the NCAA Final Four tournament are also taking place! Before the games begin, Coke Zero will kick off a huge concert at 1:45pm ET that will stream live on Facebook. This is the first time that a live […]
Kindle for iPad Hits the App Store
Amazon’s Kindle app for iPad has found its way to the App Store just in time for tomorrow morning’s device launch. Like Kindle apps for other platforms, the iPad app [iTunes link] includes Amazon’s Whispersync technology, which syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across devices. The exciting part, however, is all of […]
Happy Birthday, Gmail!
On April 1, 2004, Gmail was launched as an invite-only beta, instantly creating a revolution in the webmail space. Google’s decision to keep their webmail invite-only kept spammers at bay, which led to the overall perception that Gmail is spam-proof. While this notion is far from truth, Gmail to this day does an excellent job […]
Gmail Adds OAuth Support for Safer 3rd Party Sign-ins
Google announced the addition of OAuth support in Gmail in a blog post today, which is a highly positive move that allows you to give third party applications access to the contents on your email without having to give them your password. You may be familiar with the term from Twitter, who added OAuth support […]
5 Essential Apps for Your Business’s Facebook Fan Page
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. If you’ve already searched for some Fan Page inspiration and undertaken the task of building a custom landing page for your business’s Facebook presence, you may now be in the market […]
Apple Acquires the iPad Trademark
Remember the whole legal dust-up over the trademark for the name iPad? Well, now that’s been resolved. The iPad launch is only a week away and as such, Apple is getting its ducks in a row: accepting submissions for iPad apps to the App Store, making developers use pre-release models in darkened rooms, oh and […]
Here Are Some Games You’ll Be Playing on the iPad
We already know that we’ll be able to use iPhone applications on the iPad, scaled to iPad’s bigger screen size. But what native iPad apps has Apple approved so far? PadGadget has done some digging through iTunes’ web interface and found out several titles with “HD” in their title, which (in most cases) signifies an […]
11 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
We know you’re busy. Even with every social media, web, and RSS tool at your disposal, you can occasionally miss out on some of the week’s most insightful content. Never fear. We’ve taken a moment to round up the best Mashable resources from this past week and present them here for your weekend enjoyment. From […]
Wikipedia Gets Pretty with Articles iPhone App
When it comes to accessing Wikipedia on your iPhone, there’s no shortage of options. This week, a new app entered the arena dubbed Articles, and for users who value a solid interface and pleasant viewing experience, it’s an excellent choice. The app, which is $2.99 in the App Store, features some innovative features, like viewing […]
Barnes & Noble to Launch E-Reader App for iPad
Continuing with a very source agnostic digital book strategy, Barnes & Noble has announced it will soon be offering an e-reader app for the Apple iPad. The app will be designed specifically for the iPad’s tablet form factor, and will join B&N’s existing e-reader app family already available for Mac, PC, iPhone , iPod touch, […]