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BlackBerry Avoiding Tablets With Phone-Only BBM Android and iOS Launch

The arrival of BBM on Android and iOS will be a slightly limited affair, with BlackBerry deciding it's best to focus solely on smartphones -- meaning the messaging app won't work on the iPad, Nexus 7 or any of the other large-screened devices that are currently dominating the tech world. Read More >>

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ipad apps of the week
iFontMaker, The Doors App, and More

What's the point of owning an iPad if you're not going to let yourself get a little artsy with it? Good thing we've got plenty of apps down here to let your creativity roam wild. Plus a little inspiration if you need it, as well. Read More >>

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Your iPad Smart Cover Could Switch Off a Pacemaker

The little magnets sure make the iPad's Smart Covers useful — but they could switch off pacemakers, too, if a new series of experiments is anything to go by. Read More >>

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Google Now for iPhone and iPad Is Great: This is Why You Should Get It

Rumours have been swirling that Google Now (the Big G's super-useful personal assistant application) would be coming to the search page on Google.com, but surprise! Our friends on iOS are getting the love first. Starting today, Google Now will be rolled into the Google Search app for iPhone and iPad. Read More >>

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ipad apps of the week
Drawnimal and Netflix

Adults shouldn't have all the fun. This week's set of iPad apps includes something for the kids as well as a beloved, improved toy all your very own. Read More >>

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Shiny New Apple Gear Is Your Buy-Now-Pay-Later Deal of the Day

It’s not often that we can get a discount on the latest technological marvels of wonderment from Apple, but instead, here’s a way that you can spread the payments as opposed to taking a bit hit at the same time that you take your goodies home. Read More >>

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ipad apps of the week
Flowboard, Cut the Rope: Time Travel, and More

This week's crop of iPad apps helps you get your work done quick and easy so that there's plenty of time left over for fun—which you'll find down below as well. Enjoy. Read More >>

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Using an iPad to Photograph Stuff Is Only Okay If It Saves Your Life

Here we have Tom at a girl's softball tournament, taking pictures with his iPad. Ordinarily, we'd scold him for that kind of behaviour, but since his iPad saved him from death by foul ball, we're going to let it slide, just this once. Read More >>

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ipad apps of the week
Status Board, Mail Pilot, and More

Productivity don't come cheap—at least this week. Apps hitting costs in the double digits are practically unheard of, but this week saw not one but two apps offering to make your life better if you're willing to cough up the cash. The choice is up to you. Read More >>

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Stolen UK Laptop Is Sending Its Owner Secret Photos From Its New Home in Iran

Dom Del Torto is an animator currently living in the UK. Dom Del Torto's laptop is a MacBook Pro currently living 3,000 miles away in Iran. This was not a planned separation. Read More >>

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Would You Pay £10.50 for a Better iOS Mail App?

The first iOS mail revolution came and went with the highly anticipated, absurdly long waitlisted Mailbox. And whether or not you love or hate it, who cares? It's free! But now, Mail Pilot — dreamed up pre-Mailbox — has officially made its way out of the Kickstarter ether and into the App Store. And it can be all yours for... £10.50. Read More >>

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Status Board: Get More Control Over Information Than You Know What to Do With

Information-hungry iPad users are in luck with Panic's newest release: Status Board, a customised, at-a-glance display of more tidbits than you could possibly consume. Read More >>

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How the Hell Did This iPad Get Stuck Inside a Car Bumper?

Places you expect to see an iPad: in an Apple store; at a coffee shop; on an airplane; near your home bathroom; on a bedside table; in someone's hands -- you get the point. Places you don't expect to see an iPad: at an outdoor concert being used as a camera; in Bill Gates's office; inside a jail cell and FREAKING WEDGED TO A CAR BUMPER. Read More >>

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tv
For Better or For Worse, Second Screens are Coming

Most of us are lazy bums with an attention span measured by an atomic clock, so we use a second device to occupy ourselves whilst watching telly. It's a dubious habit that's taken off big-time in the US, and now it's making firm inroads into our green and pleasant isle. Read More >>

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Could This Be the Front of the Next iPad?

Since the launch of the iPad mini, there's been some speculation that the next full-size iPad might ape its looks. Today, French site Nowhere Else has published an image of what it claims to be the bezel of the next iPad — which does indeed look a little like the mini's. Read More >>