iPad By Davis: “A little bit of iPad holiday magic courtesy of iSimon” plus 4 more

A little bit of iPad holiday magic courtesy of iSimon
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Weekend iPad Wallpapers: Christmas Themed
Instagram, Snapchat, and the difference between $1 billion Facebook bucks vs simply being cloned

A little bit of iPad holiday magic courtesy of iSimon

Posted: 23 Dec 2012 11:43 PM PST

What better way is there to get you in the holiday mood then a bit of extremely clever magic? Well thanks to iSimon (Simon Pierro) we not only have the clever magic but it is all done with his trusty [iPad](http://www.imore.com/ipad/ too. He has posted twenty four iPad tricks on the lead up to Christmas and now has them all edited into one single video for our viewing pleasure.

I am sure you will agree after you have seen the tricks, that this guy is a very talented magician and the illusions he creates with the iPad are well worth watching. Sit back, relax and enjoy the video. If you want to see the tricks on their own, you can find everyone on iSimon's YouTube channel.

Source: YouTube

iMore show. Tonight. 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT. Be here.

Posted: 23 Dec 2012 03:20 PM PST

Seth returns to the iMore show tonight. We'll be taking a look at the year that was. You don't want to miss it. Join us LIVE at 6:30pm PT, 9:30pm ET. Set an alarm. Bookmark this page. Be here.

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Posted: 23 Dec 2012 01:04 PM PST

The excellent photo sharing network Flickr (that we recommend as an alternative to Instagram) is generously offering 3 months of Flickr Pro for free to all Flickr users. It's their holiday gift to all.

Everyone is eligible for this holiday gift including those who already have a Flickr Pro account, those with a free account, and new users who are just signing up. If you already have a Flickr Pro account, you will get an extra 3 months extended onto your subscription.

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The Flickr Pro holiday gift will be available to claim until January 4, 2012.

Go get your free Flickr Pro account and let us know what you think!

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Weekend iPad Wallpapers: Christmas Themed

Posted: 23 Dec 2012 09:03 AM PST

This weekend's iPad wallpaper picks are, of course, Christmas themed. With the holiday just a couple of days away, there are lots of good ones around – but I've narrowed down my selection to 5 personal favorites. I think these 5 are all stylish and more than a little festive. And of course I think [...]

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Great post, I will use them. I am so happy with my new ipad I ... by Claire

Facebook's new, Snapchat-like timed messaging (widely held to be sexting) app, Poke was coded in only 12 days, and part of that code was reportedly written by Facebook's founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg himself. Why is Facekbook telling and/or leaking that backstory? Josh Constine of TechCrunch writes:

We heard Facebook made attempts to buy [Snapchat], but the team wanted to stay independent. That's when Facebook and Zuckerberg went into hacker mode. With just a few weeks until Apple stopped accepting submissions of new apps before Christmas, it would take a sprint to get Poke built in time.

So a small squad including Facebook Director Of Product Blake Ross kicked development into high gear, Zuckerberg lent a hand with the programming, designers Mike Matas and Sharon Hwang created the icon, and Facebook just made the deadline and launched the Poke app this morning.

People often think they have an idea for the "next big app" and ask how to get it made without getting "ripped off". It's a cliche that ideas are a dime a dozen and implementation and execution are where the value resides. But that's never been true either. Whether it was Microsoft in the early days of the PC, or Zynga or Facebook now, anything bootstrapped that gets significant attention and momentum is destined to be bought or simply cloned.

As MG Siegler points out on parislemon:

I also can't help but wonder if maybe this is a message from Facebook: don't want to come work with us? Fine, we'll clone your service in a couple weeks and ship it to a billion users.

The difference between being a $1 billion Instagram deal and Snapchat clone is likely how important your user base is and how hard they think it will be to co-opt it. Facebook Camera with filters wouldn't have done anything to stop or even slow Instagram in the vitally important, incredibly attractive area of online photo sharing (i.e storing). Poke will either do enough, or the capricious offshoot of the IM space isn't important enough, for Facebook to spend more money, or more than 12 weeks on it.

Oh, and that voice you hear say "POKE!" when a new one arrives? That's supposedly Zuckerberg's own as well.

How badly Poke hurts Snapchat remains to be seen, as does Poke's long-term importance to Facebook itself. Is it a fad-app whose lifespan mirrors its short development time, or is it core functionality that's here for the long haul? I guess we'll see if/when Poke secures a place on the Home screen next to Instagram when the Facebook phone finally launches...

Source: TechCrunch

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