Articles about iPad – Page 9 of 16

Microsoft stacks up Surface vs. iPad with mixed results

Let’s see, the Surface RT is slightly heavier than the iPad, the same thickness and gets two hours less battery… Read More

Microsoft uses Siri to ridicule iPad in latest commercial

Microsoft is taking another swing at a competitor and this time it’s Apple’s iPad getting the backhand slap. In its… Read More

New Photowerks app for iPhone and iPad makes it easier to find your own pics

Like many people nowadays, Seattle-based indie software developer Stephen Orth uses his smartphone as his primary camera. He has more than… Read More

Amazon Cloud Player enables iOS update, allows music streaming in Ford vehicles

Good news for Ford and iPhone owners wanting to blast their tunes with Amazon’s Cloud Player: Amazon’s streaming music service updated… Read More

Gates: ‘Frustrated’ iPad users create opening for Microsoft

Are iPad users truly frustrated that the Apple tablet can’t do everything a Windows PC can do? Bill Gates thinks… Read More

New devices? Apple seeks patents on curved and irregular battery shapes

Newly surfaced patent applications from Apple hint at plans for new types of devices — or at least new shapes… Read More

CHART: Tablet market soaring, now almost two-thirds the size of PC market

The market for tablets is continuing to climb dramatically, reaching 49.2 million units shipped worldwide in the first quarter, up… Read More

Google strikes back with ‘Now’ for iPhone and iPad

Which online service will be the primary hub on your phone? Google this morning released its “Google Now” service for… Read More

Apple beats earnings expections, will return $100 billion to shareholders

Will this be enough to fend off the Apple skeptics? The company topped Wall Street’s earnings expectations this afternoon with… Read More

Microsoft under rising pressure to release Office for iPad, Android

Can Microsoft really afford to wait to release its flagship productivity suite for Apple and Android devices? That’s the question increasingly… Read More

Treemo Labs rebrands itself as Flowboard, launches iPad presentation app

When Brent Brookler founded Treemo Labs seven years ago, the vision was to allow users to share content on the web… Read More

Look out, Microsoft? Tablets to become our primary computers, Gartner predicts

A new report from the Gartner research firm paints a dire picture for the traditional PC market, predicting that tablets… Read More

How Microsoft is battling Apple and Google inside public agencies and schools

Microsoft is meeting with hundreds of public officials in Redmond starting this morning for its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit,… Read More

Video game vet creates books you can play with, reaches $10K Kickstarter goal in 4 days

It all added up for Joe Booth. Having spent 25 years in the video game industry at places like Microsoft,… Read More

Smashing Ideas helps bring Wizard of Oz back to life on the tablet

L. Frank Baum, author of the classic children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” probably wouldn’t have guessed that his… Read More

Amazon debuts Cloud Player app for iPad, iPad Mini

Already available on the iPhone and iPod touch, today Amazon launched its free Cloud Player app for the iPad and… Read More

Nerd Notes: Tiny planet, 3-D drawing and an iPad joystick

Editor’s Note: Nerd Notes is GeekWire’s roundup of random geekiness from around the globe. 3-D Pen: A new pen called the “3Doodler”… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Inside the world of a prolific iPhone app maker

Plenty of people out there make iPhone and iPad apps, but we were particularly impressed with the breadth and variety… Read More

9Slides releases iPad app to make slick presentations

Does your PowerPoint presentation need a little spice? 9Slides, a Seattle startup led by former Microsoftie Ruchit Garg, thinks it… Read More

Amazon pokes at iPad price, display in Kindle Fire HD ad

Amazon is challenging one of the iPad’s signature features, its Retina display, in a new video ad that aims to… Read More

Consumers spent $14.8B on video game content in 2012, down 9 percent from last year

Just like the newspaper, book and movie industries, the latest numbers show the video game sector quickly moving to digital… Read More

Ask Andru: Where is Apple’s innovation? It takes time

The day after Apple’s latest earnings call, I got an email from a reader that asked if the days of… Read More

Microsoft vets launch ‘Cloak’ to safeguard Macs, iPads from wireless snooping

A Seattle startup called Cloak has launched a new service that promises to easily protect Macs and iOS devices from… Read More

Kindle Fire scorching Android tablet market with 33% share

In terms of dominating the Android tablet market, Amazon’s Kindle Fire is on fire. According to some rough estimates from… Read More

Analyst: Microsoft Surface estimate cut in half to 1 million

Analysts have been projecting sales numbers for Microsoft’s Surface and it isn’t looking good for the Redmond software giant. UBS… Read More

Report: Thieves steal iPads from Microsoft, leave everything else

Thieves who targeted Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus over the holiday break walked away with five iPads but apparently didn’t consider… Read More

Flying with our gadgets: Do electronic devices really disrupt plane operations?

“Could you please turn off your _____ (insert electronic device here)?” You’ve certainly heard this instruction given by a flight… Read More

GeekWire’s Top 50 Posts of 2012: Milestones, stunts and more craziness from the year in tech

It’s that time when journalists take a moment to reflect on the past year. We’re doing that here on GeekWire… Read More

2012 mobile trends: Samsung surging, iPad mini popular

Millennial Media, an independent mobile advertising platform, reflected on 2012 mobile trends and a few things stood out: The surging growth of… Read More

App of the Week: ‘Toca Tailor Fairy Tales’ is an artist’s paper-doll dream

It might be a “kid’s app” but it’s entertained the hell out of me for the past couple weeks. It’s “Toca… Read More