By Satish |

Monday, April 5, 2010

• No Official Facebook App for iPad: The Implications
• Watch Apple iPad being Destroyed with Blendtec Blender [Youtube]
• The Apple iPad Jailbroken Video
• The 3 Specific Trades Which Must Take Advantage of iPad
• Free Reverse Phone Number Lookup Check
• How To Capture Screenshots on Mac [Guide]

No Official Facebook App for iPad: The Implications   The iPad is finally in the hands of the Apple fans. They're currently gushing over the ultra-cool factor of owning an iPad, and the cool apps that they've already tried out. And I don't blame them for being so excited — as I've mentioned before, the iPad is set to change the way we read books, and consume content. But there is one small problem that will perhaps escalate as more users come to know about it: the absence of an official Facebook app for the iPad. The Facebook app for iPhone has been a resounding success, so much so that it's frequented the "top picks" on the App Store. So it goes without saying that it was expected of the social networking giant to release a native iPad app for the iPhone. While the iPad can run current iPhone apps, either in their "iPhone-size", or blown-up to fit the iPad's larger, more vibrant screen, many new users of the iPad have already complained that these iPhone apps are atrocious on the iPad. Of course, iPhone apps were designed for the smaller device, and building apps for the iPad requires developers to consider more factors, such as the physical size of the device and its correlation to how users will now interact with their apps. So why then would Facebook, who has enjoyed such success with their iPhone app, declined to produce an iPad-native version? Theories are floating around the blogosphere. Perhaps Facebook deems the iPad's more sophisticated Safari browser competent enough to handle their site in all its glory? Well, this isn't the case, actually. The Facebook site has many bugs when used on iPad, such as pop-ups not displaying correctly. Coupled with this is the major exclusion of Flash support on the iPad. iPad users are having to rely on third-party apps such as Facebook Ultimate, which leaves much to be desired in terms of usability. Facebook should take a leaf out of Google's book. The search giant successfully managed to utillize new web-standards technology in the form of HTML5, largely propounded by the iPad as Apple's reply to their Flash issue, to build the Gmail web app. As far as reports go, the Gmail app is brilliant, and very well-designed. Facebook needs to act now, if they want to keep their strong userbase for their mobile products. Sooner or later, some other developer is going to come out with a great Facebook for iPad app, charge a good sum for it, and iPad users will have no choice but to buy it, as Facebook declined to show support for them.

Watch Apple iPad being Destroyed with Blendtec Blender [Youtube]   Blendtec, is a popular geek-channel on Youtube not just because they are manufacturer of the household blender, but, because they destory gadgets using the blender which is definitely a clever marketing ploy. Among many, I, too, love Blendtec videos on Youtube which is unique in its own way! You might also watch their video on hammering Apple iPhone to its death. Anyway, as we look into the review of iPad with those exclusive sleek features and business advantages, we find Apple iPad to be extremely sensitive. But, the guys over at Blendtec want to destroy Apple iPad completely with their powerful blender. Will it blend? Watch How Blendtec Destroys Apple iPad Source: Engadget Of course, the aluminum back from the iPad went missing if you've had a closer look into the video. But, Blendtec have definitely managed to entertain us at the cost of their iPad. You can also check out the Blendtec official Youtube channel (click here) to see how some of the cute and expensive gadgets are dismantled and blended mercilessly. Question is whether to buy iPad, or the Blender

The Apple iPad Jailbroken Video   Here is some real good news for the Apple iPad aficionadas who are wondering about the jailbreak. Well, for now, a working jailbreak for iPad has been recently announced by a dev team. MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev team, who has jailbroken almost all of the Apple products, tweeted on twitter about the existence of Apple ipad jailbreak along with the video that has been embedded below. The others who were included in this part of iPad jailbreaking operations were Chronic Dev Team, comex and chpwn. It's exciting to know that within 48 hours of the official iPad launch, they were able to jailbreak the iPad. Although, not completely jailbroken, but Musclenerd has definitely opened doors for its existence. Probably, we could expect an stable early release of jailbreaking ipad in a couple of months! Here is the first apple iPad jailbreaking video (Spirit): Apple will definitely patch the exploit in their next upgrade of firmware, but for now, jailbreaking is possible on the latest iPad device. You can also check out the video from Duncan where he talks about the Spirit jailbreaking.

