iPad By Davis: “Win fantastic prizes just by following iMore on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, or Google+” plus 6 more |
- Win fantastic prizes just by following iMore on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, or Google+
- iMore Editors' Choice for September 8, 2012
- River of News iPad RSS App Updated
- Best Free iPad App of the Week: Qwiki
- Weekly Wrap: iPhone 5 vs. Kindles galore
- How to configure the Weather and Stocks widgets in Notification Center
- The Macalope Weekly: Who writes this stuff?
| Win fantastic prizes just by following iMore on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, or Google+ Posted: 08 Sep 2012 10:37 PM PDT
Here's the deal -- you follow iMore on your favorite social networks, and we give you awesome accessory prizes... EVERY MONTH!We know our loyal readers already visit iMore.com daily, subscribe to our RSS feeds and get the iMore Podcast on iTunes, but we wanted to do something a little extra to reward our loyal fans and grow our audience in some of the off-iMore social networking and content sharing sites that iPhone owners hang out and visit. It's easy! All you have to do is follow iMore on Youtube, Twitter, Google+ and Facebook and as a thank you for doing so we're going to pick a lucky winner each month from among our iMore followers / subscribers / fans on each of these sites to win some great iPhone prizes! That's four winners each month - one picked at random from each site. All you need to do is click the links below to follow us on each site, and just keep following us! We'll pick our four winners on the last day of each month and announce them around the first day of the new month along with the prizes to be won for the new month. You can subscribe to all of Youtube, Twitter, Google+ and Facebook to maximize your chances of winning. This month we want to help you stay charged so you never miss a beat! See the list below for links to the sites and the prize you could win on each one.
And don't forget to follow our sensational staff -- they often have extra accessories and apps so you never know when they'll surprise you with something special -- @imore, @reneritchie, @GeorgiaTiPb, @llofte, @iMuggle, @chrisoldroyd, @bla1ze, @phishgirl3! We'll send out a reminder each week with ways to earn extra entries, so make sure to watch the blogs! Thanks for following, spread the word and good luck!! Follow iMore and Win Contest FAQ/Details Eligibility - Open worldwide. In order to participate as a follower /subscriber / fan of the iMore accounts in this contest you must have an account with Youtube, Twitter, Google+ and Facebook. We'd love you to follow on us in all four locations (that maximizes your chances of winning) but it's not required. One, two or all four is fine. If you're already following us when this contest starts, don't worry, you're entered automatically!! You must also be a registered member of iMore to be eligible. Announcing Winners - Winners will be chosen randomly each month. Winning usernames will be posted to the iMore blogs within the first few days of each new month. Winners will be contacted via the respective sites (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Youtube) and once initially contacted the follow-up will be conducted via email to work out details (address for shipping, etc.) on getting the prize. There is no rule against being able to win more than once. There you have it! Be sure to tune into the blogs around the first day of each month for the winners' announcement and to see what can be won next month. If you have any questions, you can email me at michelle @ iMore.com - be sure to make the subject Follow iMore and Win Contest! 
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| iMore Editors' Choice for September 8, 2012 Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:16 PM PDT
Every week the editors at iMore carefully select some of our favorite, most useful, most extraordinary apps, accessories, gadgets, and websites. This week's selections include a few games, an alternative to iTunes Match, a scientific discovery app filled with illusions, and some simply smashing weekend reading. SongPop - Ally Kazmucha
When it comes to games on my iPhone or iPad, I tend to prefers ones that I can pick up quickly and then leave just as quick. While I don't have a ton of time to play them I do enjoy being able to wind down at night and relax with them or have something to do when waiting for an appointment or meeting. SongPop fills that gap along with being highly addictive. The premise is that you play against your Facebook friends in fast rounds of "name that tune". You can choose from many playlists and types of music and you'll be given 5 songs at a time. The point is to guess them not only correctly but faster than your opponent. The person with the most points at the end of the 5 songs wins that round. You'll alternate picking playlists each time. SongPop comes with several playlists to choose from or you can get more by using the coins you earn by winning matches or as an in-app purchase. If you haven't checked it out already, I highly suggest that you do. When you get super addicted and your productivity tanks, just don't blame me!