The 3 Specific Trades Which Must Take Advantage of iPad   The iPad is simply an oversized iPod Touch for consumers..If this is your perception, then you should be zapped for thinking so! Because we love iPad. Through the iPad has a really huge 10 inch screen, you will be taken to a whole new world of great applications. This is what iPad developers have stated, with roughly 1, 000 applications in the iPad, who would not be impressed? Unlike the earlier generations of iPhone applications which can only be accessed upon paying some fees, the iPad apps shall be offered free or if ever they are charged it'll only be at the most minimum, almost zero charge. From one mobile ad and exchange bazaar called Moblix, its founder Krishna Subramanian has said that of those iPad applications that have made their way through Moblix fifteen percent are free of charge while the rest are paid. On average, paid Ipad applications cost only six dollars. Although some applications are paid, these are sure to benefit the majority of the populace, particularly three sectors of the industry which are: News and Media The iPad is thought to be a potential savior for the decreasing market for newspapers. So when the Wall Street Journal made an announcement about the $18/ month subscription on iPad, the industry is filled with hope. Imagine reading newspaper articles on a sophisticated tablet that would certainly be a trendy habit, very functional. Other newspapers followed in cooperating with iPad for publications. Health Care Sectors In hospitals, medical staff definitely needs an effective clipboard for where to record data about a patient. Many hospitals are now moving towards automation of medical records and the iPad is equipped with the ability to quickly store data even via voice prompt. iPhones may be used but the screen is not large enough to accommodate large volume of information, thus tablets are more efficient in this scenario. Hospitality Trades and Businesses Only two weeks after Steve Jobs has introduced the iPad to the public, contract negotiations and dealings were already received by a number of developers in San Francisco's Macworld Expo. In fact, those who have demanded for the iPad devices are from top of the line food and restaurant chains. Apple iPad scan serve as paper menus replacement. Its application can be utilized for displaying the dish and pertinent information about it. A video may also be included that will show how that certain dish is prepared.

Free Reverse Phone Number Lookup Check   There is a need to perform Reverse look up for cell phone numbers sometimes, this can be because of the prank calls, blank telephone calls, repetitive unknown phone calls from strangers. These look up services can also be handy when you are tied up in a relationship with someone. Whatever maybe the issue but reverse phone lookup services are kind of requirement for most of the people and gets the job done quicker. Advantages of Reverse Phone Lookup - Its a search engine – It is a search engine to find the information or address of a person by entering the phone number, to obtain the result these reverse lookup websites searches it's database and matches the result. The information is mostly grabbed from the local Yellow pages book. - Lets you track cell phone numbers – If your Girlfriend is cheating on you or your child is having contact with someone who you believe is anonymous to you then make use of reverse lookup of that phone number to track the person. - Find that Prank Caller – Prank calling should be done to a certain extent but if prank phone calls are excessive or calls from telemarketing guys obsess you then it's time to shoot an hard reply by looking up their personal address using the cell phone number. There are a many free reverse phone lookup websites which will give you instant result and information of the specified phone number. Some reverse lookup sites supports international phone numbers, I have listed few of them in this article. Some of the Reverse lookup services also displays the Mobile service provider (You can also find out this yourself by looking into the first 4 digit of the cell phone number) which can be used to retrieve the information. For example, you can make a call to the service provider and speak about the annoying act from the caller. If your opinions are unarguably on point  then they will provide you the information and other details of the owner of that phone number.

How To Capture Screenshots on Mac [Guide]   I'm a Mac user for almost a year now, and while I've become quite competent with the new OS (after having used Windows for all of my computing life before), one thing always seemed to baffle me: how to take screenshots in Mac. Now, on Windows PCs, the keyboard has a certain key called "Print Scrn" that, when pressed, takes a screenshot of the entire screen; you then have the option of pasting that captured image into an image editing app like PhotoShop or The GIMP (my editing app of choice), and then editing out whatever you want. Now, you may be wondering, "why would I want to capture the screen of my Mac?" Well, for starters, if you're a software developer, you may want to showcase what your app looks like to prospective customers. And, a more common example is taking screen grabs of problems arising from software, to mail to the support team that can then assist them in trying to fix any problems with an app. However, on a Mac, there isn't a keyboard key for this. So, after some research, I present to you some great tips to capture the screen of your Mac, without having to download any additional software. Yip, all the stuff you need is already on your Mac! Using Mac OS X's "Grab" Application Your Mac comes with an application called Grab. You can find it in Applications -> Grab (or just search for "Grab" in Spotlight). Grab allows you to do all your screen capturing, by giving you the option of either capturing the entire screen, or just the currently selected window. Capturing the Entire Screen: To take a snapshot of everything (including the Dock), choose Capture -> Screen from the menu. When the Screen Grab window appears, just click anywhere in the screen, and voilá, a new window appears with the captured screen. You can then save it by going to the File menu, and choosing Save As… Capturing a Selected Window: Taking a screen grab of a single window is just as easy: go to Capture -> Window. Select "Choose Window". However, there is a little trick you need to do here. After the Screen Grab dialog appears, press and hold the shortcut Cmd + TAB to bring up the Application Switcher menu. Then, select the app you want to grab the screen from, and when that window pops up, click it. There you have the screenshot of the single window, without having to go and edit an image of the whole desktop just to get a single window! Capturing Selection: You can also capture a portion of the screen by selecting Capture -> Selection. Then, simply drag around the part of the screen you wish to capture. Mac OS X Snow Leopard also has the option to capture video screenshots, allowing you to create software tutorials and other cool tutorials on your Mac. To do this you will need to go into the new QuickTime and select the "Screen Record" option. However, this is beyond the scope of this tutorial. There you have it! A simple way to capture screenshots on Mac, without having to go out and buy/download any additional software. Hope this helps!