gMusic - Chris
If you use Google Music you must check out this awesome app for the iPhone and iPad. I started off my journey of trying to store my music in the cloud using iTunes match but found it to be buggy, slow and always missing album artwork; even though my collection on my PC was perfect. It got to the point where I just couldn't use it any more so I looked for another solution. Google has launched its Music service in the United States but hadn't rolled it out anywhere. Luckily, with a bit of jiggery pokery and a United States IP address, I managed to get it activated on my UK account and uploaded all of my music. Everything went up there without a hitch and all my artwork was perfect. Google hasn't released a music app for iPhone as of yet so you are stuck with using third party apps, when I say stuck that really isn't fair as the one I found is awesome! gMusic offers everything that an official app could offer and probably much more too. It works seamlessly with my stored music, organises everything by Album, Artist Genre etc. and displays all the artwork in a very elegant manner. It streams the songs without downloading them (although you can set it to download them if you like) and they are very quick to start even on a 3G connection. To be honest, it blows iTunes Match away and I will never go back after experiencing this great app and the Google Music combination. If you want to store your music in the cloud and access it in the easiest way possible, forget iTunes Match and look at Google Music and the gMusic app, I can't recommend it enough. Thanks go to my brother @andyoldroyd for tipping me off on this one!
Splice - SimonSage
Splice is a fantastic game based loosely on genetics. The idea is that you have to assemble cells of genetic material into a specific strand. Each cell can only fork off into two others below it. Meanwhile special cells can alter things more dramatically by erasing (or doubling) all the cells after it or shooting out an extra single cell. You only have so many moves (or splices) in which to solve each puzzle. If you go over, you'll have to backtrack as many steps as you need to figure it out. If you solve the puzzle under the minimum, players earn "Angelic" status on specific strands. What really makes splice fantastic is the music and art style. There's this pensive, deep piano music playing throughout the game which switches up every 7 levels or so (each batch is called a sequence). Even just flipping through the level browser is an experience. While I can't vouch for the scientific accuracy of the whole affair, Splice is an addictive, immersive game that will have you engrossed for hours.
Color Uncovered - Leanna Lofte
Color Uncovered is a fun interactive app that teaches about all the wonders of colors including a lot of optical illusions all developed by the Exploratorium in San Francisco. How is Monet like a honeybee? What color is a whisper? Why is it so hard to find your car in a lamp-lit parking lot? -- These are just a few of the topics that are addressed in Color Uncovered. In addition to the optical illusions and other facts presented in Color Uncovered, it also gives instructions for performing your own experienced at home with items like a CD case, a drop of water, and a piece of paper. Color Uncovered is a free app, so there really is no reason not to pick it up. Whether you're 10 years old or 65 years, you're bound to find the information and illusions in Color Uncovered interesting and fun.
Planet Hulk - Rene Ritchie
Writing the review for Marvel's new Avengers Initiative game, I ended up making several references to Greg Pak's epic Planet Hulk series from Marvel Comics. For those interested in the chronology, it preceded Marvel's Civil War storyline and was basically designed to get the Hulk out of way so they didn't have to worry about incorporating him into the Captain America vs. Iron Man show down. He would have swung the balance of power, or created too much chaos, for the story they wanted to tell. So, banishment. What Planet Hulk turned into, however, was so much more. Hulk is sent off-world, supposedly to an idilic place free from the stresses and annoyances of earth. But something goes wrong, as it always does, and Hulk ends up on a brutal world, Sakaar, run by a tyrant dictator, the Red King. Weakened and confused, he's captured, enslaved, and put into the gladiatorial arena. And all sorts of green, gamma-irradiated hell follows from that. The writer, Greg Pak, creates an amazing world with mythos enough to put a smile on Joseph Campbell's face. It's epic fantasy meets epic sci-fi, and it puts the Hulk fully through his hero's journey, but leaves him in a very, very dark place. (The story after Planet Hulk is called World War Hulk, so you get the idea.) In fact, it's the power of the mythology Pak instills that makes the series so compelling. Planet Hulk begins and ends simply, poignantly, devastatingly. "This is the story of the Green Scar, the Eye of Anger, the World Breaker... Harkonan, Haarg, Holku... Hulk. And how he finally came home…" That should be enough to convince you. If not, download the sample from iBooks and take a look. (Don't get the animated movie version, though, it's nowhere near as good.) If you prefer physical goods, you can grab the paper off Amazon.
Your choice?Now that we've chosen our favorites for the week, we want to hear yours! Did you pick up a killer app, accessory, or game this week? Tell us about it! 
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| River of News iPad RSS App Updated Posted: 08 Sep 2012 01:29 PM PDT
River of News, the excellent RSS app for the iPad, has been updated again this weekend – to Version 1.6. Here's the change list for this latest update:
The easy access to Readability view should be a popular new feature. My favorite new feature is the gestures though. I've assigned a double-tap to star an item and a two-finger tap to keep an item unread, and I'll likely assign more of the available gestures soon. I'd love to see options to assign a gesture to 'Send to Instapaper / Pocket' or similar apps. Update: My bad. The developer of River of News has just pointed out to me that you absolutely can assign a gesture to send an article to Instapaper, Pocket and a number of other good services. Very nice. River of News has been one of my favorite RSS apps for the iPad for a long time. It's great to see it get another useful update. Here's an App Store link for River of News; it's priced at $2.99. © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us
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| Best Free iPad App of the Week: Qwiki Posted: 08 Sep 2012 10:41 AM PDT
One of the best things about using an iPad is the great apps that we can run on it. There are excellent apps for just about any purpose you can think of. Better still, there are lots of great free apps for the iPad. Our Best Free iPad App of the Week posts celebrate these apps. This week's pick is Qwiki – an amazing app that lets you explore 3 million topics and presents each of them in a fun, exciting way that gets you hooked right away. Here's a bit of its App Store intro:
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| Weekly Wrap: iPhone 5 vs. Kindles galore Posted: 08 Sep 2012 10:00 AM PDT  This week, Apple announced an announcement, Amazon unveiled a Kindle armada, and we covered a virtual metric ton of Mac and iOS apps. Assuming metric tons even can be virtual, which is an open question.
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| How to configure the Weather and Stocks widgets in Notification Center Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:41 AM PDT
While its main purpose is to organize and provide you with alerts, Notification Center also contains widgets to provide additional, glance-able information. Currently, that includes the Weather and Stocks widgets on the iPhone and iPod touch (the iPad doesn't have built-in Weather or Stocks apps, so doesn't get them in Notification Center either). If the default content isn't what you want, you can easily change the weather and stock information shown in the widgets. If you don't need them, you can remove one or both, add them back later, or simply change their positions within Notification Center, How to enable or disable the Weather or Stocks widget
   How to reposition the Weather or Stocks widget in Notification Center
 How to change the location shown in the Weather widget in Notification CenterBy default, the Weather app is set to local weather. Since iOS knows roughly where you are (via cell towers, GPS, and Wi-Fi router mapping, depending on the device you're using), if you're in Rome, it knows to show you the weather for Rome. You can override this, however, and show weather information for any location you like. First you need to turn off location services for the Weather app
Once location based weather is off, Notification Center will show you the weather for whichever place is listed first in your Weather app. If it's not already the one you want, you can easily change it.
From now on, that's the weather you'll see in Notification Center. To change it back, simply turn location based weather back on in Settings. How to add stocks from the Stocks widget in Notification CenterNotification Center shows you the information for any and all stocks currently contained in your Stocks app. So, to add stocks to what Notification Center shows you, you have to add them to what you have set up in the built-in Stocks app.
How to remove stocks from the Stocks widget in Notification Center
To remove stocks from Notification Center, you likewise have to remove them from the built-in Stocks app Rene Ritchie contributed sections of this guide. 
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| The Macalope Weekly: Who writes this stuff? Posted: 08 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT  And is there any way we can get them to stop?
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